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Cornell Raises Parking Fines

As of Sept. 1, violators may face citations up to $150

By JULIA SENZON Sun News Editor

All vehicles violating displayed on-campus parking policies are liable to increased parking violation fines as of Friday, Sept. 1, according to a Cornell Facilities and Campus Services press release.

The rise in citation fines marks the first increase in parking violation fines since 2014.

The price raise was issued in response to an increase in unauthorized parking, the press release said. Students, faculty and staff who use cars on campus can currently purchase permits or use the daily decision parking options — where drivers can digitally pay for select parking spots on a day-to-day basis. Cornell Transportation Services oversees campus parking violation policies, according to the press release.

“Our goal is to encourage drivers to do the right thing, which is why we want to increase awareness among the Cornell community about the numerous permit and mobile-payment parking options available

to them,” said Bridgette Brady, senior director for Transportation and Delivery Services, in the press release.

Permit and payment violations — which represent 85 percent of parking violations — are now $50, with a $10 increase if not paid within 10 days. The fine was previously $35, according to students like Abby Gase ’25, who received a citation before the increase.

Unauthorized parking in an accessible space, fire lane or life safety zone will now cost drivers $150 with automatic towing. The boot program — in which cars are immobilized through wheel locking — also has an increased release fee of $150.

The “boot” is utilized for vehicles with at least three unpaid parking citations, with a cumulative violation amount of at least $200 or with a falsified, altered or invalid parking permit. Vehicles can be immobilized through the program regardless of whether the vehicle is legally or illegally parked at the time of violation.

AI Sparks Changes In Academic Policy

By ISABELA WILSON Sun Staff Writer

With chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard at our fingertips, it has never been easier to write an essay, solve a math problem or summarize a reading. While many professors despise artificial intelligence for this very reason, others are embracing the technology to facilitate deeper learning.

This academic year, professors across the University are restructuring their academic policies to accommodate the new technology. Artificial intelligence is becoming central to questions about academic integrity and meaningful learning.

The use of AI chatbots in academia became a cause for concern for the University and other institutions earlier this year due to the emergence of one AI engine, ChatGPT. The tool was created by OpenAI, a U.S.-based research laboratory responsible for developing AI software.

OpenAI states on its website that it has repeatedly improved ChatGPT’s engine, strengthening its capabilities of “understand[ing]

Comm. Major Adapts Structure

By ANUSHKA SHOREWALA Sun Contributor

The communication major at Cornell University, situated within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, offers students an interdisciplinary education in the art and science of effective communication. The department website states that the major equips students with valuable skills to convey ideas, information and messages across various platforms and contexts.

Starting this academic year, the communication major has been updated to reflect the evolving landscape of communication in the digital age, according to Prof. Christopher Byrne, communication. Students are encouraged to explore the intersection of communication, media and technology. Through the revised communication curriculum, students can now focus on emerging technologies and contemporary communication trends such as chatbots that utilize

artificial intelligence and social platforms like TikTok.

The major changes in the communication department for students entering Fall 2023 and after are:

• The addition of a required, one-credit core course: Communication 1111: Navigating the Communication Major for first-year students, not including transfer students.

as well as generat[ing] natural language or code,” using training data derived from Wikipedia and other virtual databases.

Despite ChatGPT’s disclaimer that its data is accurate only up to September 2021 and that it may provide inaccurate information, students across the country have been eager to use the tool for school work. A survey commissioned by Intelligent.com and conducted by SurveyMonkey found that 30 percent of polled students used ChatGPT in the 2022-2023 academic year.

Action taken by universities to manage AI’s use has been progressing at a slow pace. ChatGPT rapidly infiltrated the consumer market in late November 2022 — months after Cornell and its professors had publicized their academic integrity policies, which usually occur once at the start of each semester.

However, the 2023-2024 academic year commencement has given Cornell’s administration and faculty a chance to reexamine and adapt the current system to nascent AI technologies.

Pricey parking | A family violates campus parking policy during move-in. By increasing parking fines, the University is encouraging drivers to follow the Unviersity's permit protocol to avoid expensive citations.

“Our goal is to encourage drivers to do the right thing.”

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Parking Fines Increase for First Time Since 2014

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When asked for additional details about the increase in parking violations, past parking violation prices and the determination of new citation costs, a representative of the University said there is no more information to share beyond the press release at this point.

The representative, however, emphasized that the fine raises were imperative in response to the increase in illegal parking on campus. Unauthorized parking, the representative said, can be dangerous in cases such as when vehicles block emergency lanes.

“The new violation fee structure is part of efforts to update policies regarding topics such as ‘scofflaw’ designation and chronic violations of campus parking rules,” the press release said.

Student Experiences

Gase first brought a car to campus as a first-year student and has continued to bring her car to campus since. Gase is from Ohio, which is about a seven-hour drive from Cornell’s campus, and has a physical disability. She said she and her parents mutually decided that bringing a car to Cornell would make leaving campus to get home or go somewhere else, particularly for medical reasons, more accessible.

Gase said she also brought a wheelchair to campus her first year, so a car would make her wheelchair easily transportable.

Gase said she regularly uses Tompkins

Consolidated Area Transit buses, which are free for Cornell students in their first year at the University and come at

a University-subsidized price for sequential years. Gase, however, has never used CULift — a shuttle service accessible through Student Disability Services — since rides must be scheduled by 10 a.m. the business day before the ride.

The parking fine increase, Gase said, is unfortunate since finding a parking spot can be challenging.

“I get to campus pretty early every day so I [typically] get a parking spot. But I know some of my friends don’t get a spot,” Gase said. “They just kind of park wherever and hope they don’t get ticketed, and [citation fees’] going up a significant amount [is] tough for anyone that is in that situation.”

Gase has received only one parking ticket on campus, due to parking in an unauthorized spot — the hash marks of a handicap aisle — when she was running late to a lab section. Gase said she thinks the University needs to add more parking on campus but is unsure how that would be attainable with the current campus layout.

Gabrielle Garra ’26, who is from Long Island, decided to bring a car to campus for her sophomore year primarily to simplify the process of traveling between her home and Cornell. She said that while an on-campus permit is expensive, she finds it is worth the cost because she can park close to her dorm on West Campus.

On-campus resident permits cost an annual rate of $752.86 with specific permits zoned to North Campus, South Campus, West Campus or the Hasbrouck Apartments.

Garra was unaware of the parking violation fine increase before her interview with The Sun. When she was told about

the increase, she expressed disappointment with the new fine amounts.

“It’d be unfortunate [to get a parking violation with the increased cost] because I already paid for a pass,” Garra said. “So if I got a parking ticket on top of the pass that’s a lot of money racking up, even though I have permission to park on campus.”

While Garra said she has found adequate parking on West Campus, she said

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she thinks each permit should encompass more campus parking options.

“I think it’s a lot of money for just one or two parking lots,” Garra said.

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Cornell Communication Dept. Changes Course

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• Requirement to take three “Explorations in Communication Courses,” previously known as “Focus Area Courses,” instead of two courses. Four total course options are offered.

• Students are no longer required to declare a focus area.

• Instead of taking nine credits under a focus area and six credits of upper-level electives, students are only required to complete 12 credits of upper-level electives.

The history of the communication major at Cornell can be traced back to Cornell’s first president, Andrew Dickson White. White held a strong belief in the value of a liberal education and felt that students should have access to a curriculum that “satisfies the wants of the hour,” according to William B. Ward’s “History of the Department of Communication at Cornell University.”

Through his visionary leadership and commitment to educational innovation, White worked with Ezra Cornell, the University’s founder, to establish the world’s first university-level journalism instruction, a curriculum that not only

embraced the traditional subjects of study but also recognized the pressing needs of the contemporary world. That program soon evolved into the modern communication department.

Byrne, who is also the director of undergraduate studies within the Department of Communication, noted that the recent changes in the communication major are related to adapting to the dynamic landscape of modern communication technologies and evolving industry demands.

“If TikTok is where the younger generation is going to get their news from, then we have to figure out a way to get stories on social media,” Byrne said.

Byrne believes that the changes in the communication major allow students to develop an understanding of the modern media landscape, equipping them with the skills to navigate and excel in a digital world where effective communication strategies are crucial for success across a variety of industries and contexts.

Byrne also said that strong communication skills are not only necessary for media but also useful when interacting with AI.

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Professors Adapt Curricula Amid AI Boom

and writing derived from AI.

The University’s Center for Teaching Innovation, an on-campus organization that provides developmental consultations to teaching community members, held two webinars in early August to discuss generative AI and its classroom applications with interested instructors.

The CTI shared the results of an AI detection study conducted by the University. The report found that detectors used to identify text written by artificial intelligence are not only easily circumventable, and hence ineffective, but also unreliable, as they have been shown to falsely flag original work.

“We do not want to err on the side of falsely accusing anyone,” said CTI Instructional Designer Kim Benowski in one published webinar. “Unfortunately, the generative AI is going to get better at what it does, and detecting it is going to become harder. … Please avoid detection tools.”

ChatGPT’s ability to generate natural language raises concerns for professors teaching writ-

“I have always relied on asking students to write papers during the semester,” Fiskesjö said. “I don’t feel that I can ask for take-home papers anymore.” He later clarified his statement in an email to the Sun, saying, “I think most students are honest, but there is no way for me to make out the difference.”

Fiskesjö acknowledged that some instructors have imple-

government, has taught at the University for fifty years and said he has witnessed the effects of various technological changes on education.

“A lot hangs on learning how to use the technology, and that can happen in any classroom,” Katzenstein said. “The defensive mentality of saying ‘all students will cheat’ is not going to serve anybody well.”

“[This] is academia — we are here to solve the world’s problems. ...To do that, we have to stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.”

by private, for-profit technology companies that none of us … needed or wanted,” Evangelista wrote in an email to The Sun. “I wish our colleagues at the CTI could devote their attention to pedagogical advances that the faculty value rather than be forced to respond defensively to a technology imposed on us.”

Grajeda continued. “I believe that AI should be reduced or avoided in order to grow and develop as a [student].

Ultimately, a general consensus among professors about AI’s impact on the future of academia remains to be reached.

ing-centric classes. Educators are beginning to alter their grading criteria and class syllabi, and the modifications vary.

Prof. Magnus Fiskesjö, anthropology, described his difficulties with distinguishing between students’ original work

mented alternative uses of AI into their syllabi. However, he said he remains hesitant due to ChatGPT’s possibly biased responses and demonstrated ability to falsify sources and information, stemming from two incidents in which ChatGPT generated fake articles from “The Guardian” that misled a researcher and student. A recent report from the misinformation research company NewsGuard found that ChatGPT-4 generated false claims 98 out of 100 times when prompted by the user.

“There is a preconceived idea that goes into it, but what if it is wrong?” Fiskesjö said. “Will [AI] keep us in the box when we ought to be thinking outside of it?”

Prof. Peter Katzenstein,

Katzenstein mentioned that while the University is determining how to implement AI in small classroom settings, difficulties remain regarding using AI in large lecture settings. This semester, he worked with his teaching assistants to create assignments that would require students to produce original writing, in addition to engaging with chatbots for other assignments.

“There are ways of structuring writing assignments that will still force students to do original writing and thinking,” Katzenstein said, noting AI chatbots’ lack of up-to-date databases and inability to write experientially.

Simultaneously, Katzenstein encourages his TAs to use their discretion to supplementally implement AI in their considerably smaller discussion sections.

Prof. Matthew Evangelista, government, is on leave for the fall semester, but his temporary absence has not prevented him from expressing his indignation towards the technology companies behind generative AI.

“I couldn’t avoid a sense of resentment that Cornell is obliged to devote its resources to coping with a product developed

When asked about his feelings toward AI’s development and the obligations placed on CTI, Katzenstein held a differing opinion.

“Technologies happen, and the adoption of technologies in universities is faster than in other institutions,” Katzenstein said. “Am I being forced or coerced? Am I resentful that Cornell has to divert resources for this? No, not at all. I regard this as natural.”

Returning and new students are still adjusting to the University’s sudden change in their academic policies. Oswaldo Grajeda ’26 noted that one of his professors replaced take-home essays with in-class assignments.

“I wish I had the opportunity to write in my dorm so that I have more time to think and analyze … to produce a better essay,” Grajeda said.

Beatrice Perron-Roy ’27 described the differences she observed in AI policy between her high school and Cornell.

“ChatGPT was not really understood by my high school,” Perron-Roy said. “I think it’s fair that professors are changing the writing assignments because [these changes] are helping us. … You’re not expanding your knowledge if you use [chatbots] to write your essays.”

Grajeda shared a similar perspective.

“A lot of students think it’s easier to use AI when writing essays, and [AI] affects their ability to write and think creatively,”

“[This] is academia — we are here to solve the world’s problems,” Fiskesjö said. “To do that, we have to stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. AI defeats the purpose of why we’re here.”

Katzenstein, however, summarized his perspective on AI with an opposing viewpoint.

“Technological change is so deeply intertwined with the advance of science,” Katzenstein concluded. “That is what the University does — expand knowledge and adapt.”

Isabela Wilson can be reached at iwilson@cornellsun.com.

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Magnus Fiskesjö, anthropology

“Technological change is so deeply intertwined with the advance of science. ... That is what the University does — expand knowledge and adapt.”

Prof. Peter Katzenstein, government

Travis Scott’s Utopia Unlocks a Whole World

After the tremendous success of his 2018 effort Astroworld , which many consider to be his magnum opus, Travis Scott had big shoes to fill following years of hype for his next album. Utopia is the final product, diverse and melodic in Scott’s signature style.

A lengthy break between projects is surprising for Scott. If we include the label compilation album JackBoys , the Houston rapper has had a new release for every calendar year between 2013 and 2019, inclusive. After such an unprecedented wait, caution was warranted going into this project: For an artist accustomed to churning out music, it’s within the realm of possibility that the switch-up in schedule could also mean a switch-up in quality. Yet Scott emerges without missing a beat, channeling his usual insistence on variability and liberal use of melody into a project that could reasonably stand in the pantheon of his discography with previous efforts Rodeo and Astroworld

The opening stretch to this album is full of bangers. “Hyaena” leads us into Utopia with powerful boom bap, announcing Scott’s return with an instrumental so tough that only a simple hook is needed.

“Modern Jam” lives up to its name, with its unique, bouncy feel and a catchy Teezo Touchdown feature that caps it off nicely. “My Eyes” is reminiscent of Rodeo highlight “90210” in terms of song structure. Although it’s definitely not as good of a song, its build-up into a relentless Scott verse makes it easy to love.

The album meanders a bit from there, but its body is always well-produced and has plenty of highlights. The feature list is absolutely stacked: “Delresto (Echoes)” is elevated so much by the Beyoncé guest spot, and its house rhythms sound like they would’ve been right at home on her latest offering Renaissance . The Weeknd glides in so well on the interlude and outro of “Circus Maximus,” making his recent declaration that he’s done with features hurt that much more. But Scott still turns in effective solo songs on this project, if the suave

“I Know ?” is any indica-

tion. This track’s dark piano melody backs Scott’s pensive thoughts to create one of the album’s standouts. What holds Utopia back primarily is its severe lack of quality lyricism. Good lyrics can of course come in many forms, from intricate rhyme schemes to simple yet hard bars, but Scott doesn’t associate with either end of this spectrum, opting instead to pen generic verses that don’t contain any memorable lines. It’s a testament to the album’s production and songwriting versatility that Utopia shines through its poor lyricism and still delivers a claim to be one of

the year’s best.

Lowlights are still present though, with two of the album’s most popular tracks being subpar. “Meltdown” has a fun Drake verse with the whisper flow, but the song boils down to a strikingly weaker version of previous Scott/Drake collaboration “Sicko Mode.” “Fe!n” with Playboi Carti has an energetic beat and a good Scott verse, but Carti’s contributions are below his usual standard, and the hook is just way too repetitive.

Utopia ends on a high note with two of its best songs, “Telekinesis” and “Til Further Notice,” coming right at

the end. The peaks of this album are so strong in terms of catchy vocal melodies and dynamic song structures, and even the lows are listenable with redeemable qualities. That kind of consistency is great to have in the hip hop mainstream and is one of Scott’s strengths when it comes to curating a project. Even if not every song is a hit, his tracklists are littered with enough variability and interesting production choices to keep his listeners engaged and wanting more.

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Te Greatest Good for Whom?

Cornellians are united by a shared purpose.” “To do the greatest good.” These quotes written by Ezra Cornell have been plastered on every known surface on campus. It begs the question: The greatest good for whom? This year, Cornell Progressives released the Disorientation Guide, a manual on all of Cornell’s shady business and notso-known secrets. In the guide, stories of Cornell’s neglect and greed are overwhelming but not surprising.

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In 1985, Cornell’s trustees refused to divest from companies in South Africa despite the apartheid. Whose “greatest good” were they striving to achieve? Many low-income and BIPOC students could already testify that they knew this “greatest good” didn’t apply to them, but this guide made it clear to the masses. Diving deep into Cornell’s history, policies and actions, it's evident that Cornell’s administration only caters to itself, the wealthy majority and the Global North. When Cornell’s most questionable ties are mentioned, we have to start with our persistence to be included in war crimes. Most notably, Cornell’s joint campus with Technion Institute, whose military research is directly incorporated into the ongoing occupation of Palestine. This institute boasts of research on unmanned bulldozers used to destroy Palestinian homes, drone technology to bombard civilians and other advanced military supplies used to kill my family.

The ties to Elbit Systems should also be considered since their technology has been used on the apartheid wall to monitor and strip Palestinians of freedom of movement. The guide argues that since Cornell Tech is entrenched in the Israeli military-industrial complex, unknowing students are exposed to research and technology that will be used to occupy, oppress and dispossess Palestinians. To make matters worse, our ties with Lockheed Martin are an embarrassment, with human rightsv groups explaining that “[their] F-16 fighter jets, Apache helicopters and Hellfire missiles often failed to distinguish between civilians and combatants.”

Cornell has also welcomed notorious war criminals to speak on our campus. Our own professors have been involved in building “small autonomous UAVs for commercial and defense applications.” In the early 2000s, these were used to bomb civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. In light of our connections to atrocities happening overseas, I must ask: How can we commit to doing the greatest good while maintaining these connections? Or is this greatest good reserved for the Global North?

Highlighting more local issues, students on financial aid are expected to contribute to their tuition through student contributions in the form of Federal Work Study. When a poll was taken for these student workers, over half of them responded that their hourly wage was not enough to meet their basic living needs. Despite countless protests and pleas from student workers, Cornell refused to make the changes that were desperately need-

ed. The negative effects of the administration’s refusal to help the students became very evident when the Basic Needs Coalition took a survey of students’ primary needs on campus. The results were overwhelmingly bad: “1/3 of respondents indicated difficulty accessing food, more than 50 percent expressed difficulty finding or affording housing and 46 percent of students reported difficulty accessing healthcare.”

Just this summer, Cornell gave students a 20-day notice when they decided to not renew Student Healthcare Plus+, a plan where students on NYS Medicaid could be enrolled in free comprehensive healthcare with no premiums or copays. With this option being removed, those students now have to choose to either pay a $3,700+ fee (not included in financial aid), enroll in Cornell’s healthcare or stick with their Medicaid plan. These Medicaid plans are not accepted at Cornell Health, further burdening students. If Cornell really is striving to do the “greatest good,” why make it harder for the students who are already struggling?

Upon reading the Disorientation Guide’s chapter on Cornell’s Parasitic Relationship With Ithaca, it becomes clear that this “greatest good” doesn’t apply to the town we reside in. Due to some shady deal, Cornell is skipping out on millions of tax dollars to be paid to the city and school district.

As the guide states, Cornell only pays about $1.5 million to the city in comparison to the estimated $40 million owed in property taxes, along with $15 million they would owe to Tompkins County and $45 million to Ithaca City School District. Thanks to Cornell not paying the right amount of taxes, Ithaca doesn’t have the budget needed to provide for the community.

Aside from the evident tax evasion, Cornell’s greed pushed them to deny an 8 percent increase in funding for TCAT despite Cornellelians making up 75 percent of the riders. Research shows that investment in public transportation leads to significant economic growth, creates jobs, improves the standard of living and helps community members escape poverty. Yet, none of that seems to be any of the administration’s concerns.

Cornell further poisons the community by being the leading cause of gentrification in Ithaca, causing local families to move out to neighboring villages and towns due to the skyrocketing rent. This, of course, is not something felt by the wealthy majority of students who can afford to pay $1400+ for a one-bedroom apartment in Collegetown, or the professors making six figures. By neglecting to adequately invest in the community, Cornell’s values are shown to have little to no concern for Ithaca’s residents.

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Cornell Competes at Bucknell Invitational

Te Red fnished the weekend with one win and two losses

By RUTH ABRAHAM Sun Sports Editor

Cornell volleyball (1-2, 0-0 Ivy) began its 2023 season with a trip to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania over the long weekend to compete in the Bucknell Invitational. The Red faced Niagara (0-4, 0-0 MAAC) on Friday

Sophomore outside hitter Eliza Konvicka helped lead the Red against Niagara with a careerhigh 25 kills, 10 digs and a block for Cornell.

and then William & Mary (4-2, 0-0 CAA) and Bucknell (2-3, 0-0 Pa-

triot) for a Saturday doubleheader.

Starting off strong on Friday, Cornell defeated the Purple Eagles, 3-1, after a comeback effort by the Red. After a back-and-forth beginning to the first set, Cornell took momentum — however, Niagara overtook and didn’t look back, taking the first set, 19-25. The Red didn’t let that stop them and took control of the second set early on, winning it 25-9. Cornell secured the win over the Purple Eagles after winning the third and fourth set, backed by a career-high 25 kills by sophomore outside hitter Eliza Konvicka.

Looking to build off themomentum into Saturday, the Red faced the Tribe to begin its doubleheader. After losing the first set, Cornell went

Looking to move up

After a third place finish in the Ivy League last season, Cornell field hockey looks to begin strong when it faces #8 Syracuse on Wednesday, Sept. 6.

on to win the second and third sets, giving them a 2-1 lead. However, William & Mary clawed back in the final two sets, giving Cornell a 3-2 loss.

With the loss against Bucknell, the Red snapped a three-match winning streak against the Bisons dating back to Sept. 13, 2014. Cornell still holds a 15-3 lead over Bucknell since their first matchup in 1984.

Just hours later, the Red attempted to leave the tournament on a high-note but fell just short against the hometeam.

Bump, set, spike!

Volleyball will face Syracuse on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at home in Newman Arena before traveling to Hamilton, N.Y. to compete in the Colgate Invitational on Friday, Sept. 8.

While Cornell lost to Bucknell 3-0, the set score differential was not more than 3 points in any of the three sets. Each of the three sets were highlighted by a back-and-forth battle between the Red and the Bison — however, in each set, Bucknell was the one to be able to finish it out. The final score of each set was 25-22, 25-22 and 26-24. Cornell volleyball hopes to return to its winning ways when it faces regional-rival Syracuse on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Newman Arena for the first home match of the season. The game can be streamed on ESPN+.

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

Setting sail!

Women’s sailing begins the season on Saturday, Sept. 9 at the King’s Point Women’s Invite in Kings Point, N.Y.

Close comeback | The Red attempted to claw back in its game against Bucknell but fell just short of a win.