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HOMECOMING EVENT SCHEDULE

FOOTBALL FIELD HOCKEY

Sept. 8 1 p.m. UConn

Sept. 10 1 p.m. UAlbany

Sept. 15 1 p.m. at Columbia*

Sept. 17 1 p.m. American U.

Sept. 22 1 p.m. Dartmouth*

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Oct.

Oct.

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Sept. 16 Noon at Lehigh

Sept. 23 Noon at Yale

Sept. 30 2 p.m. Colgate

Oct. 6 7 p.m. at Harvard*

Oct. 14 1 p.m. Bucknell

Oct. 21 1 p.m. Brown*

Oct. 28 1 p.m. Princeton*

Nov. 4 1 p.m. at UPenn*

Nov. 11 1 p.m. at Dartmouth*

Nov. 18 1 p.m. Columbia*

MEN’S SOCCER WOMEN’S SOCCER

Sept. 3 2 p.m. Syracuse

Sept. 10 2 p.m. at UBuffalo

Sept. 13 2 p.m. Binghamton

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p.m. at UMBC

Sept. 19 2 p.m. Syracuse

Sept. 23 2 p.m. at Harvard*

Sept. 30 4 p.m. Brown*

Oct. 3 7 p.m. UAlbany

Oct. 7 5 p.m. at UPenn*

Oct. 10 7 p.m. Colgate

Oct. 14 4 p.m. Princeton*

Oct. 17 6 p.m. at Binghamton

Sept. 1 7 2 p.m. at Villanova

Sept. 22 2 p.m. at Princeton*

Sept. 26 2 p.m. Colgate

Sept. 30 3 p.m. at Dartmouth*

Oct. 4 4:30 p.m. Columbia*

Oct. 7 2 p.m. Harvard*

Oct. 14 5 p.m. at Yale*

Oct. 17 5 p.m. UAlbany

Oct. 21 1 p.m. Brown*

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

*Ivy League Match

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Football to Host Colgate for Homecoming Game

In its first home game of the season, football will be facing Colgate after two road wins

By GRAYSON RUHL Sun Sports Editor

After playing on the road for the first two weeks, football is getting set for its home opener this Saturday, Sept. 30, when it will host Colgate. The game will also be Homecoming for Cornell, and with the team’s early success this season, it will likely be a full house at Schoellkopf.

The Red (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) is coming off one of its biggest wins in recent memory. After trailing 14-3 at halftime on the road against defending Ivy League champion Yale, Cornell rallied, outscoring the Bulldogs 20-7 in the second half to take the win, 23-21.

“I thought it was a great win ––really proud of the guys, they overcame adversity from the moment we left campus,” said head coach David Archer ’05, referring to one of the team’s buses breaking down during their trip. “Yale’s a great team –– it was just a great team win.”

The offense stuck to its roots, passing for 197 yards and rushing for 174. The Red dominated time of possession, holding the ball for more than 38 minutes. Cornell currently leads all of college football (FBS and FCS) in average time of possession.

The defense, led by senior linebacker and Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week Connor Henderson, harassed Yale quarterback Nolan Grooms all day, limiting him to 129 yards passing and forcing an interception. Senior kicker/punter Jackson Kennedy repeated as Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week.

“Henderson is a complete linebacker –– he can rush the passer, he can cover in space, he can make tackles in the box,” Archer said. “Jackson [Kennedy] is a special talent –– he does all three [field goals, kickoffs and punting].”

Saturday’s game will be Cornell’s annual Homecoming, with alumni returning to campus and large crowds expected for the game. For Archer, who was a player at Cornell before becoming a coach, Homecoming is always a special occasion.

“I just really appreciate how the University comes behind it,” Archer said. “And so, with the respect I have for that, the best way we can honor that is to do our best on the field.”

The Raiders (0-4, 0-1 Patriot) lost to No. 6 Holy Cross in its last game. Cornell and Colgate will be meeting for the 104th time on Saturday, with the Red narrowly leading the series, 51-49-3.

“Their defense is aggressive,” Archer said. “They’re going to play a four down man coverage. They’re going to play a three down man coverage. They’re going to play four down and blitz and play hot coverage behind it. They do a lot of stuff we haven’t seen yet.”

When the two teams met last year, it was a high-scoring affair. The Red scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, including a game-winning field goal with 1:55 remaining, to take the game, 34-31.

The Raiders has gotten off to a slow start, losing all four of its games by multiple possessions. Nevertheless,

with the team hungry for a win, Cornell will need to remain disciplined to improve to 3-0.

“We have a ton of respect for them,” Archer said. “I think they’re a class act in terms of coaches and leadership.”

Prediction: Cornell 24 Colgate 14

The Red has established itself as a team that can build long sustaining drives and control time of possession.

On Saturday, Cornell will use that to its advantage, limiting Colgate’s chances to score and sending the Homecoming crowd away happy with a win.

Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. from Schoellkopf. The game will also be broadcast on ESPN+.

Grayson Ruhl can be reached at gruhl@cornellsun.com.

T e Red Dominated Last Homecoming Win in 2016

By ZACHARY SILVER Former Sun Sports Editor

‘Cornell Victorious’ is a ballad with rich history in Ithaca, but has been conspicuously missing from Cornell football games in recent years. This has changed in two games already this season, as the Red dominated Yale on Homecoming, Sept. 24, 2016, 27-13 to secure its second win in as many games.

Cornell opened the scoring

early, when sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks marched the offense down the field, totaling 60 yards in just under three minutes.

Sophomore running back J.D. PicKell pounded the ball in for a one-yard rush — the first of his career — giving the Red the early lead.

Even with PicKell’s touchdown, rushing was not the centerpiece for the Red’s offense this weekend, after sophomore running back Chris Walker exploded for over

130 yards against Bucknell. Head coach David Archer ’05 said he knew that he had to use the air attack to get in the end zone.

“They were loading the box, they were always plus one-ing in the box which makes it tough,” he said. “They did the same thing to Colgate. That’s kind of their philosophy. Going into it I thought the passing game was going to be our advantage.”

After the team snagged two picks at Bucknell junior safety Nick Gesualdi got the interception parade off early, breaking tackles and crossing the offense up to return it 30 yards.

When it rains, it pours, and Ithaca showers are occurring rather early this year. Senior safety Justin Solomon also got in on the fun, collecting the Red’s second interception of the day — also in the first quarter — on an errant throw by Yale quarterback Rafe Chapple, but the team was not done there.

With just minutes left on the game clock, senior captain and linebacker Jackson Weber saw two sure picks slip through his fingers in consecutive plays. The very next play, he got his interception that all but sealed the game. His interception, nine solo tackles and four tackles for loss, were all the more impressive considering he played the game with a pulled groin.

“The defense was exceptional,” Archer said. “[Weber] gave the pregame talk this morning. Just unbelievable leadership. I can’t say enough about the play of the kids.”

With a strong defensive showing, the Red held Yale to a lone field goal in the first half. On the

Bulldogs’ only scoring drive of the first half, Cornell was quick to answer with a score of its own. In three plays, Banks orchestrated a drive that lasted 57 seconds, capped off by a 43-yard diving catch into the endzone by senior receiver Ben Rogers.

“We had been watching how they react to our plays,” Banks said. “Whenever we run the ball they collapsed on us. We gave a pump fake to a bubble where they had been crashing hard and the throw happened to be wide open. We knew it was going to hit and sure enough it clicked.”

“Sick throw and catch,” Solomon added.

As the first half began to wind down, the men of the team made sure to give themselves one more chance to score before heading into the locker rooms. Banks connected with junior receiver James Hubbard to bring Cornell into the red zone. However, a field goal was all the team could muster, but the three points still gave the team a good feeling going into the locker room with a 24-3 lead.

“It’s great playing a good first half and coming in with a lead,” Weber said. “Last year against Bucknell and Yale we were in that same exact situation where we had a lead and just needed to finish the game. We were really focused on finishing everything we do on the field.”

Even with a solid first half, the team knew that complacency could have been an Achilles heel that prevented the second win of the season.

“Whenever we get a lead like

that we try not to look back,” Banks said. “We still have to treat it like we have to score on offense. We can’t let up, we can’t be satisfied, we still have to keep putting points on the board and not let them get a second wind.”

With a new quarterback in — sophomore Tre Moore entered the game on Yale’s last drive in the second quarter — the Bulldogs came out in the second half more synchronized and drove down the field to notch its first touchdown of the game.

“We didn’t make too much of an adjustment immediately, but we realized that we needed to contain him, keep him in the pocket and not let him scramble,” Weber said of Moore. “We figured that out as the second half went on.”

Moore stepped in nicely for the Bulldogs, throwing for 174 yards in just over a half, completing on 64 percent of his throws. He was also impressive in extending plays and keeping the Yale offense on the field.

“We just felt that the game was going fast for [Chapple],” said Yale head coach Tony Reno. “We just felt like we needed to make a change at the position. [Chapple] and [Moore] had been competing really all spring we just felt that it was time to give Tre an opportunity.”

Yale would continue to threaten in the second half. Moore led the team down the field and was knocking on Cornell’s doorstep until a personal foul brought the ball back 15 yards.

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A crowded ’Kopf | With the Red off to a hot start with two wins, Schoellkopf will likely be a full house as the Cornell faithful gets its first chance to cheer the team on at home.

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Crime Report Shows Substantial Rise in Sex Crimes

Increase attributed to full return to in-person instruction in 2022 and larger student body

By SOFIA RUBINSON

Editor’s Note: This story discusses sexual assault and rape on campus.

The University’s 2023 Annual Security Report, — a federally mandated disclosure of crimes committed on and around campus over the last three years — contained some stark findings: instances of reported rape in definable University locations increased from nine in 2021 to 30 in 2022, and most other sexual crimes saw increases as well.

“Any crime that affects our students and our campus community is concerning,” said David Honan, associate vice president of public safety. “We consistently work amongst ourselves within public safety, but also with our partners on campus, to try

to increase education, increase prevention [and] make sure that people have spaces to report.”

Cornell, like all other higher education institutions, is required to report narrowly-defined crimes annually under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. This year, as in years prior, the Division of Public Safety released the 31-page report which details campus emergency procedures and reported crimes over the last three years.

Sexual and Violence Against Women Act Offenses

During the calendar year of 2022, there were 25 reported rapes on campus and five reported in non-campus buildings or property, which includes fraternity houses and other student organizations officially recognized by the institution. This is up from 2021, when there were seven reported rapes on campus

and two reported in non-campus buildings or property.

Fondlings, dating violence and stalking all saw increases in 2022 compared to both 2020 and 2021 as well. Dating violence had the largest increase, with 40 reports on campus com pared to only 10 in 2021 and 17 in 2020.

Reproductive Roundtable Spurs Discussions

By JULIA SENZON and CARLIN REYEN Sun

Editor and Sun Assistant News Editor

“Why are you here today? Why is this important to you? What experiences have you had with accessing reproductive health care at Cornell Health or in a different area?” asked Eliza Salamon ’24, treasurer of Cornell’s chapter of Planned Parenthood Generation Action, at Tuesday’s Reproductive Healthcare at Cornell Roundtable.

Approximately 22 students attended the roundtable at the Big Red Barn, hosted by the Pelvic Pain Association at Cornell, PPGA and the President’s Council of Cornell Women. At the event, students sat in small groups and discussed various questions posed to the group by

PPGA leadership.

Taisa Strouse ’24, co-president of PPGA, said the club’s abortion pill subcommittee organized the event.

“We proposed the [Student Assembly resolution on ensuring access to medicated abortion available at Cornell] at the end of last semester that [President] Martha Pollock denied, so now it’s just going from there,” Strouse said. “I think having a full community discussion about it was the first step, and then we're opening a survey so people can share what they want. Do [survey participants] want a gynecologist? Do [they] think there’s [a] need?”

Strouse said that after talking to the community, the next steps for the club include talking to Administration and

Cornell Health about the budget and limitations on care Cornell Health can provide.

The following issues were most pressing in the responses of students.

Attendees extensively discussed Pollack’s rejection of S.A. Resolution 15 — which requested that the University fund an M.D. gynecologist — on Feb. 10. Pollack stated Cornell Health’s primary care clinicians are trained in gynecological services.

Arielle Johnson grad, a Ph.D. candidate who is also the co-founder and current treasurer of PPAC, told The Sun about developing the proposal for an M.D. gynecologist.

Cornell Reveals A.I. Guidelines

By GABRIEL MUÑOZ Sun News Editor

The proper use of artificial intelligence in an academic setting continues to be a contentious topic among students and faculty. The University’s official stance on A.I. was outlined in an email sent to the student body on Wednesday, Sept. 27, which provided a series of official guidelines on the use of generative A.I. on projects from research to pedagogy.

These guidelines come after the University’s administration and faculty voiced concerns over the use of A.I. following the controversy generated by large-language model ChatGPT’s November 2022’s release. The email claims to provide the opportunity to explore the advancements in technology that artificial intelligence has to offer, while also limiting its influence on curriculum.

“Cornell’s preliminary guidelines seek to balance the exciting new possibilities offered by these tools

with awareness of their limitations and the need for rigorous attention to accuracy, intellectual property, security, privacy and ethical issues,” Curtis L. Cole, Cornell’s vice president and chief global information officer, said in the email.

The email said Cornell had developed the new guidelines to comply with already existing University policies and range from guidance on accountability, confidentiality and privacy, education and pedagogy and research.

New policies for accountability when using A.I. tools require users be held accountable for erroneous information —- generated by artificial intelligence —- that could be published without checking, with the email asserting A.I. generated content can be misleading, outdated or false. Users are encouraged to verify information for errors and biases, in addition to checking for copyright infringement incidents.

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A LISTING OF FREE CAMPUS EVENTS Today

Cornell Health Economics Seminar

11:40 am - 12:55 p.m., 1157 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall

International Organizations and the Prioritization of Climate Action

Noon - 1:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall

Arts and Sciences Staff Welcome Back and Resource Fair

Noon - 2:30 p.m., Baker Hall Portico

Cornell Energy Systems Institute Seminar Series

Speaker — Michal Moore

12:15 p.m. - 1:10 p.m., 203 Thurston Hall

Neurobiology and Behavior Seminar Series: Abigail Person; University of Colorado School of Medicine

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., A106 Corson/Mudd Hall

Popcorn and Pups

1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., College of Veterinary Medicine Atrium

Introduction to Publication-Ready Tables in R (sink, png, ggsave, stargazer, rmarkdown)

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., 291 Clark Hall

Introduction to Generative Artifical Intelligence, Including ChatGPT

2 p.m. - 3 p.m., Virtual Event

Machine Learning: Introduction to Machine Learning

3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., 291 Clark Hall

In This Together: Connecting With Your Community to Combat the Climate Crisis

4 p.m. - 5 p.m., 160 Mann Library

Converting Your High School Resume to a College Resume

4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m., G76 Goldwin Smith Hall

Lingustics Colloquium Speaker: Prof. Julie Hochgesang, Linguistics, Gallaudet University

4:30 p.m., Virtual Event

Roundtable: Marijke Perry, Workshopping a Paper on Judgement Day in Old English Texts

4:30 p.m., 703 Olin Library

Trading and Raiding in the Philippines

Archipelago in the Seventh - 18th Centuries: History and Archaeology of Muslim and Spanish Encounters

4:30 p.m., G08 Uris Hall

Religions on the Move: Native American AntiNuclear Activism

5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., 106 White Hall

Domingo and the Mist

7 p.m. - 8:32 p.m., Willard Straight Hall Theatre

Peerless

7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

9:30 p.m. - 10:35 p.m., Willard Straight Hall

Tomorrow

Keynote Address: Hanna Garth

10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m, AFC 120 Africana Studies and Research Center

Operation Tabula Rasa: The Rapid Demolition of Cairo’s Heritage

10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m, Virtual Event

Cornell Population Center Innovations Seminar

Noon - 1:15 p.m., 2250 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall

Seminars in Infection and Immunity (College of Veterinary Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology 7120) — Dr. Sasirekha Ramani

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Lecture Hall 3, College of Veterinary Medicine

Ezra’s Round Table/Systems Seminar: Stephane Hess

12:25 p.m., 253 Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall

Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics Theory Seminar Zamir Heller-Algazi (Tel-Aviv University)

1 p.m., 401 Physical Sciences Building

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Students’ Learning Experience

2 p.m. - 3 p.m., Virtual Event

Biomedical Engineering 7900: Biomedical Engineering Graduate Colloquium Seminar Series — Prof. Rachel Miller, Internal Medicine, Rush University

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., 226 Weill Hall

Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium: Prof. Soroosh Shafiee, Operations Research and Information Engineering

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m., 655 Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall

Ezra’s Round Table/Systems Seminar: Stephane Hess

12:25 p.m., 253 Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall

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Music Brings City Together for Porchfest

Annual festival features performances from 150 local artists

By LUKE O’BRIEN Sun Contributor

Sixteen years ago, Fall Creek’s Porchfest festival was an informal gathering of 20 musicians who realized that they could perform on their porches since they rehearsed there anyway.

“A lot of us practiced on our porches, and somebody had the idea — why not put on a concert and get everybody practicing on the porch at the same time?” said Cookie Coogan, a local singer.

These musicians performed on private property — homeowners’ porches, hence the name — and informally organized the event. Andy Adelewitz, a Porchfest co-organizer, said the city largely ignored the gatherings in the beginning.

“In the early years, it was very low-key to organize,” Adeliwitz said. “All the performances took place on private property, and the crowds were relatively small, so the city was pretty hands-off about it.”

But a lot has changed between Porchfest’s founding in 2007, by neighbors Gretchen Hildreth and Lesley Greene, and its most recent occurrence on Sunday, Sept. 24, which featured 150 performers. The event now requires collaboration with the City of Ithaca and significant backing infrastructure such as volunteers, organizers, permits and vendors, according to Adelewitz. Still, he said, the performers have maintained the original loose, informal atmosphere.

“We definitely don’t have to take a hands-on

approach with performers — people want to play Porchfest and look forward to it every year,” Adelewitz said. “We just open the signups over the summer and spread the word.”

Performers at this year’s edition of Porchfest highlighted the connections between the groups and the Ithaca community, with Eva Lampugnale, the lead singer of local punk band Microbes, Mostly, promising to support another band immediately following the end of their performance.

“It takes a community of people to get it to work,” Lampugnale said during the event. “Around the corner there’s a band called the Dart Brothers, and our bassist’s mom plays fiddle in that band, so we’ll go out and support her.”

Malcolm Olson ’24, a fan of Microbes, Mostly since their formation, said the band’s support for other groups makes them special.

“They have always been such huge supporters of other musicians in the area — I don’t know if the Ithaca scene would be half as open and as vibrant as it is right now without their influence over these past few years,” Olson said. “All the coolest bands adore

them, and all the kindest music dweebs go to their shows.”

However, Microbes, Mostly is not the only band with connections to other groups and figures of the Ithaca music scene. Students from Cornell’s MUSIC 4615: Jazz Ensemble course also performed at Porchfest, playing an assortment of jazz tunes in the basement of Opus Music School. They were directed by Prof. Paul Merrill, music, who was mentored by Prof. Steve Brown, music performance, Ithaca College.

So too was Coogan, who performed a vocal jazz set with Dave Solazzo, a jazz piano instructor and visiting lecturer at Cornell. Coogan came to Ithaca in 1984, where she attended Ithaca College and learned under Brown, whom she credited for getting her started in Ithaca’s music scene.

“[Brown] started getting me out in public, and I liked Ithaca and didn’t want to go home,” Coogan said. “So [to perform] with [Solazzo] today, I was just so excited.”

Advocates Meet To Discuss Reproductive Rights

“This started in 2021 [when] we wrote an op-ed in the Cornell [Daily Sun] calling for a gynecologist who could treat pelvic pain conditions. Following that, we passed resolutions through four out of Cornell’s five assemblies — all but the employee assembly — calling on Cornell to hire an M.D. gynecologist,” Johnson said.

The Employee Assembly did not progress to voting on the resolution, Johnson said, because members felt the resolution was not directly relevant to employee welfare as Cornell Health does not provide primary care medical services or mental health care for Cornell employees.

“Our hope was to pass [the resolution] through all five of the shared governance organizations and push it to the Board of Trustees for consideration. We’re still potentially looking at taking this issue to the Board of Trustees. We think that this is a University-wide equity issue that is something that the Board of Trustees might want to look at,” Johnson told The Sun. “But we would have to reach out to our student-elected trustee representative — who we have been in contact with — and other Board of Trustees members directly to make that happen.”

Anna Cecilia Fierro ’27 expressed concern about the lack of an M.D. gynecologist on Cornell Health’s staff based on her personal experience with inadequate care at Cornell Health. Fierro said that when she visited Cornell Health, it seemed that reproductive health concerns were directed towards the female doctors in general, rather than specialists in OBGYN.

In an interview with The Sun in May, Pollack reaffirmed her support for uplifting women’s health, but stated that hiring an M.D. gynecologist would be impractical at Cornell Health.

“Cornell Health provides primary care — that’s its mission. That’s what it does. We don’t

have the population to have specialists,” Pollack said. “Not only isn’t there a good model, enough patients and enough financial model to hire a full-time gynecologist, but for a full-time gynecologist to be certified, they have to do a certain amount of surgery,”

Since Cornell Health does not directly offer surgeries, Pollack said, patients are referred to local and regional providers. Pollack instead noted Cornell Health’s recently implemented referral service to Weill Cornell Medicine providers for obstetrician and gynecologist conditions that Cornell Health cannot address in-house.

“Now, when a student or a Cornell Health clinician needs advanced consultation in caring for a student’s GYN concerns, gynecologists from Weill Cornell will be available for telehealth visits,” said Rachel Clark, a nurse practitioner at Cornell Health who also serves as the clinical director of women’s and sexual health, in an email to The Sun on March 10. “When combined with a physical exam summary from a Cornell Health primary care provider, Weill Cornell’s services will complement and enhance the services available through Cornell Health.”

Clark told The Sun providers from Weill Cornell are compatible with most insurance plans, and Cornell Health’s nurses can help patients through the referral process.

However, there are still many gynecology care gaps since many conditions require in-person appointments to diagnose, according to Johnson. For example, the diagnosis for vulvodynia — chronic vaginal pain — may include a pelvic exam, a cotton swab test, a biopsy and/ or a blood test.

“We’re still not sure how Cornell is going to be able to address those specific care needs if they’re only offering virtual visits with M.D. gynecologists, but we are grateful to be listened to,” Johnson said.

During the roundtable discussion, students, including Tobie Bertisch ’25, discussed the importance of having on-campus access to all forms of health care.

“College-age kids may not feel supported or comfortable at home. It’s hard to do things privately at home, and many offices are closed on holidays,” Bertisch said during the group discussion. “When some issues are sensitive, and you don’t necessarily want to share them with your parents, it’s important to have the space here [at Cornell].”

Bertisch also said outsourcing health care in the larger community poses a barrier for students who lack access to cars or other personal transportation.

PPGA currently provides transportation to Planned Parenthood and other medical clinics for free.

Some present, including Katherine Esterl ’24, co-president of PPGA, and Kathleen McCormick grad, a Ph.D. student in psychology, expressed the importance of valuing reproductive care in the same regard as other types of medical care.

“Excluding reproductive health care [from Cornell Health] makes the statement that it is peculiar or different when it should really be treated like anything else, like any other type of health care,” Esterl said to the audience at the Roundtable event. “Reproductive health care is health care,” McCormick said during the group conversation.

Make

Cornell Pay — for Gynecology Care

Attendees of the event, such as McCormick, said that putting the weight of student health care on the City of Ithaca is one symptom of a more significant imbalance between the University’s input and output into the community.

“The Cornell community should be responsible for covering the care of the community rather than inundating the City of Ithaca, which may not have the resources to support so many people,” McCormick said.

Strouse said that the club’s reasoning for implementing a survey is to be able to present to Cornell Health and the Administration the number of patients referred from Cornell Health

to local providers such as Planned Parenthood or Cayuga Medical Center.

“It’s an undue burden,” Strouse said. “I see it under the bigger Make Cornell Pay umbrella where Cornell is not providing as much to Ithaca as it should.”

The “Make Cornell Pay” sentiment refers to a group advocating for greater contributions from Cornell to the City of Ithaca through payments in lieu of taxes in their memorandum of understanding, with the current MOU of $1.6 million annually in PILOT contributions set to expire in June 2024.

On Sept. 18, the Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America rallied in response to an informal agreement for Cornell to pay $4 million annually to the City, arguing that Cornell should provide more significant financial support to the City of Ithaca. The Common Council originally planned to vote on the agreement on Sept. 20, but Mayor Laura Lewis (D) announced the vote had been postponed to Oct. 11 to provide for more opportunity for public comment at that night’s meeting.

Strouse added that while she thinks the local Planned Parenthood health center can provide all these services, she feels local providers should not have to shoulder the entire burden.

Discontinuation

of

Student Health Plan Plus

Students who qualify for New York State Medicaid were informed on June 9, 2023 that the Student Health Plan Plus program would be terminated as of June 30 at midnight. SHP Plus combined the standard Student Health Plan with Medicaid, with no annual fee for students — unlike the standard SHP. It also equipped students with health, adult dental and vision coverage without premiums, copays or coinsurance.

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Security Report Reveals Drastic Sex Crimes Spike

Part of this increase may be accounted for by the fact that students were fully in-person in 2022 as opposed to 2020 and 2021, when the pandemic reduced student activity, according to Peggy Matta, the Clery Act compliance administrator.

“In 2020, of course, nobody was around, I mean, very, very, very few people were on campus. And then in 2021, it was still — they weren’t fully back in the fall, and then in the spring, you had the option of either being virtual or coming back,” Matta said. “So what we’re seeing in 2022, that’s where we are fully engaged… as a university, with all the students back.”

While all students were virtual for the Spring 2020 semester after March 13, 2020, some students did return to campus for the Fall 2020 semester, though there were heavy regulations on student gathering behavior. However, by the Spring 2021 semester, more students were back on campus, and the Fall 2021 semester was described informally as a “return to normal” by many, with most students fully back in person.

Another potential explanation Matta gave for the rise in sexual crimes on campus is that the North Campus Residential Expansion — completed in Fall 2022 — added approximately 2,000 more beds to campus.

“We’ve got more students on campus, in residential facilities,” Matta said. “Everybody’s now back in full force, they’re now freely being able to go out and be out and get back together.”

Clery Compliance Coordinator Christopher Schmidt added that increases in sexual crimes in 2022 is not unique to Cornell, and that he learned from conversations with colleagues in other institutions that other universities are experiencing similar trends. However, many institutions have yet to publicly report their Annual Security Reports, as the reports are due nationally by Oct. 1.

The University provides the number of reports made for which a location could not be identified in addition to the sexual crimes reported on campus. The University made the institutional decision to report these numbers for full disclosure even though it is not a required category for reporting, according to Matta.

“A lot of times with these cases, the victim will come in and they don’t give any kind of geography. They don’t say where the incident happened,” Matta said.

There were 11 reported rapes for which a location could not be identified in 2022, along with one case of fondling, two instances of dating violence and nine stalkings.

The University also provides information about the number of sexual assaults that were reported in 2022, but for which no specific Clery Act sex offense was provided.

“Clery gives us very specific crimes that have to do with sex offenses, and those are the only ones they want to be reported on. So one of the things that we have come across is the fact that a victim will — most crimes of this sort are actually reported through the Title IX office. And when they do, the victim might report anonymously, and they say that they were sexually assaulted,” Matta said. “Because they say sexual assault, we can’t assume what it was, because there’s, unfortunately, a lot of different types of sexual assault that could happen. We can’t assume anything. So we can’t put it in a bucket.”

There were 29 reports of sexual assault in 2022, down from 36 in 2021.

The University provides resources for

victims of sex crimes to get support and file reports. Cornell’s Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Education website offers guidance on reporting crimes to either the University or law enforcement, tips on how to support a friend and information on becoming an active bystander.

“We know it’s difficult to report, but we’re here to support you and reporting opens the door to resources to support a survivor or victim, however they identify, in moving forward,” Honan said. “And from our public safety perspective, [reporting] may provide an opportunity for us to identify a perpetrator to take an administrative or a law enforcement action.”

Residential Facilities

Twenty-one of the 25 reported rapes on campus in 2022 were committed in residential facilities. On just Sept. 14 of this year, a victim reported that she was “forcibly raped by an unknown person” in a residential facility as announced by a Crime Alert email. The Sun confirmed the residential facility was Cascadilla Hall.

“Usually it’s somebody that is either invited or has what we call tailgating or piggybacking into the residence hall. Our students are very open and hold doors open for people — we’re trying to educate a lot more about that,” Honan said. “But there’s a certain portion of acquaintance where the offender is known to the victim previously and then when they’re in a residence hall, or wherever, things take a turn for the worse.”

Honan said the University is adding two layers of ID card readers to most residential facilities, and Matta said video surveillance is actively being added to West Campus and North Campus dormitories.

“We have such a variety of buildings and their layouts,” Honan said. “Each building is looked at by our access control and our community engagement team for what the best security measures will be for those areas.”

Other Clery Act Crimes

The University is also required to report other crimes per the Clery Act. Notably, in 2022 there were 19 reported burglaries on campus, down 23 from 2021, and one case of arson, also down from six in 2021. There were also five reported instances of motor vehicle theft, two more than the year prior, and two robberies, up from zero in both 2021 and 2020.

Just between Sept. 13 and Sept. 24 of this year, there have been three reported arsons in two North Campus dormitories. Honan said these crimes are serious and the University is taking action in an attempt to reduce their frequency.

“It’s concerning. We saw an increase last year, [and] we’re seeing an increase this year. I’m not sure if students are aware that any destruction of any property by fire is considered arson. It’s a crime. And it’s also mandatory report,” Honan said. “We’re educating our partners across campus. I don’t think people really recognize that damaging like a poster by fire is arson, but it is… It’s really serious. And it’s really dangerous, and we need it to stop.”

Members of the Cornell Community may consult with the Victim Advocate by calling 607-255-1212, and with Cornell Health by calling 607-255-5155. Employees may call the Faculty Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) at 607-2552673. An Ithaca-based Crisisline is available at 607-272-1616. The Tompkins County-based Advocacy Center is available at 607.277.5000. For additional resources, visit health.cornell.edu/services/ victim-advocacy.

Cornell Unveils Guidelines For Using Generative A.I.

dents to learn the value and limitations of generative A.I., since they are likely to encounter it in their future careers.

The guidelines also prohibit entering University information that may be confidential, proprietary, subject to federal or state regulations or otherwise considered sensitive or restricted into public generative A.I. tools. These guidelines are cited as consistent with the University privacy statement.

“Any information you provide to public generative AI tools is considered public and may be stored and used by anyone else,” the email read.

Education guidelines are described as flexible and at an instructor’s discretion to prohibit, to allow with attribution or to encourage generative A.I. use. The guidelines also offers additional resources to students from the “CU Committee Report: Generative Artificial Intelligence for Education and Pedagogy” and those from the Center for Teaching Innovation.

The committee report, released in July 2023, provides recommendations for University policy regarding generative A.I. use in the classroom, including assistance for faculty to adapt new technology accommodations for new assignments. The report also recommends that instructors guide stu-

“Consequently, instructors now have the duty to instruct and guide students on ethical and productive uses of [generative A.I.] tools that will become increasingly common in their post-Cornell careers,” the report said.

The emailed guidelines also announced plans from the University to offer or recommend a set of generative A.I. tools by the end of 2023. The email claimed that the Administration is evaluating tools that meet the needs of students, faculty, staff and researchers, while providing sufficient risk, security and privacy protections.

Additionally, research and administrative uses for generative A.I. must comply with guidelines from forthcoming reports from the University committees for research and administration. The reports are set to publish by the end of 2023, according to the email.

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Gabriel Muñoz can be reached at gmunoz@ cornellsun.com.

No location sexual and VAWA offenses | These reports met the definition of a Clery Act crime, but no location was provided or could otherwise be identified.

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On campus sexual and VAWA offenses | These crimes are reported by the University in compliance with the Clery Act, with the exception of “Sexual Assault: Unknown Type,” which was voluntarily reported.

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Residential facilities sexual and VAWA offenses | These numbers are a sub-sect of the “On Campus: Sexual and VAWA Offenses” statistics.

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Cornelians Share T eir Sizzling Hot Takes On Food

BY KATIE RUEFF Sun Dining Staffer

From vegan pizza to hummus and an overabundance of cumin, Cornellians have quite a lot to say about dining hall food! While I harbor my own food hot takes (I prefer cheeseless pizza, for example), I was certainly surprised by the range of, and often contradictory, hot takes that Cornelians on campus

One person, who would like to clarify that they are not vegan, finds Okenshields’ vegan thick-crust pizza to be the very best pizza on campus. Additionally, another gave a shout out to Okenshields’ recently reopened vegan station.

As an aspiring vegan myself, I would even argue that this is Okenshields’ coolest feature; It’s rare to be able to walk up to a

some very palatable––even delicious––nondairy alternatives to the classics. One person loves dining’s chocolate soy milk over its normal milk. Another actually prefers the non-dairy desserts––yes, even the perpetually dry vegan chocolate cakes––over the dairy desserts.

Of course, Cornellians also have their fair share of true hot takes: odd food combina-

love of specific foods––such as overnight oats and hummus––some shared their least favorite foods. While pineapple on pizza and olives are two canonically controversial unpopular foods, one student had a valid argument to make.

Calling out Cornell’s Hispanic food for tasting too much like cumin, they’re willing to change their mind. On one condition, of course: Cornell needs to invest in more spices, not just cumin.

While many Cornellians share different, often opposing perspectives, on food, there’s at least one thing we can agree on: Cornellians have a lot of food hot takes! Coming from so many distinct backgrounds and attending a university with the sec- ond-best dining halls in the US (according to the Princeton review), perhaps we’ve developed such distinct opinions because of the quality and quantity of options, no more than a swipe (or bite) away.

Questions or Suggestions?

had to share.

To begin with, many agreed that Okenshields, the lone Central Campus dining room, is underrated––even good. While most folks simply appreciated its convenient location, some people actually outright prefer it over other dining options.

dining station and not worry about dietary restrictions.

Speaking of dietary restrictions, while Cornell is famous for its dairy and has ice cream in every dining room, it’s also home to many lactose intolerant and dairy allergic individuals. Luckily there are apparently

tions. One student gave a shout out to mac and cheese with ketchup. As someone who once tried––and oddly kind of enjoyed––ice cream and ketchup, I’m at least inclined to give their spotlight a try.

While many other students shared their

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Ithaca’s T irty-T ird Annual Apple Harvest Festival

BY ELIZABETH GORMAN Cornell Sun Alumna

However, the majority of the food I consumed at AppleFest didn’t contain apples. How could this be?

On Sunday morning, I was famished after a run, but waited to refuel until 10:00 a.m. when the festival magic began. When my friends and I arrived at AppleFest, I wanted some “real food” before diving into the sweet and savory apple concoctions available (fried apple bread, anyone?). Yet that first foray into summer rolls and pad thai set the tone for the rest of the day, and I ended up only sampling a few apple delights.

Yet the glory of Applefest is not necessarily in the apple-based food. Indeed, I was underwhelmed by the apple truffles I sampled, which, while chocolate and tasty, held no hint of apple and were rather goopy. And the apple fries I tasted later were delicious, but left me craving potato-based fries and simultaneously feeling like I had overdosed on fried food.

I finally took a break from the AppleFest craziness at Sarah’s Patisserie. In this quiet, beautiful pastry shop just off the Commons, the frenzy of the festival disappeared. In the soothing environment, I was able to enjoy a coffee and what proved to be the tastiest AppleFest apple item of the day: a perfectly crumbly, not-too-sweet apple streusel tart. Enjoyed with a good friend on a sunny day on the Commons, the streusel was the perfect reminder why Applefest is the perfect Fall festival. It provides the space and the sustenance to slow down, enjoy good friends and good food and feel at peace with the changing seasons. But if you missed AppleFest, fear not. You can pick up a wide variety of freshly grown, delicious apples at the Cornell Orchards’ adorable store right off campus.

From the Dining Editor:

The 41st Applefest is taking place this weekend in the commons from September 29 - October 1. Enjoy this brief throwback piece to the 33rd Applefest from 2015!

Perhapswe’ve developedsuch distinctopinions because of the qualityandquantity ofoptions,nomore thanaswipe (orbite)away.

Katie Ruef, dining stafer, is a frst year in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at kr468@cornell.edu.

Sun alumna Elizabeth Gorman ‘18 can be reached at eg434@cornell.edu.

An AppleFest vendor, pictured here from 2015.

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Free Speach at Cornell: A Virtuous Teme for the Year

In American life, it seems that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction: intellectualism and rising anti-intellectualism, eight years of Barack Obama and the election of Donald Trump, large advances in civil rights and the retraction of those rights (e.g., Dobbs v. Jackson). But no neat system of binaries would stand without eventual collapse when faced with a topic like free speech. Society shifts with the demarcations of history and our current reality is the result of many interconnected political and sociocultural factors.

People coming from nearly all positions of the political spectrum can seem to become exercised over free speech issues. Within the past year, the following types of incidents have thus occurred: the heckling of conservative speakers, debates over trigger warnings, debates over course content (and the expanding canon), student discomfort with specific topics, self-censorship, cancel culture and what some decry as a lack of viewpoint diversity on campuses. Considering that any situation that involves free speech is highly specific, each incident has a unique context and is a unique combination of the phenomena listed above.

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Free speech is a topic that has political, legal, social and cultural implications. In addition, pressures to censor at least some kinds of speech are present across the political spectrum. On the right, there is concern about teaching critical race theory, and on the left, there is concern about bringing conservative speakers to campus and calls to issue trigger warnings in the classroom.

At Stanford Law School, a federal appeals court judge was heckled by students after trying to speak. At Pennsylvania State University, President Neeli Bendapudi released a video explaining the obligation to host speakers that hold views that many find egregious. Within the last two years, speakers with conservative views have been disrupted at Yale Law School, the University of California Hastings College of Law and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

At Cornell, when conservative media pundit and author Ann Coulter ’84 came to speak on campus, students disrupted her in an organized effort to prevent her from speaking. (The incident at Cornell was similar to the one at Stanford, where a speaker with harmful views was invited to speak on campus and subsequently heckled by student protestors.) Last April, the Student Assembly attempted to pass Resolution 31, a bill that tried to mandate trigger warnings in the classroom. In response President Martha Pollack immediately issued a statement condemning the resolution. Cornell made national news and “Free Expression” was announced the theme of the 2023-24 school year.

During this polarized time it can feel impossible to know what to do or what to say. As a student in the humanities, I’ve watched professors debate out loud to themselves about whether or not they should issue a trigger warning. Professors also consider the sociocultural implications of the material they teach more so than in the past,

particularly with student discomfort on the rise. The suggestion that trigger warnings be mandated so as to prevent discomfort is not the answer to this confusion. Mandating trigger warnings denies the complexity of the classroom and can infantilize and impose vulnerabilities where they do not lie.

What scares me the most are the ways that students avoid having thoughtful and respectful discussions with one another, particularly when that discourse is political. On campus, self-censorship is reported by students on the political right and left. “On a broader campus level, there is a good degree of self-censorship,” Avery Bower ’23, President of Cornell Republicans, told me last spring. He reflects a sentiment felt by many conservatives on college campuses where there is a liberal majority.

When I spoke to a progressive member of Cornell Political Union (a bipartisan political debate club) they told me: “I think certain groups on campus make it really difficult to voice what you want to voice

without pushback. I think it is harder for Republicans to speak out because we have such a liberal campus. In spaces like CPU, it was really difficult for people really far on the left to kind of speak about their political ideology to the truest sense because you have a lot of conservatives who think that free speech is so threatened.”

Javed Jokhai ’24, president of Cornell Democrats, conveyed the detrimental effects of this culture stating, “we touch upon topics where we don’t know how to communicate with each other in a way that feels authentic, sensitive, and honest.” These sentiments illuminate a culture where students are unable to express their opinions in such a way that maintains respect for themselves and others.

The issue of free speech inspires us to refocus on the goal of education. When I spoke to Provost Michael Kotlikoff, he expressed that “the whole point of an education is to be disruptive.” An education is supposed to challenge previously held views, promote intellectual exchange and teach one how to strengthen and defend views against criticism. To protect, honor and cherish an education that disrupts – we must protect free speech and academic freedom on campus this school year and face the discomfort that studenthood entails.

To protect, honor and cherish an education that disrupts — we must protect free speech.

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SC I ENCE C.U. Grad Student Promotes ‘Living Laboratory’ Campus

By ELLIE VANHOUTEN Sun Contributor

Cornell can use circular resource management to achieve its goal of carbon neutrality by 2035, according to a recent study, published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, by Fah Kumdokrub grad, a third-year Ph.D. student in the Systems Engineering department.

Using the campus as a “living laboratory,” Kumdokrub tracked resource flows in three sectors — construction, energy and food waste — and proposed sustainable alternatives that do not require much oversight to implement.

Resource circularity prevents materials and energy from becoming waste. As resource consumption increases, the need for circularity increases in order to prevent a corresponding rise in waste. This is especially pertinent when it comes to the energy sector, which accounts for twothirds of the University’s carbon footprint and is projected to expand in the future.

Cornell has implemented several renewable energy projects in an effort to replace nonrenewable sources. In 2000, the University

installed Lake Source Cooling, which replaced energy-intensive refrigeration equipment with a system that utilizes the deep cold waters of nearby Cayuga Lake.

Despite these efforts to incorporate renewable energy sources for cooling, Kumdokrub’s research shows that the University still heavily relies on natural gas for electricity and heating. Her research recommended that Cornell fully commit to more renewable alternatives, which the University is currently exploring.

In June 2022, the University drilled a two-mile deep borehole near the Veterinary College, allowing scien- tists to determine the via- bility of heating the campus with geothermal energy. If proven feasible, geothermal energy could fulfill the majority of heating and electric demand and eliminate the reliance on natural gas supply, according to Kumdokrub’s study.

The energy sector also accounts for emissions produced by daily building operations such as electricity, air conditioning and lighting. However, it neglects the emissions created by the construction of the buildings themselves, also known as “embodied

emissions,” which refer to the way a building is constructed rather than how it is used.

“The [buildings themselves] carry a lot of embodied emissions, which we don’t consider as part of Cornell’s total emissions,” Kumdokrub said. “If we want to truly achieve carbon neutrality then we should also start to look at these kinds of issues, as well.”

Kumdokrub suggests implementing policies for low-to-carbon-positive building materials to scale back on construction waste.

However, construction and energy waste cannot always be effectively converted back into raw materials. Similarly, food waste inevitably includes inedible scraps such as peels and bones. In such situations, waste can be converted into energy and enhance circularity.

According to Kumdokrub, Cornell’s current approach to food waste involves sending waste directly to compost fields. Although this is a more sustainable alternative to landfill disposal, traditional composting still releases greenhouse gasses and misses a key energy recovery opportunity.

Kumdokrub’s research suggests a

more sustainable solution known as anaerobic digestion, which the Environmental Protection Agency ranks above traditional composting for food recovery efforts.

Instead of sending food waste straight to the compost field, anaerobic digestion passes the waste through a digester, separating it into renewable gas and a solid byproduct known as digestate. The gas can be used for electricity and heat generation while the digestate can be sent to the compost field as an organic fertilizer.

Kumdokrub sees the potentia to leverage an existing digester at the Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant, eliminating the need for new infrastructure. According to her study, digestive composting could save $90K to $400K a year due to lower composting costs and higher revenue from the fertilizer produced.

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Human-Inspired Artificial Network Could Assist in Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change Efforts

By MADISON KIM Sun Contributor

Terrestrial ecosystems are greatly impacted by global warming, according to Prof. Yiqi Luo, integrative plant science. In a July 2023 study, Luo utilized various data synthesis models to highlight the importance of soil in carbon sequestration, which is the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

According to Luo, soil is one of the most important carbon storage systems among terrestrial systems. The microbial processes in soil are the driving determinants of its carbon use efficiency, a ratio between how much carbon is released back into the atmosphere and how much is used for growth and, thus, absorbed from the air and stored away.

Until recently, however, the data assimilation models and machine learning used to measure sequestered carbon have been relatively unreliable. Without a dependable way of acquiring these measurements, it may become difficult for the carbon market —a trading system where companies can buy and sell credits that allow them to emit a certain amount of greenhouse gasses each year — to sustain itself.

“For example, you could have one pound for an apple but your scale is so uncertain that it reads 10 pounds,” Luo said. “The uncertainty is so huge and that is the major issue here. Our scale to measure carbon sequestration is just not accurate.”

Luo mentioned how carbon measurements in soil have historically resulted in a low R-squared value — a numerical value from zero to one that indicates how well the independent variable can predict the outcome — suggesting that the measured carbon levels cannot be

explained by various carbon cycle processes most the time and cannot be applied in actuality.

In the past, Luo utilized a process-guided deep learning and data-driven modeling approach that combined machine learning, big data, earth system models and data model fusion techniques. The process, also known as PRODA, evaluated the efficacy of microbial carbon use efficiency compared to six other factors — plant carbon inputs, carbon input allocation, non-microbial carbon transfer, substrate decomposability, environmental modifications and vertical transport. .

PRODA found that microbial CUE is roughly four times more effective for carbon storage than other factors because the microbes found in soil use a much higher percentage of the absorbed carbon for growth rather than metabolism. This method allows carbon to be stored under-

ground rather than reemitted into the atmosphere.

Luo also noted that PRODA generated an R-squared value of 0.54, which — although higher than previous techniques — still needed improvement, according to Luo.

He transitioned to developing a newer technique called Biogeochemistry Informed Neural Network that generates R-squared values at around 0.60 and even sometimes 0.70.

A neural network is a subdivision of machine learning that is based on the human brain and mimics the firing of neurons between transmitters. It is a way of teaching computers to develop on their own and limit the amount of human intervention needed to carry out specific tasks. Neural networks — like humans — are able to learn and evolve by themselves.

Luo hopes to further research and devel-

op BINN in order to disseminate this technology to other agricultural scientists

With the support of the United States Department of Agriculture and $60 million in funding, Luo believes that machine learning methods can continue to improve the accuracy and reliability of carbon measurements, as well. Especially as artificial intelligence gains an increasing amount of traction, Luo said that AI — machine learning in particular — has the potential to serve as an incredibly powerful tool to learn from big data and gain a better understanding of carbon sequestration and carbon removal.

Although Luo focused more on methods to process big data and improvements in statistical accuracy, he has also worked alongside a team of directors and faculty members who all researched about manure management and worked with underrepresented, minority farmers to offer support and advice through all stages of farm development.

Currently, Luo is researching specific factors that influence microbial CUE and, in particular, the effect of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on microbes and how well they utilize and absorb carbon.

Luo hopes to improve confidence in carbon measurements and push for more effective carbon sequestration policies.

“These results provided more realistic and accurate microbial parameters,” Luo wrote in his 2023 study. “Which could reduce the uncertainty in long-term soil carbon response modeling to climate change.”

Ellie VanHouten can be reached at etv8@cornell.edu.

Sunset | Smoke billows in the background of Schoellkopf Field during sunset on Feb 11, 2023.

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Iceland | Carbon sequestration tanks in Iceland, a country that has taken many steps to slow down the effects of climate change.

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Princeton Tops Women's Soccer

By SAM KIMBALL Sun Staff Writer

Women’s soccer took the pitch on Friday night in its first matchup of the season against an Ivy League opponent. Following a 2-0-4 start to the season, the Red (2-1-4, 0-1 Ivy) picked up its first loss at the hands of No. 14 Princeton (6-1-1, 1-0-0 Ivy) by a final score of 4-2.

Within the first few minutes of the opening half, Cornell had two strong scoring chances, with both coming up short. Senior forward Ava Laden’s shot went over the crossbar, and sophomore midfielder Mariana Kessinger’s strike was stopped by Princeton goalkeeper Tyler McCamey.

The Red’s attack continued with it taking five of the first seven shots of the game, but none could find the back of the net. In the 30th minute, Princeton midfielder Jen Estes found an opening and put the Tigers up 1-0 off a pass from midfielder Lily Bryant.

Thirteen minutes later, Princeton midfielder Aria Nagai tacked on another score when the ball slipped past goalkeeper Natalie Medugno.

Despite recording more shots than the Tigers in the first half, the Red could not seem to find the right look, as the match stood at 2-0 in favor of Princeton at the half.

Head Coach Rob Ferguson reflected on the team’s play throughout the first 45 minutes, emphasizing the Red’s determination while playing a top-ranked opponent.

“We felt very unfortunate to be behind at halftime,” Ferguson said. “Those two late goals really changed the complexion of things.

Men's Soccer Scores Signature Win in Rivalry Week Against Harvard

By NATE KRACKELER Sun Staff Writer

Men’s soccer (3-2-1, 0-0-1 Ivy) began its home season last week with a win against No. 7 Syracuse (4-1-3, 1-0-2 ACC) on Tuesday before traveling to Cambridge to take on Harvard (1-2-4, 0-0-1 Ivy) on Saturday.

Going into the game against Syracuse, Cornell had revenge on its mind. Last season, the Orange ended the Red’s run in the NCAA tournament, en route to a national championship, in a game that Cornell dominated for long periods. This year, the Red looked to convert that degree of control over the game into a marquee win in front of a raucous home crowd.

As is typical of rivalry games, the match was very disconnected from the beginning, with both teams putting in extra effort off the ball and committing many fouls — leading to a back and forth affair with little settled possession for either team. This type of game favored a very physical Syracuse team, who looked to play long over the Cornell press and win their duels in both boxes. Although Cornell’s defensive line limited the Orange’s opportunities throughout the half, the away team took the lead just before halftime with their only shot on target. Cornell took 10 shots in the first half, but a combination of wasteful finishing and a swarming Syracuse defense prevented all but one of these chances from troubling Syracuse goalkeeper Jason Smith.

Coming out of halftime, the Red looked much more fluid and was able to convert its high degree of possession into great attacking opportunities. Early on in the second half, a sustained period of Cornell pressure led to a shot on goal, which Smith parried into a dangerous area. Senior midfielder

Kisa Kiingi reacted first, winning the ball and playing an accurate pass to freshman striker Alex Harris, whose first-time finish drew Cornell level.

Twenty minutes later, it was Harris who scored once again, as an accurate diagonal pass from senior center back Andrew Johnson found the foot of senior striker Matthew Goncalves. With a slight touch and a devious bounce, Goncalves deceived two Syracuse defenders, leaving Harris a golden opportunity which he smashed home to give Cornell a 2-1 advantage. Despite a period of sustained pressure from Syracuse, which included a goal that was disallowed for offsides, Cornell hung on, handing the Orange its first loss of the season.

Following this important win, Cornell kicked off Ivy League conference play with a matchup against a Harvard team that had struggled in the opening weeks of the season. In what constituted a nightmare start for the Red, Harvard struck first only four minutes into the game, with forward Alessandro Arlotti rising above the Cornell defense to head home a superb cross from William Ebbinge. Just six minutes later, the Red equalized, as Goncalves looped a header over the Harvard goalkeeper following a fast counterattack and a cross from Harris. Harris’s exploits across both games earned him Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors.

The rest of the game was largely defensive, and although Cornell created a number of attacking chances, neither the Red nor Harvard were able to find the back of the net, and the game ended in a draw.

Cornell returns to Berman Field against Brown (2-4-1, 1-0 Ivy) on Saturday at 4:00 PM. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+.

We felt we had done enough, maybe even to be in front heading towards the break, and then we were two down. That’s the reality of playing the top teams in the country.”

Ferguson also recognized Cornell’s ability to generate opportunities in the first half but identified how the team needs to improve

in the future.

“We were brave and confident in the first half, connected well, created chances and limited them in the ways we had planned, which was good, but we have to learn to be more clinical in both 18-yard boxes,” Ferguson said.

After scoring twice in the first

45 minutes, the Tigers brought its momentum into the second half, dominating the next 20 minutes and creating opportunity after opportunity. In the 56th and 61st minutes, Princeton capitalized on their extensive chances, as midfielder Marissa Hart and forward Lexi Hiltunen’s goals put the Tigers up 4-0.

With ten minutes left to play, senior midfielder Kendall Patten recorded her first collegiate goal, as a pass deflected off the shoulder of a Princeton defender led Patten to a one-on-one against McCamey.

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Throwback Thursday | Dave Chalk '80 tackles Tom Rosenfeld as co-captain Jim Destefano '81 tries to block the airborn pass. Cornell topped Colgate, 36-21, in the 1979 home opener.

JAN BUSKOP / SUN FILE PHOTO On the move | Junior quarterback Jameson Wang looks to run against the Yale defense at last year's Homecoming game.

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NICHOLAS LABOY FOOTBALL

By SAM KIMBALL Sun Staff Writer

When football (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) faces Yale (0-1, 0-0 Ivy) this Saturday in New Haven, Connecticut, senior wide receiver Nicholas Laboy will face off against his former high school teammate, sophomore running back Joshua Pitsenberger. The meeting between Cornell and Yale will be the second time the two friends play against one another, following a Yale victory in September 2022.

Laboy and Pitsenberger both attended the Avalon High School in Wheaton, Maryland, where they quickly formed a special bond. Even when Laboy started at Cornell, the two continued to keep in touch.

“[At Avalon] we became friends right away,” Laboy said. “It was like a one-two punch on the field. We were making plays on the football field and would hang out after class. When I graduated and went to Cornell, I followed [Pitsenberger] as he was still at Avalon –– playing running back and making plays like he always does.”

In attendance at Saturday’s game will be Tyree Spinner, who coached Laboy and Pitsenberger at Avalon, and has been able to see their progression over the years since graduating.

On the Cornell sideline, Laboy looks

to build on his strong start against Lehigh, where he racked up 70 yards on five receptions. Pitsenberger, the 2022 Ivy League Rookie of The Year, will look to pick up where he left off last year and continue being a prominent part of the Bulldogs’ offense.

When it comes to the rivalry on the field, Laboy emphasized the competitive nature of both of their playing styles. Laboy remembers the first time hearing from Pitsenberger following the Bulldog’s commitment.

“After I found out he was going to Yale, [Pitsenberger] sent me the address of Cornell with the little eyes emoji, and said ‘are you ready?’” Laboy said. “I replied laughing and we talked smack. Having this type of rivalry is really fun.”

As Saturday approaches, the two friends will once again be competitors and rivals on the field. Despite the bragging rights up for grabs, Laboy looks forward to a hard-fought matchup.

“Obviously I’m always going to be against the opponent, but it will be a lot of fun to see each other compete,” Laboy said. “The relationship is always going to be a competitive one, but [at the end of the day], we’re good friends.”

Cornell and Yale will kickoff at noon and the game will be broadcasted on ESPN+.

Football Gears Up to Face Historic Rival Colgate

By DAVID SUGARMANN

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On Saturday, Sept. 30, Cornell will be facing Colgate in its 2023 Homecoming game. Despite not playing in the same conference, the Red and the Raiders, formerly known as the Red Raiders until 2001, are very familiar with each other. The rivals first squared off against each other on Sept. 26, 1896, just over 127 years ago. The two teams have been evenly matched over the years, with Cornell leading the series narrowly, 51-49-3.

In the inaugural matchup between these two schools, it was the Red that prevailed, shutting Colgate out, 6-0. After a scoreless first half, Cornell’s right halfback found the endzone for a touchdown.

Approximately 850 students were in attendance for the game at Percy Field. This set the tone for the early years of the rivalry, with Cornell winning the first 10 contests –– during this span, the Red outscored the Raiders, 162-16.

In recent years, however, it has been Colgate that has had the upper hand. Since the turn of the century, the Red has won just five out of the past 21 games. Regardless of which school has the hot hand, one thing is certain: the Red and the Raiders have produced some thrilling battles over the years. In particular, the 1966, 1997 and 2016 match-ups represented the lengths of the Cornell-Colgate rivalry.

1966 — Cornell 15, Colgate 14

After taking care of business in 1961, beating the Raiders, 34-0, the Red dropped its next three matchups against Colgate and earned a 0-0 tie in 1965. Going into the game in 1966, the team was looking to put an end to this skid. The Red faithful certainly wanted to see a win, as an estimated 20,000 people packed into Schoellkopf to watch the bout.

The star of the game for Cornell was running back Pete Larson ’67. Larson rushed for 143 yards, averaging 5.9 yards per carry.

In the first half, Larson had his biggest rush of the game, finding the end zone on an 85-yard gain. However, a series of short punts by the Red led to a Raider touchdown. After a successful two-point conversion, the Raiders secured an 8-7 advantage going into halftime.

The go-ahead score came on the Red’s second drive of the second half. Starting at its own 26 yard line, quarterback Bill Abel ’67 connected with halfback Jimm Heeps ’68 multiple times as Cornell moved up the field. After Larson helped rush the ball into the red zone, Abel found Heeps in the endzone to give the Red the lead.

Later in the second half, Colgate scored a second touchdown, cutting its deficit to one. The Raiders attempted a twopoint conversion to take the lead.

Defensive end Tom Lucas ’67 was able to apply pressure to Colgate’s quarterback, causing the attempt to be unsuccessful.

This proved to be the play-of-the-game, as the Red hung on to win the game, 15-14.

This set the stage for the Red to dominate Colgate in the years that followed, beating the Raiders in seven of the next eight matchups.

1997 — Colgate 44, Cornell 38 (OT)

Going into the 81st edition of this rivalry, the Red had only tied the Raiders three times. These ties came in 1906, 1913 and 1965, all of which were scoreless contests. In 1996, overtime was introduced to college football, and these two teams wasted little time to test these new rules.

At a Homecoming game that drew a crowd of 11,700 fans at Schoellkopf, the game was an offensive shootout from start to finish. Quarterbacks Scott Carroll ’98 and Mike Hood ’99 had historic performances, combining for 386 passing yards and setting a team record of 41 completed passes.

The Raiders did the bulk of its damage through its running game, totaling 336 rushing yards by the game’s end. Going into overtime at 38 points apiece, Colgate scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 9-yard run to seal the win, 44-38.

The 82 combined points scored in this game is the second highest mark in the rivalry’s history.

2016 — Cornell 39, Colgate 38

From 1993 to 2015, Cornell lost 17 of its 19 matchups against the Raiders. Going into the 2016 game, Colgate was ranked 25th in the FCS.

Out of the gate, the Red faced struggles. On the Raiders’ first drive of the game, a 93-yard pass put it ahead, 7-0. Colgate found the end zone on its next two possessions as well, putting up a daunting 21-0 lead with just over five minutes remaining in the first quarter.

“Everyone kind of came out slow… Colgate is really good and if you miss a gap, they’re gone. That’s what’s happening,” head coach David Archer ’05 told the Sun in 2016.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Colgate faced a third down on its own four-yard line. Linebacker Kurt Frimel ’18 pushed through the defensive line and sacked the Raiders’ quarterback for a safety, giving the Red its first points of the game.

Despite the Red converting a 70-yard touchdown pass later in the quarter, the team still had no answer for Colgate’s offense. Going into halftime, the Red trailed, 31-12.

Cornell needed defensive stops in order to make its comeback, and the defense stepped up in the second half. After trading touchdowns at the start of the third quarter, Cornell did not allow another point. The Red outscored the Raiders 21-7 in the third quarter, setting it up to enter the final frame trailing, 38-33.

The Red’s offense in the fourth quarter was sloppy. In its first three possessions of the quarter, Cornell fumbled the ball once and threw two interceptions. The defense did not relent. On two occasions, the Raiders attempted to convert on 4th

and short. Both times, the Cornell defense shut the Raiders down.

In the final minutes of the game, the Red was finally able to take the lead. Quarterback Dalton Banks ’19 threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Colin Shaw ’18. This gave Cornell a 39-38 that it did not give up.

2023 — Cornell’s Homecoming Game

On Saturday, Sept. 30, the Red gears up for the 104th chapter of this rivalry. The history between Cornell and Colgate on the football field is not lost on Archer.

“[Colgate is] a standard of toughness — well coached teams of hard-nosed play, of physical play, of winning,” Archer said. “We have a ton of respect for them. I think they are a class act.”

After frst squaring up in 1896, the Red and the Raiders will meet again at Schoellkopf on Saturday

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Rivals collide | Senior wide receiver Nicholas Laboy with former high school teammate and current Yale running back Joshua Pitsenberger.

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A storied past | The Red is seen battling against Colgate in 2016. The team will face Colgate for the 104th time at its 2023 Homecoming game.

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Men’s Hockey

10 Freshmen Join New Class of Cornell Hockey Te 10 frst-years join a roster carrying just two seniors this year

By RUTH ABRAHAM and JANE McNALLY

With nine seniors departing at the end of last season, men’s hockey will welcome 10 rookies next season with the hopes of building off the success of the 2022-23 campaign. The Red finished last year with an Ivy League title and an NCAA Tournament berth, falling just one game shy of the Frozen Four.

With the team only carrying two seniors this season due to pandemic-altered eligibility rules, Cornell will turn to its underclassmen to fill in the gaps. Ten freshman, six sophomores, 10 juniors and two seniors comprise the 2023-24 Cornell roster.

Half of the incoming class are NHL Draft picks, with three of those picks coming in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft and two from 2022. The three picks in this year’s draft mark the most Cornell selections since the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

JonathanCastagna (Etobicoke,Ontario)

This past June, Castagna was selected in the third round, 70th overall, in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft by the Arizona Coyotes. This was the highest selection of an incoming Cornell player since Matt Steinberg

’23 was selected 63rd overall by the Colorado Avalanche. And just like Steinberg, star-goaltender Matthew Galajda ‘21 and former captain Morgan Barron ‘21, Castagna spent the past two seasons at St. Andrew’s College, registering 92 points in 85 career games.

Tyler Catalano (St. Louis, MO)

Catalano arrives on East Hill after helping lead the Youngstown Phantoms of the USHL to the 2023 Clark Cup. In his three-year stint with the Phantoms, he recorded 24 points in 113 career games. In his final year with the Phantoms, he scored a career-high eight goals in the regular season and had two assists in the team’s run to the Clark Cup.

Luke Devlin (Toronto, Ontario)

Devlin was selected in the sixth round (182nd overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, making him the first Penguins’ draft pick since Anthony Angello (2014). Devlin spent 2022-23 with the BCHL’s West Kelowna, notching 37 points (11 goals, 26 assists) across 56 contests. He spent the year prior at St. Andrew’s College where his 47 points (19 goals, 28 assists) had him named Team MVP and Offensive Player of the Year. Devlin also split time between

the USHL’s Des Moines Buccaneers and the US National Team Development Program.

Jacob Kraft (Churchville, NY)

Kraft, a Western New York native, is a center who spent the 2022-23 season in the USHL with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. Kraft logged 32 points (17 goals, 15 assists) across 56 contests. Prior to his time in Cedar Rapids, he served as an alternate captain at Kent School in Connecticut, notching 44 points (25 goals, 19 assists) in just 28 games in 2021-22.

Ryan Walsh (Rochester, NY)

Walsh was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 2023 NHL Draft with the 188th overall pick. He spent the past year in the USHL with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders where he amassed 79 points (30 goals, 49 assists), breaking the franchise record for most points in a single season. After a record-shattering season, he was a USHL First-Team All Star selection.

George Fegaras (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

In the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, Fegaras was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the third round, 83rd overall. Fegaras spent last season in the USHL with the Muskegon Lumberjacks, where he logged 27 points (four goals, 23 assists) in 61 games and served as an alternate

captain. The defenseman spent the year prior with the OJHL’s North York Rangers, where his 48 points (13 goals, 35 assists) across 52 games earned him First Team All-Star honors, Rookie of the Year and the B.J. Monro Memorial Trophy as the top prospect in the OJHL.

Marián Moško (Visolaje, Slovakia)

Just the second Slovakian player at Cornell, Moško split his last season in the USHL between the Lincoln Stars and the Fargo Force, registering five points in 42 games. He represented Slovakia on the international stage on two occasions, earning a gold medal at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Under-18 Division I, Group A tournament and a silver medal at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

Ben Robertson (Potomac Falls, VA)

Robertson comes to Cornell with two seasons in the USHL under his belt, most recently with the Waterloo Black Hawks. In his last season with the Black Hawks, he had 42 assists, which were the most by a defenseman in the USHL that season. He also played two games with the US National Team Development Program and the US National Under-17 Team.

Hoyt Stanley (West Vancouver, British Columbia)

Stanley was selected in the fourth round, 108th overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 2023 Draft, making him the second Senators draft pick in Cornell hockey history. Stanley spent the last two years with the Victoria Grizzlies of the BCHL, where in 2022-23 he put up an impressive 38 points (four goals, 34 assists) in 53 games. The defenseman’s performance had him named to the BCHL All-Rookie team and earned him a spot in the BCHL Top Prospects Game.

Liam Steele (Cobham, England)

Steele, the first English player in Cornell hockey history, is a big-bodied defenseman who split time between two teams in the BCHL in 2022-23. Over 43 games, he registered 16 points (three goals, 13 assists). Prior to last season, Steele spent two years in the Canadian prep circuit as a captain at Stanstead College, where he logged 30 points in 30 games. Steele has represented Great Britain two consecutive years at the IIHF World Junior Championships, registering seven points in 10 total games.

Replenishing the roster | The Red hopes to set itself up for the future with a 10-man freshmen class, half of whom have been drafted into the NHL.

Sun Sports Editor and Sun Staff Writer

Ruth Abraham can be reached at rabraham@cornellsun.com.

Jane McNally can be reached at jmcnally@cornellsun.com.

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