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Panel Discusses Women, Minorities in Computer Science

Calls C.S. department elitist, promotes compositional change

By KYLE OEFELEIN

Over 50 undergraduates, faculty members and graduate students called for institutional changes to address the lack of inclusiveness in Cornell’s computer science community at a discussion panel on Monday

Students raised issues that ranged from elitism and condescension from the computer science faculty to racial discrimination and the tone of online forums

Female students shared several stories of times whenthey felt that their minority status in the field placed them at a disadvantage

“When my friend first brought that up to me, she said I never talk in class, never, but I’m ‘that blonde girl,’ and I have had people recognize me wherever I go from class,” said Sarah Sinclair ’16

Hotel Dean Calls Departure ‘Unrelated’ to Business College

By JOSEPHINE CHU

Michael D Johnson, dean of the School of Hotel Administration, will leave Cornell for a provost position at Babson College in Massachusetts in a move “totally unrelated to the formation of the new Cornell College of Business,” he said Johnson will depart Cornell this July as his second five-year term as dean draws to a close, according to a University press release

“Deans, provosts and presidents at Cornell serve two five-year terms, and this is year 10 for me, ” Johnson said “I told the SHA community last spring that this would be my final year at Cornell, long before I knew there would be a CCB ”

Johnson said his time at Cornell has been “ a gift,” calling his term as Hotel School dean “10 of the best years ” of his career

“My wife and I are the proud parents of three Cornellians Alex ’12, Andrew ’15 and Thomas ’19,” Johnson said “Foremost I am proud of the fact that, working with the students, faculty, staff and alumni, we took a school that was the best of its kind and made it even better ” Johnson added that he will miss the hotel students the most after his departure

“They make you laugh, and they can make you cry, but most of all they make you proud,” he said “As leaders and entrepreneurs, they graduate and go on to lead and reinvent our industry and make posi-

tive contributions to our society As alumni, SHA students become hotelies for life ” Johnson said the provost position at Babson College “caught [his] attention immediately” when he was searching for a new position

“Babson had been on my radar screen for some time as it shares many of the same qualities as SHA,” he said “Just as SHA is the number one school of its kind in hospitality, Babson is the number one institution of its kind in entrepreneurship education ” Johnson expressed excitement about his future at Babson but also said he hopes to

Hotelies

see Cornell and the Hotel School prosper in the years to come

Although he refers to Cornell and the Hotel School as “ a special place with spe-

“I told the SHA community last spring that this would be my final year at Cornell ” D e a n M i c h a e l J o h n s o n

cial people,” Johnson said he looks forward to joining the Babson community “I think the future is incredibly bright,” he said “My goal will be to work with

to Host 91st Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell Conference

By YUN SOO KIM Sun News Editor

Hotelies are eager to host the 91st annual Hotel Ezra C

event that all students in the S

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istration plan for almost

according to Ben Pilosof ’16, H

director The weekend-long business conference is organized and executed entirely by students, Pilosof said

This year ’ s theme “The New Normal” will explore c h a n g e s i n t h e h o s p i t a l i t y industry that range from the emergence of an ultra-luxury segment in the hotel market to the dangers of cybercrime, according to Pilosof “ We’re hosting a dynamic panel about evolving consumer behavior how new market entrants like Airbnb are changing the rules of hosp i t a l i t y, ” h e s a i d “ C o nsumers have so many options now and they’re approaching travel in a whole new way ”

The event includes leisure activities and education programs open to the general public, Pilosof said Taylor Meadows ’16, managing director of HEC 91, said her visions for this year are “collaboration, engagement, and inclusion ” “HEC is a reflection of what the students in SHA are passionate about, and as a result, we are constantly innovating and adapting to ensure that all hotelies are engaged

Cornell Fluid Dynamics Seminar: Mixing in Sheared Suspensions Noon, 178 Rhodes Hall

A Tale of Two Phytophthora: Population Studies on a Sexual and an Asexual Species 12:20 - 1:10 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

Food Science Spring 2016 Seminar 4 - 5 p m , 146 Stocking Hall

Healthy and Disordered Eating 7:30 -

Vietnam Supermarket Development: Past, Present, Future

10:30 - 11:30 a m , 401 Myers Seminar, Warren Hall

Entrepreneur in Residence Office Hours: Phil Miller ’83 Noon - 4 p m , 289 Pillsbury Institute

The Future Is Not the Past: Megadroughts and Climate Change in Western North America

3:30 - 4:30 p m , 2146 Snee Hall

Who Is this Nazrul?: Cross-border Perplexities In the Study of a Bengali Literar y-Cultural Hero 4:30 - 6 p m , 101 Mezzanine Room, McGraw Hall

The world is warm. People I am not Are starting fires Anywhere with oxygen. I stand just Close enough to feel the heat. And also to use the flames To light the blunts I pretend to know How to smoke

~ Andrés Vaamonde ’18

Local

Gov Cuomo Announces Funding for Farmland Protection Projects

Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N Y ) announced Monday that the Farmland Protection Implementation Grant program has allotted a total of $26 million to help farmers across New York State protect farmland, according to a press release from Cuomo’s office

The grant program is part

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E n v i r o n m e n t a l Pr o t e c t i o n Fund Cuomo has raised the funding level to $300 million, which is double the amount from the previous year The money will be used to protect farmland and provide financial assistance on a predictable t w o - y e a r c yc l e , t h e p re s s release said

Tompkins Mental Health Clinic Fails Audit

Re g u l a t o r s a t t h e Ne w York State Office of Mental Health announced Monday that the Tompkins County Mental Health Clinic failed its inspection that took place from September to Februar y, a c c o rd i n g t o T h e It h a c a Journal

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d t h e clinic on “focused provider monitoring,” meaning that it is “determined to be at significant risk ”

T h e t h re e m a j o r i s s u e s found by regulators include a failure to report multiple suicides, an unregulated amount of school districts covered and

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Politicians Resist Movement to Remove Confederate Symbols

Less than a year after a white supremacist killed nine black individuals in a South Carolina church and subseq u e n t p r o t e s t s

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t e demonstrations, according to The New York Times

In Alabama and Tennessee, lawmakers have suggested a new policy that will safeguard controversial monuments and memorials

“It’s important that we tell the stor y of what has happened in this countr y because that’s what shaped and molded us as a nation,” Sen Gerald

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Diplomat Assesses Syrian Refugee Dilemna

By ARIEL SEIDNER Sun Staff Writer

Safak Pavey, Istanbul’s representative on the Turkish Parliament and a NATO parliamentary member, advocated for decreasing cultural conflict between Syrian migrants and Turkish citizens at a talk Monday

In a lecture titled “Humanitarian Disasters and the Refugee Crisis: Turkey-European Struggles for European Consensus,” Pavey discussed her experiences as a humanitarian and politician and ideas about the Syrian migrant crisis

Pavey said she became interested in the migrant crisis after traveling to Syria in March 2014 to contribute to peace-building efforts While crossing back over the border to Turkey, Pavey said she saw women praying to her and her colleagues asking for peace, a scene she said she “will never forget ”

“Global crisis of security is wiping away our dream of living together,” Pavey said

A prominent cause of continued conflict in migrant regions is the lack of inclusion and cohesion on the part of both migrants, who are reluctant to be included, and host communities, which are reluctant to accept outsiders according to Pavey

“Belief comes first among some migrant cultures, and adapting to the new cultures is understood as losing one ’ s own culture or turning into an infidel,” Pavey said “Migrant communities do not only build walls to each other, they also build walls to the host country ”

Pavey said this rejection of unity across cultures turns social values into weapons that migrant and host communities use against each other

“As long as these barriers are not discussed openly, attempts at inclusion face strong resistance on both sides,” she said

Ineffective intervention by the Turkish government including its use of refugee camps,

which are not regulated by members of Parliament or humanitarian organizations has compounded the problem, according to Pavey

She offered suggestions as to how host communities, including Turkey, can more successfully offer assistance to migrants

“We should stop investing in ideas such as separated neighborhoods, but instead invest in occupation training, equal education [and] opportunities that bring us together and protect migrants,” Pavey said Pavey argued that offering migrants opportunities for employment is a key part of encouraging inclusiveness

“Once you employ a migrant in a host country, they stop being a migrant in that host country, ” she said Involvement in local agriculture is one possible solution to the migrant crisis, according to

Pavey

“Agriculture gives people peaceful roots with better results than local humanitarian aid, also reducing the need to migrate further,” Pavey said “ We can use the great knowledge [migrants] bring, knowledge of land and growing and being part of the farming society ”

Pavey compared the creation of integrated migrant-host communities to ashura, a Turkish dessert that is also an element of Syrian cuisine

“This soup is made by the contributions of all the town ’ s people it represents shared abundance,” she said “I think it’s time we make an ashura together with whatever we have in our homes and share our ashura together What we need more than anything right now is compassion for each other ”

Ariel Seidner can be reached at aseidner@cornellsun com

Graduate Students Urge Activism on Campus

Say involvement in public service fosters community contribution, mental strength

By REBECCA EVEN Sun Contributor

Two race, gender and sexuality activists stressed the importance of public service and self-care at the 2016 Agency and Solidarity Conference this past weekend

Students lack the incentive to become involved in activism and service because they can achieve more recognition through paying jobs, according to Liz Wayne,

grad

“There needs to be some sort of paradigm change that acknowledges the activism and service people are doing for the community and students,” Wayne said “Otherwise it’s going to self-perpetuate and all the people who aren ’ t doing that service are the ones who get these jobs, and they in turn aren ’ t going to care about anything else ”

Xine Yao, grad, added that

although participating in activism interferes with academic pursuits, like research, she believes service is a significant part of contributing to a university

“If you ’ re going to be a good faculty member, service is a huge part of that,” Yao said “How can you become a faculty member unless you care about teaching?”

Wayne encouraged attendees not to be discouraged by everyday ups and downs in their endeavors,

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Contributor

comparing her mental health to a sinusoidal wave

“When I’m down, the next question becomes, ‘How do I get myself back up?’” she said Yao emphasized the need for relaxation time, saying she needs time to process what happens during her days

“ We need that time [when we ’ re binge-watching a show] to

Visiting lecturer Duncan Campbell, industrial and labor relations, urged students to develop an understanding of the world beyond the United States at a panel in Goldwin Smith Hall

Thursday

spent the past 25 years working with the International Labor Organization said he chose to work in the public sector because he found his work there more rewarding

Campbell was one of eight speakers at Cornell’s second annual Careers in Public Service Expo, where over 75 attendees witnessed presentations on the benefits of using careers to serve others

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“Working in the international civil service means waking up in the morning, knowing the values of my organization are important to me, ” Campbell said “The world is much bigger than the US With my career, I get to know other cultures and the way in which other people think ” To read the rest of this story, please visit cornellsun com

C.S. Students Voice Diversity Concerns After Online Controversy

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Most instances of discrimination are small and unintentional, and women in computer science “silence [themselves] a lot of the time,” according to Sinclair

“I have automatically started minimizing [my problems] it’s not something I want to make a big battle out of,” Sinclair said “ There are all these little ways we make our feelings a non-issue, and I think that’s something that has been underlying this whole atmosphere ” Yordanos Goshu ’18 suggested establishing a support group for underrepresented minorities as an initial step towards addressing racial discrimination

“Three years from now, the public face of this major is going to look very different ”

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“ When a person in an underrepresented community fails and looks a r o u n d a n d d o e s n ’ t s e e people of color, it doesn’t make them want to tr y again,” Goshu said Goshu said he would have struggled in the computer science major without mentorship from an African American graduate student

“I [succeeded] because I reached out to someone and I had the confidence to do that,” Goshu said “It’s really easy to get lost in a community when you look around ever yone doesn’t look like you If I didn’t have him as a mentor, there’s a good chance I would have been weeded out of the major When you do fail, you need some support system “

The discussion panel follows an online controversy that erupted in Cornell’s computer science community last week, when the department ’ s Facebook page added a cover photo featuring only male, Caucasian professors

Students who “felt ver y strongly” about the inequality in the photo published Facebook posts and medium com articles arguing about bias against and exclusion of women in the computer science field, The Sun previously reported

“ The photograph was a stark reminder of the white male ‘bro-culture ’ myth that women and other minorities in C S are struggling to change,” said Rachel Wells ’18, who wrote the first online response to the photo

Some students expressed optimism that the department would see more equal representation in the coming years

Professor Kavita Bala, computer science, said she hopes that the department would see changes in its demographic in coming years, as more women become interested in the tech industr y

“[The] major is undergoing a major transition at this point,” Bala said “ Three years from now, the public face of this major is going to look ver y different, and that is something we are all going to have to deal with together ”

Kyle Oefelein can be reached at koefelein@cornellsun com

Hotel School Dean

‘Has Been a Great Asset,’ Colleagues Say

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the rest of the Babson community to take a great institution and make it an even better place ”

In addition to his role as dean, Johnson also teaches several courses at the Hotel School, according to the University

Prof Kathryn LaTour, hotel administration, said that as a marketing researcher, Johnson has helped the school become more research focused

“He has done a great job hiring new faculty with his global reach in fundraising,” LaTour said “He has been a great asset to the school and will be missed ”

The search for a new dean will be carried out by Provost Michael Kotlikoff and Dean Soumitra Dutta, according to Al Gonzalez, executive director of marketing and communications for the SHA

There is no information yet about potential candidates, according to Gonzalez

Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun com

Speakers Emphasize Service

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r uminate and digest all those ideas,” she said

Another important aspect of activism is picking battles that are worth the effort and knowing when to back down, Yao said

“ Which battles do we chose to fight?” Yao asked “Do we chose to fight this battle, or do we chose to fight the long battle? At what point do we change the system?”

Makeda Foster ’17, one of the conference’s planners, said she considered the panel a success b

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Cornell Organization for Labor Action

“ We wanted to connect each of the clubs and organizations and keep that connection going on throughout the year, ” Foster said “ We were ver y happy with

Foster said she felt inspired by seeing fellow women of color discuss activism and its inherent hardships on stage “ They are basically me, people I look up to, ” she said “It’s necessar y for us to be activists, because who else is going to change the world besides us?”

Rebecca Even can be reached at rke26@cornell edu

Hotelies Finish Preparations for 91st Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell Conference

Historic weekend allows students to ‘apply what they learn’

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“The students are dealing with real guests who pay real money to attend the weekend ”

Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun com

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s t o r y f o r t h i s m ov i e , a s o p p o s e d t o j u s t c o p y i n g a n d p a s ti n g t h e Ave n g e r s s c r i p t i n t o Mi c ro s o f t Wo rd a n d re p l a c i n g a f e w n a m e s , a n d i t s t r i k e s t h e p e r f e c t b a l a n c e b e t we e n t h o u g h t f u l a n d f u n My o n l y c o n c e r n i s : Ma y b e t h e re a s o n Ave n g e r s : Ag e o f Ul t ro n w a s s o d e c e n t w a s n ’ t t h a t we ’ re g e t t i n g t i re d o f t h e s a m e o l d s t o r y, b u t t h a t we ’ re g e t t i n g t i re d o f t h e s e c h a r a c t e r s W h e n we f i r s t s a w Ni c k Fu r y, we we re l i k e , “ Wo a h ! Sa m u e l L Ja c k s o n i s we a r i n g a n e ye p a t c h ! T h a t ’ s s o c o o l , ” a n d n ow we ’ re l i k e , “ Ok a y, l e t ’ s j u s t g e t t h e o b l i g a t o r y Ni c k Fu r y p e p t a l k o u t o f t h e w a y s o t h e y c a n f i g h t a l re a d y ” W h e n we f i r s t s a w Ha w k e ye , we we re l i k e , “ Wo a h ! It’s L e g o l a s , b u t p l a ye d by a g o o d a c t o r i n s t e a d o f Or l a n d o Bl o o m , ” a n d n ow we ’ re l i k e , “ Is Ha w k e ye m y s e v e n t h f a v o r i t e Av e n g e r o r m y e i g h t h f a v o r i t e ? ” Sp i d e r m a n a n d Bl a c k Pa n t h e r w i l l h o p e f u l l y i n j e c t t h e u n i ve r s e w i t h s o m e n e w l i f e Su i c i d e Sq u a d S y n o p s i s : A s e c r e t g o v e r n m e n t a g e n c y r e c r u i t s i m p r i s o n e d s u p e r v i l l a i n s t o e xe c u t e d a n g e ro u s m i s s i o n s i n e xc h a n g e f o r c l e m e n c y G e n r e : Ac t i o n S t a r r i n g : Ja re d L e t o , Wi l l Sm i t h , Ma r g o t Ro b b i e R e l e a s e D a t e : Au g u s t 5 , 2 0 1 6 Fr o m t h e t r a i l e r, i t l o o k s l i k e : T h i s m ov i e c o n

S e m i C h e l l a s

BY JAGRAVI DAVE Sun Contributor

Of Semi Chellas’ numerous accolades, the one by which I was most impressed was that she was the writer of the first and only screenplay to ever be published by Cornell’s reputed Epoch magazine and it was the first screenplay she had ever written Perhaps this is an indication of someone who truly has an instantly-recognizable talent, a talent that, in Chellas’ case, propelled her towards becoming co-producer and writer for the brilliant, Emmy-winning Mad Men in its fifth season Chellas talked about this experience in her Thursday talk, “Telling Secrets: Notes from the Writers’ Room ”

That’s what we the die hard fans, the aspiring writers wanted to know: what is the secret to a show like Mad Men? Mentioning the high level of secrecy surrounding the show, Chellas joked how strange it was for her to be revealing these secrets to us Her informal, engaging talk was punctuated by short clips, mostly from Mad Men, which she used to illustrate larger creative processes or to explain what went into a particular scene Thus, she described the writers’ room of Mad Men

“I’m not mystical or spiritual,” she prefaced, “but that many brains working on one thing resists even later analysis [and produces] an unconscious that is empirically other ” What Chellas described was a kind of composite mind The writers’ room produced, in her words, “the creative process writ large ” Writing, especially writing creatively, is a highly-individual, introverted practice In the writers’ room, this practice is rendered visible and is performed in front of near-strangers The writers ’ room at Mad Men consisted of 10-12 people per season (the total number of show collaborators exceeded 30) who were comedy writers, film writers, playwrights; 27-year-olds to 84-year-olds And it included, always, someone who had lived during the show’s narrative time period of the 1960s

This composite mind existed to realize the vision of the auteur, which, in Mad Men’ s case, was that of the charismatic producer Matthew Weiner Quirky, perfectionistic, highly-involved and brilliant, Chellas described Weiner as a classic auteur At the beginning of each season, Weiner would delineate his vision for that season This would include, as one might expect, general character arcs and plotlines The writers were also, however, bombarded with images, poetry, movie scenes, dreams, songs, quotes and on Weiner sought the raw evocations that this art provoked within the writers No one was sure whether any of the art would be at all relevant to their work, but the process functioned to generate hundreds of ideas The writers would then have one to two days to produce 10 pages of writing, the only rule being that research about this time period was not allowed Chellas explained that writings about a previous time period are inevitably retrospective, and this retrospection leads to a synthesis which by definition is a completed whole Weiner wanted to reveal the actuality of people living in the present moment of a particular time, which necessitated avoidance of this kind of research

In the following days, writers would pitch their ideas directly to Weiner, who would sometimes return a few days later and pitch the very same ideas he had previously dismissed Through the privilege of a kind of intimacy that exists between two close collaborators, Chellas explained that Weiner needed time to internalize certain ideas, to live with it in his own skin before being able to accept it as a part of his vision Basically, the ideas had to come from within him This process at the beginning of each season produced hundreds of ideas, storylines, character motivations and histories, all of which which were then written down in code on notecards posted all around the writers’ room, an example of the show’s emphasis on secrecy

The core of the show and of Matthew Weiner’s vision seems to be the revelation of truth The best narratives in the show, Chellas said, were those that came the most closely from the truth She said that Weiner’s main tenet is to not repeat anything for anyone He believes that imaginative fictionalization is not what leads to originality; true originality comes, and can only come, from what has actually happened All writing is in some way revelatory of the self, but this particular self is composite What the writers of Mad Men bring to the table is far more than writing ability; they bring an array of life experiences and stories The show is a collaboration, a conflation, a synthesis of many different lives The truths from these lives, in the form of secrets and stories, personal and heard, weave their way into various narratives Chellas provided several examples of various scenes in which entire stories or particular storylines came directly from the experiences of the writers It is these insights into the histories of the art we love that compel us to learn as much as we can about the process of its production and the lives of its creators

Charming, intelligent and funny, Semi Chellas satisfied our curiosities about Mad Men and the creation thereof by revealing the process of writing for the show and her own experience within it Her talk showed different possibilities of collaborative production and their role in the making of the final work of art Insight into creative processes is always fascinating, and “Notes From the Writers’ Room” was no exception

Jagravi Dave is a junior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences She can be reached at jdd227@cornell edu

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Letter to the Editor

Coffee and the search for truth

To th e Ed itor:

One Saturday morning, I was waiting for my coffee at Ithaca Bakery There were many of us waiting together At the height of the waiting, in walks a woman who looked like she just came from the gym Recognizing who she was, I offered, “If my coffee gets here first, you can have it ” She looked at me squarely and with a large smile said, “I’m not going to steal someone else’s coffee That’s a rookie mistake ” When the barista asked for her name, she said it was Beth President Garrett often spoke about the “search for truth,” encouraging us to discover “what it’s all about ” It was a question that got me to think, usually over coffee, what is the search for truth? What does that mean? What did she mean? Now, more than ever, it is a vital question In order to fully explore this question, the first place to start is to ask, what is truth? I believe the truth as she referenced was much deeper than simple right and wrong Truth is derived from Old English and Old Norse, a nominalisation of the adjective true: having good faith, having honor to one ’ s words, honesty, loyalty and belief Thomas Aquinas is known to have said, “ a thing is said to be true insofar as it is a true estimate about itself ” So at its core, truth is about being who we are, knowing what we stand for, and living each day in honor of that truth

There is no one truth Instead, we each have a central truth that is only ours In essence, living with truth is about living with authenticity

If living with truth is about living with authenticity, then searching for truth is about finding what makes us, as individuals, ourselves This concept is central to our identity as Cornellians

Willard Straight said in his letter to his son, “Make up your mind but respect the opinions of others Think it out yourself guided by those whom your respect keep your mind open, you can always learn ” I venture to think that this is what Beth Garrett saw for Cornell and for all of us as Cornellians Her vision was that all of us are driven to search for our own truths together and to help each other in that quest That is what makes us a community

Losing a member of our community abruptly and at such a fragile time could lead us to fear the future What if I don’t have time to accomplish all that I strive to be?

Authentically living means mindfully choosing to live each day in our own truths, whether that means we continue to search or celebrate what we have found This is the true meaning of living each day as our last

President Garrett articulated her own truth with such clarity, vision and purpose that it allowed those around her to step up to our own truths and commit to the journey of their discovery But the difference was that she did it with kindness, realness, and groundedness that was completely disarming She stood next to others, not above, in a way that seemed to say, We're all just waiting for coffee together I got mine coming to me the way I like it, you got yours coming to you; I'm not getting in the way of yours but we can help each other while we wait while we search That's really what it's all about

Tocqueville Comes to Cornell; And Other Thoughts on Democracy

Ah , d e m o c r a c y ! Tr u m p C l i n t o n

Cr uz Sanders All eyes are on the p re s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n , b u t t h e re ’ s impor tant voting to be done right here at Cornell

“ In a we l l - f u n c t i o n i n g d e m o c r a c y, ” obser ved Gar y Hamel, “citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office Not so in most companies ” Cornell is not most companies Day after tomorrow, the polls will open for our faculty elections

This year those elections are critical We must elect a ne w Dean of the Faculty, Associate Dean of the Faculty and a Faculty Tr ustee We haven’t done that in four years What’s more, the election is the most competitive we ’ ve r un in recent

And what about the outcome of voting? Here again, sympathies divide:

• “ We don’t vote for people because they are the exact embodiment of our values, but because they are likely to be the most responsive to them ” (Charles Blow)

• “ The r uling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take re s p o n

d e c isions ” (George Or well)

Falsely attributed quotes about voting are gems, too In all its collective wisdom, the Internet attributes two fine obser vations to, respectively, Abraham Lincoln and Thucydides:

• “Elections belong to the people It’s

What does it mean to vote, or not to vote?

And how can I encourage you,

histor y This is a serious race

What does it mean to vote, or not to vote? And how can I encourage you, dear colleagues, to do it? Many smar t people have pondered those questions

Some, like Rick Mercer, take the high road “Do the unexpected Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote ”

But appealing to our loftier sentiments doesn’t turn out the vote That’s why othe r s p r e f e r t h e l o w r o a d o f s h a m e “Scoundrels,” quipped William Maxwell, “will be corr upt, and unconcerned citizens apathetic, under even the best constitution ”

Ah, “apathy!” It’s the Greek word for impassive or indifferent, and it’s a funny thing The comedians a class that ought to count among ever y countr y ’ s national treasures, and be supported at public expense never fail to point out how apathy exposes humankind’s revealed preferences regarding democracy:

• “Half of the American people have never read a ne wspaper Half never voted for President One hopes it is the same half ” (Gore Vidal)

• “It is perhaps a sign of the strength of our republic that so fe w people feel the need to par ticipate That must be the reason ” ( Jon Ste war t)

What about campaigning? In my field of Classics the study of ancient Greece and Rome, not the study of Shakespeare or the Beatles the literature is rife with shre wd obser vations on how to get elected:

• “ To win the people, always cook them some yummy smell that pleases them ” (Aristophanes)

• “ When one with honeyed words but evil mind / Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state ” (Euripides, iambic pentameter)

their decision If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters ”

• “In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it ” What should we take away from all this?

To m o r r o w t h e f i v e c a n d i d a t e s f o r

Dean of the university faculty will par ticipate in a debate It’ll take place from 3:30-5 p m in 700 Clark Hall They represent different points of vie w of, and advocate different approaches to, shared faculty governance If you can ’ t make it, the debate will be posted after ward on Cornell Cast

Like all meetings of the faculty senate, which is hosting the debate, this meeting is open to ever yone If you are reading these words, you are welcome to come and ask them questions

Meanwhile, the candidates for all positions have posted their bios and campaign statements online here The five Dean of Faculty candidates have each re

g Emeritus Faculty, too You can find those statements here I urge you to read all these impor tant documents

Po l l

o s e Wednesday of next week at midnight We’ve got a week to do it It’s impor tant

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candidate

It would be wrong for me to encourage you, dear colleagues, to vote early and vote often But please,

Annie O’Toole |

Trustee Viewpoint

Run for Graduate/ Professional Student Trustee

A new Graduate/Professional Student Trustee will be elected this spring by the entire student body (both undergraduate and graduate/professional students)

If you are interested in r unning to be the Graduate/Professional Student Trustee, I encourage you to visit assembly cornell edu to learn more about qualifications, the role’s responsibilities, and the campaign process I also encourage you to attend one of two information sessions this week:

Tuesday, March 15, 12-1 p m in 163 Day Hall

Wednesday, March 16, 4:30-5:30 p m in 316 Day Hall

If you are not interested in running, I encourage you as the campaign gets underway to learn about the candidates and to vote for whom you believe will be the best student representative on the Cornell University Board of Trustees

Cornell is unique among its peers for electing two students as full voting members of its Board of Trustees An undergraduate student trustee is elected in odd years, and a graduate/professional student trustee is elected in even years

Student trustees at Cornell attend and vote in full Board meetings but also have a variety of other responsibilities, which include: attending and voting in designated committee meetings; presenting to the Student Life Committee;

We are, in fact, encouraged to speak up to relay what students think about a certain issue, or how we see that a decision might affect students In this way, we represent student interests while we maintain our fiduciary obligation to the University.

organizing events to facilitate interaction between trustees and students; serving on various University councils and task forces

Student trustees have the opportunity to meet regularly with administrators on campus issues they feel are important and to collaborate with the shared governance bodies to help ensure effective representation of the student voice in the functioning of the University They also are regularly consulted on administrative decisions outside of those needing Board of Trustees approval

Some colleges and universities have student trustees on their Boards, but very few give student trustees the same rights and responsibilities as all other trustees Given the enhanced student trustee role at Cornell, a student trustee ’ s obligation is, first and foremost, to the institution as a whole Student trustees are fiduciaries of Cornell, and thus have legal obligations to act in the University’s best interests

At the same time, student trustees are those on the Board who are best able to understand and speak to the student perspective on a variety of topics for discussion or approval

We are, in fact, encouraged to speak up to relay what students think about a certain issue, or how we see that a decision might affect students In this way, we represent student interests while we maintain our fiduciary obligation to the University

All of this may sound like a big time commitment It is, but it is worth it

My roles and responsibilities as the Graduate/Professional Student Trustee have contributed to the memorable and incredibly rewarding experience I have had as a professional student at Cornell

I came to Cornell to study law, but in my time here I have also been able to engage with the broader campus community, tackle problems I have identified on and off campus, and develop lasting relationships with student leaders, administrators, and alumni Though my term is coming to an end and I will soon obtain my degree, my role as student trustee has ensured that I will carry Cornell with me for life

Comm ent of the day

“Shame on [The Sun] for insinuating that Dean Johnson was leaving as a result of the CCB controversy. All hotelie faculty, staff, and student were aware since last school year that he was leaving due to his term ending ” TR

Re: “Hotel School Dean to Leave Cornell for Provost Position at Babson College,” News March 14, 2016

Jake Forken | My Forken Opinion

Dormant Populists Emerge

From the Republican Party

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Cornell Declines to Renew Courtney’s Contract

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By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Sports Editor

Cornell did not renew basketball head coach Bill Courtney’s contract, the athletic department announced on Monday Courtney coached the Red for six years, finishing with 60 wins and 113 losses including a 27-57 in-conference record Most recently, Cornell finished with a 10-18 record this past season, with an Ivy League mark of 3-11, last in the conference

“I appreciate Coach Courtney’s diligent efforts and his dedication to our student-athletes over the past six years, ” athletic director Andy Noel said in a statement “He is a first-class individual and I wish him success in his future endeavors ”

After former head coach Steve Donahue departed the Red following three straight Ivy League titles including the 200910 famed run to the Sweet Sixteen, Cornell brought in Courtney, known for his up-tempo style defensively and offensively Courtney previously served as an assistant at a number of schools, including George Mason, Providence, Virginia and Virginia Tech

“It’s very disappointing to me and my family,” Courtney said “But at the same time I’m very thankful that Andy Noel gave me the opportunity to be the head coach at such an incredible institution I will always be thankful for that Unfortunately, it didn’t work out the way any of us would have wanted it to ”

Courtney’s teams at Cornell struggled to perform at the same level as Donahue’s before him The team finished fifth in Courtney’s first two years, including a 7-7 Ivy record in 201112 which would prove to be his best finish in the league in his

career After finishing sixth in 2012-13, Courtney and the Red struggled through injuries in the next year, sputtering to a 226 overall record

A year ago, the Red placed fifth in the league with a record of 13-17 This season, Cornell tied for seventh place in the conference

“I’ve been coaching for 20 years and whenever you ’ re not doing well, you ’ re always worrying about [being fired],” Courtney said, “You never know for sure what’s going to happen, but you always have a little bit of concern you may be in trouble But until it happens, you never expect it ”

The move follows the announcement of former Cornell basketball freshman Xaiver Eaglin’s arrest for rape Courtney denied that the ongoing trial played a role in the decision Cornell Sports Information Director Jeremy Hartigan confirmed that the arrest was not a factor

“It’s all basketball, it doesn’t have to do anything with Xavier,” Courtney said

Individual players garnered awards under Courtney Most recently, freshman guard Matt Morgan was placed on the allIvy second team One of Courtney’s top recruits, Shonn Miller ’15 earned two first team all-Ivy selections and Rookie of the Year Miller was forced to transfer following his graduation and won a conference title with UConn this past season

“We turned out a lot of good kids, kids that will do a lot of positive things,” Courtney said “That’s what we ’ re in this for ”

The Cornell athletic department announced that a national search to find a new coach will begin immediately

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