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Gingrich Outlines Trump’s Rise

Former speaker praises C.U. students after uninterrupted lecture

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke to hundreds at Cornell on Wednesday evening in Call Auditorium, where he attempted to explain Donald Trump’s rise, expressed surprise at the non-combative audience and called the president’s hands “huge ”

“[ Trump’s] hands are huge I can tell you, whatever you think, it’s all huge.”

Hosted by C o r n e l l University College Republicans, the former r e p r e s e n t a t i v e from Georgia was widely expected to be heckled and disrupted by students as Rick Santorum was in November

Cornell Police said there were no incidents at the lecture, which 600 attended, and the most testy exchange was when Gingrich, during a question and answer session, asked a questioner why she believed that Trump is not promoting women ’ s rights

“Grab her by the pussy, ” an audience member responded, referring to Trump’s comments to Billy Bush in 2005

In response to a follow-up question about the “degrading comments [Trump] has made about women throughout his life,” Gingrich said the audience members’ description sounded “ a lot like Bill Clinton ”

“The modern younger generation, you ’ re much more sensitive and all the males in this room would never speak

disrespectfully to women, but in older generations that happened,” he said “I don’t know of any evidence of the Donald John Trump who is president of the United States that he is anti-female ”

Gingrich’s lecture, sprinkled with plugs for his forthcoming book, Understanding Trump, focused on how Trump operates and what the former speaker said was a disconnect between “liberal elites” and Trump voters

He referred to what author Charles Murray calls “ super zip codes” clusters of residents who rank in the top 5 percent for income and education

“The Apprentice was a popular television [show],” Gingrich said, trying to explain the misunderstanding between rich, highly-educated Americans and others “For four years, it was the No 1 show, but it wasn ’ t on PBS, so if you lived in a super zi code, you had never seen it ”

The former speaker also exp itly disagreed with the Tr administration over research fu

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun News Editor

By MEG GORDON Sun Staff Writer

Nearly 100 students, faculty members and Ithaca residents attended a vigil on Ho Plaza this Wednesday to honor the lives and memories of transgender women who lost their lives this year

Chyna Gibson, JoJo Striker, KeKe Collier, Jaquarrias Holland, Ciara McElveen, Mesha Caldwell, Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow and others “lost their lives at the intersections of racialized, gendered and antiqueer violence,” according to the event ’ s Facebook page

The vigil’s organizers Black Students United, Haven, TANGO and Mosaic came together “ not only mourn, but to begin an ongoing conversation about ways to actively

advocate for and support members of our communities affected by these multiple forms of oppression,” said the Facebook page

The event began with live music from Cornell Jazz Voices Participants formed a circle in front of Willard Straight Hall, holding candles and calling out the names of the fallen women

“ We are here today because so far in 2017 at least seven trans women have been murdered in acts of racialized, gendered and anti-queer violence,” said Haven President Ashton Cooper ’18 “We are not here to feel bad We are here in solidarity We will not sit in silence and we will not normalize these acts ”

Alfie Rayner ’18, marketing and publicity chair of Haven and member of

TANGO, added that the trans movement would not exist without trans women of color and warned against the dangers of marginalization as far back as the 1960s

Students from the Black Students United read the names of the victims, followed by a moment of silence The floor was then opened to anyone interested

in speaking

“We are your comrades, and you have our love and support, ” said Prof Russell Rickford, histor y, who spoke on behalf of Black Lives Matter Ithaca

“ The national Black Lives Matter movement was founded by queer women, ” he added “LGBTQ folks represent the forefront of

r s s a i d t h e y w e r e “ a p p a l l e d” t o s e e a f a c u l t y m e m b e r “ b l a t a n t l y e x p r e s s i n g a n t i - u n i o n v i e w s , ” s a i d Ve r a K h o v a n s k a v a , g r a d , a C G S U m e m b e r No t o n l y w a s t h e e m a i l s h o c k i n g f o r i t s a n t iu n i o n s e n t i m e n t s , b u t C G S U m e m b e r s f e l t t h a t C o l l u m s e e m e d t o e n c o u r a g e v i o l a t i o n o f t h e c o n t r a c t n e g o t i a t e d

this fight for racial justice and human rights We recognize special perils by recognizing vulnerable members of the community We gather here tonight to recognize their struggle ”

A collection was taken up to be given to an organization directly focused on the needs of the trans community

Rickford stressed the

“I believe it will be a disaster in the long run if unionization occurs an existential risk to Cornell’s graduate program ”

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tance of agency in such a troubling time

“We are here to represent our pride, our resilience and our sense of self-worth,” he said “We are fighting a battle larger than society And we are doing so in love and solidarity ”

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Annual Culinary

, Memorial Room Willard Straight Hall Soup and Hope with Frances Yufen Lee Mehta Noon - 12:50 p m , Sage Chapel

Norms, Violence and the End of the Empire: Gorbachev and the Use of Force in the Baltic Republics 12:15 - 1:30 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Authoritarian Successor Parties in Africa: What Role for Democratic Success? 2:30 - 4 p m , G08 Uris Hall

2:30 - 4:30 p m , Tatkon Center for First-Year Students

Thursdays 3 - 6 p m , 112 Mann Library

The Carl Becker Lecture Series: Barack Obama And the Afterlives of American Exceptionalism

4:30 p m , G76 Lewis Auditorium Goldwin Smith Hall

Musicology Colloquium: Erica Levenson 4:30 - 6 p m , 124 Lincoln Hall

Comparative Cultures and Literature Forum 4:30 - 6:30 p m , 258 Goldwin Smith Hall

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Under Attack: The State of Democracy in Turkey 2 - 3:30 p m , 120 Physical Sciences Building

Can Smoking Be Good? SIRT6 Mediates Protective Effect of Nicotine Against Parkinson’s Disease 3 - 4 p m , C2-537 Clinical Programs Center

Dyson School Ph D and M S Open House 9 a m , Warren Hall

Presidential Elections and Democracy in Latin America In the Trump Era by Patricio Navia 12:15 p m , 206 Stimson Hall

Toxo plas ma In fe ctio ns in th e Brain : Grow th an d C on se q ue nc

Rose Marcus: What Is the Temperature of Your Work? 5:15 p m , Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium Cornell Athletics Annual Garage Sale

12:15 - 1:15 p m , Auditorium Boyce Thompson Institute

CBIS Keynote: The Hidden Power of Female Entrepreneurship With Lisa Ann Pinkerton 5 - 7 p m , Rev: Ithaca Startup Works

Kurt Riley: Free Concert 6:30 - 10 p m , Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room

Fuertes Observatory Public Open House 8 p m - Midnight, Fuertes Observatory

COLA Members Lead Banner Protest for Action Against Nike

Protest marks

over a year

of COLA action against Nike

By CELINE CHOO Sun Staff Writer

Cornell Organization for Labor Action led a banner protest in front of Day Hall demanding that President Hunter Rawlings take decisive action against Nike’s violation of labor rights on Wednesday

Two years ago, Nike refused to allow the independent monitoring of their factories by the Workers Rights Consortium To date, Nike has still not made proper changes, according to COLA

“ We are here to ask Cornell to cut our contract with Nike or get a written agreement that Nike will allow unmediated, unequivocal access to all of the factories whenever it is required,” said Allison Considine ’17 Sophorn Yang, the Cambodian Trade Union leader and Pre

“We think that Nike is exploiting the collegiality of our relationship to further their interests ”

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for immediate action

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their banner protest Yang attested to the first-hand experience with labor abuse and

by Ni k e a n d expressed support and gratitude to COLA for their efforts

It has been over a year since COLA has been pushing for direct action against Nike’s violations Though there has been cooperative conversation between COLA and the administration regarding Nike’s contracts with the University, the student organization expressed the need

“ We think that Nike is exploiting the collegiality of our relationship to further their interests,” Considine said to Joel Malina, the vice president for University Relations Malina promised a response “ as soon as possible,” and noted that the last time the administration received a letter from COLA around a year ago, they “immediately began working on this” and promised the same with COLA’s most recent letter

“I feel like having Sophorn here and showing the administration that this is someone who is affected by all of these delays and by the bureaucracy not wanting to cut this contract is definitely a step towards success, ” said ILR student Nicole Oliveira ’20

According to Oliveira, the administration had been waiting to make sure of Nike’s violation in order to cut their contract with Nike They claimed that there was “ not

enough evidence” to make a decision

“You’re not going to get any more evidence than presenting them with someone a living, breathing person who has lived through the abuse,” Oliveira said

Over the past year, COLA has been conducting “teachins,” educational events spreading awareness about the mission and objectives of COLA, several letter drops, and meetings with the licensing oversight committee the committee responsible for managing licensing agreements between companies and Cornell

“For a school that has one of the best labor schools in the countr y and has pioneered cutting lots of these contracts before, what is it about Nike that’s been taking so long?” Oliveira asked

Celine Choo can be reached at cchoo@cornellsun com

By ANDREW YOUNG Sun Staff Writer

Students to Present in D.C. on Climate Change Youngest NYPD Chaplain Battles Racial Stereotyping

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Andrew Young can be reached ayoung@cornellsun com

By CHLOE RIPPE Sun Staff Writer

“In order for battles to be won, battles have to take place,” said Imam Khalid Latif about those who remain “passive” in the fight for equality This was the cornerstone of Latif ’ s lecture hosted by the Cornell Muslim Educational a n d Cu l t u r a l A s s o c i a t i o n o n Wednesday

The lecture, which addressed t h e p re va l e n c e o f s t e re o t y p i n g against Muslims, was hosted in c o m m e m o r a t i o n o f Is l a m i c Awareness Week

Latif serves as chaplain for the Is l a m i c C e n t e r a t Ne w Yo rk University and is the youngest chaplain to be appointed for the New York City Police Department His advocacy for co-existence and leadership in New York City and c o m m u n i t i e s t h ro u g h o u t t h e United States, Europe and Egypt have brought him recognition from various media outlets and several academic institutions

He began his lecture by recounting his experience meeting Pope Francis, praising the Pope’s decision to “ go off script” in a sermon at St Patrick’s Cathedral to express sympathy for the “700 Muslims who had died on the pilgrimage to the Hajj in Mecca” in the aftermath of the 2015 incident

He then recounted his personal experience of being racially targeted by the Secret Service at a 9/11

m e m o r i a l c e re m o n y w h i c h h e attended when he was a police inspector

“They questioned not only my presence at the event, but my emotional connection and validity,” he s a i d “ Hu n d re d s o f e ye s we re watching and no one said anything, until a mother of someone

who had died in 9/11 told them, ‘What you are doing is more dishonoring than anything else ’”

Latif began a broader discussion of the importance of using “privilege” to assist disadvantaged and marginalized members of society

“Think about that mother who leveraged her power and privilege to serve someone underprivileged because it was the right thing to do,” he said

Latif continued, saying that the “perpetuation of biased mindsets” is “ not only the fault of those who are driven by their own self interests, ” but also of those who remain “passive ”

This segregation of people along ethnic and cultural lines, he said, among other divisive factors, further contributes to stereotyping and marginalization

“People consumed in their own self interests cast fear and build narratives of people different than themselves,” he said “For example, people find out what Muslims are like not by being with them, but by buying into what people say in the media

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“We need to recognize that antiminority sentiment has its roots in structure, and the biggest challenges in this country have been and continue to be race and class,” he added

Latif finished with a message for Muslims to “speak out against iniquitous policies” and to interact

w i t h p e o p l e o f d i ve r s e b a c kgrounds

“If we came together and collaborated with brothers and sisters of o t h e r c o m m u n i t i e s , e ve r yo

would find themselves in a place stronger than they would have believed,” he said

Chloe Rippe can be reached at crippe@cornellsun com

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prison sentences stemming from racist policies

“I am totally opposed to their cuts to the NIH and the National Science Foundation,” he said, using an acronym for the National Institutes of Health

Responding to a question, Gingrich said he was not concerned with private prison corporations but does advocate strongly for criminal justice reform

“I would not agree with maintaining the current [mandator y sentences],” he said “ We made, I think, a major mistake in that we treated crack cocaine different than other cocaine, and that clearly had an unintended and dramatic effect on the black community ”

D e s c r i b i n g Tr u m p ’ s s t

g y d u r i n g t h e Republican primaries and in the general election, Gingrich said Trump is like the grizzly bear in the movie, The Revenant, and was able to dominate the media and use demeaning monikers to help defeat his opponents

“ Trump doesn’t attack you, he brands you, ” Gingrich said “His first victim is Jeb [Bush] because Jeb is the most dangerous, and Jeb becomes ‘low energy Jeb ’”

“ This is a work of art, ” the former speaker continued “He’s not attacking Jeb, he’s just [saying], ‘he’s a low-energy guy I feel kind of sad for him ’” Gingrich, who ser ved as the 50th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, also weighed in on the debate over the size of Trump’s hands and edged near discussing the size of additional body parts

“His hands are huge,” Gingrich said of Trump “ We’re not getting anywhere beyond that, but I can tell you, whatever you think, it’s all huge ”

While no one protested inside of the venue, a handful of protesters some affiliated with Cornell’s Young Democratic Socialists chapter bundled up in warm coats and held signs outside of the auditorium in protest of Gingrich

“Newt Gingrich’s policies and his statements

are not okay just because he’s an establishment Republican and not what some see as the far-right or the alt-right,” said YDS Co-chair Alanna Salwen ’19 “His policies of dismantling welfare have demonized the poor and now he’s aiming to repeal the [Affordable Care Act] ”

Another protester, Daniel Zimmerman ’18, said Gingrich “absolutely should be allowed to speak,” but that it was also important to protest the former speaker’s legislative decisions

“Ever ybody has a First Amendment right to speak, but we also have the right to recognize that this man has done horrendously terrible things for our countr y and has put a lot of people’s welfare and health at risk,” Zimmerman said, adding that he was speaking for himself and not YDS

At least a dozen Cornell Police officers monitored the event and said there were no incidents Cornell paid for 90 percent of the security costs associated with the event in a shift from its previous policy of charging the hosting organization, The Sun previously reported

Gingrich wrapped up his lecture by saying he had expected a rowdy crowd and was pleasantly surprised by Cornellians’ response to his lecture

“I came here tonight a little more concerned than usual and I cannot tell you how delighted I am with the attitude and the tone and the willingness to really talk about and share ideas,” he said

“I am going to tweet about how great the students at Cornell are ”

Keeping his promise, Gingrich fired off two tweets late on Wednesday night, praising Cornell Republicans Chair Olivia Corn ’19 whom author Ann Coulter ‘84 insulted on Twitter earlier in the week and saying he had a “Great dialogue on issues” with Cornell students

“Olivia Corn did a great job tonight as president of the Cornell College Republicans when i spoke at Cornell She is ver y impressive,” he said, adding: “Cornell students were ver y open and interested during my talk tonight ”

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Letter to the Editor

Vote ‘ yes ’ for fairness, respect and democracy

To t h e Ed i t o r :

As we move toward our union recognition election next week, we would like to tell you why we 5 active members of CGSU are proudly voting “ yes ” The reason is simply this: CGSU creates a structure to uphold the values most central to our University’s mission for ourselves and future graduate workers Fairness, respect and democracy Fairness: Our Grad Union creates structures which will enable us to leverage our collective power to bargain for fair work and labor conditions protected by a legally binding contract We’re not making unreasonable requests, we ’ re aiming to negotiate for basic labor protections and commonsense reforms which will enable us to do our jobs better For instance, basic Cornell health insurance for a spouse and two children costs approximately $8000 annually well out of reach given the majority of our salaries are less than $30,000 per year Our dental plan is advertised with pictures of smiling grads with perfect teeth and yet for the $278 annual premium, the maximum annual benefit is capped at total cost of $750 meaning that the actual cost of major dental procedures such as root canals or wisdom tooth extraction (ranging in the thousands of dollars) is completely outside the scope of coverage This situation persists in spite of years of GPSA advocacy for better dental coverage All other Cornell employees have access to much better New York Workers Compensation coverage only applies under a narrow range of circumstances and covers only the state-mandated minimum level of benefits Medical Leave benefits, provided to all other workers at Cornell, remain unavailable to graduate workers CGSU can use our collective leverage to create a fair system of work and employment conditions in order fix these problems We can ’ t promise everything all at once, but we can promise this: voting “ yes ” creates a structure that will enable us to work toward addressing the major issues that have not been resolved through our current systems of governance

Respect: In addition to allowing us to negotiate the conditions of our employment, our union also enables us to create a community organization that respects the work we do CGSU strives to create an inclusive union which brings marginalized groups to the forefront Our success as a union is bound up in our support for one another which is why a union contract is our goal A contract presents a way to bring the needs of all graduate employees into the discussion, so that we can address them in unified negotiations with management and have them codified in practice Regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, national origin or immigration status, your voice will be heard In addition, our union can bargain for an effective grievance procedure that respects graduate work Currently, in spite of recent reforms, the grievance policy still allows the Provost to retain final authority on any grievance A legally recognized union will be able to bargain for a contract that includes a grievance procedure that is binding and independent from Cornell administration We’re grateful for the respect and public endorsements we ’ ve received recently from ILR Faculty and the Mayor of Ithaca, though disappointed by the administration's continued attempts to fight against our rights as workers A vote “ yes ” for our grad union is a vote for respect of our academic labor and respect for all graduate workers in today’s uncertain political environment Democracy: We’re voting “ yes ” because we ’ re building a system of governance where all of us have the power to shape the conditions of our work and employment In our political system, we ’ re reminded every day of the dangers posed by abuses of executive power CGSU is a truly member-driven organization We’ve embodied this core value in every step of creating our Grad Union to date: from creating our constitution, our democratic vote to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers as opposed to other national unions, and now in our union recognition election We will continue to embody this value as we move forward with creating our negotiating committee to bargain with the University for fair wages and benefits (see more on our web site) We chose AFT because of their respect for our local autonomy, formalized in our constitution and bylaws We are proud of the successful partnership we ’ ve formed with AFT, grateful for their unwavering commitment to standing up for our rights as graduate workers, and appreciative of the tireless organizing support they have provided as we move toward a union recognition election We work in solidarity with the AFT as we strive to create a legally-recognized and democratically-run, independent local union of Cornell grads Voting “ yes ” for our graduate union is a vote for a more democratic and inclusive Cornell

We’ve started an organization from scratch with our passion for fairness, respect and democracy And now we ’ re inviting you to join us and make it official Our choice is clear Let’s take this bold step forward when we go to the polls next week

Paul Berry grad

Juan Guevara grad

Caroline Walker grad

Tyler McCann grad

WChange in a ColorBlind America

hen President Obama was inaug u r a t e d i n Ja n u a r y 2 0 0 9 , Americans across the countr y hailed the beginning of a “post-racial” era After centuries of subjugation, pain and disenfranchisement, Americans of color looked to President Obama’s election as a symbol of political progress and the culmination of a future unimaginable even a few decades before However, the realities of race in America have been a far cry from the glimmering portrait of “HOPE” and “CHANGE” that the Obama administration was supposed to bring If anything, the waves of habitual police br utality against young black males has shined a glaring spotlight on the irony of having a black man in office Obama’s presidency seems more and more like a mere token obscuring the reopening of historical scars

The intense focus on the color of Obama’s skin helped perpetuate the notion that America now lived in an era of “colorblindness ” The continued stigmatization

is founded on political and economic exploitation fully understood only through the lens of history After World War II, the United States experienced a surge of wealth unparalleled in its history; the Allies’ victory over the Axis powers, the unscathed state of North America and the economic boom from war production all contributed to a higher quality of living and general prosperity The 50’s ushered in a new age of the consumer revolution and the rise of the middle class we remember this era from idyllic photographs of the nuclear family with their televisions and suburban homes However, all of this growth was concentrated in white households, while median household income of black families stagnated There were several reasons for this one was the political barriers of Jim Crow, which was an egregious move by white legislators to actively diminish the political and economic power of Americans of color African-Americans faced not only the insult of Jim Crow policy, but also

of the discussion of racism and any overt racial animosity also stifles the conversation of the structural issues that concern Americans of color Masquerading under a pernicious guise of race-neutral rhetoric and diction, this new era of color-blindness has been a catalyst for profound reinvent i o n i n t h e p u b l i c b e h a v i o r o f w h i t e

America However, it has failed miserably to promise the same equality in the economic, social or political spheres to the most historically deprived parts of the American racial hierarchy Not only is it a superficial and empty promise for equality, but it also serves to delude Americans from the fact that Jim Crow continues to this day to exploit and oppress those of color

When looking at the systemic disadvantages against minorities, the first terms that come to mind are structural racism and racial capitalism the material inequalities that arise out of the institutional realities of capitalism Specifically, racial capitalism looks at inequalities that span racial barriers, as well as capitalism’s tendency to marginalize people of color In order to assume racial capitalism is real, we must first acknowledge that capitalism itself is fundamentally a system that creates wealth while disenfranchising those who are the bottom of the hierarchy At its heart, capitalism is a system of inequality masquerading under the noble pretenses of “competition” or the “free market ” And within this framework, there is a subtle, almost invisible mechanism that actively looks to persecute the non-white while these mechanisms were much more transparent several decades ago, they have evolved over time to become an injurious and predatory system that seeks to subvert efforts of racial and economic equity The data is irrefutable while white households have seen their wealth rise exponentially over the last several decades, the same cannot be said about their Hispanic or African-American counterparts Furthermore, we must look at racism not as a series of interpersonal violations, but a structural system of disadvantage that

attacks from white landlords and employers against black residents and employees White flight also contributed to a systemic cycle of poverty in inner-city neighborhoods After the Great Migration, affluent, white homeowners escaped the growing number of black neighbors into the suburbs, which saw economic growth and wealth leave these neighborhoods As a

access to health care and living conditions in these disadvantaged neighborhoods substantially decreased, and its lingering implications are still very much seen and felt today

American politics is governed today by personality over policy Even President Trump was cognizant enough to remind voters on Twitter that he “loves Hispanics” on Cinco de Mayo After all, posing with the best taco bowls made at Trump Tower Grill makes for better conversation than calling Mexicans “drug dealers, criminals and rapists ” Though liberals bemoan the neoconservative grasp on Washington, it is in times like these we can rally around bigotry to provoke meaningful, progressive change With an unabashedly abrasive president, the national dialogue has shifted towards an analysis of how “presidential” his rhetoric is or what nonsensical thought he posts on Twitter every morning At t i m e s , we m a y e ve n d i s c u s s i s o l a t e d instances of racism within the Trump administration However, we must fundamentally question economic and political institutions and confront the dark legacy of our past to speak out and reinvent a structurally broken system that continues to systematically disenfranchise people based on wealth, race and gender It is a problem around which the government and the American people may be reluctant to mobilize however, it can only be remedied with their help

TDon’t Cut Aid ased on Bad Accounting

he Cornell Board of Trustees meets in Ithaca today If recent Sun reporting is correct, one of the topics discussed will be whether to reduce financial aid A similar decision was made in 2012 when I was the undergraduate student trustee

I implore my former colleagues and friends to avoid repeating that mistake

First, some definitions “Need aware ” schools consider an applicant’s ability to pay as part of the admission process; they may accept a rich “A-“ student over a poor “A+” pupil By contrast, “need blind” universities pursue a meritocracy in the admission process, considering only the quality of each application Cornell is currently need blind, but the university plans to become need-aware this year for the 10 percent of undergraduate students that are international If recent Sun reports are correct, the administration is considering extending this discrimination to transfer students as well (Caveat: while I was once a trustee, I no longer have access to internal documents such as current financial projections or trustee agendas, and am basing this column entirely on publicly available figures )

Why would a university sporting the motto of “Any person, any study” turn its back on transfer or international persons in need? In this case, largely because of bad accounting

The stated justification for scaling back financial aid is that the costs are increasing exponentially and will quickly become unsustainable Yet the main driver of financial aid “ cost ” is tuition If tuition increases, more new applicants end up needing aid, and those already on campus need more help Because 50 percent of the Cornell campus is on financial aid, Cornell has to raise tuition two dollars to increase revenue by one

Thus, the massive growth in financial aid “ costs ” is actually a growth in revenue combined with an expansion of financial aid to more students two positive aspects somehow pitched as a negative

The important number for the university’s financial stability is actually the percent growth of net revenue; tuition minus financial aid In other words, how much money does Cornell get from tuition after it pays out financial aid If net tuition revenue is not growing as fast as costs, the university will eventually have to make some cuts to spending or find ways to increase revenue

However, it turns out that net tuition is actually growing more rapidly than costs are: the budget projected an estimated six percent growth this year; faster than the university’s expenses as a whole (4 8 percent) and its largest expense, faculty wages (5 7 percent) There is no financial aid crisis, and no reason to scale back our commitment to “Any person, any study ”

Of course, even without a financial need, one could still argue that Cornell should not spend so much on financial aid; there are other priorities the university could fund instead Yet, imagine how that proposal would be received if the university were instead discriminating against any other group? Picture the headline: “Cornell will start discriminating against black students to save money ” Or “Cornell will start discriminating against LGBTQ students to save money ” If we cannot fathom those scenarios, then why are we considering discriminating against students from working-class backgrounds?

Further, those hypothetical cases might mirror reality Cornell financial aid includes a program called “preferential packages;” targeted aid meant to boost enrollment for underrepresented groups Cuts in these programs could devastate the yield from certain underrepresented minorities, meaning Cornell would be literally reducing its racial diversity in order to save money

If the Board ends up discussing cuts to financial aid today, I implore the trustees to ask three questions:

What is the five-year projection for net tuition revenue, and how does this compare to the projection for faculty salaries and wages?

What is the yield rate for URM those who receive preferential package, and how does it compare to the yield rate for URM who do not receive them?

Of all the ways to reduce costs, why make another cut to financial aid, when it has already been reduced at least twice in the past five years? In other words, when will we have cut financial aid “enough”?

Having been a trustee, I know how difficult some of these tradeoffs can be, and I have no doubt that those working on these proposals have the best interests of Cornell in mind But our commitment to financial aid, and the diversity which it enables, is one of the reasons Cornell is such a special university Cornell’s 12th president, David Skorton, once said, “Cornell is the original opportunity university, and we still carry forward our founder’s vision of inclusion We are proud of this commitment to access and to the diversity within our student body it fosters ” Misleading accounting is not a good enough reason to deviate from that vision

ILR alumnus supports union

To t h e Ed i t o r :

I am writing to express my strong support for Cornell’s graduate students who are organizing a union to win a better voice on the job I am an ILR alumnus from the class of 1992, and am a labor economist for a public sector union My career has stood for the proposition that workers should have a voice in the jobs they do and that organizing unions is the best way to promote dignity and respect in the workplace It was as a Cornell undergraduate that I began to build my future, and my graduate teaching assistants were indispensable to my time there I remember inspiring and hard-working T A ’ s in labor histor y, organizational behavior, English literature, and many other courses They provided top-quality instruction and intellectual stimulation, and my career would not have been possible without their work I was heartened to hear that the graduate employees are forming their union, because they deser ve a real voice in their lives as they contribute to the success of Cornell and its students I was disappointed to discover that the administration has been expressing opposition to unionization rather than letting graduate employees make this choice on their own Other alumni have also expressed concern It would help restore my confidence in Cornell if the administration respected the judgment of graduate workers

Cornell graduate workers, I am proud of the steps you are taking to stand up for yourselves You and I have the best interests of the university in mind I wish you success as you approach your union election

On CGSU balloting

To t h e Ed i t o r :

Absentee ballots really should be allowed for individuals who are traveling during the election but who would be part of a collective bargaining agreement if the measure carries Restricting polling places and absentee ballot access is a classic tactic used by electioneers to disenfranchise particular constituencies CGSU's stated purpose in doing so is to reduce "intimidation and coercion " Of course there is always a risk of voter fraud with absentee ballots, but by democratic custom we assess the injustice of disenfranchisement greater than the risk of fraud If elections for public office can assume the risks in the interest of free access to the ballot, then there seems there could be no legitimate reason that a union election should be any different CGSU's statement on this subject, issued Februar y 24 is weak

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Be c a u s e w h i l e t h e De m o c r a t s h a ve m a d e s t r i d e s i n s o c i a l r e f o r m ( s o m e t h i n g t h a t s h o u l d n e ve r b e t r i v i a l i ze d ) , t h e y h a ve f a i l e d t h e w o rk i n g c l a s s L o o k h ow t h e De m o c r a t s h a nd l e d t h e p a s t e l e c t i o n Eve r s i n c e O b a m a w a s e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t , t h e y h a ve b e e n p u s h i n g t h e s a m e Hi l l a r y 2 0 1 6 a g e n d a T h e re w a s n e ve r a n y c h o i c e i n t h e m a t t e r, a f t e r O b a m a w e w e r e t o h a v e C l i n t o n En d o f d i s c u s s i o n T h e D N C a c t i ve l y w o rk e d a g a i n s t t h e Sa n d e r s c a m p a i g n w h e n h e t h re a te n e d t o t a k e a w a y t h e n o m i n a t i o n f ro m C l i n t o n a n d p ro m o t e a c t u a l p r o g r e s s i v i s m t o t h e p a r t y Mo r e ov e r, C l i n t o n , a l o n g w i t h c o u n t l e s s o t h e r d e m o c r a t s , c l a i m e d t o s u p p o r t t h e d ow n t ro dd e n w o rk i n g c l a s s , b u t f a i l e d t o a c t u a l l y a d d re s s t h e c o n c e r n s o f r u r a l A m e r i c a n a n d c o n t i n u e d t o a c c e p t m a s s i v e d o n a t i o n s a n d s p e a k i n g f e e s f ro m Wa l l St re e t T h e a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e D N C d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t t h e p a r t y i s n o t i n t e re s t e d i n e n a c t i n g a n y m e a ni n g f u l re f o r m , o n l y h o l d i n g o n t o p owe r W h i c h i s w h y, m o re t h a n e ve r, we n e e d t o w o rk t o d i s m a n t l e t h e t w o - p a r t y p o l i t i c a l s y s t e m , b e c a u s e i t i s s t r a n g l i n g o u r d e m o c r a c y T h e G O P h a s s h ow n t h a t i t i s a l l t o o h a p p y t o g o a l o n g w i t h Tr u m p a n d t h e a l t r i g h t , w h i l e t h e De m o c r a t s c o n t i n u e t o c l i n g o n t o t h e i r ow n f a u x p rog r e s s i v i s m Ne i t h e r p a r t i e s a r e e n o u g h t o h e l p t h e c o u n t r y ’ s 9 9 p e rc e n t Tr u m p i s a re a c t i o n t o Ob a m a , w h o w a s a re a c t i o n t o B u s h , w h o w a s a r e a c t i o n t o C l i n t o n I h a ve n o d o u b t t h a t a D e m o c r a t w i l l b e n e x t a f t e r Tr u m p, b u t a s l o n g a s t h e re i s t h e De m o c r a t / Re p u b l i c a n g r i d l o c k i n C o n g re s s , n o t h i n g w i l l g e t d o n e So I u r g e yo u , i f yo u ’ re a f f i l i a te d w i t h e i t h e r t h e De m o c r a t s o r Re p u b l i c a n s a n d h a ve b e e n d i s a pp o i n t e d w i t h t h e m , d ro p t h e p a r t y a n d re g i s t e r w i t h a n o t h e r o n e It d o e s n ’ t m a t t e r w i t h w h o m , s o l o n g a s i t i s s o m e o n e d i f f e re n t If yo u ’ re l i b e r a l , t h e re ’ s a b s o l u t e l y n o re a s o n n o t t o In p a s t ye a r s , t h e a r g u m e n t a b o u t t h e p o l i t i c a l d a ng e r s o f s p l

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

I C o u l d H a v e N e v e r E v e n M e t Yo u , S a c r e d H e a rt

Itfeels clichéd to say so, but I still remember the day I met my favorite book Maybe thanks to the sudden changes in the weather, I’ve been thinking about last summer, and one fateful evening in the Harvard COOP Let me set the scene

I’m living in Boston (Somerville, to be exact, with two grad students and two troublesome cats I look after as part of my sub-lease) I’m interning at an unnamed organization and, on the whole, feeling like I’m doing Good, Important Work™, but also staring out the window of the converted helmet factory I work in for hours on end Even though I’m living in a city I fell in love with when my sister started at Tufts five-or-so years ago, I’m spending a lot of time alone and daydreaming about being back in Ithaca during the four miles I walk home from work to kill time

One evening after a few Lagunitas at a restaurant that didn ’ t card (praise), I feel myself drifting further into limbo It’s too late to go to the gym, but I’m dreading going back to another evening of hanging out with the cats and scrolling through Facebook I jump off the red line at Harvard and go into the COOP, a bookstore that always makes me feel both excited and inadequate

At this point in the summer I’m going through one of my phases of thinking that if I throw myself deeply enough into some topic it will give me Purpose and Meaning and help me figure out my life After moving through the critical theory, pop statistics and “maybe if I read enough general interest books about law I can go to law school and totally have a head start ” phases, I’ve settled on graphic novels The COOP shelves them behind a checkout counter, so I know I’ll have to make small talk with a clerk even though I’m tipsy, sleepy and unsure if I should be dropping cash on an indulgence buy

zoomed-in as T Rex’s “Teenage Dream” started playing ) It’s thick and jet black and its spine screams “SACRED HEART” in a wicked, angular font The author’s name is Liz Suburbia, which seems super cool, too I flip to the front cover and a teenager is gazing at me over her shoulder, tears sliding down her face The sun is setting, or maybe rising

a y, “wowthankyousomuchforalltherecommendationstheyallsoundsupercoolbutrig htnowIwanttobuythisbookplease ” I get home and get lost in Sacred Heart I don’t even notice the cats destroying stuff and being the little adorable hobgoblins they always are

I can ’ t say too much about Sacred Heart I promised myself I wouldn’t Every panel of Liz Suburbia’s work carries so much emotional heft that I don’t want to sell short I also want to retain the power to tell friends, “I can ’ t even describe it, you’ll just have to read it and see ” (I’ve been trying to get Jack Jones the columnist who I’m filling in for this week to read Sacred Heart for eight months Seriously, Jack, what else do I have to do? Can you please just read it?)

Sure enough there s a clerk between my quiet browsing and me (and I know that it’s his job to be there and I am not, at the time, as bratty about it as I might sound now, but I’m in the mindset of a woeful, anti-social kid in the big city) He asks if I want recommendations “Sure,” I say, “But I really don’t like fantasy, so non-fantasy suggestions would be prime, please,” and he launches into a long list of books that fall under the category of “I know you just said you don’t dig fantasy, but seriously, dude, just give this one a try ”

And then I see it (In my memory, my gaze just slo-mo

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Over time, Sacred Heart becomes my religious text When I can ’ t sleep because my heart’s beating too fast or I want to cry because I’m convinced that I’ll never write a song again, I open it up and a therapeutic calm descends over me All I will say is that it’s a heart-wrenching book about the kind of vulnerable, audacious punks I wish I could’ve been in high school I love my story of happening upon Sacred Heart almost as much as I love the book itself I find something hopeful about the idea that, in a time of curated playlists, website cookies and “Must Read” lists, I’ve still found most of my favorite things through word-of-mouth and happy accidents There’s the techno song I heard at a party and only remembered to ask the host about a year later (Deorro’s “Five Hours”) There’s the glam punk band my friend talked up, a band that I ended up seeing in the Cayuga Lodge basement later that semester, and then twice more throughout the year (PWR

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There’s the oddball Game Cube soccer game another friend bought on a whim, leading to our mutual, alln i g h t - m a r athon obsession (Sega Soccer Slam) It’s strange, I realize, how much of my personality I base around my favorite media If I had just stayed on the red line one more stop, or forgotten a recommendation, or left a house show too early, would I have ever known about so many of the things that I love?

A few times over the summer, I tried to regain the joy I felt when I first read Sacred Heart with other graphic novels None of the attempts worked Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Dying bummed me out Maggie Thrash’s Honor Girl had a great, melancholy story but all of her characters had the same face Brian K Vaughn’s Paper Girls didn’t make me feel nostalgic for somewhere I’d never been like Sacred Heart did

A few weeks later in the summer, Newbury Comics had a “buy two, get one free” graphic novels sale Unable to choose a third book, I considered grabbing a second copy of Sacred Heart I figured I could leave one in Albany and the other in Ithaca, and never be without a copy if I forgot to bring it to school or back I balked at the last second The moment in the COOP when I grabbed a beautiful black book off the shelf means too much to me I’m scared that if I have two copies, I’ll eventually mess up and forget which was the one

Shay Collins is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun

De p e c h e Mo d e re l e a s e d t h e i r s i n g l e “ W h e re ’ s t h e Re vo l u t i o n ” a n d K a t y Pe r r y f o l l owe d , a we e k l a t e r, by re l e a s i n g “ C h a i n e d t o t h e R h y t h m ” Eve r s i n c e t h e p re s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n , e ve r yo n e b e c a m e “ w o k e , ” i n c l u d i n g a r t i s t s I e x p e c t e d K a t y Pe r r y t o b u y i n t o t h i s , b u t n o t D e p e c h e Mo d e “ W h e r e ’ s t h e

Re vo l u t i o n ” l e f t m e h o p i n g f o r s o m e t h i n g l e s s i n d u s t r i a l a n d m o re l i k e t h e b a n d’s t r a d e m a r k u p b e a t s y n t h s o u n d s I h a d h i g h e x p e c t a t i o n s f o r Sp i r i t a n d , s a d l y, t h e y we re n o t m e t . R a t h e r t h a n c o n t i n u i n g t o m a k e t h o u g h t f u l , s o u l - s e a r c h i n g

s o u n d t r a c k s , De p e c h e Mo d e b o u g h t i n t o t h e r i s i n g

“ Pu r p o s e f u l” o r “ w o k e ” p o p a c t Be f o re Sp i r i t , De p e c h e Mo d e h a d n o t re l e a s e d a n a l b u m s i n c e De l t a Ma c h i n e i n 2 0 1 4 , w h i c h w a s n o t t h e i r b e s t w o r k A f t e r t h r e e y e a r s , I e x p e c t e d De p e c h e Mo d e t o c o m e b a c k a n d g i ve u s a l l a d e e p, t h o u g h t - p rovo k i n g a l b u m . T h a t ’ s n o t t o s a y t h e y d i d n ’ t t r y t o d o t h a t , b u t t h e y s i m p l y we n t a b o u t i t t h e w ro n g w a y Sp i r i t w a s p o s s i b l y n o t i n t h e w o rk s u n t i l a f t e r t h e e l e c t i o n , w h e n t h e n a t i o n a l p o l i t i c a l

c l i m a t e re a c h e d b o i l i n g p o i n t O ve r t h e t h re e - ye a r p e r i o d b e t we e n De l t a Ma c h i n e a n d Sp i r i t , i t a p p e a r s t h a t De p e c h e Mo d e d i d n o t b e g i n t o w o rk o n Sp i r i t u n t i l Nove m b e r o f 2 0 1 6 o r m a y b e a b i t e a r l i e r T h e re f o re , De p e c h e Mo d e ’ s f i n i s h e d p ro d u c t w a s s o m e t h i n g t h a t re s e m b l e d De l t a Ma c h i n e , b u t t o o k a l l t h e l e s s a p p e a l i n g e l e m e n t s o f i t , s u c h a s s o n g s t h a t we re e xc e s s i ve l y s l ow a n d m o n o t o n e , a l o n g w i t h o b n ox i o u s l y h a u n t i n g r h y t h m s T h i s , h owe ve r, d o e s n o t m e a n t h a t t h e w h o l e a l b u m w a s w o r t h l e s s De p e c h e Mo d e h a s a l w a y s d e l i ve re d p o e t i c l y r i c s , a n d Sp i r i t m a i n t a i n e d t h a t c o n s i s t e n c y, a t l e a s t w i t h t h e f e w t r a c k s t h a t we re n o t p o l i t i c a l , s u c h a s “ Et e r n a l , ” “ Po i s o n He a r t ” a n d “ So Mu c h L ove . ” Ne ve r t h e l e s s , t h i s l y r i c c o n s i s t e n c y f a i l e d t o f o l l ow t h e a l b u m ’ s p o l i t i c a l t h e m e At l e a s t e i g h t o f t h e a l b u m ’ s t we l ve t r a c k s we re a d i re c t s l a s h a t c u r re n t p o l i t i c s , w h i c h i s s o m e t h i n g a n i n c re a s i n g n u m b e r o f a r t i s t s a re b e g i n n i n g t o t r y t h e i r h a n d a t It’s re f re s h i n g t o s e e a r t i s t s t a k i n g o n a c t i v i s m t h ro u g h m u s i c o n c e m o re , j u s t a s T h e

B e a t l e s a n d o t h e r a r t i s t s f r o m t h e ‘ 6 0 s d i d . Howe ve r, t h i s m ove m e n t i s d i f f e re n t f ro m t h a t o f t h e ‘ 6 0 s To d a y, a r t i s t s a re p u t t i n g p ro f i t ove r

a c t i v i s m , w h i c h i s b l u r r i n g t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e m ovem e n t It’s u n c l e a r w h e t h e r De p e c h e Mo d e i s j u s t g o i n g w i t h t h e a c t o r t h e y a c t u a l l y m e a n w h a t t h e i r s o n g s i m p l y De p e c h e Mo d e h a s m a d e p o l i t i c a l s o n g s i n t h e p a s t , b u t n o t a w h o l e a l b u m re vo l v i n g a ro u n d t h i s t h e m e s i n c e C o n s t r u c t i o n Ti m e Ag a i n i n 1 9 8 3 Ma r t i n Go re w ro t e b o t h a l b u m s , b u t e ve r yt h i n g s i n c e 1 9 8 2 , w h i c h w a s w h e n h e b e c a m e t h e b a n d’s m a i n s o n g w r i t e r, h a s b e e n a m i x o f s o n g s a b o u t l ov e , h e a r t b re a k , p e s s i m i s m a n d p o l i t i c s Now, s u d d e n l y, Go re h a s w r i t t e n a w h o l e a l b u m o n p o l i t i c s a g a i n T h i s m e a n s t h a t e i t h e r De p e c h e Mo d e i s j u m p i n g o n t h e “ w o k e ” t r a i n , o r t h e c u r re n t p o l i t i c a l c l i m a t e i s s o b a d t h a t t h e y h a d t o m a k e a n o t h e r p o l i t i c a l a l b u m , w h i c h t h e y h a d n ’ t d o n e i n 3 4 ye a r s Re g a rd l e s s , t h e m u s i c i t s e l f d i d n o t c o mp a re t o S o u n d s o f t h e Un i ve r s e o r Pl a y i n g t h e An g e l , m o re re c e n t a l b u m s t h a t f e a t u re d b o t h r i c h m u s i c a n d l y r i c s O ve r a l l , Sp i r i t w a s u n i m p re s s i ve b u t De p e c h e Mo d e w a s d e f i n i t e l y m a k i n g a n e f f o r t t o c o n ve y s o m e t h i n g b i g g e r t h a n t h e m u s i c c o u l d T h i s c o u l d m e a n t h a t t h e e n d o f De p e c h e Mo d e h a p p e n e d i n 2 0 1 3 w i t h De l t a Ma c h i n e , b u t t h e y c o u l d b o u n c e b a c k i n a n o t h e r t h re e ye a r s o r m o re

Viri Garcia is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at vg235@cornell edu

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26 A PARTMENT

Red Confdent Heading Into NCAAs

HOCKEY

long That has been a strength of ours: coming into a game and really respecting what the other team can do, but not fearing it and getting ready to play our game too Lowell’s got a great hockey team, they are well coached and they play hard We feel we have a lot of those similar traits ”

The River Hawks boast a high-powered offense They rank third in the nation in power play efficiency (27 1) narrowly beating out ECAC Champion Harvard and sixth in goals per game (3 69) UMassLowell is also home to the 10th and 11th best scorers in Division I

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“We’ve been doing pretty well on the road all year so we are not too worried about how many fans they have,” said senior goalie Mitch Gillam “We will probably have a lot of Lynah Faithful there anyway ” It has been an emotional and crazy past two weeks for this team with last week’s snow day in addition to victory and defeat in Lake Placid Due to renovations at Lynah, the Red is also practicing at a nearby rink in Lansing

“We have worked hard all year, and I think we deserve to be here.”

“ [ U Ma s s - L ow e l l has] CJ Smith and [ Joe] Gambardella, and that line is an outstanding line,” Schafer said “But they play a team game They are an offensive team They are very well coached and have great offensive habits We have to have great offensive habits ourselves ” Lowell is very capable defensively, as well The team ranks 13th in defense with 2 29 goals allowed per game not far behind eighth-ranked Cornell at 2 24

And while UMass-Lowell is an unfamiliar foe, Schafer is sticking to the basics

“[The key is] to play a very simple game, ” he said “We simplified our game plan for Union, we knew exactly what we wanted to do [ We] made that mistake against Clarkson [and] had way too much thinking We’ve got to make a couple adjustments against Lowell, they play a little bit of a different style But those adjustments will be very minor ”

The SNHU arena in Manchester is just under 40 miles from the River Hawks’ home ice, a somewhat unfortunate draw for the Ithaca-based squad The team is confident that its fans will show up,

“I thought the guys did a good job of staying focused last week on a wacky week of preparation,” Schafer said “And it’s a wacky week of preparation again, a lot of exams, practicing out here at Lansing [But] also, it’s fresh it’s different This is more like the NHL shaped rinks without much ice behind the goal So there are a lot of similarities that practicing out here will help us going up to Manchester also ”

The Red is coming off a 3-goal loss to Harvard in the ECAC Championship finals but was not overly discouraged in defeat

“I think we are working hard,” Gillam said “Harvard buried their chances on the power play and got a lucky bounce Other than that I thought we played with them and played up to our expectations of working hard I think we just need to carry that into this weekend ”

Action gets underway at noon on Saturday, March 25 in Manchester The game will be broadcast by ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app

“We have worked hard all year, and I think we deserve to be here,” Gillam said “I think people are looking down upon us, and I think we are right there and we can come out of this with a national championship ”

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com

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