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Undergraduate Tuition to Rise 3.75Percent

Price of tuition, housing, meal plans and health fees set to increase starting next year

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS

Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell Board of Trustees voted to i n c re a s e t h e p r

tuition, housing contracts, meal plans and health fees for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the University announced Monday

The sticker price for undergraduate students enrolling in one of the endowed

enrolling in a contract college will rise by $

enrolled in one of the contract colleges will

pay $1,274 more next year in tuition, totaling $35,242

Robert Harrison ’76, chair of the Board of Trustees, told The Sun that Cornell is more affordable now, in absolute terms and in inflation-adjusted dollars, than it was 20 years ago for students who receive

Fo r m e r G P S A Member Fights

Fo r Wo r k e rs’

C o m p e n s a t i o n

By ANNA DELWICHE

Sun Staff Writer

“ The amount of work I’ve put into this over the years has been more than my Master’s thesis,” said Paul Berry grad, a former member of GPSA, referencing his work to establish a system of workers’ compensation for Cornell graduate students Berry presented Resolution 10, which clarifies the conditions and policies of Workers’ Compensation Coverage for graduate students at a Graduate and Professional Student Assembly meeting Monday evening

The purpose of Resolution 10 was to “revisit the issue” from an earlier resolution in 2014 Berry was a lead author on the 2014 resolution granting workers’ compensation to graduate students

In revisiting the resolution from 2014, Berry aimed to clarify ambiguities in policies such as musculoskeletal injur y

prevention, disability accommodations, shortterm disability and longterm disability insurance The call for clarification additionally comes from confusion of coverage for students under fellowship, according to Resolution 10

Berr y first announced Resolution 10 during Open Forum at a GPSA meeting, according to Nate Rogers grad, GPSA president Berry then brought the resolution to the Student Advocacy Committee where it was edited, voted on and passed to be sent to the general body of GPSA

“Since Berry is not a current member of the GPSA, he cannot be the primary sponsor of the resolution,” Rogers said “Typically, in the case where a committee passes a resolution, the chair of that committee acts as the primary sponsor on behalf of the committee ”

financial aid

“ When we talk about this at the Board, the discussion among the trustees is about one thing how to maintain the affordability of Cornell to those who we admit on a need-blind basis,” Harrison said “ The whole concept of ‘ any person, any

study’ any person in particular in this case is really paramount in our thinking ”

Mirroring the increase implemented for the 2016-2017 academic year, tuition will rise by 3 75 percent next year The rate of inflation, meanwhile, was less than 1 percent between July 2015 and July 2016, according to data from the U S Federal Reser ve

The new increase means that in the 10 year-period between the 2007-2008 academic year and 2017-2018, undergraduate

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30 Years Later, Police Close In on Suspect in Killing of C.U. Alumnus

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun Staff Writer

Three decades after a Cornell alumnus was murdered in a Red Cross shelter in Ithaca where he worked, police have reopened the cold case and are narrowing in on a possible suspect

Ithaca Police found David W Malcom ’84 dead on West Court Street on Feb 12, 1987, in what was then the Ithaca Emergency Community Shelter Police declared the case a homicide and said Malcom, 26, died of multiple wounds the day before he was found, though they have not revealed whether a weapon was used

In a recent interview, Deputy

Chief Vincent Monticello said he reopened the cold case in 2015 and believes a man police suspected of the murder 30 years ago and who now lives in the Rochester area is still a viable suspect

“What really concerns me is that the individual who did this crime hasn’t been consumed by guilt over the years, ” Monticello told The Sun

“You’d think a normal person isn’t going to kill somebody the way this crime took place but you’d think somebody who has a conscience would, over the years, [have] some guilt and would want to get that guilt off their chest ”

“It makes me think that I’m dealing with a cold person, ” Monticello added “A very cold, no conscience,

couldn’t care less [person] ” Mayor Svante Myrick ‘09 recently issued a proclamation declaring Feb 11 the 30th anniversary of the murder David Malcom Day

The proclamation said Malcom

“always embraced life with a huge heart, a warm smile, and absolute kindness towards all ” The homicide case went cold in 1988 and police reopened it sporadically in the 1990s, mid-2000s and around 2010, said Monticello

About a year and a half ago, Monticello called some colleagues at New York State Police and decided to “ start from scratch ” “This case was always on my

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GPSA Discusses Grad Workers’ Compensation

GPSA

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A member of GPSA, Alex Loiben grad served as the primary sponsor for Resolution 10

“It’s not an uncomplicated issue and it’s one that’s been misrepresented for a long time in a deceitful and deliberative manner, ” Berry said

This misrepresentation that Berry cites has largely come from communication with members of the administration that prompted him to return to GPSA even though he is no longer a member

Most recently Berry was mobilized by a presentation that Dean Barbara Knuth gave to the GPSA in October 2016, in which he believed the information that was given were “blatant fictions about what transpired ”

“ The resolution itself is designed to get this issue back on the table after it’s been unresolved for a period of time since the dean has presented an alternative version of history,” Berry said

Knuth notes that the “alternative version” may be referring to a complication that arose when an injured student was seeking workers ’ compensation although not on a paid university appointment and thus “ not receiving compensation of any type from Cornell at the time of the injury ”

“It is difficult to understand how the speaker can continue making the claim that workers’ compensation would have been appropriate in that case, ” Knuth said “I’m not surprised that the speaker continues to construe this fact as ‘misinformation’ given this truth undermines his claims ”

Berr y added that he hoped reintroducing the issue of workers’ compensation would be an “education that has to take place” because “historical memor y doesn’t last” in the constant cycling of graduate students

A serious injury that occurred on campus in 2013 motivated the writing of the resolution in 2014, because before 2014, Cornell graduate students did not have “ any formal codified policy for addressing graduate student workplace injuries,” Berry said

To Berry’s claim of this lack of

policy, Dean Knuth said “That’s simply not true Workers’ compensation claims had been paid for injured graduate students prior to that time And, workers’ compensation continues to be paid to injured graduate students ”

However, when this resolution was passed in Feb 2014, it became a “breaking point” between graduate students and the administration, according to Berry

“These were people who invested years of developing amicable relations with the graduate school managment, ” Berry said “Things were really different after this, [there was] a real breakdown in that relationship ” Berry emphasized this breakdown when describing a closeddoor meeting between the authors of the 2014 resolution and members of the administration during which he said, “ we were treated with the utmost disrespect No attempt was made to resolve the issue We were accused of being misinformed or uninformed ”

The event that transpired in 2014 involving this resolution led Berry to contribute to the formation of Cornell Graduate Students United Resolution 10 itself, however, does not take a position on the union

“I formed [CGSU] because of a lot of these revisions to history that took place,” said Berry “Because I quite frankly just don’t trust the management with a lot of the things they’ve done over the years ”

In the end, the Assembly voted to recommit this resolution to the Student Advocacy Committee for revisions due to wording concerns Assemblymembers additionally expressed a desire to have this resolution presented at a later time with representatives from the University present as well as a legal representative specializing in workers’ compensation

“[GPSA] recommitted to the SAC because Workers’ Compensation is a complex subject, and the GPSA membership would like to be well-informed before voting on such an important issue,” said Rogers

Anne Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun com

Alumnus Murder Case Reopens

MURDER

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mind,” Monticello said “I was a young street cop back then what I knew about the case [in 2015] is that it could be solvable ” Tracking down more than 20 friends, associates and possible witnesses proved difficult, Monticello said, but police were aided by the fact that many of his acquaintances were young at the time of his murder Police have followed up on 200 leads since fall 2015, the deputy chief added Malcom was working the night shift at the Red Cross shelter, which provided homeless people with a place to stay, when he was

killed, according to a front-page article published in The Sun days after the murder The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences graduate had also volunteered for three years at the Suicide Prevention and Crisis Ser vice of Tompkins County

About 200 mourners attended a memorial service at Sage Chapel on Feb 15, 1987, where a relative said Malcom “ was a rare human being; intelligent, sensitive and caring He had great sympathy for everyone in distress ” Friends described Malcom as an avid piano player who also loved being outdoors, The Sun

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TUITION

Continued from page 1

t u i t i o n f o r t h e e n d ow e d c o l l e g e s h a s increased by $18,000, and tuition for Ne w York State residents enrolled in the contract colleges has increased more than $16,000

Harrison said increasing the sticker price of a world class research university like Cornell allows the burden to be placed on those who can afford the full price, and noted that the financial aid budget has grown twice as fast as tuition

“ We’r e g o i n g t o invest based on what we

t h i n k m a k e s s e n s e t o put the rover on Mars and to create a great living campus like Nor th C a m p u s a n d We s t Campus and to hire the best professors in the world and to grow and transform Cornell in dramatic ways like with Cornell Tech,” Harrison said, referring to the Cornell NYC Tech campus on Roosevelt Island opening later this year

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Harrison and George Lower y, manag-

between the decision and the announcement to media relations A media relations spokesman did not return an email requesting comment on Monday evening

About half of Cornell undergraduate students pay the full price of both tuition and room and board, according to the University, while 45 percent of undergraduates received financial aid in the

“It is likely to increase each year That is the norm that we are expecting unless we scale back.” R o b e r t H a r r i s o n ’ 7 6

Harrison said

“ Those are all ver y ver y expensive propositions,” he continued “I think if we want to accomplish some of the great things that we want to accomplish, we ' re not going to tie ourselves down to an inflation-based growth metric ”

The Tr ustees approved the 3 75 percent undergraduate tuition increase at their late-Januar y meeting in Ne w York City, but the hike was not announced until Monday in the Cornell Chronicle, w h i c h i s m

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afford to pay the full sticker price pay it, but at the ver y same time

The Tr ustees increased housing contract rates by 3 5 percent to $8,564 for a

voted to raise the cost of a full meal plan to $5,766 next year, an increase of 2 5 percent, and raised the student health fee from $350 to $358

“Cornell is continuing to align the rate of tuition revenue growth to that of its

DeStefano, executive vice president and chief financial officer, told the Chronicle DeStefano did not respond to a request for comment made to her executive assistant

I t h a c a P o l i c e R e o p e n

Unsolved Murder Mystery

MURDER

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reported in 1987 A co-worker at the suicide prevention center described him as “ spontaneous and playful” and a friend said Malcom had “ a keen sense of the ironic and the absurd ”

Monticello said he and other investigators reopened the case with an open mind not ruling

“That’s what really angers me, is that this individual has not come clean ” V

anything out or focusing on just one suspect but he now believes the original suspect who lives in the Rochester area is responsible for the Cornell graduate’s death, although he cautioned that new evidence could always lead investigators in a different direction

“That’s what really angers me, is that this individual has not come clean,” Monticello said “Hopefully someday this will all come out in court ” Police created a composite sketch of a suspect in 1987, which Monticello shared with The Sun

He said he believes the sketch was an accurate depiction of the suspect at the time of the murder, but warned that it was hard to know

Steep | Tuition fees for both contract and endowed colleges have significantly increased over the past 10 academic years

Tuition for doctoral candidates will stay the same for the eighth straight year at $29,500 for the endowed fields and $20,800 for the contract college graduate fields The minimum nine-month stipend for graduate teaching assistants, research assistants and fellows will increase 2 5 percent to $25,780

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how the man has aged Ithaca Police told The Sun in the fall of 2016 that they hoped to bring a suspect before a grand jury by January, but Monticello said last month that he was not sure when IPD would have a strong enough case against the suspect to indict him

Advances in science have aided the case, Monticello said, and although he declined to discuss specific evidence, he said he is currently waiting on forensic results from the State Police lab

“This has impacted a lot of people,” Monticello said of the murder, noting that he has been in contact with Malcom’s family throughout the process “He was a human services worker trying to help people and that’s one of many reasons why I’d like to see justice in this case ”

As Monticello leaned back in the chair in his office at the Ithaca Police Department on Clinton Street, two big tubs labeled “David Malcom Homicide” sat on a shelf across the room

“It used to be one tub,” Monticello said “It’s two tubs now ” Monticello asked that anyone with information about the murder should contact IPD at 607272-9973

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

, Harrison said “It is likely to increase each year, ” he said “ That is the norm that we are expecting unless we scale back on our ambitions, which I don't have any interest in doing and I don't think Cornellians have any interest in doing ”

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

SCIENCE

T H E D R O I D S Y O U W E R E L O O K I N G F O R

identify and analyze a problem

On a gloomy Saturday afternoon, most Cornell buildings are eerily silent Not Carpenter Hall

To the uninitiated, its basement seems more like an off-limits factory workspace

But inside, a shiny golden droid, Star Wars’ C3PO, casually rests against a pillar Right opposite, a mini-rollercoaster fully equipped with a seat to simulate its sudden drops blocks out the clutter of electrical wires No, this isn’t a storeroom for summer projects, it’s Ground Zero for Intel Cornell Cup

“We were founded in 2012 We’re very similar to other project teams, the only difference is that we have our own competition in which we don’t compete but demonstrate our work,“ said Tahmid Mahbub ’17, ECE team lead

Over forty teams from universities all over the United States showcase projects that demonstrate an ‘innovative use of embedded systems ’ As opposed to laying out strict guidelines on what projects should achieve, part of the challenge is to

“It’s a unique idea in that its an e m b e d d e d d e s i g n c o m p e t i t i o n w h e re groups find a problem that they see in the world and define a solution It's very forward thinking in that you put the power in the student’s hands, you ’ re not telling them to do anything You’re saying find something and then solve it,” said Ronnie Forster grad, MechE team lead

According to Harley Dietz ’17, MechE team lead, the open-endedness of the competition makes a big difference As opposed to having the same goal every year and optimizing a pre-existing solution, the competition sees a variety of submissions each year, often geared to very different problems

“In the same year where you had a robotic arm, you have a group that created a rear-view sensor for a motorcycle It was just a $100 kit that you could attach to any motorcycle It’s crazy that those are two things that compete in the same competition,” Dietz said

The team ’ s role is to facilitate such innovation by showcasing their own projects, often involving upcoming technolo-

gies that competing teams have struggled to use

“In the past, we ’ ve looked at submissions and looked at what we can help out with, how we can use our projects to fill any of these gaps It’s great to see what people come up with in the competition It's educational for us and we also provide back all our documentation and how we did things in order to help them build even better It’s a nice back and forth,” Forster said

An example of such a project is a rollercoaster simulator which the team hoped would demonstrate how to integrate aspects of virtual reality into existing creations However, their most prized project is a Star Wars character: R2D2 First introduced in the competition’s third edition, the droid is now making a comeback

“The idea is that it resembles R2D2 from the movie, but functionally it's meant to be a semi-autonomous lab assistant robot which figures out where in the environment it is and interacts with it,” Mahbub said

With its second iteration, the team hopes to tackle some of the problems facing robots entering wider use The most pressing concern is that of localization, a process in which a robot attempts to understand its environment Conventional GPS systems are of little use in settings where uncertainty needs to be kept to centimeters, not meters Consequently, the team ’ s R2D2 contains plenty of sensors to allow the robot to create a 3-D map of it’s environment

T h e t e a m i s a l s o a s s e m b l i n g a

‘Minibot,’ essentially an educational tool that helps people learn how to create robots themselves

“ We’re competing against different commercially available robotics kits to make one that gives more power to the users This means that users are more involved in actually making the robot: doing the coding, wiring it up, manufacturing it themselves They’re actually learning about robotics rather than just putting together a kit,” Forster said

The team is working on a couple of bots to narrow down the components the kit should contain and gauge the different

projects it could cater to Among others, smaller sub-teams work on racer bots that interact with virtual environments and swarm bots that interact with each other as they complete a pre-defined task

Despite the intricacies of these components, the team aims to manufacture most parts themselves, instead of buying modules and wiring them together

“Even though it is a very simple kit, it’s still a very interesting challenge to minimize cost, minimize size and make it as intuitive as possible We bring those groups together to talk about the kit, what needs one bot has that perhaps another doesn’t and how we can ensure that the kit serves everybody but doesn’t have too much extraneous stuff,” Forster said

One of the team ’ s key goals is to ensure that working on projects is an educational experience for all Each year, projects are c a re f u l l y d o c u m e n t e d , d e t a i l i n g t h e processes used to create prototypes, the tools used and various design considerations Once compiled, the information is made available online

“People can go take a look and say, I really don’t have any idea of how to build an R2 and they can follow our documentation to do that Or even a certain part of our documentation It’s really going back to that philosophy of being an educational tool so that people can pick it up and really learn through what we did,” Forster said

Forster insists that maintaining such an educational environment is just as important within the team

“People are learning all the time We take on freshman and sophomores who may not have as many capabilities but they’ll shadow different teams, take part in training sessions on say CAD software or GitHub And so when they become juniors or seniors, they’ve really learnt something from their roles,” Forster said “ This is a good opportunity for people to experiment outside their major It really h

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY KATIE SIMS Sun Staff Writer

Par ties spilling into Collegetown streets during Oweek, bags left on tri-Delt’s walkway during r ush, Olin glowing across the Ar ts Quad at night Collegetown, a film by Hugo Genes ’10, is full of eerily familiar sights

The college in Collegetown is unnamed, but so much of it is filmed at Cornell that it seems like it could be about your classmates The film critiques elite universities and the students’ narrow focus on getting drunk and rich Althought the more thematic film does not explore the characters ver y deeply, you do get to see the moments in their lives relating to financial situations, both in terms of career and college costs Since you don’t get to know the characters well, the film’s most relatable aspects are small interactions Phone calls with your mom, assuring her ever ything is fine, even though she knows better Sitting in the financial aid office, unable to react when the officer talks you out of the room Over whelming information sessions with hundreds of people who have spent their lives preparing to compete for the same opportunity you want

Aside from familiar scenes of college life, the film’s strength also lies in the cinematography Soft focus and shallow depth of field are over whelmingly popular in e m o t i o n a l a n d p e r s o n a l i n d e p e n d e n t f i l m s l i k e

Collegetown caught it The long, scenic montages that split up sketches and give well-needed geographic context can be a little long, but well composed and necessar y A lot of the morning-after shots of Collegetown houses are stills, though, which is a little jarring

Throughout Collegetown, nothing is ever peaceful There’s always something to do, someone to impress or

lingering anxiety and turbulence There’s one character who seems to be resisting the lure of banking despite a childhood dream to follow his father’s banking footsteps and even his indie guitar fingerpicking leaves a nagging feeling of imbalance in the frat house

rative Par ticularly interesting is the use of editing to show what happens in texts, emails and on laptop screens Since so much of our lives and connections are propagated through electronics, it is critical that they are shown in film Filmmakers are working hard to figure out how to present electronic communication well in film and Collegetown explores some outstanding options

The film forgoes exploring the life of any par ticular character it is ver y topical However, the narratives grow parallel to each other and eventually come together in a smashed up inter vie w in a Manhattan high-rise, which goes terribly for ever yone involved Jumping between so many topical characters and themes doesn’t give you a chance to get too attached, so the movie doesn’t really reach into profound emotions In addition to following several students, Collegetown throws in a fe w backstories and several children tr ying to explain the workings of Wall Street The ideas are interesting, but there are too many to flow together naturally

Many films excel in exploring relatable emotions and aspirations, but Collegetown shines more in representing day-to-day occurrences It’s ver y much a critique of the life we ’ re living, although it’s more reflective than condemning Collegetown isn’t the movie of the year, but it is relevant and valuable to Cornell students

Collegetown is showing at Cornell Cinema for free on Febr uar y 15 at 5:00 p m , featuring a discussion with director Hugo Genes ’10 T h e C a l m H o n e s t y o f C o l l e g e t o w n

Collegetown It differentiates the genre from corporate cinema and feels more intimate It’s the aesthetic we chased after in my high school film classes and clubs, and

The editing is remarkably well done, carr ying a lot of the mood in the film It presents the stop-then-go nature of college, shows what happens as students use their devices and strings together multiple stories into one nar-

Katie Sims is a freshman in the College of Ar ts and Sciences She can be reached at kms425@cornell edu

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Editorial

Beating the Bias

ON JAN 25, THE U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S Office of Civil Rights opened its sixth Title IX investigation into alleged mishandling of sexual assault investigations by Cornell, making it the university with the most active Title IX investigations

Under Title IX, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance ” At Cornell, that promise has come into question The accounts of all parties involved in the recent Doe v Roe case were unfairly evaluated under Policy 6 4, the University’s problematic policy for handling cases of sexual harassment Cornell came under fire for instances of evident discrimination in this case Both students accused each other of sexual assault, but Doe’s account was deemed less credible than Roe’s by the University investigator, who had “ no evidence whatsoever to place the [male student] (or anyone else for that matter) at the scene of the theft ” Furthermore, when Doe took this student-against-staff issue to Laurie Johnston, head of the Office of Workplace Policy and Labor Relations, Johnston neglected to attend to Doe’s complaint until threatened with litigation

The fact that the investigation of Doe’s discrimination complaint was so easily delayed reinforces that Policy 6 4 is “fraught with inequities ” The University’s justification for the deferral was that Doe’s previous complaint against the other student had not yet been resolved, but it weakly disguised the fact that the deferral “placed Doe in a ‘ more vulnerable position ’” If the policy’s authors had the students’ best interests in mind, Policy 6 4 would not have enabled the investigators to make such a move There are obvious holes that allow those on payroll to gain control of the system and bend it to their advantage This specific incident of mishandling is but one of potentially more cases

As an institution that prides itself on student diversity and its egalitarian vision of higher education, the University should take a closer look at the policy and be more cautious in appointing personnel who will not attempt to circumvent the standards that protect students’ rights to a fair investigation Title IX is meant to benefit ever yone, irrespective of gender, and continually sweeping these cases under the rug provides basis for similar incidents in the future, invites further scrutiny of university policies and throws the safety of students into a state of doubt

Title IX investigations persist, even though the University has made revisions to Policy 6 4 If we mean to truly assert our intolerance towards bias and assault, we must push for a comprehensive review of all complaints, even those concerning university personnel Regardless of any pre-disposition towards bias, Cornell must become more proactive in terms of protecting the stated privileges of all students

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“While there have been many expressions of anger here, no one has addressed the point I raised initially. Just HOW could the sort of diversity of faculty opinion that seems to be wanted here, be accomplished during the hiring process? How would a department determine the political beliefs of those applying for jobs without an intrusive inquiry into personal ideology? Inquiring minds want to know.”

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i n g , many people struggle to understand both why that is and how they can help Over 100 animal species have been wiped out since 1900 and many researchers are predicting an even larger mass extinction soon Fish populations have decreased by 5 0 p e

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The WHO has warned that eating processed meats leads to a higher risk of cancer and a low fat, vegan diet has been reported to be the single, most effective way to reduce the risk of, and even reverse, heart disease

It is responsible for 91 percent of the Amazon rainforest destruction, consumes one third of our planet’s fresh water, and is the number one cause of food waste, s p e c i e s e x t i n c t i o n a n

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Humans are hurting too In less developed countries, one-third of the population does not have access to clean drinking water, and this number is expected to double by 2050

The acclaimed documentary, Forks Over Knives, reports that over 80 percent of starving children live in developing countries that grow food for animal consumption in wealthier countries In more developed countries, high meat consumption is associated with an array of dietary diseases For example, the leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease and cancer The World

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whereby animals are unable to live out their natural tendencies, such as simply being outside For example, 80 percent of breeding pigs are still forced to live in small cages where they cannot even turn around for about four years before being sent to slaughter Because pigs are so intelligent smarter than dogs and toddlers this treatment often drives t h e m c r a z y Im a g i n e l i v i n g yo u r entire life without feeling the warm sun on your skin or the soft grass beneath your feet!

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Koll said “They have a great team which includes three returning NCAA champions The Buckeyes' lineup includes eight ranked wrestlers, six of whom are inside of the top 10 ”

Two marquee matchups will be No 1 Bo Jordan vs Realbuto at 174 and last year ’ s 174-pound NCAA champion Myles Martin against 184-pound reigning champion Dean

“I feel good about where the team is, and I believe our best is yet to come.”

The two squads last met in 2011 when Cornell defeated Ohio State, 27-6, at the National Duals In addition, the Red is 18-7 in the National Duals Series since 2009, including a 2011 title

The matchup between the Red and the Buckeyes

was decided by taking the eight highest rated Big 10 schools a league which Ohio State is fourth in and matching them up against the eight wrestling conference champions The highest ranked Big 10 teams were paired with the corresponding highest ranked non-conference teams Since the Big 10 teams hosted in 2016, the non-Big 10 team will host this year Undefeated teams No 1 Oklahoma State whom Cornell narrowly lost to, 23-19 and No 2 Penn St will be competing for the National Duals Championship

Cornell squares off against Ohio State on Sunday Feb 19 at 1 p m at Newman Arena

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At this point, winning seems to be second nature for Cornell wrestling With dominant victories over Penn and Princeton this past weekend, the Red collected its 15thstraight Ivy League title to continue the longest title streak in the history of the Ancient Eight

Halfway through the meet against Princeton (8-7, 4-1 Ivy), Cornell (12-2, 5-0) could taste victory with its 18-0 lead over the Tigers The Red went into the match with the Ivy title on the line and with a certain degree of uncertainty Not long after though, it seemed a 38th league title was imminent

“Princeton has a very good team, and I was a little concerned with some of the match-ups,” said head coach Rob Koll “Out of the blocks, our team physically dominated their wrestlers, setting the tone for the remainder of the match ”

Before Saturday, Cornell put itself in position to claim the title against Princeton by topping Penn (6-7, 2-3)

Friday evening The Quakers held a 10-7 lead over the Red early in the match, but starting with Brandon Womack at 165, Cornell won its final five matches, including a key major decision victory by No 3 Brian Realbuto (174) over No 13 Casey Kent

After No 1 Gabe Dean (184) won by forfeit, No 19 Owen Scott (197) took the mat for a nail-biting penultimate match A takedown with 40 seconds remaining in the third and final period secured his victory over No 13 Frank Mattice along with three more points for his team

“The two biggest wins of the weekend came from two different 197 pound wrestlers,” Koll said “Owen Scott upset a nationally ranked Penn wrestler, and Ben Honis defeated Princeton’s all-American captain to give us all the points we needed to secure the dual meet victory ”

On Saturday against Princeton, Honis captured a huge upset victory over No 10 Brett Harner The 7-6 win by decision gave Cornell that 18-point lead heading into half-

time, just about putting the match out of reach for the Tigers

While freshman Noah Baughman (125) would see the only victory in the weekend’s final five matches, Cornell had created enough of a cushion for a 21-12 victory and its 15th-straight Ivy League title

The Red’s pair of dual meet wins over the weekend makes it seven straight victories since its loss to then-No 9 Missouri (10-4, 7-1) in early January

“We have managed to string together a very nice season

despite putting a different team on the mat in virtually every competition,” Koll said “I feel good about where the team is, and I believe our best is yet to come ”

The work is far from over Next up for Cornell is No 4 Ohio State (11-2, 7-2) in the NWCA National Duals Competition Series The Red will host the Buckeyes this weekend for the team ’ s final home meet of the season

“I am excited to have Ohio State coming to town, ”

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“We just need to get to that point where we believe in each other It’s painful to sort of keep losing like this.”

Penn, however,