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Ithaca Refugee Intake Halted

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS

Sun Staff Writer

Three refugee families from Syria and Afghanistan that had been approved to relocate to Ithaca are in limbo after President Donald Trump’s executive order halted all refugee admissions for 120 days and indefinitely suspended the admission of refugees from Syria, a local charity said Monday Re n e e Sp e a r, e xe c u t i ve d i re c t o r o f Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga, said

the charity had planned to bring up to a dozen refugee families to Ithaca this year and that Tr ump ’ s “unconscionable” executive order should be immediately rescinded

“We are heartbroken for these parents and their children who had come so close to escaping the misery and precariousness of their life situation,” Spear said in a state-

BLM Activist Promotes Art

By RACHEL WHALEN

Sun Staff Writer

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Hundreds Protest Trump in Syracuse

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun Staff Writer

Hundreds of immigrants, college students, toddlers and concerned citizens converged on Syracuse Hancock International Airport Sunday evening to protest a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump that halted travel to the U S for citizens of seven pred

lim countries for 90 days

The Central New York Solidarity Coalition organized the rally at Terminal A and hundreds of people came from around Upstate New York to protest the executive order Trump signed on Friday, which also indefinitely banned Syrian refugees from being admitted to the U S and halted admission of refugees from any country for 120 days

“Especially with the election of Donald Trump I’ve tried to really commit to taking more grassroots rebel

a c t i o n e v e n

though that’s something I don’t normally do,” said Lisset Pino ’17, who drove 50 miles from Ithaca to Syracuse for the protest

Dozens of travelers from the seven countries included in Trump’s executive order Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen were detained at airports throughout the country

See PROTEST page 5

See BLM page 14

From Rome to Ithaca | Students with the Paideia Institute, where Daniel Gallagher teaches a living Latin course, examine temple ruins dating from the era of the Roman Republic at the

Pope’s Latinist to Join Faculty

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Staff Writer

Switching his boss from the Pope to Cornell president-elect Mar tha Pollack, Daniel Gallagher is leaving his post as papal secretary in the Vatican to teach in the classics department starting this fall

“The appointment of Dan Gallagher to Cornell’s classics department is a milestone in the teaching of Latin nationwide,”

In t e r i m Pre s i d e n t Hu n t e r Rawlings told The Sun “Dan is the foremost exponent of spo-

ken Latin in the world ”

The position of ‘Professor of the Practice’ is given to faculty with significant experience in industry or other non-academic o

tenure-track or non-tenure track faculty within a department

“I think this may be the only Professor of the Practice we ’ re likely to see, ” said Prof Mike Fo

It’s

chance of a lifetime to nab the successor of Poggio Bracciolini a

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Current Insights on Genomic Diversity and Genetic Architecture in Africa

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Engaged Leadership Casual Coffee Hour

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Exploring a Sea of Glass: A Multi-media Celebration Of Art, Biology, and History 8 a m - 5 p m , Mann Library

Anarchy in the Archives

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Empathy Academy: Social Practice and the Problem of Objects

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Law Students Piece Together Message for Trump

By LINDSAY CAYNE Sun Staff Writer

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All deliberate speed | Students wasted no time in sending President Trump a message, signing the backs of puzzle pieces to emphasize the importance of upholding the Constitution

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New Housing System Aims To Preserve Friendships

By RONNI MOK Sun Staff Writer

The housing office has implemented several changes to this year ’ s general housing process in an attempt to have a more friendship-based system

“ The basic motivator was through the Student Assembly They wanted the general housing selection to be about friends, and they proposed quite a few of the changes,” said Kristen Loparco, undergraduate housing coordinator “ We had a team of students, staff and IT work together based off of the resolution ”

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Student block size the amount of students who can sign up to live together has been increased from five to six

Another difference is that each block can select any room in an entire building rather than from a limited section of a floor

Another key change for the upcoming year is the system for lottery time slot assignments In the past, students automatically received an individual, randomized time slot upon applying for housing This year, however, students are to decide on their blocks before hand, and each group is assigned one slot together after 3:00 p m on March 2

“[The student assembly] was looking for something that would be more focused on friends blocking together, versus just blocking based on time-slots,” Loparco said

you get a bad time slot for your group, there’s no way around it; friendships won’t get

destroyed.”

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There is also a newly available option of mixedg e n d e r r o o m i n g a n d b l o c k i n g , a c c o rd i n g t o Loparco

“Despite the logistical floor planning challenges that mixed gender housing might pose, it helps create awareness for the fact that friendships [and] relationships between genders can be close but not sexually or romantically intimate,” Nicole Lee ’20 said “I think that particularly those who identify as part of the LGBTQ community could feel more comfortable with such arrangements as well ”

Timothy Ng ’18 said the new system could potentially be better, as it seems “ more fair” and “less unpredictable”

“In the past sometimes people get kicked out of their group at the last moment because having a smaller group gives you more room choices, especially at the ‘nicer dorms,’” Ng said “If you get a bad time slot for your group, there’s no way around it; friendships won ’ t get destroyed ”

Andy Choi ’20 agreed, saying that the system seems more “fair”, but also noted the potential setbacks of assigning fewer time slots

“I think the previous system would have given me a better chance of getting a good time slot, since there are more to choose from in a block, but this one gives ever yone a fair chance,” Choi said

Ronni Mok can be reached at rmok@cornellsun com

K a r r s a i d s h e w a n t s a f f i r m a t i o n t h a t Tr u m p u n d e rs t a n d s t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n “At t h i s p o i n t i t d o e s n ’ t s e e m t h a t h e i s d e d i c a t e d t o f o l l ow i n g t h e l a w o r u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e l a w, ” K a r r s a i d De s p i t e t h e w o r r i e s t h a t s o m e l a w s t u d e n t s h a ve r e g a r d i n g t h e Tr u m p a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , s e v e r a l h a v e e x p re s s e d t h a t t h e y s t i l l h a ve h o p e f o r c o n s t i t u t i o n a l g ove r n m e

Lindsay Cayne can be reached at lcayne@cornellsun com

Cornellians Celebrate Human Rights Day

By EMILY YANG Sun Staff Writer

Amid protests around the country surrounding the rights of immigrants and refugees, Cornell’s United Nations Association hosted a celebration of International Human Rights Day in Willard Straight Hall on Monday

The dinner had been in the works since December, but recent political events have increased interest, according to Ashley Davila ’19 and Katarina Schwartsman ’20, UNA research chairs

“It’s nice to know that there is a space for people who care about and want to protect human rights,” Schwartsman said David Rhodes, a member of Ithaca Welcomes Refugees, said that most people, himself included, had little idea of what to do when they first became involved in activism, and emphasized the importance of a willingness to engage

“When we think about what it means to stand up, I don’t think any of us necessarily have the answer, ” Rhodes said Michaela Brangan grad, a

member of Cornell Graduate Students United, noted the importance of worker solidarity in larger movements for human rights

“As workers, we have the right to stand up for ourselves

We also have the right to stand up for other people,” Brangan said “Labor rights, civil rights, and human rights all have a unification ”

Prof Elizabeth Sanders, government, discussed the divide between nationalism and internationalism

Nations provide worker protection laws and regulations that globalization tends to strip away, Sanders said, but powerful nations also tend to take “destructive, unilateral actions ” She noted US involvements in Central America, Iran and Iraq as common causes of refugee displacement

“What is going to help us out of the crisis the world is in now is exercising our First Amendment rights, and using and improving our own legal institutions,” Sanders said Emily Yang can be reached at eyang@cornellsun com

Protesters Support Refugees

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over the weekend, prompting protests from Miami to Seattle

Organizers said they did not believe anyone was detained at the Syracuse airport which has only one international flight, to Canada but that the location of the protest is a symbol of the city’s openness to refugees from around the world

“The refugee community has contributed a tremendous amount to Syracuse we love our refugees here,” said Joe Driscoll, an organizer with the CNY Solidarity Coalition “The airport was the best symbolic way to show that because we want to welcome them here, not see this kind of scene ”

Driscoll and other organizers said the crowd peaked at 1,000 people, although police at the airport gave more conservative estimates of between 400 and 500 attendees in the baggage claim terminal, which was packed with protesters of all ages some in strollers

Protesters yelled into a loudspeaker and carried signs, many of which were filled with images of Lady Liberty and the Emma Lazarus sonnet about accepting the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free” that is engraved inside the statue ’ s pedestal

Other makeshift signs bore phrases like “Hate is not a foreign policy,” “Build bridges not walls” and “Impeach Pres Bannon,” a reference to Stephen Bannon, the chief strategist and senior counselor to Trump

Sy r a c u s e Ma yo r St e p h a n i e Mi n e r, who earlier this month said Syracuse would continue to be a sanctuary city for immigrants, attended the protest and told The Sun she was willing to forfeit federal funding to stand up for immigrant rights

“It’s at times like this where you can decide, do you want to chase dollars that are going to evaporate or are you going to stand for your values?” Miner said “And I think you ’ re seeing this community say, ‘ we want to stand for our values ’”

“Syracuse is a city of immigrants,” Miner added “We have been very fortunate that we have had a burgeoning population [of refugees] These are peaceful people who add to our community, and what I’ve seen the president do systematically in the past eight days is convey a message of hatred that is completely inconsistent with American values ”

Driscoll and another organizer, Brian Escobar, cited a Syracuse com report that 220 refugees who had already been vetted and approved to travel to the city have had their “hopes of freedom dashed by the stroke of a pen ”

Jay Subedi, a refugee from Bhutan, said he came to the protest because he “believes in the people who hope to have a safe life and freedom, and a prosperous life in the U S ”

At least a dozen police were on scene to monitor the protest, but reported no injuries or arrests

Lovely Davis, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Upstate, said Trump’s executive order was a “fascist act, ” and that people of color are especially affected by the order, which gives priority to Christians abroad

“It’s so bigoted and biased and racist and I’m just here to destroy all of those things,” said Davis, a Buffalo native “Now is the time when we need to get together because ‘nationalism’ is a codeword for American fascism ”

Mayor Miner said she had been surprised by the number of people who attended Syracuse’s Women’s March and was surprised again by the hundreds who filled the airport’s lobby

“It’s a Sunday night, everyone ’ s going to work tomorrow, it’s cold,” she said “It’s pretty easy on a Sunday night at 7 o ’clock to just be like, ‘ you know what, I’ll like a Facebook page and call it a day,’ but you can see, there’s been a nerve touched and these people aren ’ t going away ”

Katie Sims ’20 contributed reporting to this story

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nbogel-burroughs@cornellsun com

Charity Blasts Travel Ban Effects

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Ser vices Program, told The Sun that the charity had already accepted a vetted family of six from Afghanistan and two families from Syria The ne w executive order puts an indefinite hold on the Syrian families, who are currently in refugee settlement camps in Jordan, Chaffee said, and at least a 120-day h o l d o n t h e f a m i l y o f s i x i n Afghanistan

“Of course we are worried about the safety and well-being for the families we were hoping to resettle,” Chaffee said “It's troubling that this executive order pretty much stops everything that has been put into motion that would have brought them to a safe environment; instead it just creates more upheaval and havoc in their lives ”

The executive order, signed by Trump on Friday afternoon, has sparked protests

t h ro u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y f ro m Syracuse to Seattle to Miami after hundreds were detained flying into the U S A Cornell alumnus and lawyer in Seattle, Joe Shaeffer ‘92, was part of a team of seven lawyers who successfully petitioned for the release of two men from Sudan and Yemen who had been h e l d a t Se a t t l e - Ta c o m a In t e r n a t i o n a l Airport, The Sun previously reported Catholic Charities had planned to bring up to 50 refugees to Ithaca under a U S Department of State grant that provides the charity with $2,025 for each

New Professor Looks to Develop Spoken Latin

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incredible Renaissance Latinists that have been doing the same job Dan did ”

As the Ralph and Jeanne Kanders Associate Professor of the Practice in Latin, Gallagher hopes to enhance Cornell’s spoken Latin program

“Because this method of teaching Latin is catching on everywhere today, and because our classics department already has Mike Fontaine as a leading professor in this field, Cornell will quickly become

“Hiring Gallagher is brilliant nothing short of a tectonic shift for the discipline ”

immersion tool but rather to help students access literature and enhance their ability to understand texts

In this method, learning Latin loses its threatening reputation and can be viewed similarly to learning any other living language For Gallagher, this also helps to break down the misconception that Latin is an overly difficult language

“The most successful thing that we can do is to realize that there is an extreme value of just teaching Latin as a language,” said Gallagher “The sense of satisfaction and confidence that one gets from doing that kind of approach to the language is enormous ”

By expanding spoken Latin in the classics department, Cornell’s classics department is set to launch itself above other universities in the discipline

refugee it relocates, much of which goes directly to the families to cover costs like rent

Chaffee told The Sun earlier this month that she was excited to welcome the first family from Afghanistan and the charity was hopeful they would arrive in February at the latest

Now, the charity’s immediate plans have been scrapped as its directors work to understand the full impact of Trump’s executive order, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” which also bans citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the U S for 90 days

“We continue to await more specific details on the executive order before we can make any announcements on our program and when we will be receiving refugee families,” Chaffee said “We do know that we are committed to the mission of bringing refugees to the Ithaca area ”

Spear asked community members to voice their opposition to the travel ban by calling their representatives and advocating “for compassionate welcome for people fleeing war and violence ”

Prof Stephen Yale-Loehr, law, decried Trump’s order in an interview with CNN on Sunday, saying that although it seems “egregiously unconstitutional,” cour ts often defer to the president on immigration matters

THE place for students to study Latin in this active and engaged way, ” Rawlings said

In the Vatican’s Office of Latin Letters, Gallagher worked with Latinists from around the world to translate all official letters of the Pope into Latin the official language of the Catholic Church In this position, Gallagher was a direct successor of renowned classicists including Reginald Foster, Lorenzo Valla and Poggio Bracciolini

These official letters included all material from the Pope, including sermons, speeches, correspondences and even the Pope’s Twitter feed Tweets in Latin coming straight from the Vatican became one of the Church’s most successful public relations endeavors, according to Gallagher

Fitting a Latin phrase into the 140 character constraint proved easy for Gallagher and the other Latinists In fact, the very concept is not much of a novelty for the ancient language

“[There are] plenty of examples from Latin literature of things that would qualify today as tweets in Latin by Martial and Catullus, in these short pithy sayings,” Gallagher said to The Sun

While tweeting occupied a very small fraction of Gallagher’s day to day work, he found that the tweets became a “ great pedagogical tool” to engage students in spoken Latin

When working in the Vatican office, Gallagher and the other Latinists pushed themselves to speak almost entirely in Latin This involved discussion ranging from work to modern politics to the latest soccer game

“By speaking Latin in the office it would save us time because we would be warmed up all the time,” Gallagher said “We also are equally convinced that the value of spoken Latin for actually teaching and learning Latin ” Gallagher plans to teach at Cornell in the same way, using spoken Latin not as an

“Hiring Gallagher is brilliant nothing short of a tectonic shift for the discipline,” said Charles McNamara, SCS/NEH Fellow at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae and former colleague of Gallagher at the Paideia Institute, where Gallagher teaches a living Latin course

“Cornell has pretty much with a single appointment turned itself into the foremost department in the Ivy League for living Latin,” said John Kuhner, president of SALVI, a not-for-profit dedicated to promoting the study of Latin in America

Prof Matthew Mcgown, classics, Fordham University noted that the range of spoken Latin Cornell will now have will propel the classics program

“What you are getting in those two scholars is not only great proficiency in the active use of the Latin language, but also great coverage in Latin literature,” Mcgown said “The breadth and depth there [in Gallagher and Fontaine] is really enviable and bodes well for the present and future of Classics at Cornell ”

Gallagher’s particular teaching style also earned praise from Cornell students who studied under him at Paideia

“I was beyond thrilled to find out that Daniel Gallagher will be teaching at Cornell University,” said Luby Kiriakidi ’18 “He is a very charismatic and engaging teacher His grasp of Latin is unbelievable when he speaks or lectures in Latin, it seems as if he is thinking in it too ”

Pointing to his abilities as a patient, receptive and knowledgeable teacher at Paideia, Erial Zheng ’18 said “ we as students are very lucky to be able to learn from him ”

“His experience working in the Vatican as one of the Pope's Latin secretaries allow[s] him to bring the ancient language into our modern world with exceptional vitality and vibrancy,” said Scott Rodeo ’18 “Just by listening to his ecclesiastical pronunciations of archaic passages, you can instantly sense the undeniable significance and vast history of the language ”

Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun com

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Editorial

Rescind the Order

ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP issued an executive order banning Syrian citizens indefinitely and citizens of seven countries Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 days This order includes citizens of those countries who had previously been granted refugee status and currently enjoy permanent legal status in the United States and citizens of allied nations such as Canada and the U K who happen to originate from one of the listed countries As U S authorities began detaining an increasing number of people, protesters began to flood airports across the countr y

Beyond those directly affected, the order has serious ramifications for the entire countr y: family members separated from each other, such as an Iranian mother separated from her five-year-old son at Washington’s Dulles International Airport; tenured scientists hindered from continuing their work, such as computational biologist Samira Asgari, who was “ ver y shocked that all [her] efforts, that all [she had] done, can be undone – just like that ” American universities have since advised their foreign students against making international travel plans and find the strength of their educational and research efforts at risk

Over 20 percent of Cornellians are international students, and many others participate in programs abroad As a university that boasts the motto “ any person, any study” and is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive campus experience for people of all backgrounds, Cornell must guarantee students their safety despite the troubling executive order On Jan 29, Interim President Hunter R Rawlings III published a statement, in the wake of similar messages issued by institutions such as the University of Michigan and Har vard University, urging immediate reporting of their incidents and offering various resources such as continued privacy of student records and legal assistance We applaud President Rawlings’ statement of support, as he pledges to provide legal support for those affected by Trump’s executive order and to continue supporting international and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival students

The fight to resist and oppose Trump’s thinly-veiled Muslim ban, however, should not end there: Cornell should follow in the steps of University of Michigan, which refused to release the immigration status of its students; Cornell must ensure that students, faculty members and researchers whose lives have been interrupted by the ban are given adequate professional accommodations; the University’s Federal Relations Office should dedicate its resources to pushing for a full repeal of the immigration ban; beyond being a member of the Association of American Universities which called for a “quick end” to the executive order, Cornell should work relentlessly alongside peer institutions to collectively ensure intellectual exchange continues across borders We must realize that institutions of higher education have an obligation to not only support marginalized groups, but also actively resist the xenophobic and racist policies that threaten freedom, equality and diversity

Indeed, the surrounding community has already started mobilizing Seattle attorney Joe Shaeffer ’92 worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project to release two men detained at SeattleTacoma International airport During an Emergency Rally to Support Immigrant Rights on Saturday, Ithacans gathered with their immigrant neighbors to show their unwavering support Students and locals alike protested at Syracuse airport, demonstrating “the city’s openness to refugees from around the world ”

These are only a few examples of the community’s potential to protect the diversity that our culture thrives on, and we hope that incoming president Martha Pollack continues to maintain Cornell’s status as a safe haven for students of all nationalities, ethnicities and religions Cornell must emphasize that President Trump’s executive order will not interfere with the university’s goal of “ any person, any study ” We must always remember that the presence of students from all backgrounds promotes crosscultural learning, love and respect among all Cornellians

Jacob Rubashkin

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A Dream of America

In 1925, after three weeks spent in steerage on the USS America and three years spent in a German refugee camp, a seven-year old Je wish boy named Benjamin Karasik stepped foot on the island of Manhattan He and his family had fled from the horrors of the Russian C i v i l Wa r, a n d n ow t h e y a r r i v e d i n America speaking no English and with only meager savings Twenty-five years l a t e r, C a p t a i n B e n j a m i n K a r a s i k w a s commissioned as a doctor during the Korean War And in a fe w shor t months, decades after passing under the shadow of the Statue of Liber ty, Grandpa Ben w i l l c e l e

rounded by his friends and family Grandpa Ben was one of the lucky ones; by extension, I am one of the lucky ones as well, as are both of my sisters, my mother and all my cousins My family flourished and continues to flourish by the grace of America It would have been so easy, back in 1925, to turn away the Karasik family, to send them back across the Atlantic to a continent on the brink of collapse There were certainly plenty of reasons to do so Jews were blamed for all sorts of global troubles, from the scourge of communist revolution to unspeakable acts of terror in the form of the blood libel Indeed, even a decade later, as the specter of Nazism rose and the repressive Nu r e m b e r g l a w s c a m e i n t o f o r c e i n Germany, a majority of Americans still believed that the Jews were at least partially responsible for their own persecution I would like to think we have come a long way as a nation since the days of the M S St Louis And yet, last Friday, on In t e r n a t i o n a l Ho l o c a u s t Re m e m b r a n c e Day, President Donald J Tr ump enacted a sweeping immigration ban targeting s e v e n Mu s l i m - m a j o r i t y n a t i o n s T h e hardest-hit of that group is Syria, from which all immigration has been suspended indefinitely Refugees from the civil war in that countr y who had underg o n e o u r r i g o r o u s t w o - y e a r v e t t i n g process and were expecting to be resettled in the coming days have been turned away by airlines or detained in American airpor ts upon arrival Some have even been sent back to their point of depar ture by American authorities

At JFK International Airpor t, it was only after a lawsuit from the American Civil Liber ties Union and personal intervention by Congressman Jerrold Nadler ( D - N Y ) a n d C o n g r e s s w o m a n Ny d i a Ve l a z q u e z ( D - N Y ) t h a t H a m e e d Dar weesh, an Iraqi who had risked his life to ser ve as a translator for the U S militar y, was released from detention Repor tedly, one other translator and at least a dozen other refugees remain in custody at JFK People in airpor ts across the countr y are in similar situations At m y h o m e a i r p o r t , Wa s h i n g t o n - Du l l e s , customs officers have refused to abide by l a w f u l c o u r t o r d e r s , p r e v e n t i n g b o t h attorneys and members of congress from seeing or offering counsel to detainees President Tr ump ’ s executive order is so fraught with issues that it is hard to know where to begin It is a logistical nightmare, repor tedly drafted by two presid e n t i a l a d v i s o r s w i t h n o i n p u t f r o m career State and Homeland Security officials or from the White House Office of Legal Counsel It appears to encompass, perhaps unconstitutionally, as many as 500,000 permanent legal residents originally from the listed nations It also a p p e a r s t o e n c o m p a s s f o re i g n e r s w i t h multiple citizenships who carr y a passpor t from the listed nation; a Canadian

with Iranian citizenship, or a British citizen originally from Sudan, such as Los Angeles Lakers for ward Luol Deng, may be refused entr y into the United States

The haphazard nature of the executive order has left countless families, including those with permanent legal status, wondering if they will be prevented from reuniting with their loved ones It has created grave uncer tainty for the future of thousands of undergraduate and graduate students studying at American universities under educational visas

But even if the executive order did not

apply to green card holders and foreign dual citizens, it would still be tragically un-American When my grandpa came to this countr y, he sailed by the words of Emma Lazar us he and so many others epitomized the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free” that Lazar us wrote of He w a s n ’ t w o rk i n g t ow a rd s h i s Ph D o r about to star t a job at Microsoft He was just a boy searching for oppor tunity in America because the old countr y had nothing left to offer him but persecution and death

My grandpa didn’t go on to found Apple, like Steve Jobs (the son of a Syrian refugee) But he made his life here He ser ved his countr y in a time of war and continued to ser ve its citizens as a doctor for decades after wards He provided for his family, bringing up two children and six grandchildren with his wife Olga, all of them proud Americans working to better their lives and the lives of others That’s the American dream right there

But what’s impor tant to remember is that my grandpa’s American dream didn’t begin when he took his oath of citizenship many years later It didn’t even begin when he first arrived in Ne w York City No, that dream was born thousands of miles and an ocean away, when he first heard he was going to America He was only seven and may not have known where America was or what our cities looked like But he kne w that America was a place where he could live in peace, without the fear that he would be killed

shipped He kne w that America was a better place T

breathe free are still out there Whether

Syrian barrel bombs, the rise of fascism or marauding

car tels, refugees from

American dream my Grandpa Ben had Our nation is stronger, more prosperous and more influential on the global stage when we work to turn those American dreams into American realities With the stroke of a pen, President Tr ump sent those dreams tumbling backwards This is a sad day for so many Americans Let us not forget that we too were once strangers in this land

Jacob Rubashkin is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at jrubashkin@cornellsun com The Jacobin appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

Hebani Duggal |

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don’t particularly want to talk about politics

Throughout these past two years as an opinion columnist at The Sun, I have made the conscious decision to never directly address a political party, a candidate or the policies enacted by the U S government Don’t get me wrong I have plenty to say, and I strongly believe that refusing to talk politics with the people around you is refusing to engage opinions other than your own Acknowledging political opinions is attempting to understand and engage in a political atmosphere that reflects the values and happenings of a world that is greater than your own

Yet I will not dedicate the 800 words I am allowed every other week in The Sun to attack a party, a policy, or a candidate There are a few reasons why I don’t think an opinion column is necessarily the best form of political discourse, given that the only real discourse it allows for is for a reader to shoot me an angry email after having read an opinion I have fleshed out into a 500 word composition I am most likely not going to change my mind, and if I am willing to put that opinion on the internet, I have also most likely

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researched the hell out of it and no amount of new information is going to drastically shift what I believe

More importantly, however, I believe political opinion at its core is not entirely about the party, the policies or the candidate There are, of course, people that support a party based on the supposed economic ramifications of certain policies, and people that support a party simply because their family has historically done the same To me, political opinion has far more to do with the experiences and background one has that allow them to form and hold opinions on the topics encountered daily For example, if you are a colored minority living in the south side of Chicago, no matter how many times a Republican candidate comes to your city and explains the rationale behind trickle down economics, you are probably not going to agree with the fact that the wealthy should get wealthier so you may also benefit sometime down the road In order understand another political side, you must be willing to place yourself in the shoes of someone on the opposing side Understanding why someone might hold a conflicting opinion means understanding a background and an upbringing that might look nothing like your own, and why that background might lead them to believe in policies with which you may disagree

That being said, as much as I may try to place myself in the shoes of those whose lives and values lead them to support Trump’s immigration executive order, I cannot find myself understanding why

The order sucks and I look forward to every action that is taken against it

Hebani Duggal is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached

“Thank you Interim President Rawlings for making this statement. It matters to many people around the world.”

HJane-Marie Law

Re: “Rawlings Rebukes Trump’s Executive Order, Commits to Assisting Affected Cornellians” News

Januar y 30, 2017

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Hidden Figures: A Triumphant Look Back Into NASA And Civil Rights History

BY NICK SMITH Sun Staff Writer

I am by no means a space histor y buff That said, I believe I know some ver y basic stuff: Alan Shepard was the first American into space, John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men on the moon Mainly, I know that none of those men died on their respective missions Ver y basic stuff So the fact that Hidden Figures had me on the edge of my seat wondering if John Glenn would sur vive reentr y into the atmosphere is a real testament to the film

I’ve gotten a bit ahead of myself As cool as the space stuff near the end of director Theodore Melfi’s film is, Hidden Figures is about a lot more than John Glenn’s glamorous photoshoots and successful mission Hidden Figures is about turbulent work in the praise-deprived recesses of NASA during the racially-charged early 60’s

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The depth of their sadness, frustration and eventual triumph are so incredibly visceral that it’s hard not to feel for the women Although Octavia Spencer received an Oscar nomination for her performance in a supporting role, for me, this film was a Taraji P Henson tour de force, though she would have had to be nominated in the leading role categor y The raw emotion exhibited by Henson, and the

Kirsten Dunst were also fantastic in their roles Watching Costner’s character warm up to Henson’s was a touching and impressively handled character arc Even ver y minor roles, like those of Glen Powell and Olek Krupa, only ser ved to make the movie more realistic and heartfelt

other two leads in Hidden Figures is nothing short of remarkable The trio fought tooth and nail to get a leg up during the Jim Crow era and their sense of rootedness and grit is both relatable and infectious

T h e l e a d s a re n ’ t w h e re t h e m a g i c s t o p s e i t h e r !

Supporting actors like Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons and

Not only is the acting exemplar y, but the stor y itself is also fascinating It’s one of tension and tribulation; one of rocky racial relations and finally, one of incredible inspiration It was a stor y that I and I’d wager many other people had never heard and now that it’s out there it’s hard to imagine this tale ever being swept under histor y ’ s rug

Perhaps what I like most about this movie is that is doesn’t offer easy ways “ out ” like some lesser films You know what I mean? There was nothing to “take me out ” of the movie There were none of those silly, simple mistakes that impugn the film’s credibility Ever ything on screen struck me as entirely appropriate for the time This movie doesn’t conclude with the “end” of racism as many films dealing with race are prone to do On the contrar y, it embraces the women ’ s precarious position going for ward This decision doesn’t take away from an uplifting ending but ser ves to give the work a more believable aftertaste

That’s about all I can think to say about the movie and I’m dangerously close to running out of colorful adjectives Go see Hidden Figures This one ’ s worth watching

Nicholas Smith is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at nks53@cornell edu

Art and the Post-Trump Problem

BY STEPHEN MEISEL Sun Columnist

Since Trump was elected, questions and anxieties have hounded me ever y day Whenever I go on a news site or look at a paper, our current president apparently fits the bill of tyranny wearing a fresh set of big boy underpants He has begun an enormous upheaval of all values we carried closely to our hearts Truth, facts, common decency these diamond American ideals have gone out the window Meanwhile, the media stands by professionally widemouthed Each drop of presidential chum kicks them into a ratings frenzy of red-faced disbelief Conveniently, their process is rinse and repeat The president does some shit, the media says some opposite shit, the kids get mad, etc

This, I guess, is the current state of things Yet I hear so little said and read so little written about what it’s like to experience this moment I don’t mean “Trump’s America ” Contrary to the headlines, this country has not suddenly shifted into some kind of Orwellian regime with a fresh brand name I refuse the social media algorithm which insists on feeding me hope for a united country, similar in image to the harmonious multicolor smiles one might encounter in a Coca-Cola commercial

None of it can contradict in my gut the fear, the boredom, the need for attention and the anger that those growing up in today’s America do feel When I go outside, I am often struck by the feeling that this nation is drawing its breath in for a scream I have no idea whether it will be a death-wheeze or a battle cr y but either way the noise, the movement and the air of this place pulses with the need to say something Despite itsimminent death, this world is new and each moment is new within it After the election, I could hear the echoes of “ never before in histor y never before in histor y, ” as both a sign of celebration and a mark of fear This is perhaps the only truth we can all agree on We have never been

here before

In early Januar y I met with a

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grade He had spent the past seven m o n t h s i n c o u r t - o rd e re d re h a b, sober by popular standards, subsisting on cigarettes, coffee and kava He was, as usual, dressed like he was about to depart for an ashram

With no dangerous sorts of intoxication ahead of us, we decided to drive to a hookah lounge We sat there and talked An open-mic started North Georgia nightlife eventually poured in

It had been awhile since we last saw each other I had promised to send him my writing and my music ever ything I was proud and wanted him to enjoy too He was the first person to take it seriously I never did I had told him I would call I didn’t I wanted to hear what music he was making, since he brought up he had been producing some I still haven’t

unnamed grief that will never be fulfilled so long as we can ’ t look it in the eye

Still, he was happy to see me, and I was happy to see him too We had the type of relationship earned after you get into a lot of trouble with someone else It was simple We trusted one another

When I dropped him off at the halfway house I was overcome with a feeling best described as mourning or loss Driving back home in the wooded dark I thought about ever ything I had wanted to say but didn’t, and all the new insights that had just been relayed to me by someone who had come to terms with sobriety I thought about how difficult it was to express certain pains that I knew, at their core, so many others around me also felt how I can see so many people driven to hurt themselves and others out of an

Art and creative expression appear to me as the most successful and most needed relief to these personal and spiritual difficulties we all experience No matter what the facts may be or what the truth is in the newspaper, art presents us with a type of communication necessar y for continuing into this absurd darkness we are all facing And how little of it today feels fulfilling as it should Perhaps that’s one reason why we ’ re all boiling over with anger and fear Other wise, when faced with the overbearing futilities of struggle against the most dangerous of powers, how else can we remind ourselves that we are still here for one another? That we are still, not out of spite but because of this world, speaking?

Stephen Meisel is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at smeisel@cornellsun com His column Appearances appears alternate Mondays this semester

26 A PARTMENT FOR R ENT

Prominent Activist

Reverend Osagyefo Sekou discusses the joy that art brings to communities.

Continued from page 1

In his lecture, Sekou criticized the capitalist system and noted that to many marginalized populations, Trump is in figurative terms, a familiar face

“ To be sure, America is in a crisis,” he said “ What we do understand and what we do know is that we are constantly hearing from people of African descent all over the world that there’s always been a Trump in our communities It was a police officer, a governor, a mayor, a principal of a

“The best that the artist helps us to understand is that we are all grounded and also part of a struggle ”

school We’ve always known him It’s just that we ’ ve always struggled Part of being black in America has always been about creating homes of joy ”

In his poetic manner of speaking, Sekou characterized artists as people who provide joy and develop community, “honoring those who have not been honored” and “creating space ” for all

“ The best that the artist helps us to understand is that we are all grounded and also part of a struggle,” he said “ White folks’ liberation of their own selves is grounded in the way in which black people become free So when black people get free, white folks get free in the process ” Sekou’s band, Rev Sekou and the Holy Ghost, largely produces gospel, blues, soul, funk and freedom songs, according to the event ’ s press release They will be performing today at 7 p m at First Unitarian Society of Ithaca in the Commons

“If there are any artists in the room, in addition to the existential, linguistic calling to make homes of joy, my challenge to you in this time amongst us is simple,” Sekou concluded “Make art as though your life depended on it ”

Rachel Whalen can be reached at rwhalen@cornellsun com

Red Falls Short In Late Game Push

Against Dartmouth

By BRITTANY BIGGS Sun Staff Writer

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The Red fought back from an 18-point deficit, after the Big Green came out fast and furious

“Dartmouth came out very strong in the first half; they were pretty relentless

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S a m a n t h a W i d m a n n w h o s c o re d 1 2 p o i n t s o f f t h e b e n c h “ Da r t m o u t h a d d e d a f a s t p a c e t o t h e g a m e w h i c h l e d t o [ i t s ] t r a n s i t i o n p o i n t s [ l e a d i n g ] t o t h e i r l e a d ” H e a d c o a c h D a y n a Sm i t h a t t r i b u t e s D a r t m o u t h’s q u i c k l e a d t o a m i s m a t c h o n o f f e n s e a n d d e f e n s e “ D a r t m o u t h c a m e o u t ve r y s t ro n g i n t h e f i r s t h a l f ; t h e y w e r e p r e t t y r e l e n t l e s s o n d e f e n s e , ” Sm i t h s a i d “ O u r d e f e n s e u n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y l a c k e d a b i t o f f o c u s s o we f e l l b e h i n d q u i c k l y ” Bu t t h e Re d d i d n o t g o d ow n w i t h o u t a f i g h t T h e t e a m s t a g e d a v a l i a n t s e c o n d h a l f c o m e b a c k c a m p a i g n l e a d b y L e d u c , w h o c l a i m e d a s e a s o n h i g h 1 9 p o i n t s f o r t h e t e a m “ I w a s j u s t t h i n k i n g t h a t we a l w a y s h a ve a c h a n c e , ” L e Du c s a i d “ On c e we s t a r t e d b e i n g

e f f e c t i ve o f f e n s i ve l y, we s t a r t e d

c o m e b a c k s “ C o m i n g i n t o t h e f o u r t h q u a r t e r I w a s f i g h t i n g f o r m y t e a m m a t e s a n d I k n e w we h a d i t i n u s t o c o m e b a c k , e s p e c i a l l y k n ow i n g t h a t we e xc e l d u r i n g t h e s e c o n d h a l f o f g a m e s , ” Wi d m a n n s a i d

D e s p i t e C o r n e l l ’ s e f f o r t , Da r t m o u t h’s q u i c k

Un f o r t u n a t e l y w e d u g o u rs e l ve s i n t o a h o l e t h a t w a s t o o d e e p We h a ve t o b e re a d y t o p l a y t w o n i g h t s i n a row ” T h e t e a m i s n o w l o o k i n g t ow a rd t h e f i n a l l e g o f a f i veg a m e a w a y s t re t c h a s i t f a c e s Iv y L e a g u e c o m p e t i t i o n a g a i n s t Brow n a n d Ya l e t h i s we e k e n d

In t h e s e m a t c h u p s , Sm i t h h o p e s t o s e e a n u p g r a d e i n d e f e n s e “ We h a ve t o i m p rove o n p e ne t r a t i o n d e f e n s e a s we l l a s i n o u r h e l p ro t a t i o n , ” Sm i t h s a i d “ We d i d n ’ t ro t a t e a n d f i n i s h p o s s e ss i o n s , w h i c h h u r t u s t h i s p a s t we e k e n d We c a n a l s o d o b e t t e r re b o u n d i n g , w h i c h i s a l s o ve r y i m p o r t a n t f o r u s m ov i n g f o rw a rd ” T h e Re d h o p e s t o u t i l i ze t h i s l o s s a s a s t e p p i n g s t o n e w i t h t h e t e a m l o o k i n g t o p ro g re s s l a t e i n t h e s e a s o n T h e t e a m i s t h i rd i n t h e c o n f e re n c e a n d w i l l u s e t h i s d e f e a t a s m o t i va t i o n t o b r i n g a n e x t r a s p a rk t o i t s l a s t f e w a w a y g a m e s “ I t h i n k t h e s e l o s s e s p rov i d e u s w i t h a n e ve n l a r g e r i n

Brittany Biggs can be reached at bbiggs@cornellsun com

CORNELL EXTENDS IVY WIN STREAK TO 75

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Following an action-packed day of competition in New England, Cornell wrestling returned home with two more wins in its pocket

The Red handled Brown and Harvard by substantial margins to extend its Ivy win streak to 75 matches

Cornell (9-2) improved its all-time record to 54-2 and 559 against the Bears (4-6) and Crimson (2-5), respectively The Red continued its historical command over its Ivy opponents defeating Brown, 35-8, and topping Harvard, 33-11, without much problem

However, it was a rather unconventional weekend with both matches taking place on Saturday The squad took on Brown at 1:30 p m and then traveled to Cambridge for a second dual meet at 6 p m In such a physically demanding sport, such a situation can be difficult regardless of the opponent

“It’s always tough to wrestle at Brown, hop on the bus, drive to Harvard and wrestle again, but it is easier on our guys ’ schedule and it saves on the budget so it’s worth the inconvenience,” said head coach Rob Koll

Koll believes having a fast-paced afternoon holds benefits for his wrestlers

“I also like putting our guys under stress, ” Koll said “We want to win every time we step on the mat but it’s also all practice for the NCAA tournament ”

less than outstanding from these two is a terrible disappointment, ” Koll said

Some of the Red’s younger wrestlers such as freshman Noah Baughman (125) and sophomore Jon Furnas (149) were able to bounce back after a recent dip in performance

“Realbuto and Dean looked good but anything less than outstanding ... is a ... disappointment.”

As usual, Cornell saw dominant performances from seniors Brian Realbuto (174) and Gabe Dean (184) Realbuto won by technical fall and a major decision, while the two-time national champion Dean picked up two more win by falls for 17 pins on the season

“Of course Realbuto and Dean looked good but anything

Each defeated its Brown and Har vard counterpar ts, with Baughman notching his fifth win by fall of the season

“I was particularly pleased with Baughman and Furnas,” Koll said

“Both guys have been struggling as of late so it’s nice to see them put a couple wins together ”

Unlike other matches, Cornell knew very well what to expect coming into Saturday, which provides some flexibility in approaching the matches But the Red ensured it did not take its foot off the gas

“We were confident in the outcome, so it was a good opportunity to give a couple guys a week off from competition,” Koll said “That being said, you can ’ t take anyone for granted or the next thing you know we are starting our Ivy League winning streak at one ”

Despite nearing full health, Cornell still dealt with some minor injuries over the weekend after a season full of setbacks

Sophomore Joey Galasso (149) the 2015 Ivy Rookie of the Year who had planned to return to the mat for the first time since Jan 14 at Missouri did not wrestle

“In this sport it seems like one step forward and one step back,” Koll said “Fortunately we don’t have any serious injuries and we are still on course to have everyone back by this weekend Whether we wrestle everyone is still undecided ”

Nevertheless, the Red continues Ivy League competition next weekend with only a single dual meet at Columbia

Cornell leads Columbia all time with an 87-13 record dating back more than a century The Red looks to take care of the Lions and extend its ever-growing Ivy win streak

Wrestlers will take the mat at University Gymnasium at 1 p m Saturday

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com

Hoopers Quell Dartmouth After Loss to Harvard

By SIDD SRINIVASAN Sun Staff Writer

After giving up a halftime lead to Harvard on Friday night, Cornell Men's basketball extinguished any hope of a Dartmouth comeback to record a commanding 62-75 victory over the Big Green

Sophomore Matt Morgan led the Red in

“Everyone played their part very well [against Dartmouth]. We made shots when we needed ” S o p h o m

scoring against Dartmouth with 22 points, as the Red improved to 6-13 overall and 22 in the Ivy League Sophomore Wil Bathurst followed up with 16 points of his own, while sophomore center Stone Gettings had a strong performance in addition to contributing 15 points The loss leaves Dartmouth winless at 0-4 in Ivy League play

By halftime, any hope of a Dartmouth comeback was gone, as the Red went into the break with a comfortable 12-point advantage

“Everybody played their part very well,”

Morgan said “We made shots when we needed to We gave a couple easy baskets to [Evan] Boudreaux but he's a good player ”

While Boudreaux managed a game high 23 points, the Red’s defense managed to stifle the Big Green, limiting the number of players to enter double figures to one Additionally, the defense limited the Big Green to a shooting percentage of just 41 from the field and 19 percent from threepoint range

Against Harvard, the Red led for much of the game, before Harvard scored the final

seven points to emerge victorious in the remaining 73 seconds

The Red had led at times in the match by double digits, before both teams exchanged the lead in the final 10 minutes

Bathurst lead the scoring with 13 points while Morgan managed to continue his streak of 34 games out of 35 in which he has recorded double figures

“It was a game we should have won, ”

Morgan said “We were in a place we should have closed it out We missed some shots on the stretch and they made their shots on the

stretch and tightened the score ”

Despite an efficient 55 percent of shots made from the field, Cornell struggled greatly from the charity stripe The squad only made six of 13 field goal attempts, while Harvard converted on 11-13 free throws

The Red looks to build on the win against Dartmouth with home matchups against Brown and Yale next weekend These matches could impact the Red’s season ambitions, as the Bulldogs sit one place above Cornell in the standings while the Bears are one below

With the top four teams participating in the inaugural Ivy League Championship at the end of the season, Cornell will look to bridge the gap from 5th place to the upper regions of the standings with 10 conference games remaining

“These are games that will definitely show where we are at in the Ivy League,” Morgan said “Brown is a very dangerous team despite their record and Yale is one of the better teams in the league; they won the league last year ”

While the Red started the season with a series of losses, an uptick in form has seen the team go 3-3 since the new year

Cornell plays Brown on Friday at 7 p m and Yale on Saturday at 6 p m

Sidd Srinivasan can be reached at ssrinivasan@cornellsun com