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Imogene Powers Johnson, Philanthropist and Wife Of Samuel C. Johnson, Dies Bird enthusiast leaves Cornell legacy

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Media mogul | Walt Disney Company has named Cornell alumnus and former football player James Pitaro ’91 as the eighth president of the sports media outlet. Pitaro joins many other Cornell alums as leaders of the sports industry.

Alumnus Named President of ESPN Former football player selected as eighth president of sports media outlet

By RAPHY GENDLER and ZACHARY SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor and Sun Senior Writer

James Pitaro ’91, a former football player on East Hill and one of several high-ranking Cornell alumni in the world of sports, has been named the president of flagship sports media outlet ESPN, the Walt Disney Company, ESPN’s parent company, announced on Monday.

Prior to being named ESPN’s eighth president, Pitaro led Yahoo! Sports as the head of Yahoo! Media. He has held a number of high-up positions in Disney, most recently as the head of consumer products and the company’s interactive division.

Pitaro, 48, studied econom-

ics and played wide receiver on the football team at Cornell, where he graduated from the College of Human Ecology

“Between the opportunity to play football and the incredible academics, there ... was no question.”

James Pitaro ’91 with a degree in economics.

“Between the opportunity to play football and the incredible academics, there really was no question,” Pitaro said about why he came to Cornell in a past interview with the College of Human Ecology. “I had no idea what I wanted to do when I graduated, but was really attract-

ed to the variety of academic options at Cornell.”

After graduating from Cornell, Pitaro earned his J.D. from St. John’s University and practiced law in New York before becoming involved in the media industry.

Among other Cornellians at the height of their respective sports field, Pitaro takes his new position with the sports media titan alongside Rob Manfred ’80 and Gary Bettman ’74, the commissioners of Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League, respectively, as well as his classmate Mark Tatum ’91, deputy commissioner of the National Basketball Association.

Pitaro joins Dick Schaap ’55 and Jeremy Schaap ’91 in the See ESPN page 5

Imogene Powers Johnson ’52, widow of Samuel C. Johnson ’50 and an avid ornithologist, died on Saturday at the age of 87.

One of her four alumni children, H. Fisk Johnson III ’79, M.Eng ’80, M.S. ’82, MBA ’84, Ph.D ’86, chairman and CEO of SC Johnson & Son, a manufacturing company, called his mother “the pillar” of the family.

“She exposed us to the love of learning, taught us about the wonder of nature, shared her values and incredible care for people, and devoted her life to support, and help guide the four of us,” he wrote in a statement on his Facebook page. “She was always there when we needed her.”

Johnson attended Cornell on Standard Oil Co. academic scholarships and received her bachelor of arts degree in See JOHNSON page 5

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Legacy lives on | Imogene Johnson ’52, pictured here at the Sage Hall cornerstone ceremony in 1997, died on Saturday.

Dining Hopes to Promote Transparency, Health

By ANNE SNABES Sun Assistant News Editor

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Dining does | A student receives his meal in one of the numerous Cornell eateries that will be adopting a new menu to encourage healthy eating.

As part of Cornell Dining’s efforts to be more transparent and healthy, the organization has started removing unhealthy additives from its food and has announced plans for other ways to improve the overall nutritional quality of its products.

According to Michele Lefebvre, director of nutritional management for Cornell Dining, the University started

working on the plan in summer 2017 and plans to implement the changes by the end of 2018.

“In 2017, we set out to be a little bit more

general,” Lefebvre said.

As of last year, Cornell has removed trans fat from its food and rSBT, a hormone injected into animal tissues to boost milk

“We set out to be a little bit more transparent in our ingredients and start working on some more clean ingredients.”

Michele Lefebvre transparent in our ingredients and start working on some more clean ingredients in

production, from Cornell dairy products, according to Lefebvre.

By the end of the

year, Cornell Dining is aiming to eliminate monosodium glutamate — a flavor enhancer — as well as soy proteins, artificial color additives, and nitrates and nitrites from its menus, according to a Cornell Campus Life press release.

By spring break Cornell Dining wants to complete removing soy proteins from the last remaining product that contains it and See DINING page 5

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Call-In Day Garners Support for Dreamers

By MATTHEW McGOWEN Sun Contributor

Cornell graduate and undergraduate students participated in a national higher education call-in day on Feb. 28 to urge Congress members to vote for a bipartisan solution that protects Dreamers from deportation.

The event invited students to call their representatives on Wednesday despite the Supreme Court’s Feb. 26 decision to uphold an injunction on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival suspension while a lower court takes up the case, nullifying the Mar. 5 deadline set by the president in September.

“To our country’s leaders we say that DACA should be upheld, continued, and expanded.”

Former President Hunter Rawlings III The call-in was organized by FWD.us, an organization founded by tech industry leaders to advocate for immigration reform.

“We had over a dozen individuals participate [in the callin]….”

Kevin Graham, Cornell’s assistant director of undocumented/DACA student support, told The Sun. “We had students from the DREAM Team, we had other students from other groups participate as well and we had staff members who took the time to make

a call.”

The DREAM Team is a student advocacy group that works to support undocumented students at Cornell.

Given the uncertain political and legal future of DACA, Graham outlined a policy of continued support from the University. “In terms of the future, this institution ... will continue to support its undocumented and DACAmented student population, as well as hold events that promote a sense of inclusion,” Graham said.

Since the Trump administration’s decision to suspend DACA applications and renewals, many higher education institutions have voiced opposition to the move and support for affected groups.

A letter signed by 700 college and university presidents in Sept. 2016, including then Interim President Hunter Rawlings III, said, “to our country’s leaders we say that DACA should be upheld, continued, and expanded.”

According to current Cornell policy, individuals covered by DACA are eligible for financial aid under the same rules that apply to domestic students. A statement from Martha Pollack in September affirmed that those policies would continue even if DACA were to end, and outlined additional commitments to DACA students.

“All currently enrolled undergraduate students who See DACA page 4

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Construct destructs | Prof. Rosa Ficek ’03 discusses how the United States government lacks flexibility and empathy in their response to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit at her lecture Monday.

Prof: U.S. Lacked Empathy After Hurricane Ficek said. “[Yet,] the socially constructed difference between those in the government and those in [Puerto Rico] was too large to make that leap Prof. Rosa Ficek ’03, anthropology, towards temporary institutional change.”

This empathy gap displayed in federal relief University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, connected Puerto Rico’s situation following Hurricane efforts is another reminder of the subtle racism Maria to an underlying “neo-liberal” structure Puerto Ricans face on a daily basis, according to that links Puerto Rico to the United States in a Ficek.

“The embodied lecture on Monday. experience of survivFicek began her lecture by asking the “The embodied experience of surviving ing Maria reconstitutes Puerto Ricans as audience a simple Maria reconstitutes Puerto Ricans as racialized colonial question: “Everything racialized colonial subjects.” subjects,” she said. was destroyed. … [so When Puerto we wondered,] what Prof. Rosa Ficek ’03 Ricans decried the was taking so long?” ineffective federal She argued that response, U.S. offithe federal government responded with more flexibility to the cials attributed the slow relief effort to “irra2005 Hurricane Katrina than to Hurricane tional, improperly political Puerto Rican offiMaria because bureaucrats were much more cials” who do not understand proper bureaucratempathetic to the plight of the mainlanders than ic procedures.

Lacking proper federal support, Puerto to that of the Puerto Ricans.

“Bureaucrats often bend the rules when they Ricans turned to each other to survive the disasare aware of the broader context and feel empathy towards those who need emergency help,” See PUERTO RICO page 4

By SHAWN HIKOSAKA

Sun Contributor

Series of Female Speakers Address Reality of Being a Cornell Woman During their speeches, female students talk about the challenges they have faced in and outside of the classroom

By SARAH SKINNER Sun Assistant News Editor

A lineup of all-female speakers addressed the crowd on social justice issues, the importance of women in STEM and the reality of being both a

woman and a Cornellian at Cornell’s inaugural International Women’s Day Conference on Saturday afternoon.

“We wanted to create an atmosphere where people can openly and honestly attend a feminist event,” Elena Gupta ’19, president of the Smart is Strong

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Persisting past periods | Shaibyaa Rajbhandari ’18 speaks about growing up in Nepal at the International Women’s Day Conference at Willard Straight Hall on March 3rd.

Foundation, told The Sun. Gupta kicked off the talk with a call to acknowledge the flaws of education which she said is “often hailed as the great equalizer.”

“As Ivy League students, we recognize the power and privilege that has been awarded us,” Gupta said. “Our hope is … to break the glass ceilings that exist in the workplace by beginning with those that exist in the classroom.”

First to speak was Delmar Fears ’19, co-chair of Black Students United, who elaborated on the reality of what black people in America, both male and female, need in order to thrive.

“We want freedom,” she said. This freedom, according to Fears, can only be achieved through a combination of jobs, education, housing, healthcare, peace, and safety, all of which BSU has worked toward achieving at Cornell.

Other speakers addressed problematic cultural customs. Shaibyaa Rajbhandari ’18, recalled that in her home in Nepal, women who were menstruating were separated from family members until after their periods.

Rajbhandari refused to participate in an annual ritual in which women apologize for the food, water and men that they touched the year before while menstruating. She ran from her home to school, where she was one of the only girls in attendance.

She thought back to this when she came to Cornell, where she became

involved in the business community.

“You have this vision of the United States… everything is going to be perfect, I’m going to be an equal,” she said.

“I was proven wrong completely.”

Myra Gupta ’19, the founder of Girl Code, an organization that teaches middle school girls programming, noted that both of her parents were in the technology field, so she was exposed to the industry a lot as a child. “I had a lot of privilege growing up that I know my peers weren’t afforded,” she said.

“Our hope is ... to break the glass ceilings that exist in the workplace by beginning with those that exist in the classroom.”

Elena Gupta ’19 Once she came to Cornell, however, she realized the same could not be said of many young women. When she tried to start a chapter of Girl Code in Ithaca, she could only find eight students willing to participate. Back home, the chapter had a waiting list.

The event also featured a race-centered talk by Traciann Celestin ’19, cochair of BSU, who addressed the reality of being a black woman in higher acadeSee WOMEN page 4

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U.S. and Puerto Rico ‘reflect colonial power relations’ PUERTO RICO

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ter, according to Ficek.

“People mobilized family and community networks, along with material objects, … [creating] improvised infrastructures that compensated, however inadequately, for what was gone,” “As a productive assertion of Ficek said.

In conclusion, Ficek argued colonial power ... projects of that the situation in Puerto neo-liberal governance racial- Rico reflects the colonial power ize bodies and devalue lives.” relations between Puerto Rico and the United States.

Prof. Rosa Ficek ’03 “[Conceptualizing the government’s response] as a productive assertion of colonial power … [allows us to understand] how projects of neo-liberal governance racialize bodies and devalue lives,” Ficek said.

Shawn Hikosaka can be reached at sh932@cornell.edu.

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mia. Celestin was awarded a scholarship to a prestigious private high school in New York City, where she was the only black woman in her graduating class.

“My call to action is to appreciate the black women that you see on this campus, that you see in your lives, that you see in media, that you see all around you,” she said.

“I’m very proud to be a black woman.”

In a talk that explored the difficulties many women face as first-generation, lowincome students, Mayra Valdez ’18 said, “To say that I felt out of place [when I came to Cornell] was an understatement,” she said. “I attend a school where the tuition costs twice

my family’s income.”

Attendees to the conference expressed approval for the message and execution.

“I thought it was really important to have a conversation on this topic,” said Zoya Mohsin ’21. “As an international student and a woman of color … it was really interesting.”

Throughout the conference, the speakers and organizers emphasized the necessity of giving voice to women who need to be heard.

“We are standing on the shoulders of giants,” Elena’s speech concluded. “It is our job to continue along this path so that others may stand upon ours.”

Sarah Skinner can be reached at sskinner@cornellsun.com.

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had DACA status will continue to be considered in the ‘domestic’ financial aid pool (need-based, meeting full demonstrated need) for the remainder of their Cornell undergraduate program,” the letter said.

The statement went on to say that “while Cornell representatives, including the Cornell University Police Department, will comply with lawfully issued subpoenas and warrants, it is neither the university’s practice nor expectation to function as an agent of the federal government

regarding enforcement of fed- to keeping informed about these issues,” Knuth said in an eral immigration laws.”

According to a statement interview with The Sun. from Hunter Rawlings, gradu- “Back in the fall, when the ate students with DACA declaration was made that would lose their federal work DACA was ending, Cornell authorization, and their fund- immediately said we will proing commitments would be vide Cornell DACA-like route fulfilled by fellowship dollars to admissions and financial aid.” if DACA were to end.

Since the Supreme Court’s Barbara Knuth, senior vice provost and dean of the latest decision, Congress and Cornell Graduate School, also the White House have not encouraged graduate students revealed much on immigraand faculty to take part in the tion. The Ninth Circuit Court call-in event, and touted is expected to rule on the Cornell’s early and sustained Trump administration’s chalsupport for DACA and lenge to DACA this summer. undocumented students.

“We’re very much commit- Matthew McGowen can be reached ted to doing what we can and at mam688@cornell.edu.

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Cornellian Named ESPN Head Imogene Johnson, Local

New Ithaca Developments Could Shift Town Skyline

New Green Street Garage redevelopment proposals will be introduced to the IURA Economic Development Committee at the Common Council meeting on March 13.

The project includes plans to construct 404 apartment units which would contain 620 beds, 10,000 square feet of property for retail purposes, and 450 parking spots, according to the Ithaca Times.

Developers anticipate that if constructed, the project will transform Ithaca’s skyline.

Around the Ivies Yale Health Briefly Shut Down After Intruder Makes ‘Threatening’ Gestures

The Yale University Health center shut down on Thursday following an incident in which a person made gestures and statements perceived as “threatening” by the pharmacy staff members, according to The Yale Daily News. The culprit has since been arrested and banned from the campus. Several students expressed concerns at how the University did not reveal specific details about the occurrence given that the health center is integral to offering students support and counseling.

National Paul Ryan and President Trump Disagree on New Tariffs Plan

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan voiced his worries about President Trump’s metal tariffs plan, which would impose a tax on imported steel and aluminum. Ryan believes that the plan could potentially push the U.S. to a trade war, and he encouraged the White House to halt their progress with the plan. Trump remains confident that his plan will stimulate the metal industry and will continue to push for a new deal in the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Former Cornell athlete selected as ESPN President ESPN

Pitaro’s promotion within Disney comes less than three months after the previous ESPN president, John ranks of ESPN. The elder Schaap Skipper, abruptly resigned, “citing a was editor in substance addiction chief of The Sun, problem.” George “[I] was really attracted Bodenheimer, a forand Jeremy Schaap, now a mer ESPN president to the variety of television personand executive chairacademic options at ality and invesman, oversaw the tigative journalist transition process Cornell.” with the network, and served as interJames Pitaro ’91 was a Sun sports im chairman. editor.

Sarah Spain ’02, a forRaphy Gendler can be reached at mer Cornell track and field athlete, rgendler@cornellsun.com. and Keith Olbermann ’79 are also Zachary Silver can be reached at longtime ESPN journalists. zsilver@cornellsun.com.

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also expects to remove nitrates and nitrites by mid-2018, according to Lefebvre. They plan to remove MSG by the end of this year and stop using artificial color additives by January 2019, according to the press release.

Cornell Dining’s various chicken entrees, like chicken tenders and chicken tempura, are now free of fillers, which are substances like soy protein that substitute part of the meat content to lower costs, according to Lefebvre.

The organization’s pepperoni, breakfast sausage and pizza sausage are also now free of additives, which are substances like sulfites that “keep food from going bad, changing color, or altering flavors over time,” she said.

“A lot of people don’t really realize that there’s a lot of fillers in processed meat,” she said. “Our goal has been to get rid of a lot of those fillers.”

Cornell Dining aims to use “cleanlabeled” meat. According to Lefebvre, this means that additives are absent from the items.

Cornell Dining had implemented other nutritional initiatives in the past, among them providing nutritional labels for food sold at Cornell Dining retail destinations.

“In 2009, I started working on getting nutrition fact labels out across campus,”

Lefebvre said. “So we have them on our Grab & Go items. We have [them at] almost all of our retail locations.”

Lefebvre said that the Ivy Room and Atrium Cafe are the only Cornell Dining locations that do not have nutritional labels available.

Lefebvre explained that Cornell Dining has been able to implement these changes “without taking a huge financial hit.”

“We are constantly working with our manufacturing companies and with our distributor to really minimize cost,” she said. “In some cases, things cost more, and [in] some cases, things cost less.”

These nutritional changes will not affect dining costs for students, according to Lefebvre.

The organization is working on these changes to follow principles laid out by The Menus of Change: University Research Collaborative, an inter-university organization that promotes nutritional food, according to Lefebvre.

“Most of [the goals] are done or almost done,” she said. “We’re hoping to be done by the end of this year. We’ll move on to another set of goals by 2019.”

Manish Saha ’21 contributed reporting to this article.

Anne Snabes can be reached at asnabes@cornellsun.com.

Made in Manhattan

West Virginia Teachers Push for Raises, Strike Enters Ninth Day

A strike by West Virginia teachers was pushed into its ninth day after lawmakers and school employees failed to reach an agreement on a pay raise for thousands of teachers.

The school systems of the State’s 55 counties will remain closed on Tuesday. Last week, the House approved a five percent raise and the Senate passed a four percent raise, but the teachers still insist that they will not return to work until they receive the proposed five percent.

— Compiled by Paris Ghazi ’21

Trustee, Dies Aged 87 on Saturday JOHNSON

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mathematics in 1952. There, she met her future husband.

Johnson and her husband, who served on the Board of Trustees from 1966 to 1988, were major contributors to their alma mater, according to a University press release from January 2017. Both were distinguished as presidential councillors, the highest honor the University Board of Trustees can bestow.

Together they gifted $20 million in 1984 to the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management in honor of Samuel Johnson’s grandfather, the press release said.

The alumnae was also a member of the Lab of Ornithology Administrative Board. The Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity was named after her in 2000, according to a University press release from January 2017.

“Mom loved nature and was an avid birder,” read H. Fisk Johnson III’s Facebook statement. “She so enjoyed being involved as a board member with the Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity at Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology.”

John W. Fitzpatrick, the Louis Agassiz Fuertes Director of the ornithology lab, praised her work in a University press release from January 1998, after the lab’s Imogene Powers Johnson Senior Scientist chair was cre-

“Gene believed there is no greater tool of empowerment than education.”

The Prairie School ated with a $2 million endowment by the Johnson family.

"She has been a guiding force behind the laboratory's education programs since she first joined the administrative board in 1980,” he said. “Gene is a stalwart and always ready-tohelp friend to lab staff, fellow administrative board members and the lab membership."

Johnson’s beneficence extended well beyond her gifts and commitment to the University. In 1965 Johnson co-founded The Prairie School, a private college preparatory school in Wind Point, Wisconsin.

“Gene believed there is no greater tool of empowerment than education and devoted her life to advancing educational opportunities for children,” read a memorial statement on The Prairie School’s website.

Johnson also contributed to the development of the 21st Century Preparatory School in Racine, Wisconsin, and the River Bend Nature Center wildlife refuge, according to The Journal Times. She also “quietly supported many regional museums and institutions to enhance community-wide educational opportunities,” said the article.

Stephen Hogan, Senior Director of Global Public Affairs at Fisk Johnson’s company, told The Sun that the company was unable to comment on the matter at this time because it is a “personal, private matter.”

BreAnne Fleer can be reached at bfleer@cornellsun.com.

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he realization that most on-campus eateries are closed on weekends strikes me as a fresh blow every time I remember. Are we, the students, presumed to be fasting on weekends?

Have weekends somehow still maintained their rosy reputations as periods of rejuvenation rather than periods of barreling anxieties? I don’t mean to speak for the entire student body, but I have a feeling that this bold claim carries a speck of universal truth: we’re still alive on weekends!

We’re not hibernating, pleasant as that would be, and we’re absolutely in need of sustenance.

I walked in — before noon, I might add — to Duffield last Sunday, only to find that Mattin’s was gated tightly shut, cold and dark, uninviting to even the tiniest of creatures who might’ve scuttled in through the gaps. Of course, I won’t deign to say I only went to Duffield for the food; it was partially for the tables and ambiance, too. I was hoping, however, to avoid being cornered into spending unnecessary dollars on coffee or breakfast in Collegetown or elsewhere off campus.

Admittedly, recovering from this jolting discovery proved… manageable. I packed up my few belongings and drudged across the street to Mac’s, a haven for the famished, by the looks of it on that active Sunday afternoon. I had read that Mac’s opened at 2:30 p.m., so I laid my dignity to rest and was planted firmly in the salad line at 2:31 p.m.. It turned out that the wisdom in this decision exceeded my fantasies — at the payment counter, I was informed that Mac’s accepts BRBs until the ripe hour of 3:00 p.m.. In other words, I had the shield of 30 minutes, the safety of only an 1800 second window, to use my BRBs or be left to die. Well, maybe not left to die, but I’d have had to charge my credit card, which is arguably an equivalent sensation. Anyway, Terrace salads taste better.

In my gung-ho campaign for prevalence of food on campus, I won’t neglect the opposite end of the spectrum. A year ago, I was younger, wilder, and a resident of West Campus. Thankfully, my humble abode was not so humble as the Gothics; I lived in Hans Bethe House, and what others call Jansen’s Dining Room, I called my basement. This was the dream — around-the-clock access to food, easily secured following one swift descent of elevator. Except… it wasn’t around-the-clock access, not really. I could be rewriting history here, but I remember dinner hours ending around 7:30 p.m., often right as I was building up an appetite. If I did manage to make it in before 7:30, it was only

fair for me to pocket 500 cookies to sustain me afterwards, as the night, along with my cravings, just began.

Synchronizing my schedule with Jansen’s soon became routine, so I have little impulse to harp on that now. Yet, a year later, I still have not been able to rationalize the House Meal Plans, mandated of all West Campus residents. The key feature of this Meal Plan is the alleged “unlimited access to meals.” Allow me to compose myself in challenging this point…

WHAT?! The use of the word “unlimited” is impertinent. Anything unlimited, by virtue of definition, is exempt from limitations — this is untrue for dining halls, which are minions of not only specific timings but also certain favorable cuisines and diets. Furthermore, requiring students to subscribe to this nonsensical program would be comical were it not financial sacrilege. I can think of no human being who would ever need “unlimited” meal swipes — considering it cannot even be quantified. I doubt it is physically possible for one to actually reap the benefits.

The realization that most oncampus eateries are closed on weekends strikes me as a fresh blow every time I remember.

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As such, Cornell’s attempt at keeping us fed (dare I say, well and nutritionally fed) grossly misses its target.

So, where does the money we pay Cornell go? The question has been posed countless times before — I’m sure Ezra Cornell himself fielded it a dozen times.

It’s a question that has aged like fine wine (hey, is HADM 4300: Introduction to Wines open on weekends?). Does tuition finance a premier Ivy-League education?

Yes, certainly, if you partake, but textbooks, iClickers and, sometimes, even course enrollment are not free with purchase. Does it include access to gyms?

Nope, not unless you pay extra. Does it include parking, on the very same tar that we tread daily, uphill and down, in rain and snow? No, that’s also sold separately.

Does it include eateries that operate on all seven days of the week? I guess this isn’t a charity.

I’m not just lashing out because I’m hungry, you all. I swear — adults don’t do that! It’s a real shame, the daylight robbery, that’s all, and I wish there were a way to resist without starving.

Priya Kankanhalli is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at pkankanhalli@cornellsun.com. Matters of Fact appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Christopher Schott, Akhilesh Issur, Shivang Tayal, Dean Xu, Chiara Benitez, Binoy Jhaveri & Robin Wang | Guest Room

Cornell Should Empower International Economics Students I nternational students are integral to Cornell’s campus, mission and values. There is no denying the value and diversity that their presence brings to this campus. Yet international students face many unique barriers at Cornell and are often treated as second-class students. They are the only group subjected to need-aware admissions following the administration’s decision to terminate need-blind policy a couple of years ago. They are the only constituency ineligible to re-apply for financial aid under any circumstances. There was also a sudden termination of Curricular Practical Training (work authorization international students require for summer internships) and the withdrawal of International work-study, both of which were reinstated only after students’ active efforts to demonstrate how essential these were to their college experience. There seems to be a gap between Cornell’s alleged values and its actions regarding international students. A gap which remains all too wide.

Yet we are convinced that the Cornell administration wants the best for us, even at a time where xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and racist sentiments are on the rise in the U.S. The creation of an International committee with the Vice Provost of International Affairs and recent mental health and career counseling initiatives by the International Students and Scholars Office demonstrate this intent.

We would therefore like to present an ideal opportunity for the University to make an invaluable contribution to the livelihood of its international constituents: By certifying Cornell’s Economics major with a CIP code 45.0603 (Econometrics and Quantitative Economics), which would classify it as a STEM program according to the Department of Homeland Security. Such a move would immensely benefit Cornell’s international Economics majors.

International graduates of STEM-designated programs are eligible for what’s known as the STEM OPT (Operation Practical Training) extension, which enables them to work in their field for a total of up to 36 months in the U.S. By contrast, students with degrees in nonSTEM fields are only eligible for 12 months of OPT work authorization. The extra months that students in STEM programs can spend on OPT makes them more hirable, grants them extended professional training and gives them additional chances in the annual lottery for the limited number of H-1B skilled worker visas.

Many of Cornell’s peer institutions have recently certified their Economics programs under the 45.0603 code,

while having the same or nearly the same course requirements as Cornell. These institutions include Yale, Columbia, Brown, NYU, Princeton, Williams, MIT, Pomona, Wisconsin-Madison, Wellesley and the University of Southern Florida. The table below demonstrates that Cornell is lagging behind its Ivy-League peers, as five out of seven have already recertified their Economics majors, and a sixth (UPenn) is currently considering the move.

The number of quantitative — math, statistics or econometrics — classes required for the The recertification of our Economics major at each institution.

Economics program also corresponds more closely to the quantitative and analytical international students face the added pressure of requiring nature of the Cornell major. Many Economics majors take work authorization. This issue has been compounded in the recommended class Calculus II, which includes study the past by Cornell’s inability to provide timely CPT work of advanced integration methods and infinite series. This authorization for internships. Companies are becoming places our students on-par with the math requirements of more reluctant to hire international students, a trend even the most quantitative Ivy-League Economics pro- intensified by a political climate hostile to immigration. grams. Many of the Cornell Economics classes at the Even fairly large firms including A.T. Kearney, Pepsi, 3,000-level and beyond utilize partial differential equations Unilever and Accenture do not accept international stuand econometric methods. All Economics students gain dent applicants. Smaller firms are even less inclined to proficiency in at least one statistical programming language sponsor internationals. For employers hiring international (STATA) as part of the required Econometrics class. students, a STEM degree is more attractive: It triples the Cornell’s Economics program is definitely more technical period international students can work, signals their techthan NYU’s government-certified STEM courses like nical skills, and increases the probability of long-term “Journalism.” Cornell’s Economics major also matches the employee retention.

We appreciate that the policies which govern the definrequirements of the 45.0603 code, as described by the US itions of majors and their associated CIP codes are not Department of Education.

Given the experiences of our peer institutions with entirely internal to Cornell. However, such bureaucratic nearly identical (but STEM-designated) Economics pro- procedures present a mere temporary hurdle to implemengrams, we are unaware that the change would necessitate tation. Given that Columbia University recertified its any alterations to the Cornell Economics curriculum. For Financial Economics major within 3 months and its peer institutions, the change in CIP certification involved Economics major in 5 months, we hope that the adminisa mere technicality. Despite holding nearly identical acad- tration will make appropriate haste on behalf of its internaemic qualifications, international graduates of Cornell tional students. The recertification of the Economics major Economics face lower employability, significantly less time is critical to the professional careers of all international stuto work in the U.S. and lower chances of obtaining H-1B dents within the major. It presents the perfect opportunity visas. Cornell prides itself as a premier Ivy League for the Cornell administration to demonstrate its commitUniversity, but how can it do so truthfully when it neglects ment to all students: Any person. Any study. Any country. to afford its international students equal opportunities to those of peer institutions?

The authors are students and alumni of Cornell University. Comments can be While recruitment is a stressful time for all students, sent to opinion@cornellsun.com. Guest Room runs periodically this semester.

DongYeon (Margaret) Lee | Here, There and Everywhere

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here are many aspects to “adulting” that I’ve learned over the past two years since my acceptance to Cornell. I applied for a student visa and travelled alone on a plane for the first time, set up and started managing my own bank account, signed my first housing contract with a landlord, got my first paid job, began to shop for groceries and

Home Safe Home hood, I somehow lost my ability to deliberate on the need to first and foremost be safe. In Dubai or Seoul, where I have most recently lived, I would never even have considered the thought of leaving the doors to my house unlocked. However, I just felt like I was out of harm’s way living here in Ithaca and on the Cornell campus.

Walking home alone from Uris Library to

I guess the best thing to do is preempt potential mishaps by being wary of the fact that no place is really a safe haven. cook regularly — the list could go on. I thought that achieving such milestones allowed me to become one step closer to adulthood, that I had done a pretty good job of making it through these rites of passage.

I was completely wrong. One thing that I had discarded was a sense of concern for safety. I actually don’t think that I’ve ever felt as safe before living here in Ithaca and being on a college campus.

While developing other skills for adult-

Balch at 3am at least once a month was something I would never have done elsewhere. Never having felt immediately attacked or at risk here, I had dismissed any regard for security.

But it was the same place that had made me become immune to basic safety measures that also alarmed me of the significance of remaining cautious at all times. The door to my apartment is rather heavy while the key is somewhat stiff and difficult to use. Plus, we have 6 house-

mates in total so we decided early on last semester that leaving the door unlocked would require less effort on our part.

Unfortunately, a couple of weeks ago, a burglar apparently took advantage of the unlocked doors and broke into our unoccupied house to steal any cash in the desk drawers.

Although enough time has now passed for me to be able to write this down, I was quite traumatized immediately after the incident. The image of a stranger walking into my room and rummaging through my stuff continued to resonate in my mind. This image followed me along wherever I went — before falling asleep, when I was in the shower, when I opened the door to leave my apartment, whenever I was alone in the living room. I became extremely alert to the smallest sounds that I usually would have ignored beforehand.

My brain was filled with questions about “what if.” What if I or another roommate had been there when the thief barged in — would they have had a weapon? What if he or she attempts to break in again?

What if they somehow happen to also have the keys? What if we had kept our doors locked?

Prior to this happening, I had never been directly involved with a crime, at least to my recollection. I was a victim for the first time. Although my experience is much less painful than that of someone who was physically or sexually assaulted or abused, I realized how agonizing it is to be

the target of any crime. I especially recognized how susceptible the victim can be in blaming him or herself. Yes, while it was initially my fault for not having kept the doors locked, I was still shocked and distressed nonetheless for having been robbed of my belongings and sense of security. I placed greater blame on myself than the burglar that indeed put me through a phase of anxiety.

I hope for a society in which victims won’t need to feel at fault and there would be no need for vigilance against potential dangers. I had thought of Ithaca and Cornell’s college campus to at least some degree be that sort of shelter.

But I was misguided by that sense of protection and serenity, as such perceptions of overwhelming safety were what in fact led me into a position of greater danger.

As of now, I guess the best thing to do is preempt potential mishaps by being wary of the fact that no place is really a safe haven. Both our main entrance and apartment doors are now, of course, fully locked. I learned the lesson the hard way — no matter how inconvenient a feature can be, inconvenience can’t and never should override the primary need for safety.

DongYeon (Margaret) Lee is a sophomore in the ILR school.

She can be reached at margaretlee@cornellsun.com. Here, There and Everywhere appears alternate Tuesdays.

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Health Technology

Students Develop App to Aid Strep Throat Patients at Home Hackathon-winning project connects consumers with healthcare professionals through accessible interface.

BY SOPHIE REYNOLDS Sun Contributor

This past weekend, while the Cornell campus shut down for an unprecedented snow day, the eHub on College Avenue hummed to life with an atmosphere of innovation and excitement. On Friday evening, students, mentors, and speakers, congregated in Collegetown to embark on the threeday enterprise that is the Cornell Health Hackathon.

The Cornell Health Hackathon is an event that encourages students from a diverse background of degrees, majors, and schools to collaborate in teams and produce a viable solution to a relevant issue in the medical community.

This year’s hackathon outlined two health-related problems for teams to tackle. The first challenge involved resolving the global antibacterial resistance crisis, the other, creating an easy to use sleep tracking program. By designing a unique and impactful product that puts to use machine learning and data visualization, three teams had the opportunity to win $4,000.

The event began with a presentation by keynote speaker Darwin Johnston, head of services at Glaxosmithkline, one of the event’s main sponsors.

Throughout the weekend there were various workshops led by sponsoring organizations including Johnson & Johnson and the National Science Foundation. Johnston also served as one of the three judges, along with Prof. Ilana Brito, biomedical engineering and Avery August, vice provost for academic affairs.

In his initial speech, Johnston highlighted the massive technological transformation in health care, encouraging teams to develop projects that take advantage of the digital space and raw material in the network. Following Johnston’s speech, a representative from Johnson & Johnson led a team building exercise and kicked off the hacking with the advice “learn and fail fast”.

By the end of the evening, 21 teams had formed, their ideas ranging from sleep tracking pajamas to genomic resistance detection in bacteria. With an average of five members, each group boasted a range of biologists, computer engineers, programmers, masters students, and undergraduates, all working in tandem to improve the medical and technological interface.

What ensued in the next 48 hours can only be described as a grind. After claiming work spaces, teams immediately undertook the laborious tasks of collecting data sets, synthesizing code and designing products. Like a scene from the first floor of Olin Library during finals week, the sound of clacking keys and collaborating voices filled the air.

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Hacking away l Students collaborate on health hackathon project ideas at Collegetown eHub. Bright and early on Sunday morn- that I could see being a real service,” when I heard about this [Hackathon] ing, after a long and exhausting week- said Krasniak, a member of the because I never really come across similar events that I can participate in as a end of developing, the teams exited BedMed team.

Hackathons provide valuable oppor- biomedical engineer”. their work spaces to pitch their ideas Working on identifying problems for the initial round of judging. This tunities for students to learn, create, first process of elimination left 10 and explore their academic potential. and thinking of practical applications teams which advanced to the final pre- “The most valuable part of the for their product, Mileti believes the hackathon is being in an environment key to her team’s success lies in the sentations.

Out of the 10 teams, the top three where risks are encouraged. It is easy to “intersection of computer science, biolfell under the following categories: the jump out of your comfort zone and do ogy, and design”.

Finally, the honor of most versatile grand prize, the best visualization and something you haven't done before.

You can learn so much about yourself hack was awarded to CoPilot, a mobile the most versatile hack.

The grand prize was awarded to and your abilities when you are able to app designed to track past and predict future sleeping patterns. Their main team “BedMed”, whose members do that,” Krasniak said.

One of the teams, named “The purpose is to inform safe driving behavincluded Emily Sine ’21 and graduate students Carolyn Krasniak, Erin Resistance” was awarded best visualiza- ior so as to prevent “falling asleep McConnaghy, Hayden Prosise and tion. This award honors the project behind the wheel” incidents.

Cornell hosts a wide array of Thomas Stilley. BedMed is a service that most creatively looks into a data that provides at home testing, consulta- set or combines information from mul- hackathons that are open to any stution and delivery of antibiotics for tiple data sources to produce a product. dent. Upcoming events include a Strep throat. Their intention is to con- The Resistance used a machine learning Fintech Hackathon in September, a tain the spread of disease by minimiz- algorithm to detect sites in specific bac- Hospitality Hackathon in October, and ing the amount of time contagious terial genomes that contribute to varia- an Animal Health Hackathon in 2019. tions in antibiotic resistance. They were For more information, visit the individuals spend in public.

“To me, the most exciting part of then able to incorporate a technological Entrepreneurship at Cornell webpage. this service is that it is something that I interface and visualize the results.

Cassidy Mileti ’19, the biologist on Sophie Reynolds can be reached at would love to use as a consumer. It was a neat experience developing something The Resistance team said “I was excited sr682@cornellsun.com

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Has Chance the Rapper’s Chance Passed?

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ot only was Acid Rap one of the best hip-hop albums of the decade, but it was a million times better than Coloring Book.

For pre-Coloring Book era fans of Chance the Rapper, what I just said comes as no surprise, so allow me to be a little more radical. Coloring Book, quite frankly, fell short. Considering it is one of the most discussed pieces of music in recent years, one would expect something that sounds better. But upon further investigation, it becomes apparent what made Coloring Book so successful: Chance’s accomplishments as a humanitarian, its cost (zero), and the albums allstar cast.

While some of the music on Coloring Book lives up to the hype, “Summer Friends,” “Juke Jam” and “Blessings” to name a few, the majority of the album is hindered by bad production and artistic overstepping by some of the music industry’s most influential names. Maybe most notable was Kanye West’s mess on “All We Got,” Coloring Book’s intro track.

It is clear that the blunders which occured in the creation of the studio recording of Coloring Book were no fault

of Chance’s as his live show of the material was gripping. Further, when Chance was featured on Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam,” he propelled the track to become an instant classic. When left to his own devices and creative control, as was the case during the creation of Acid Rap, Chance has the ability to create what could be dubbed the greatest of all time.

Hidden in the long list of features on “Juke Jam” lies a name which I didn’t think much of until his new album dropped, Towkio. I had listened to some

Peter Buonanno Guest Room of his previous work and had even seen him live when he came to Cornell to open up for Foster the People. Frankly, I was not impressed — which is why I am very surprised with what I am about to say. Towkio’s WWW. is what Coloring Book should have sounded like.

Before my email box fills up with a bunch of angry emails, let me explain

myself. I am NOT saying that WWW. is a better album because that would be flat out ignorant; although, “Forever,” which features Vic Mensa who also made an appearance on Acid Rap is, in my opinion, the best song offered from either of the two albums in question. Coloring Book’s statement is second to none in quality. While WWW. tries really hard to replicate the hard hitting lyrics of Chance’s third mixtape, it falls short. But this does not excuse the fact that the production of Towkio’s album is much more impressive and immersive.

Although the development of Chicago artists, such as Towkio and Vic Mensa, is something that I am sure Chance is excited about, it calls the question about the durability of Chance in the music industry. Personally, I have been a fan since Acid Rap and thus know that Chance has most likely not put out his best body of work yet. But Chance gained a great number of fans through the release of Coloring Book . . . yes, I’m looking at you, the people who everytime they get on the aux play “No Problems.”

While I can’t say with any certainty that these fans are fleeting, they certainly aren’t yet committed. With the rise of music, such as Towkio’s WWW., which sounds similar to Chance but better, Chance has the potential to lose fans

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who aren’t necessarily looking for impactful lyrics.

Although I have full confidence that the next Chance album will be the album of the decade, we need to consider the fact that he may be running out of time to impress his quasi-fan base. In order to remain relevant, it seems to me that Chance’s next album needs to take its production to a different level — whether this means reverting to a method similar to that of Acid Rap or taking his music in a new direction entirely, I am unsure.

Peter Buonanno is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at pbuonanno@cornellsun.com. Guest Room runs periodically this semester.

My Thoughts on Coco’s Wins at the Oscars

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hat an absolute shock that Pixar won Best Animated Feature.

Okay, so sarcasm doesn’t translate well into text. It was practically certain that Pixar’s Coco would end up with the coveted Oscar. Of course,

Instead, I want to focus on Coco, its merits and its context.

Be warned, spoilers ahead!

I’ve grown up with Pixar movies, and I’ve always adored the studio’s work. So I don’t speak lightly when I say that Coco represents a new pinnacle in their abilities and story-

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when half of its competition is Ferdinand and The Boss Baby, it had a relatively easy path forward. Now there has been plenty of discourse about how the animation nominations are selected, and plenty of discourse over whether it’s proper for Disney to win the award so often. I don’t want to get bogged down in that debate.

telling. It’s a step away from their famous “if X had feelings” formula. It’s a heartfelt story that strikes a balance between drama and humor and shows that Pixar’s adept skill at making family movies that are more than just “kids” movies.

They have a positive bait-andswitch tactic: they advertise the funny jokes, bright colors, and

goofy animal sidekicks. Then you sit in the theater and get themes like memory and culture, a plot which involves murder and exposed lies, and plenty of crying.

Coco also snatched up a second Oscar for Best Song, specifically for “Remember Me.” The song is written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, famous for “Let It Go” from Frozen.

“Remember Me” plays so centrally into the film’s plot. In the beginning, it’s a bombastic and fantastic song about impassioned love presented by superstar Ernesto de la Cruz. It’s catchy and upbeat. However, once we learn that Héctor wrote the song for his daughter Coco, it feels so different.

Suddenly, it’s close and intimate. It changes from passion to a quiet sincerity, a pure kind of love that moved me (and the entire theater) to tears.

Besides just its content though, Coco also feels remarkable for its context on several different levels. Bear in mind that production began all the way back in 2010, so it’d be inaccurate to say that it was made in response to any recent events. The timing, however, ended up impeccable. A major plot thread in the movie involves our hero Miguel wanting to follow in the footsteps of his idol Ernesto de la Cruz,

only to find out that he’s a fraud and a murderer. The very night that Coco premiered, I had a similar shock in real life.

My longtime idol, John Lasseter, announced a “temporary leave” from Disney Animation and Pixar. It turns out that he, too, had been taking part in sexual misconduct. At the moment it looks unlikely he will

all children can grow up seeing characters in movies that look and talk and live like they do.”

And after them, Anthony Gonzalez, the voice of Miguel, cried out “Muchisimas gracias a todos y que viva Mexico!” — “Many thanks to everyone and long live Mexico!”

I’m happy for Coco. I’m happy for its financial success.

I’m happy for its critical praise.

I’m happy for its awards. The film means a lot to me in many Animation different Analysis ways. Not only is it a beautifully crafted picture, but as a gay man and as a Mexican, it warms my heart to see people like me up on that stage, being rewarded for their work. The Washington Post reported that backstage, Anderson pointed to Molina and said “This is the future.” If she’s correct, then it’s a very bright future indeed.

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actually return from his “leave.”

Of course, there’s also the elephant in the room. A film celebrating a foreign culture, described as a “love letter to Mexico,” seems particularly fitting in this administration.

That fact was not lost on Oscars night as the team of Coco took to the stage.

Producer Darla Anderson thanked her wife; director and writer Adrian Molina thanked his husband and his Mexican community; co-director Lee Unkrich spoke about the importance of “a world where

David Gouldthorpe is a senior in the College of Labor and Industrial Relations. He can be reached at dgouldthorpe@cornellsun.com Animation Analysis runs alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Deer Tick Live at the Haunt Deer Tick does a pretty good job of subverting your expectations. Judging from the album cover of their first fulllength album, “War Elephant,” which includes nothing less than the band members sitting on a sand dune in front of two women in bikinis holding a shotgun and an AK-47, you might not expect the mellow fingerpicked guitars that follow. Moreover, after hearing Deer Tick’s infectious blend of tender folk and rollicking roots rock, you might not expect it to be something you could mosh to. Nonetheless, that’s exactly what we did at Deer Tick’s March 3 show at The Haunt.

The night began with comedian Solomon Georgio taking us through his life as an African immigrant and “professional homosexual,” interweaving narratives of childhood bullies with social commentary on racism and homophobia. He made his presence known to a crowd that otherwise was expecting music and had a rousing set while still being cognizant of his role of introducing Deer Tick.

The band played two sets — one acoustic, and one electric, which both accentuated and juxtaposed their sparser sound from their high-energy propensities. And when the five guys from Providence, Rhode Island did take the stage, clad in a flamboyant assortment of red puffy shirts, red robes and red kerchiefs, they began with an impassioned performance of

“Sea of Clouds,” a guitar-led narrative about far away memories that sparks into a captivating crescendo of crash symbols and scintillating harmonies.

As the set continued, what stood out most was the band’s versatility. Lead vocals were swapped between all band members save bassist Chris Ryan, and each member contributed backing

wind instruments and keyboards in rotation between songs.

After the acoustic set, Georgio came back on for a small interlude, this time sporting a yellow windbreaker. “If you haven’t realized by now, there’s a color scheme!” he divulged to the audience.

At some point during the interlude, a man standing next to me let me know

vocals. More specifically, drummer Dennis Ryan’s first song contributing lead vocals was “Me and My Man,” a track Ryan told the audience he wrote from the perspective of his dog. Each member played multiple instruments, with a cycle of guitars, mandolins,

about his plans for the electric set, asserting that “when a song called ‘The Bump’ comes on, he’ll start screaming, and we’ll start a pit”. If you listen to a recorded version of the track, you might think it impossible. However, I assure you, during the electric set, not

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only did the audience happily oblige to get moving, we felt compelled to.

Deer Tick came out wearing all yellow this time around, and by the time they played their second song of the set, aptly named “Jumpstarting,” the crowd was already bumping shoulders.

Save an engrossing solo piano performance of “Goodbye, Dear Friend” in which McCauley grieves the loss of a loved one, it was a boisterous set, made all the more impressive when McCauley disclosed that he was so sick the previous night that he had to cancel their show.

The intimacy of The Haunt made the perfect venue for Deer Tick’s personal and lively performance, and although there’s a bar only a short distance away from the main stage, every time I tried to slip away for a song to get a drink of water the tempo would kick back up and keep me dancing for a song like “Mr. Nothing Gets Worse”.

By the end of the set, Deer Tick had played two full sets and three encore songs over the span of more than two hours. So if you get the chance to see Deer Tick, do so not only to get a sampling of the many genres their music covers, but do so also to experience for yourself the anthemic energy they brought to The Haunt this past Friday.

Jesse Martens is a Sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at jtm238@cornell.edu.

The San Francisco Sound

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alking down Haight Street in San Francisco, it is hard to see that this place was once the heart of the “hippie scene” in the 1960s. The sidewalks of modern-day San Francisco are littered with boutiques, internet cafés and modern restaurants. Nevertheless, there are a few image-evoking shops and buildings hidden away behind the high-end clothing stores.

These smoke shops, novelty emporiums and record stores are the best modern-day glimpses into the times of tiedye and LSD. During the ’60s, new fashion and new ways of thinking emerged in the Bay area.

These aspects, which soon became identifiers of sixties culture, were all embodied by the music at the time.

The Bay Area continues to be thought of as a liberal hearth. Through its revolutionary sounds and themes, this unfamiliar music demonstrated the new and radical environment of the bay. The lyrics written in these radical songs spoke about the controversial issues such as the Vietnam War, The Civil Rights Movement and the struggle against com-

ing, rather than the record labels. It was a progressive genre, and it encapsulated the communal-hippie lifestyle by promoting love and self-identification throughout the region.

The sharing and “free society” ideals of the hippies is evident in the San Francisco Sound through its free concerts.

Through its new sounds and reformist themes, the San Francisco Sound demonstrated the innovation of the Bay Area, and helped to symbolize the change in traditional customs of the nation, not only in pop music, but also culturally.

One of the most popular bands that is associated with the San Francisco Sound is The Grateful Dead.

The band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto. The Dead Guest Room weren’t the first to hit the Bay Area music scene, genre, like the cities it originat- but they certainly helped shape it. ed from, went against the pre- They were one of the most viously established way of prominent music groups that doing things. This version of didn’t fit under a pre-existing rock extended into new riffs musical genre. The Dead, along and chord progressions, thus with others like Jefferson creating a more psychedelic Airplane, Moby Grape and vibe.

Country Joe and the Fish, San Francisco Sound flipped helped form the basis not only the pop-music industry upside of the San Francisco Sound, but down because it put the artists of psychedelic rock. It was the in control of what they were soundtrack for the hippie writing, recording, and mak- movement and its exploration munism. In general, countercultural songs were anti-establishment, and preached a new way of living.

The San Francisco Sound is commonly thought of as rockrelated music with a focus on free-form organization and the defiance of stylistic categorization. It is not just one sound — the whole point of it is to have as many sounds as possible.

Bands ranged from Jefferson Airplane to Santana. The experimentation with different musical instruments and effects led a stark contrast to other popular music of the time. The

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of self-identification and communal living. The Dead thought outside of the box, combining sounds from rock, reggae, folk, bluegrass, jazz and many other genres, as well as experimenting with sounds of their own. This new type of music, that the Dead and other

its profound lyrics and innovative sound. These movements didn’t envelop the music, the music bore the principles behind the movements and allowed those principles to spread quicker and farther.

As radical as this music was at the time, the subgenre of rock n’ roll has taken a backseat to many new styles of music. Just as the San Francisco Sound and psychedelic rock once served as a platform for political messages and social outcries, now modern rap lyrics carry on the mantle. The evolution of music is ever-changing, COURTESY OF GRATEFUL DEAD RECORDS fitting what is needbands were producing, spread ed by society at a specific across the country along with moment in time, so it is no surthe themes behind the songs. prise this style of music did not But it was not just the sound last long after its birth in the that spread, the ideas behind 1960s. It is always sombering to the songs spread, such as the see a genre fade, but reassuring academic ideals of the free when a new one comes along. speech movement, the “free As much as it changes throughsociety” preached by the out the years, one thing will Haight’s hippies and the racial always be constant: music will justice fought for by the Black continue to serve as an unparalPanther Party. They expanded leled means of expression and throughout the country because communication, capable of cartheir messages were carried by rying much more than a rhythm you can tap your feet to. the songs.

Music is not just an add-on to the radical identity of the A.J. Stella is a freshman in the College of Bay Area. Music fuels the pro- Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at gressiveness of this region with ajs548@cornell.edu.

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Garceau Falls Short in Champs Runners Place 3rd national team championships, was unable to partake in the individual championships.

Brail, the Red’s only player in the men’s tournament, won his first two matches in Molloy North, After both the men’s and women’s squash teams one of the four men’s divisions, but fell to Penn’s lost in the quarterfinals of the College Squash David Yacobucci in the final match in Brail’s illusAssociation national team championships, both trious Cornell career. squads sought redemption as they sent athletes to “[Brail] got stronger and stronger as the season the individual championships. progressed, and he probably played his best squash Senior Michele Garceau advanced to the finals during the national team championships, and he in her bracket, but couldn’t knock off Trinity’s built on that success this past weekend in the indiVanessa Raj to capture the championship in vidual tournament.” Palmer said. “So, it was really Holleran South, one of the four women’s divi- nice for him to finish his college career off by getsions, and lost in five sets. A win would have ting to the semifinals and playing a very close earned Garceau a spot on the CSA second team match against a great opponent.”

All-American list after finishing the regular season Senior Ian Rothweiler applied to play in the 9-8 and winning three of her individual championships, but four matches in the individual was not selected to play, and “The match was played championships. ended up stuck on the waitlist Garceau, seniors Charlotte on an all-glass court, for the final tournament of the Knaggs, Margaux Losty and season. which was different Emma Uible and sophomore With the departure of so Lucy Martin also represented than any other match.” many seniors, especially from the women, while senior Jordan the women’s team, Palmer is Head Coach David Palmer Brail was the lone member of excited about next year’s recruitthe men’s team to participate. ing class, which includes seven “[Garceau] played very promen and three women so far. The team is still fessionally this past weekend, and she won all of waiting to see if more athletes will come to East her first three matches very convincingly,” head Hill next season via regular decision admission. coach David Palmer said. “The match was played “We potentially have a top international player on an all-glass court, which was different than any from Malaysia joining the group next season, but other match she played this weekend, and [Raj] we are still awaiting her decision from the school,” took several high-risk shots throughout the match, Palmer said. “She is very exciting and would but especially in the fifth set. So, it kind of just immediately be one of the strongest players in colslipped away from her.” lege squash, so she would really provide a big Losty reached the semifinals in the Holleran boost to our team. Overall, I am very optimistic East, but was bounced by Columbia junior for next season for both the men’s and the Maddie O’Connor in a five-set match. Uible won women’s teams.” her first match, but lost in the quarterfinals of her bracket. Knaggs and Martin were both beaten in the round of 16.

For the men, No. 1 Andy Muran, sidelined Bennett Gross can be reached at with an injury he suffered last weekend during the bgross@cornellsun.com.

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About her new book, ONE GOAL, A COACH, A TEAM and the GAME THAT BROUGHT A DIVIDED TOWN TOGETHER, Bob Costas said,

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Red braves weather in Boston trip

By ZORA HAHN Sun Staff Writer

Braving last weekend’s snowstorm, Cornell track and field’s 16 women competitors and a single athlete from the men’s team arrived just in time to participate in the ECAC championships at Boston University.

And it had no trouble dominating the field, placing third out of 70 teams.

Although the team was originally supposed to leave Friday afternoon, road and weather conditions delayed its departure until Saturday morning.

“Thanks to the efforts of our administration we were able to rearrange our travel to get to Boston safely on Saturday,” women’s head coach Artie Smith ’96 said. “Our team handled the curveballs of the weather and logistical difficulties with great poise and positivity and had a terrific performance.”

Despite the five and a half hour bus ride, the Red’s onemile runners got ready to race quickly and advanced to the final. Junior Briar Brumley set a personal best of 4:50.10 and senior Jackie Katzman ran a 4:51.11, her best of the season.

“We literally dropped them off a couple blocks away as we were driving in so that they could get in a good warmup,” freshman mid-distance runner Gabrielle Orie said. “Upbeat, positive, and smiling, they set our team up for success by making finals and setting a PR and season PR.” Smith said the team did a commendable job adjusting to the bizarre travel schedule.

“Our milers, who had only a 50-minute warm-up after the long ride — their positivity set a wonderful tone for the rest of the meet,” Smith said.

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didn’t end with the mile-runners. The Red crowned an ECAC champion, had an ECAC runner up, set two freshman records, broke a school record and placed three athletes on program top-10 lists.

“By the time we had returned home, every woman on the trip had earned her sash,” Smith said.

Freshman Gabrielle Orie, whose time of 9:30.26 set a personal and a Cornell freshman record, was runner-up in the 3000-meter run. Her time also propels her into the top-10 in Cornell history, displacing one of her coaches, Genna Hartung ’13.

She accredited her success to her teammates.

“My team's determination to race no matter the circumstance was exactly what propelled our team's third place title at this meet where 70 teams competed,” Orie said. “ I credit my freshman 3k record to how amazing and optimistic every single one of my teammates and coaches are.”

With Orie’s record, the Red’s freshmen class now has set rookie records in the 600, 800, 1000, mile, 3K, 5K, DMR and high jump this indoor season.

Sophomore Zach Hawley was the lone member of the men’s team to participate in the championship meet. The ECAC is primarily the women’s conference; the men’s equivalent is IC4A. Hawley set a personal record to place sixth in the shot put at 55-1 ½, earning All-East honors.

Next weekend, both men’s and women’s teams are set to travel to Texas for the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Zorah Hahn can be reached at zhahn@cornellsun.com.

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SPORTS

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Laxers Shut Down by Stifling Quaker Defense

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

After heavy defensive pressure from Penn halted the Red’s attempt to ruin the Quaker’s unblemished record, Cornell women’s lacrosse dropped a tough match to its conference rival Saturday.

No. 18 Cornell (1-2, 0-1 Ivy) battled hard for 60 minutes — with scoring efforts coming from junior attack Tomasina Leska, sophomore attack Caroline Allen and senior midfielder Taylor Reed — but ultimately succumbed to the No. 12 Quakers (4-0, 1-0 Ivy).

“Our defense really stepped it up today,” Reed said.

“We just didn’t execute on the offensive end — we didn’t finish our shots.”

“Our defense really stepped it up today.

We just didn’t execute on the offensive end — we didn’t finish our shots.”

Senior Taylor Reed Despite a relatively lopsided final score, the Red was not significantly outmatched statistically by the Quakers — taking 22 shots to Penn’s 27 and winning seven draw controls to Penn’s nine. “[Our] attacking unit had a difficult time navigating Penn’s defensive pressure,” said head coach Jenny Graap ’86. “Our shooting was definitely off, and a number of confidence-boosting saves [by the Quakers] early in the game gave Penn a clear advantage.”

Cornell’s defensive unit performed well under pressure — holding the high-scoring Quakers to just 11 goals. Penn has averaged over 14 goals per game this season and scored 19 goals against Rutgers just last week.

Senior defender Cait Callahan led the way for the Red’s defense with three caused turnovers, while Reed followed closely behind with two.

Senior defender Anna Baumeister also played a critical role in containing her opponent’s lethal offense as she held Penn’s 5th-year senior attacker Caroline Cummings — who averaged 2.67 goals per game coming into Saturday’s contest — to a scoreless game.

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Death by defense | The Red was only able to muster four goals against Penn on Saturday in a tough loss at home to its conference opponent.

“Our team needs to translate great defensive stops into points on the other end of the field,” Graap said.

Sophomore goalkeeper Katie McGahan and junior goalkeeper Sammy Nielsen each tallied three saves for the Red — with McGahan in the crease the first half and Nielsen the second.

“Sammy did really well coming in [the second half ],” said senior midfielder Ida Farinholt. “She was really a spark for us on defense.”

Hungry for redemption, Cornell looks to rebound from the loss by translating its mistakes into learning opportunities.

“It’s important that we learn quickly from the mistakes that we did make [on Saturday],” said junior

captain attacker Sarah Phillips. “We’ll be back at practice working on areas we need [to improve] — offensively, we’ll be trying to find that chemistry and how we can work together to put goals on the board.”

The Red will be looking to put many goals on the board tomorrow as it hits the road to take on regional rival, Colgate (3-1) at 5 p.m. in Hamilton. Cornell holds the overall advantage in the series 29-14-1.

“The main thing for us,” Farinholt said, “is having confidence in ourselves and in each other so we can get the win this time.”

Smita Nalluri can be reached at snalluri@cornellsun.com.

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Slammin’ start | The Red won its first season-opening game since 2014 thanks to a game-winning grand slam by sophomore Bridgette Rooney.

Rooney’s Grand Slam Powers Red

By GRACIE TODD Sun Contributor

Sophomore Bridgette Rooney got Cornell softball’s season off with a bang on Friday, crushing a seventh-inning grand slam to seal her team’s season-opening victory.

Rooney came to bat with teammates Madison Avery, Avery Voehl and Sarah Murray already positioned on first, second, and

third bases, respectively.

“I have a lot of confidence when Bridgette comes up to the plate,” said Voehl. “So naturally I was pretty excited as a base runner.”

With two outs in the top of the seventh, Cornell was down by one run. Rooney’s at bat was the Red’s last chance to score, and she delivered.

“My dad always gave me the advice to swing hard, just in case

I hit it,” Rooney said. “ I knew I had to give it my all for my team.”

In celebration of its victory, the team ran out of the dugout to greet their hero at home plate.

“It felt great to cross the plate, turn around, and help congratulate [Rooney].” Voehl said.

Rooney, who was last year’s Ivy League home run leader, began her preparation for the hit while she was still in the dugout.

“A lot of what happened with the grand slam came even before I got to the plate,” Rooney said.

“I had to have the right mindset.”

Rooney’s mindset definitely paid off as Cornell entered the bottom of the seventh inning with a three-point lead over their competition.

The Wildcats responded with one run in the bottom of the seventh, but it was not enough.

Cornell’s defense was too strong to overcome.

“Defense is incredibly important,” Voehl said. “It all comes down to supporting our pitcher.”

And support their pitcher they certainly did. Throughout the game the Red committed no errors, and sophomore pitcher Katie Lew walked just two batters.

The Red defeated the Wildcats once again on Saturday, but suffered three losses over the weekend from opponents Drexel, Stetson, and Tennessee State.

However, the Red earned something positive to focus on going forward. The victory was Cornell’s first to open a season since 2014.

“Winning game one set the tone for us,” said head coach Julie Farlow ’97. “[The team] knows what winning feels like and it’s the goal every time we play.”

Gracie Todd can be reached at gkt26@cornell.edu

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made 26 saves in a 3-1 Colgate victory in game one, but RPI’s Linden Marshall’s shutout in game two — a 1-0 Engineer victory — evened up the series.

The Raiders, behind Point’s shutout, earned a trip to thirdseeded Clarkson by defeating RPI, 2-0.

St. Lawrence (12) at Dartmouth (5)

After splitting the series’ first two games, the Green won a tight 2-1 battle in game three to earn a date with Harvard next weekend. Corey Kalk scored the game-winning goal 2:13 into the third.

In game one, Dartmouth took a 2-1 lead late in the second and held on during a scoreless final frame. Facing elimination, St. Lawrence won a close game two, netting an empty-netter to win, 4-2 after the Green tied the game, 2-2, in the waning seconds of the middle period.

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun.com.

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WRESTLING

Grapplers Lose Title Streak, Send 7 to Nationals

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The longest streak in the history of the EIWA has come to an end.

Cornell wrestling failed to extend its run of consecutive Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships to 12 on Sunday as it placed second behind Lehigh. The Red was unable to surpass the Mountain Hawks despite sending eight grapplers to the semifinals on Saturday.

With three first place finishes by freshmen No. 3 Yianni Diakomihalis (141), No. 2 Ben Darmstadt (197) and junior No. 18 Jon Jay Chavez (165), Cornell totaled 146 points in the tournament. But Lehigh bested the previously perennial champions, scoring 164.5.

Nonetheless, head coach Rob Koll was pleased with his squad’s performance.

“Overall, we had a couple slip ups; I don’t think we could have wrestled much better as a team,” he said.

“When you consider we only had “OveralI, we had a couple three guys on the slip ups; I don’t think we team who had could have wrestled much wrestled in that tournament last better as a team.” year and to have eight finish in the Head coach Rob Koll top three, I thought they did a remarkable job.”

Six wrestlers represented Cornell in the finals.

However, the Red failed to defeat its rival in the final matches, with all three of the Red’s losses in the finals coming from the hands of the Mountain Hawks. That dominance throughout the tournament allowed Lehigh to recapture the title after 10-plus year drought.

“Lehigh has a great team and they wrestled a great tournament,” Koll said.

The three runner-ups included freshman No. 12 Max Dean (184), sophomore Noah Baughman (125) and junior No. 20 Chaz Tucker (133). Baughman’s and Tucker’s matches were each decided by one point against Lehigh wrestlers, including defending NCAA Champion No. 2 Darian Cruz at 125.

Juniors Brandon Womack (174) and Jeremy Sweany (285) dropped their semifinal matches to top-seeded

Men’s Lacrosse’s Knight Named Ivy Player of the Week Senior goaltender Christian Knight was named Ivy League Player of the Week after Cornell men’s lacrosse was minutes away from stunning No. 1 Albany last weekend, the League announced on Monday.

Knight’s performance was a major part of the Red’s upset bid.

He tied for a career high with 19 saves, keeping the Great Danes’ high-octane offense to 11 goals, their fewest in a game this season.

Knight’s 16 saves per game are most in the country, and his .593 save percentage is the nation’s fifth best.

Cornell led for much of the contest against Albany, before the Great Danes scored four late goals to pull out an 11-9 victory.

The honor is the sixth league weekly award of Knight’s career and the first instance in which he was named Player of the Week.

Knight and the Red are back in action as they host Binghamton at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

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National names | After the EIWA tournament on Long Island over the weekend, the Red qualified 7 of its 10 wrestlers for the NCAA Championships in Cleveland despite falling short of a team title.

opponents, but clawed back, out-wrestling their seeds to third place finishes.

The only two Cornell wrestlers that failed to reach the semifinals were junior Will Koll (149) and sophomore Fredy Stroker (157). The pair failed to place, with Koll losing by injury default in the consolation quarterfinal with a severe elbow injury.

The Red is not hanging its head on the shortcoming.

While its impressive streak is no longer, the team is moving on and looking ahead to the real task at hand.

“It’s a bonus that we won [the EIWA Championship] 11 years in a row but the reality is that it’s a national qualifier,” Koll said. “Our guys are not thinking, ‘Oh, we didn’t win it,’ they’re not moping about that. They are focusing on the National Championships.”

To Koll, the EIWA Championship is not the be-all

and end-all of the Cornell wrestling season.

“We won that thing 11 years in a row,” he said. “It’s not that I don’t want to win it every year, but it’s a qualifier; it’s a means to an end.”

Of its 10 wrestlers who competed in the tournament, seven earned automatic bids to the NCAA Wrestling Championship. Baughman will look to get an at-large bid with his second place finish.

“Obviously we would like to get all 10, and on a given day we could have had all 10,” Koll said. “But seldom does everything work out perfectly.”

In a couple weeks, Cornell will travel to Cleveland for the NCAA Championship, which will run from March 15 to 17 at Quicken Loans Arena.

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com.

MEN’S HOCKEY

Around the ECAC: Red to Face Qunnipiac

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

After earning a bye week in the first round of the ECAC playoffs, the topseeded Red will welcome Quinnipiac to Lynah Rink for a best-of-three series next weekend.

Here’s a quick recap of the action from the first weekend of the ECAC tournament: Quinnipiac (9) at Yale (8)

The visiting Bobcats dispatched Joe Snively and the Bulldogs in two games, winning 5-1 and 4-1. In the first contest, Quinnipiac rattled off four thirdperiod goals to run away with a game that was tied after two periods.

In game two, Quinnipiac scored twice in the middle frame after a scoreless opening period and cruised to victory.

Brown (10) at Princeton (7)

The Tigers obliterated the visiting Bears, dominating 8-2 and 7-1 to clinch a spot in the conference quarterfinals.

After Brown forced an early 2-2 tie in game one, Princeton rattled off six straight goals, four of them on the

BRITTNEY CHEW / SUN FILE PHOTO

Qpac quarters | After the bottom eight teams in the conference squared off over the weekend, Cornell will face the Bobcats in a quarterfinal series this weekend at Lynah Rink.

power play. Josh Teves and Ryan Kuffner each scored twice in game one and the Tigers were 4-for-4 on the man advantage.

Game two was similarly ugly for Brown. Princeton scored four times in the second period to take a 5-0 lead, bringing its series total to a whopping

15 goals. The eight tallies in game one were the most in a playoff game in Princeton program history.

Rensselaer (11) at Colgate (6)

Raider goaltender Colton Point See ECAC page 15