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Cornell Graduate Students United Election Results

By JOSH GIRSKY and ANNA DELWICHE Sun Managing Editor and Sun News Editor

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Prof Shares Beauty of Math With Students Traumatized by Subject

By SHRUTI JUNEJA Sun Staff Writer

Prof Steven Strogatz, math, is leading the charge against students traumatized by mathematics through what he calls his “public communications” of the beauty of math in his TED Talks, in a New York Times series and in his passionate teaching

“A lot of kids come out not only disliking math, but feeling traumatized by it,” he said “It’s [a] shame that we so often manage to turn them off, I don’t know quite why it happens, but it does ”

Though Strogatz was admittedly not one of these students with such disdain for mathematics, it was the exhilaration of solving one challenging geometry proof in high school that sealed his math career

To this day, he still remembers that fateful problem: prove that if two angle bisectors of a triangle have the same length, it’s an isosceles triangle

“I just started thinking about it, and I couldn’t do it, and that freaked me out a little bit, because I could always do any math problem that any teacher asked if I just kept at it long enough,” he said “In French class, they would be asking us to conjugate verbs, and I would be thinking about the angle bisectors ”

Furthermore, his teacher, Mr Johnson, who first posed the problem to his entire precalculus class, had admitted that he himself did not know the solution

that Mr Johnson had written to the dean of Strogatz’s high school

“I’ve been throwing out a difficult geometry theorem to classes and bright math students for 15 years and no one has proved it Steve came up with a clear and relatively simple proof,” Johnson’s note read “Congratulations, he has real talent ”

From that point, Strogatz began to draft and attempt to solve his own questions, leading him toward widespread recognition for his research

On topics ranging from complex nonlinear dynamics to small world networks, Strogatz said that choosing a research topic is an “emotional thing” because of the commitment and sacrifice it requires

“He was our most impressive math teacher at the school He had a beard, he went to MIT, he just seemed like a cut above the other math teachers,” Strogatz said “And so for Mr Johnson to say that he didn’t know how to solve this triangle problem I never heard a teacher say that, or admit something like that ”

These were the days before the internet, so the answer could not easily be researched After about six months of pondering over the question, Strogatz finally figured it out and went over to Johnson’s house to show him his solution

During an interview Strogatz pulled out his old high school math notebook, which included a note from 1974

“It’s another relationship that’s going to go on for years: you and your book,” he said “You better really want to write that book It’s hard, so I just have to feel some sort of fever to write something, like I just have to tell this certain story or I have to explain this ”

Currently, Strogatz is working on a book that aims to convey the stor y of calculus, because he feels that most people who have taken calculus do not fully understand its purpose nor its beauty

“I see it as this fantastic two thousand year story of great creativity and struggle and drama and enormous scientific importance in changing the world in a lot of ways, ” he said “The kind of stuff I want to get across in the book [is] that calculus is not some pinheaded thing that’s just for the physicists and engineers, but is a big part of culture, and when you start to see that, it makes it more interesting

It was the publication of his very first book geared toward the general public, exploring how and why systems spontaneously synchronized, that opened up exciting new opportunities for Strogatz

One “ very nice, out-of-the-blue opportunity” for Strogatz was the chance to fly out to California to give a

Details Emerge in Title IX Inquiries

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

For more than two months, the U S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has been investigating Cornell for six unique allegations of Title IX violations more than any of the 228 postseco n d a r y i n s t i t u t i o n

Wednesday

The civil rights office last week released several details related to the most recent investigation, which began on Jan 25, in response to requests made by The Sun and other news media under the Freedom of Information Act

The most recent investigation is into an allegation that Cornell did not respond quickly enough or equitably to the complainant based on the complainant’s sex

“You alleged that the University discriminated against you, on the basis of your sex, by failing to respond promptly and equitably to complaints of

sexual assault and retaliation that you and a student made,” The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights wrote to the complainant in January

Complainants in the five other active investigations have claimed, among other things, that Cornell discriminated against them based on race, color or national origin; that Cornell escalated a nocontact order to a temporary suspension based on a student's sex; and that Cornell's failure to respond promptly to complaints of sexual assault led to a "sexually hostile environment," The Sun previously reported

The OCR, as part of an investigation opened in September, is also looking into a complaint that the University “failed to respond promptly and equitably to the complaint of sexual assault ”

Both letters are redacted to exclude certain records in open case files and to protect the identity of the complainants

TED Talk presentation He said that he had never even heard of the program since this was before it was popular on the internet

“They had guys filming it and I didn’t really think much of it, and now it's on YouTube or the web and lots of people have watched it, hundreds of thousands of people have watched it, and I wish I had prepared it better because I really was just improvising,” he said

However, Strogatz said the most exciting thing he ever did in his public communication of math was writing a series for the New York Times over the course of 15 weeks in the summer of 2010

In his Math 1300: Mathematical Explorations class, Strogatz tries to foster an appreciation for the subject by relating mathematical concepts to other fields that students might be interested in, such as politics or music

“The goal [of the class] is not to teach a lot of hard math, but more to teach why anyone would love math, what’s beautiful about it or fun, which a lot of students have never had ”

Although personally very passionate about math, Strogatz admitted that he does not think knowing math is particularly useful or practically important for the average person

“I don’t think it really matters that much if people don’t know math,” he said “You can get through your life perfectly well without knowing much math ”

Instead, he believes people should learn math to better analyze what is going on in current events and be part of the conversation It is enriching to human life in the same that Mozart’s musical works or Toni Morrison’s writings, Strogatz explained

“I feel like that’s the point, that if I get someone to appreciate math who's never going to use it, they’re now let in on the fun,” he said

After spending his undergraduate years at Princeton and graduate school at Harvard, and then even teaching at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Strogatz was pulled to Cornell where he has remained for 23 years

“People here are just as smart and hard-working as those places, but we don’t have the egomaniacs you find at those places,” he said “I just find it very refreshing, how humble and open and friendly everybody is, students and professors ”

Despite all his external success, Strogatz said what he really loves is being a teacher at Cornell

“It’s been an interesting journey, but in my heart, my main thing is still to be a teacher here at Cornell, that’s what I really care about,” he said

Shruti Juneja can be reached at sjuneja@cornellsun com

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81 challenge ballots to be resolved before outcome announced

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Cornell Graduate Students United, with affiliates American Federation of Teachers and Ne w York State United Teachers, as their official graduate student union

The vote was made possible by an August decision by the National Labor Relations Board r uling that graduates can be classified as workers in addition to their role as students The decision triggered a contract agreed upon by CGSU and the University in May 2016 The contract established a code of conduct for campaigning, the eligible voters and elec-

y read aloud yes ’ s and no ’ s from the seemingly endless stacks of blue ballots, some C G S U m

tried to follow along, furiously tallying the votes in notebooks and pieces of scrap paper

While nearly all voters simply marked their response on the ballot as instr ucted, some chose to add more color ful comments to the voting process

The tension was briefly broken when a ballot was disputed because the voter had written “ stop knocking on my fucking door ” The voter checked the yes box, so representatives from both the union and the University agreed that the vote could be marked a “ yes ” “A fucking yes, ” an arbitrator joked

“Though this particular battle might not have gone as well as we’d have liked, we’re still here.”

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tion procedures

Out of the approximately 2,300 eligible voters, 1,856 cast ballots in the election for a turnout rate of around 80 percent

After the last ballot was counted, more than 20 minutes passed before arbitrators and representatives from the union and C o r n e l l l e f t t h e ro o m t o d i s c u s s t h e results in private More than an hour

made

Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Barbara Knuth sent out a statement to the Cornell community early Wednesday morning detailing the inconclusive results of the election

“ It i s a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t t h e r e v i e w process and determination of final outcome will occur within the next month,” she said in the statement “ The arbitrator will notify both Cornell and union representatives when the challenged ballots have been resolved and a final outcome has been reached ”

O v e r 5 0 o b s e r v e r s f i l l e d G 0 1 B i o t e c h n o l o g

v o t e s were counted, withstanding the tension and a noticeably warm temperature, to obser ve the results as they came in

Yet the tension would return quickly and remain until proce-

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on Wednesday

CGSU, said that after hearing the results she was “surprised but not surprised ”

Recognizing that “ a lot of people put their hear ts and souls into this campaign,” Brangan and Jaron Kent-Dobias, grad, emphasized the strength that their movement built I n f a c t , K e

Monday night the graduates had been given a healthcare concession and that “early in the campaign, [the University] made changes to the grievance procedure,” making him hopeful of the power the union gained through its organization

“ Though this par ticular battle might not have gone as well as we’d have liked, we ’ re still here,” he said “ We’re still working for Cornell and we still have a voice and the platform and ideas that we star ted with ”

However, Kent-Dobias was also just looking one day ahead

“I have to teach for this institution tomorrow, ” he said

Josh Girsky can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun com

OCR Continues Title IX Investigations

Cornell Title IX Office investigators

“Please note that opening Allegation 1 for investigation in no way implies that OCR has made a determination with regard to its merit,” a compliance team leader notes in the Jan 25 letter

“ D u r i n g the investigation, OCR is a neutral factfinder, collecting and analyzing relevant evidence from the complainant, the recipient, and other sources, as appropriate ”

Attendees at those listening sessions said Cornell’s Title IX office had tried to keep their complaints behind closed doors and that Cornell Title IX investigators were slow and unresponsive, The Sun previous-

AFT Considers Contestation

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resolved rendered the results indeterminate

“Cornell management sent a clear message in violation of the negotiated code of conduct and federal labor laws that the ends justify the means, ” said AFT President Randi Weingarten ’80 in the release “There should be no place for this kind of outright animus against colleagues in higher education The administration has failed the entire Cornell community, and Cornell itself ”

The University did not immediately respond to a request for comment

In questioning the validity of the election, AFT claims that a pattern of administrative misconduct “chilled voters ” and “polluted grad union election results,” particularly in the days leading up to and during the vote

The misconduct AFT alleges constitute labor law violations that “ compromised the ability of graduate students to make a free choice” in the election

The University and CGSU agreed on a code of conduct for each party ’ s behavior both during the campaign process and during the election in a contract signed in May 2016 that aimed to ensure a free and

“The administration has failed the entire Cornell community, and Cornell itself ”

fair election

However, AFT contends that this code “ was repeatedly violated by Cornell management ”

“As an alumna of the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations, I want to say how deeply disappointed I am with the egregious conduct of the university,” Weingarten said “Cornell flagrantly violated the spirit of both the code of conduct we negotiated and federal labor law ”

AFT specifically points to emails from the University sent in the midst of the voting process communications that Weingarten said were sent “with the inten-

The night before the election, the administration sent a special edition announcement to students The Ask a Dean por tion of the announcement responded to a student asking where the University would get the money to pay for added benefits should a union form

The response from Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Barbara Knuth generated concern among union activists

“All of these funds (external grants, and department and college budgets) are limited,” Knuth said in the response “It is possible that significantly increased costs for these items could lead to reduced numbers of graduate students at Cornell, but faculty, departments, and colleges would need to make those decisions ”

The next day, graduate students received another email from the administration Vice President of Human Resources Mar y Opperman wrote to inform students that the University “received a report that a number of CGSU/AFT/NYSUT representatives have told eligible voters who don’t support the union not to vote ” and that “the student making the report noted he felt threatened by the representatives,” the email read

Another email sent that night by the University told graduate students that Cornell would cut healthcare costs during the next academic year an issue that was central to CGSU’s campaign This was a move that AFT believes served to “induce graduate students to vote against the union ”

For CGSU members, the administration’s actions further demonstrated the need for a union

“There is a reason graduate workers are organizing all over the country, and that’s because unions are the only way to defend our rights and protect our research,” said Jane Glaubman, grad, in the release “The administration’s actions show just how keen it is to deny us that power ”

The results of the union recognition will be determined within a month as the AAA works to resolve the validity of the challenge votes

Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun com

Rawlings Unveils Housing Ratings System

By ALISHA GUPTA Sun Assistant News Editor

OCR from Cornell in the most recent case takes up two pages, but is completely redacted in the documents obtained by The Sun under an exemption allowing OCR to withhold records that could interfere with its enforcement of Title IX

“Please note that opening Allegation 1 for investigation in no way implies that OCR has

made a determination ”

ly reported

Part of that fact-finding effort took place Feb 28 and March 1 when four lawyers from OCR visited Cornell’s Ithaca campus to listen to students about their experiences with

As part of the most recent investigation, OCR sent Interim President Hunter Rawlings a letter in which it asked him to “ provide to OCR the information listed on the enclosed data request ” within 20 days of the Jan 25 letter

The data requested by

The Education Department ' s Office for Civil Rights is investigating 317 cases at 228 postsecondary institutions relating to Title IX, as of Wednesday, and Cornell is the only university with six active inquiries

Only two other colleges Kansas State University and Indiana University at Bloomington have five active investigations

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nbogelburroughs@cornellsun com

Interim President Hunter Rawlings is working to ensure improved safety measures for students, off-campus staff and faculty renters living off-campus housing who he says “deserve no less ”

The ratings system, which is expected to be launched this summer, will “provide students with easy, online access to publicly available information regarding the safety features of a particular unit,” the statement read

In creating this ratings system, University administrators have worked with the City of Ithaca to create a database that “incorporate[s] into [Cornell’s] existing off-campus housing online database a new, safety-focused online ratings system for all off-campus housing properties,” the statement read

Rawlings said that they hoped this ratings system would encourage landlords to provide a “safe residential environment ” for their tenants

“ The ne w system will recognize those landlords who are already doing their part, while incentivizing other landlords to voluntarily make safetyfocused enhancements to their proper-

ties,” Rawlings said Rawlings explained that together with University leadership, they were motivated by concern that many offcampus housing options lacked basic modern safety features Rawlings highlighted one such example in fire safety features

“Fire safety standards are tied to the date a building was constr ucted,” Rawlings said “So a building constructed in 1970 must only meet the 1964 fire safety code, rather than the 2015 code ” While units must now be equipped with sprinklers and smoke detectors that communicate directly with the Ithaca Fire Department, the 1964 fire safety code did not mandate this safety feature

Drawing from this example, Rawlings expressed hope that the new ratings system would “elevate the overall safety of off-campus housing ”

“The safety of our students’ housing options, both on and off campus, is not only a top priority for me and for University leadership; it is also a principle of the highest order,” Rawlings said

Alisha Gupta can be reached at agupta@cornellsun com

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Retracting

A Previous Column

Everyone makes mistakes Some are small, like forgetting to floss twice a day Others can be monumental, like choosing Russell Westbrook over James Harden on your MVP ballot My mistake fell somewhere in between these two examples It was a medium mistake, kind of like when Brown rejected me But, as with most mistakes, it’s never too late to admit you were wrong

Last April I wrote a column criticizing the swim test requirement that Cornell and a couple other Ivies (not including Brown) continue to uphold I didn’t really see a point in the whole thing Was it a fitness test? I’m definitely not fit fam, but I was pretty sure I could do most land-based fitness assessments The fitness gram taught me that What was with Cornell’s aquatic obsession?

Out of genuine curiosity and a pressing need to fulfill graduation requirements, I

know the fish was there trying to find her parents or save his son from a dentist Or maybe the fish didn’t get into Brown

Colleen began the course slowly, focusing on getting the class comfortable in and under the water, before moving on to different strokes The first day was honestly the worst As the youth say, it was brick as fuck out so no one was trying to be anywhere near the water Colleen had us jump into the shallow end of the pool and bob our heads under the water like eight times each throughout the first class I’m not exactly sure what Navy Seals do to train, but I imagine it also involves water

I left my first day of swimming thinking it was going to be the worst class I had ever taken at Cornell It was at 7:45 p m twice a week all the way on North Campus and I was no fish in the water But in all honesty, swimming has quickly become a class I look forward to It turns out my friends might have

first day of swimming thinking it was going to be the class I had ever taken at Cornell It was at 7:45 p m week all the way on North Campus and I was no fish n the water But in all honesty, swimming has quickly become a class I look forward to.

enrolled in PE 1100: Intro to Swimming this semester As a senior, I was hoping that I could just pass the course and talk my way into getting the instructor to check “ pass ” next to my name for the swim test as well I assumed there was no way anyone would realistically stop a senior from graduating just because they couldn’t swim I was wrong

My instructor, Colleen, is simultaneously the kindest and most no-nonsense person I’ve ever met I’m shocked she doesn ’ t work at Brown She’s willing to work with anyone at any point in his or her journey to natation, but she definitely expects everyone to take and pass the swim test With my first option now off the table, I accepted that I would actually have to learn how to swim

From what I had heard from friends, swimming was easy and could realistically be mastered in one afternoon at the gorges

Let me just say that that could not be farther from the truth, at least in my case My first time in the Helen Newman pool was strange I felt like a fish out of water It was like me and a fish switched places, except for some reason the fish was previously in an Olympic sized swimming pool A part of me wonders why that fish was in the pool in the first place, but in my heart I

The Lives of Others

We ’ re packed together, like sard i n e s i n a c a n T h e g e n t l e motion of the subway rocks us back and forth There’s no ser vice down here, so there’s no excuse to be on our phones Sitting across from each other, we tr y to avoid eye contact, even though we can ’ t help but glance over furtively when we think the other isn’t looking, or catch each other’s curious reflections in the window I smell the pungent perfume radiating off the woman next to me There is a small hole in her stockings She is wearing boots, but I can tell she has a pair of heels in her large handbag to change into later I can hear the man next to me chewing gum He has large headphones on and is moving his head up and down, up and down The woman across from me has two children sitting next to her She’s fussing with their clothing, tr ying to get them to sit still Once in awhile, she’ll peek over and give me a look, as if to say, This might be you one day I give her a sympathetic

across them on a subway or see them moving furiously through the hallway Yet there’s a sense of interconnectedness that forms when we are exposed to them continuously, or for extended periods of time What are their stories? What do they do? Where are they going? Do they have significant others or families? These questions arise as I sit on the subway, watching the woman I don’t know give me a look that implies that I know more about her than I may think They come to mind when I pass the dirty Docs and see the copy of Othello she clutches tightly in her arms These questions run through my head when I sit next to the strangers on the plane, wondering if their drink preferences have anything to do with what they’re like I remember first learning about this phenomena, labeled the “proximity principle,” in my high school psychology class My teacher explained that the concept of “absence makes the heart grow fonder” is false, since the three factors that influence

smile I watch the struggle ensue from Lafayette Avenue to 14th Street She gets off the train and gives me one last glance

In high school, the loud shrill of the bell indicates that class is over I walk through the crowded hallways, pushing by backpacks that are more like mini houses than anything else, and avoiding pointy elbows Walking past the water fountain next to room 238, I see her familiar curly brown hair and dirty Doc Martens I don’t know her name, or even what grade she is in We give each other slight smiles as we walk past, the usual exchange at approximately 10:32 a m The blurred faces of people I don’t know, but to whose presences I have become so accustomed, move past

why people develop relationships are similarity, physical attractiveness and proximity The proximity principle describes the tendency for humans to form interpersonal relations with those who are close by People who encounter each other more frequently tend to develop stronger relationships The mere exposure effect is related to this principle, since it refers to an individual’s tendency to like novel stimuli more if if they encounter them more repeatedly

been right Swimming wasn ’ t all that bad

After getting over the whole being underwater thing, swimming really just came down to moving my legs and arms in unison I hate to sound like one of those annoying American Dream advocates, but it turns out anything really is possible if you work hard and believe! Just kidding, something something neoliberalism

I passed my swim test in class on Monday, but I won ’ t be dropping the course as I had originally planned I was wrong about the swim test requirement

Swimming, while definitely not an essential life skill, is genuinely fun And with Spring Break right around a corner, there really wasn ’ t a better time for me to learn Now I can swim with a thousand other Cornellians in Cancun! What more could anyone have asked for in a vacation from Cornell?

If you ’ re a Cornell student thinking about transferring to Brown to avoid the swim test, let me first tell you that you probably still won ’ t get accepted But also, just take the P E class and let Colleen work her magic

The stale, oppressive air on the airplane is already too much I shift in my seat, bumping the guy sitting next to me I think he’s my age “Sorr y, ” I mutter, since I’m not sure if he noticed When the flight attendant comes over, he orders a coke “ With ice, please,” he adds, even though I can feel the vent blowing frigid air on him (I closed mine as soon as I boarded the plane) He’s also wearing a T-shirt and shorts I wrap my sweater closer around myself The older man sitting to my other side orders a V8 I remember reading an article about how tomato juice tastes better at higher altitudes something about how the change in pressure affects our taste buds I wonder if he read that article too

Why is it that I still remember these small interactions, seemingly trivial and unaffecting? There is so much about a person that remains unaccessible when we sit

It’s not exactly as if we ’ re developing deep relationships with the people we sit next to in class ever yday, or the ones we spend long rides with But at the same time, we experience a brief connectedness with others that almost seems tangible We get a little sliver of another person ’ s life through the ways we unknowingly communicate stolen glances, quick obser vations, short exchanges These interactions we have with others, on the subway, in the hallways, in a large lecture class or on a plane, show how little we know about others ’ lives we only catch a small glimpse of something we aren ’ t completely sure of, but can attempt to know and understand But above it all, there’s an underlying similarity to our experiences No matter where we come from or where we ’ re going, we ’ re able to find ourselves in the same place at the same time

Gaby Leung is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at gl376@cornell edu Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Kevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

Make America Ignore Impending Climate Catastrophe (Again)

Let ’ s get a few things out of the way Climate change is real, and it’s our fault Human civilization directly causes ten billion tons of carbon dioxide to enter the atmosphere every single year

Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has risen by more than 40 percent Basic chemistry and physics tell us that CO2 is a greenhouse gas, and that higher levels of greenhouse gases will lead to warmer temperatures In fact, 2016 was the warmest year ever recorded It broke the record set by 2015, which in turn broke the previous record set by 2014

There’s no more need to argue these facts And for a while, we had a government that didn’t President Barack Obama repeatedly articulated the reality and the stakes of our impending climate crisis Although more comprehensive efforts to regulate emissions were thwar ted by Congress, Obama still managed to make progress

Recognizing that climate change is a global problem, he successfully negotiated a bilateral agreement to reduce emissions with China, as well as the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement signed by 192 countries

Domestically, the Obama administration proposed the Clean Power Plan as a way to meet these international commitments

Certainly, this effort was far from perfect A truly appropriate response to climate change would involve a system of carbon pricing and a full-scale economic mobilization towards greener sources of energy But the Clean Power Plan was a start that addressed some of the most potent sources of carbon pollution It showed that we knew there was a problem

On the other hand, the current occupant of the White House has previously dismissed climate change as a Chinese hoax He has brought a whole team of climate deniers with him Consequently, it should come as no surprise that President Donald Trump issued an executive order to immediately begin rolling back the Clean Power Plan Indeed, we were treated to the shameful image of our leaders applauding as they publicly declared their disregard for science, the truth and the future

The opponents of the Clean Power Plan have repeatedly appealed to its detrimental effects on the coal industry They are correct that many coal mining towns are mired in an extended economic downturn Trump, however, is lying to them He ignores longterm factors such as increasing automation and the decreasing economic competitiveness of coal in order to promise that prosperity will return to troubled communities

In fact, we ’ ve seen the same thing over and over again Trump identifies a problem that exists, and follows it up with policies that exacerbate the issue The failed American Health Care Act would have slashed Medicaid benefits in coal communities, and his current budget proposes the elimination of the Appalachian Regional Commission It’s easy to strip bare his professed sympathy for coal workers for what it is Eliminating the Clean Power Plan won ’ t help workers; the real benefits will accrue to wealthy coal executives and corporations

Coal, after all, cannot be the energy source of 21st century America It is an outdated fuel that fills our air with pollutants and sends us careening toward a warmer planet Furthermore, if we continue to use

Icoal, we will necessarily be unable to meet the emissions goals set forth under the Obama administration With the United States reneging on its own commitments, why should other signatories to the Paris Agreement abide by theirs? Tr ump ’ s “America First” policy threatens to dismantle the best framework we have for combating global climate

Furthermore, at the same time that we destroy the possibility of international cooperation, we are conceding the future of manufacturing and energy to other nations

If the United States continues to rely on fossil fuels, we will miss out on the opportunities of a green energy revolution China isn’t making the same mistake This year, Beijing announced a $360 billion dollar investment in renewable energy that will create 13 million jobs We should take notice Solar and wind power are both rapidly growing industries that could revitalize r ural America

Trump, however, has a notorious hatred of wind power In the past, he has heavily opposed off-shore windmills in order to preserve the view from his properties, even claiming that wind power “personally offends” him The oldest person ever to assume the presidency has not grown wise with age; his thoughts give no concern to posterity Ironically, Trump’s short-sighted worldvie w nearly guarantees that his beloved oceanfront property of Mar-ALago will someday succumb to rising sea levels

I think that the environmental aspect of the Trump presidency might be his most defining legacy True, there are several other strong contenders at this early stage, includ-

THROWDOWN

THURSDAYS

ing his empowerment of white nationalism, his attacks on constitutional norms and his ongoing ties to Russia We don’t know how any of these stories will end, and these nearterm controversies will continue to dominate headlines over the next few years Yet the climate change narrative is terrifyingly predictable Emissions will rise The Earth will warm Life will get harder

My fear, then, is that the election of Donald Trump may be seen as the final blow against efforts to restrain climate change to a manageable level You can call climate change “fake news, ” but that will not stop it from continuing to happen Furthermore, none of this is reversible Our political system has an affinity to punting issues down the road, but climate change won ’ t wait for us Day after day, emissions will increase as we do nothing Four years from now, it may be too late

This imminent threat to our planet comes from a sad, disgraceful combination of willful ignorance and greed Powerful people, like Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (the former CEO of ExxonMobil), have looked the other way for decades Politicians have turned a matter of science into a partisan issue And far too many Americans have allowed themselves to be fooled If the United States is committed to doing nothing, we are on a glide-path to a level of warming that will cause global suffering and endanger modern civilization This is an emergency We need to treat it like one

Kevin Kowalewski is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at krk78@cornell edu Democratic Dialogue appears alternate Thursdays this semester

A Christian in Trump’s America

genuinely find it odd that large swaths of America’s Christian community support President Trump As a Christian myself, I find the Christian community’s support for Donald Trump to be both contradictor y and extremely bizarre Trump, in many ways, represents the antithesis of ever ything Christ preached

Jesus was, in ever y respect, a humble man A virtual nomad, he traveled from community to community with nothing but the clothes on his back and the shoes on his feet As a carpenter in First Centur y Israel, Jesus had almost no money to spare on luxuries In almost ever y conceivable way, Jesus was the direct contrapositive to the man sitting in the Oval Office today

Nearly ever ything Trump touches is coated in gold, he brags about his wealth constantly (refer to his 2011 quote in which he stated “ part of the beauty of me is that I’m ver y rich”) and claims that he has ever y answer to the world’s problems (refer to his convention speech in which he stated “I alone can fix it”) Trump is the epitome of the narcissistic self-love that Jesus abhorred and condemned Jesus’ life of simplicity and humility would seem quite foreign to Mr Trump, who has spent a lifetime polishing and perfecting his own self-image

More importantly, however, Jesus’ message was radically different from that of Trump’s In Matthew 22:39, Jesus stated: “ Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself ” –– a far cr y from many of Donald Trump’s statements Trump has called women he dislikes “fat pigs,” made fun of Carly Fiorina’s face, claimed he could grope women whenever he

likes and mocked a disabled reporter –– just to name a few How, in any way, do these actions measure up to the example that Jesus set?

The purpose of Christianity is not to make bad people good Completely living up to Jesus’ example is an impossible endeavor –– no human can ever hope to match the kindness, warmth and grace of Christ However, there is a difference between not totally exemplifying the love of Christ and completely disregarding the commands of Christ Donald Trump has consistently shown that he detests the ver y foundations of Christianity: love, temperance and selflessness While Jesus commands that we not judge, Trump states that women who receive abortions should be punished While Jesus asserts that one must be truthful and honest, Trump lies and distorts the truth on a daily basis And while Jesus says that we must care for the needy, Trump argues that we must end our overseas humanitarian efforts and deport millions of families

With a man in the White House who so actively opposes ever ything for which Christ stood, it often seems like the tenants of Christianity are fading from our society Though much of Christian America has embraced our bombastic president, I argue that the Christians in this nation must ser ve as the foil to Trump

Because Christianity is so rooted in the values that this nation holds dear (selflessness, piety, friendship, courage), Christians must be willing to lead the charge against Trump It is the Christian community that must act to

Administration From immigrants to Muslims, Trump’s presidency has been defined by his hatred for certain groups of people But the Bible declares that Christians must love all people –– regardless of gender, race, religion or ethnicity It is for this reason that the Christian community must actively oppose Trump’s prejudice and protect those who are in the president’s crosshairs

For those who claim that Trump will protect “Christian America,” I must say that I strongly disagree with you A Christian America is an America in which its people strive to live the commandments of Christ We have already seen that Trump does not come close to living by Christ’s commands –– so how can one say that Trump is protecting “Christian America” when he actively opposes ever ything Christianity stands for?

I firmly believe that if this nation is to thrive over the next four years, the Christian community –– which comprises a majority of this nation –– must be willing to stand up and fight for Christian values Trump does not come close to representing the love that Christ preached –– and it is for that ver y reason that Christians must be willing to fight against the hatred that spews out of Trump’s mouth daily Today, Christian America is silent on (and in some cases is accepting of ) Trump’s demagoguer y and insults This cannot continue if we are to have a nation whose citizens follow Christ’s teachings to care for one another

Michael Glanzel is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mg786@cornell edu Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Paul Russell | Russelling Feathers

Life Advice From Ralph

Last weekend, I opened for an artist I liked at a concert on campus She came with an entourage: a manager, a guitarist, a pianist and a few other “-ists” and “ -ers ” with years of experience and talent Soon after we finished our sets and the instruments were packed up into rent-a-cars, I found myself at a party in Collegetown with the musical team and a number of my friends

After an hour or two of gyrating in circles to the resident D J ’ s set-list of Drake songs, the group needed a new way to pass the time I wandered into a side room to find the drummer, Ralph, knee deep in a passionate conversation with a friend of mine In reality, it was less of a conversation and more of a monologue, but by the look on my friend’s face it was worth a listen regardless I sat with the two of them to join the fun

Ralph was telling his life story Apparently, he approached my friend and asked her if she wanted to hear something that would “blow her mind,” and now here they were, an hour later, maybe halfway through the narrative

Ralph talked about learning the drums in the third grade, getting kicked out of a music program as a teenager for sassing a teacher, leaving college and somehow becoming an all-star drummer who travels around the country to play for acts like Noname and Chance the Rapper It was clear that he loved his career and where it was going Each week he was in a different city, telling a different girl in her twenties how he rose through the ranks of the Chicago music scene

As I listened to the story, I got the sense that in the back of his mind, Ralph always wanted to be a professional musician That said, he never expected that he’d have to get kicked out

of a music program and be forced to withdraw from college to get there It took a decade of ups and downs and a few fits of depression to get him where he is today, and a similar set of turbulent times await him on his journey to his next big goal: playing at Madison Square Garden

In college, there’s a big temptation to consider every failure in our lives to be evidence that we ’ re falling behind But every time I talk to someone who’s tasted even the crumbs of their childhood dreams, I hear the same reverberating message: the trek is always tainted

Because we have put-together friends with top jobs, impressive abilities and satisfying relationships, we often forget that everybody’s got either a few big slip ups in their past, a few in their future, or both

But that’s how it should be And we all know it

For those of us who aren ’ t yet where we aim to be, Ralph has a bit of advice He explained it to my friend and me in a story

Ralph has a close family member who plays college basketball He’s an incredible player, and one of the highest scorers on his team, but he’d be even better if he quit smoking weed as often as he does “I told him,” said Ralph, “ you gotta give yourself the best possible opportunity to succeed And he isn’t doing that ”

Driving home at two in the morning, I thought about whether I’m giving myself the best possible opportunity to succeed As I considered it, I came to an obstacle: I had to first decide what “ success ” even means to me I need to know what I want

I once read a book called A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller, and in it, there was a quote I’ve remembered for years In a brief discussion about Star Wars, the author noted:

“If I pause the DVD on any frame, I could point toward any major character and say exactly what that person wanted No character had a vague ambition It made me wonder if the reasons our lives seem so muddled is because we keep walking into scenes in which we, along with the people around us, have no clear idea what we want ”

Maybe there’ll always be a degree of ambiguity and malleability to my life But I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to spend a bit more time thinking about what I want If I have a good idea of what success looks like in a given situation, I’ll be able to determine whether I’m working towards it or against it And I’m sure that’ll come in handy

So, thanks Ralph

Paul Russell is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at pr ussell@cor nellsun com Russelling Feathers appears alter nate Wednesdays this semester

Letter to the Editor

Re:‘Offcials stun Gabe Dean in Division I wrestling finals’

As a former wrestler and I might add a very good one, I can say that the officials got it wrong and the wrong hand was raised at the Division I tournament The controversial two points given to Bo Nickal for a silly definition of a takedown was really not the right call But even if this split second call, for what really did not constitute any control were to stand, then the back turn points, which showed much more control and dominance on the edge of the mat, should have been awarded to Gabe Dean Gabe was also the more dominant wrestler throughout the match even though it was close on points Life isn’t always fair

Guest Room | Moumita Basuroychowdhury

The Land of the Canada Goose

On a complimentary cot, oneyear-old nugget me flew across the ocean blue to America My family moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where my mom babysat, made diapers out of clothes and relied on governmental programs like WIC to keep me fed The O G dumpster divers, my parents furnished rooms with trashed treasures

Modest beginnings and hard work gave bloom to comfort We tumbled up the East Coast, moving every year of my childhood I saw America through my neighborhoods, heard it on radio stations By high school, my parents had earned graduate degrees I owe my ease entirely to their struggle

While Ithaca is rad, the number of Canada Goose jackets per capita on this campus astounds me

Each jacket, initially made for scientists working on Antarctica(!), could feed 800 kids

I’ve heard of gluttonous consumers hating their money, but the complacency that accompanies leaving these sleeping bags lying around at parties floors me

elemental salt, everything was still again

To salvage my academics, I carried the burden of explanation On the subject of disabilities, one advisor talked about how her mother often made her insecure too Another asked if I was happy that I had transferred, implying academic hiccups were result of a lack of effort or intelligence They barred me from enrolling into STEM classes and suggested alternate majors The kind oppressor robs you of opportunity to save you from the struggle

Through offense and bruise, I experienced the cascade of prejudice I envied students with the gift of stability growing up and the white women respected more than me I felt my cheap ephemerality in

section during orientation going beyond stress management, and we should use online/text mediums to satiate space scarcity We’ve been trying to expand Gannett for over a decade after it was first deemed significantly undersized for the population

Many of my peers struggle daily with ableism If it’s known that our primary medical resource has been strained to capacity, awareness among staff should be reinforced beyond one-time training

I’ve heard of gluttonous consumers hating their money, but the complacency that accompanies leaving these sleeping bags lying around at parties floors me.

On this predominately liberal campus, a segregation still thrives Whether a result of self-preservation or exclusion, the divide between racial groups and socioeconomic classes persists In spite of our diversity, social circles and many student organizations are largely homogenous The largest one, the Greek system, is a bastion for disparity the majority of its members being white, wealthy and often private school educated It’s troubling when you learn that 80 percent of Fortune 500 executives, 76 percent of U S congressmen, and 85 percent of supreme court justices have been in a fraternity

It’s difficult to reconcile that with what I assumed higher education preluded, a disruption of tradition

While my friends spearhead progressive initiatives on campus, they live with people misrepresentative of our numbers It’s a generational problem that perpetuates poisons like cronyism and institutional oppression far beyond Ithaca

Some time ago, I was raped in a bedroom, called a flurry of racial slurs and dragged from my quietly oppressive America Kind words from friends cushioned the blow, but two of my closest jumped ship because of an innate inability to empathize My reality turned psychedelic I planned a trip to Memphis to listen to blues, said I’d stay in a tent and live off of canned soup I was teetering on some edge, losing my mind By grace of an

social/romantic ties and educational spaces, and I was torched by people’s inherent freedom and endowed ability to learn and resist on this campus

There’s faith that our campus isn’t just an extension of our country Cornell is gilded, like the performative “humanitarian” douche on Tinder Sure, we ’ re diverse, but the support ends there We still offer scattered rooms and minimal funds to minorities; for example, The Center for Intercultural Dialogue, The Asian & Asian American Center, The IDP, SDDI, The African, Latino, Asian, Native American SPB and The LGBTQ+ Resource Center exist in a tiny house Our staff is still 78 percent white, and over a period of nine years, the Now Campaign fished $36 million for Faculty Renewal, $10 million for Library Collections, but $4 million for Faculty Diversity from donors Education isn’t nearly as powerful as example

Food insecurity is still a major issue, and the only solution to mitigate it has come from students We’re still stringing nets across bridges/stressing crisis lines in the nature of a reactive mental health system instead of hiring more than ~27 counselors/psychiatrists to ser ve 2,800 students at NYU, the cost of one counselor can be covered by retaining two students There are even economic benefits to universities supporting their students to graduation since students’ eventual social contributions entice donors

We should craft a mental-health

Calling to abolish the Greek system is idealistic, because that vacuum would be filled with something similar, and more pertinent, it’s a conduit for donors If this sectarian system quantitatively equates to success, we should go beyond filling a diversity acceptance quota Systematic oppression doesn’t molt away Donors who perpetuate their narrow ideals keep minorities underrepresented in the most powerful echelons of society There’s no pressure on chapters to be more inclusive For instance, the recruitment guides past rush were majority white or white-passing Coupled with that representation, there aren ' t diversity positions on councils We should aid minorities in taking advantage of this mammoth network directly or by incentivizing houses to do so Greek housing is one of the cheapest housing options Maybe the dance of perspectives will take down the heteronormative, classist, misogynistic structures still loitering While many use a few exceptions to naively romanticize the current situation, here is the rule

Nearly all the wonderful people I’ve met here appreciate and cherish differences, but are unable to reverse practices so deeply ingrained in Cornell’s history during their time, leaving administration free to capitalize on turnover So, I’ll spend my last summer taking in all of Ithaca’s beauty, groovin’ at Grassroots I hope one day students won ’ t legally change their ethnic names to attract recruiters, lines won ’ t be longer behind female recruiters because “she’ll be easier” and one won ’ t have to pass by drunk Ivy Leaguers dancing to “Take a Walk ” For anyone feeling like a tiny fish in a massive sea, “ never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity ” Trust solidarity, and don’t let the bastards grind you down

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

By MIKAYLA KUYKENDALL Sun Contributor

All right, Cornellians, it’s about that time we only have to make it through a couple more days until Spring Break For me, that means going back home to cornfields and sweet tea with enough sugar to fill a small swimming pool But I know for a lot of you that means tropical locations and breaking out the dusty swimsuit you thought you would have an opportunity to wear earlier until you realized that Ithaca doesn’t know the appropriate weather patterns for Spring

As the days leading up to break have been crossed off, I have noticed that Teagle has been a little more crowded than usual, and the salad bar has been getting some extra attention These recent phenomena are warming the hearts of nutrition majors all over campus However, I think it’s important to go over some nutrition do’s and don’ts while preparing for that tropical getaway or even if you ’ re just going home where Mama doesn’t care what your major is and you better eat everything she makes for you

This advice is for everyone girls and guys because everyone wants to look and feel good for Spring Break

DO Eat more fruits and vegetables These will increase your fiber and micronutrient intake while decreasing your sugar, fat and calorie consumption, which helps improve your metabolism

By MURALI SARAVANAN Sun Staff Writer

As I wrote in my last article, I promised y ’all that I’d go back to De Tasty Hotpot to try the actual hotpot, and I finally got around to it last weekend I went with a friend of mine, Alisa, who visited me right after the snowstorm hit Since hotpot is best in the winter and particularly comforting when there’s a foot and a half of snow outside we made the trek to Collegetown to eat lunch at De Tasty Alisa is Chinese-American and grew up eating hotpot with her family, so I was excited to hear her critique of the experience and food We made our way down the

and immune system and reduces unhealthy weight gain

DO N’T Replace all of your meals with juice leading up to the day your plane takes off No matter what Adriana Lima says, there are many things that are wrong with taking this approach, including lack of fiber, calorie deficiency and risk of being hungry due to insulin spikes from all the sugar

tiny staircase into the restaurant for lunch It wasn ’ t very crowded, so we were seated immediately Hotpot is a very communal dish and is meant to be shared w i t h t h e p e o p l e yo u ’ re e a t i n g with To get the full experience, I’d recommend trying it at least once with your friends On a paper menu, you circle the type of broth you want and choose the meat, noodles and vegetables to go in the soup After you give your order, they bring out the boiling soup base and place it on a hot plate embedded in the table so that it stays hot Then they bring out the additional ingredients that you ordered You use this “hotpot” to cook the ingredients yourself at the table

juice contains

DO Avoid eating tons of sugary or salty snacks I love binge eating salt ’ n ’ vinegar chips just as much as anyone, but a diet consisting of only those and Little Debbie Cakes are just not going to help you stay healthy, no matter how much your taste buds thank you for it Lots of sugar

makes you feel energized temporarily, but then you’ll experience the “ sugar crash,” and too much salt will leave you feeling bloated

D O N’ T Skip meals Three balanced meals a day and a couple of snacks (or six smaller meals if you ’ re one of those people with a whole lot of self control) is the best way to provide your body

with the energy and nutrients that it needs to function properly

DO Monitor your progress by seeing how your clothes fit and how your body feels As you become healthier, clothes will become more comfortable, you’ll have more energy and you won ’ t have stomachaches from eating prepared foods from 7-11

DO N’T Weigh yourself every day Your body goes through daily changes (water, hormones, etc ) that cause weight to fluctuate

Weighing yourself constantly will make you feel as if you ’ ve made no progress even though you have Plus, scales don’t measure body composition they don’t know that you ’ re making gains in the now overly crowded Teagle

DO Monitor your portions

While many people (me) think that the whole family-size bag of chips is one ser ving, it’s not Watching how much you eat will help you reduce the amount of unnecessary calories in your everyday diet

DO N’T Deprive yourself A serving of French fries every once in awhile isn’t going to push you back at all If you want a chocolate chip cookie, please eat it just

don’t eat 13 of them Restricting yourself that much usually leads to binge eating, and then you will have a setback in your progress Plus, the guilt is so not worth the pleasure that soft cookies with melted chocolate chips bring (oh wait, maybe it is) No matter what, getting ready for Spring Break is all about being healthy and feeling good in your own skin Any time you choose an apple over a donut is progress even if you don’t see an immediate change when you look in the mirror Believe me, I’m a victim of doing seven crunches every couple of weeks and then wondering where my abs are, but this is a journey that lasts much longer than the week leading up to break Wherever you ’ re at on your path to health, rock that swimsuit as you sip some exotic beverage out of a whole fruit (oh look, getting those servings of fruit even on vacation) or those sweatpants as you watch the whole series of The Office in one day

Mikayla Kuykendall is a junior in the School

We ordered the Special Spicy Hot Soup and the pork combo I’d generally recommend getting one of the combos off the menu as they seem to give you the most bang for your buck The pork combo came with thinly sliced pork, cabbage, corn, tofu, tomato, e n o k i m u s h ro o m s , E a r w o o d mushrooms, baby bok choy and thin vermicelli noodles In addition, we ordered the sweet potato jelly noodles and pork belly

Since most of the cooking is done at the table, the food came out in under ten minutes The pot was split into two sections, which is great if you want to bring vegetarian friends with you, since you can cook the veggies and noodles on one side and the meat on the

other Also, you could hypothetically order two types of broth, accommodating for those who don’t eat spicy food

One of the most impressive things about eating hotpot is the v i s u a l a

hotpot at De Tasty, make sure you order these noodles; I cannot recommend them enough

The only part of the meal that I didn’t particularly enjoy was the pork belly I didn’t like the texture and toughness of the meat; it was

much food stacked up ready to b e c o o k e d a n d e a t e n A f t e r admiring the view, we dived right in I tried the pork first after cooking it in the soup for about 30 seconds It was incredible T h e t h i

d with flavor from the spicy soup

The soup was the key part of the meal that held all of it together It was extremely spicy I can handle my spice, but this was a lot even for me and added so much flavor to ever ything that we cooked in it Since it was a Szechuan-style soup, it contained many peppercorns, which made the soup numbingly spicy

The sweet potato noodles were the best part of the meal They absorbed the flavor of the soup and had the perfect chewy texture I found myself searching through the soup at the end looking for any last remaining pieces of the noodles If you are ordering

thicker than what I’d expected, so keep that in mind when ordering Alisa and I spent about $20 each at this eatery She loved the food a lot, and agreed that the hotpot was authentic After this experience at De Tasty Hotpot, it has become my favorite sit-down restaurant in Collegetown The food has great flavor, and hotpot itself is an exciting and unique experience If you are looking for a new and interesting restaurant

e x p e r i e n c e , g o c h e c k o u t De Tasty!

S e r ve s : traditional hotpot and authentic Szechuan dishes

Vi b e : a casual restaurant for communal eating

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c o n v e r t d o g p e o p l e T h r o u g h a d o r a b l e s c e n e s a n d s t or i e s , K e d i c o m p e l s v i e w e r s t o t h i n k o n l y o f p o s i t i v e e x p e r i e n c e s w i t h c a t s a n d t h e e m o t i o n a l o r s p i r i t u a l o u t c o m e s o f t h e s e e n c o u n t e r s K e d i w a s a w a r m , c u d d l y f i l m f r o m b e g i n n i n g t o e n d t h a t b u i l t a s t r o n g c o n n e c t i o n w i t h i t s a u d i e n c e t h r o u g h s t o r i e s , c u t e n e s s a n d m e m o r y C e y d a To r u n , t h e d i r e c t o r a n d p r o d u c e r o f K e d i , s a y s i n a l e t t e r t o t h e a u d i e n c e t h a t t h e f i l m i s i n t e n d e d t o “f e e l l i k e y o u h a v e j u s t h a d a c a t s n u g g l e u p o n y o u r l a p u n e x p e c t e dl y a n d p u r r e n d l e s s l y f o r

BY TYRAN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer

I can tell you that Alicia Hall Moran is a singer with countless biographies woven into her lungs; that Rachel Eliza Griffiths and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon are poets of vast interpersonal awareness; that LaTasha N Nevada Diggs is a sensitive purveyor of visual and sonic incisions But this conveys only who they are on paper and not what they became in person when their forces cross-pollinated in Cornell’s Kiplinger Theater last Tuesday night

The title of their per formance, Throughline, felt like both descriptor and mission statement as they dre w lines through the curio cabinets of our minds even while rearranging them, jumping from soul to soul until only a singularity of verbal perfume was left Amid top notes of citrus and spice, girlhood’s questioning turned into womanhood’s indestructibility and floral mids scented the skin of forgotten children, while a base of grasslands and burnt umber evoked the muck of conflicting narratives from which these four singular artists excavated common themes

Moran’s voice carried ahistorical futures written in historical registers Presenting selections from her debut album, Heavy Blue, as well as new songs composed around

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The Women in the Room

the poetry of her sisterly collaborators, Moran spotlighted the nooks of maturation in which understandings take deepest root Whether intensifying her mezzo brilliance in the original “Open Door” or modernizing the spirit of John Dowland’s “Flow My Tears,” she proved that emotional celebrities must first unlock their own silence before preaching to the silenced Throughout her collage of serenades and broken dreams, she pulled at the seams of self-proclamation until “self-” dropped off and fell into the lottery of brighter tomorrows

Griffiths likewise blurred languages of light and grain, ever the auditory bokeh in our depth of field as listeners She took Moran’s photorealistic impulses of yearning and spun them into a pastiche of reflections Her lyrics were odes to lived experience Through pulling of moon and tide, creation and womb, a life-giving dance took place in everything she embraced In her world of submarine maternity and spirits within spirits, she rendered birth pangs as tactile substances to be fashioned into words Like a child looking upon her mother for the first time, every poem was precious and beyond worthy of the swaddling in our attentions

Van Clief-Stefanon drew a vertical axis to Griffiths’s horizontal, exploring hierarchies of musical impulses, chemical time

signatures and the types of choices that fuel epiphanies of social justice Her breaths of transitioning spring held their shape despite the infernos of ignorance that have beset our present age, and tipped her scales of allusion toward the popular canon polishing, for instance, Rihanna’s diamond until its dark matter threw open the wings of an intergalactic politic Pulling names from the depths of her blood, she homed in on key tones of physical relationships and lifted valor with gloved tongue as an object worthy of study Flipping over male dominance like a fish in a pan, she captured its briny smoke in her nostrils and exhaled sweet critique

Diggs’s visual manifestations were the rhythm section behind the soloists, to which she added her own interdisciplinary foraging as filtered through a tabletop array of electronica Her backdrops worked at molecular levels, made clear even before the artists laid down a path of composites still aching from the grammar of their integration Diggs divided the moon like an egg and deferred her camera to three women who shelter all the beauty of the world in their consonance

The Throughline project sees something beyond the obvious Experiencing it was akin to seeing a dream you once forgot now being laid bare, newborn edges and all Its

discourse was so precise that it sharpened the blades of memory until only reality was left by their slice It was music for those that fortune once threw into a pool of amniotic fluid and walked away disappointed when they didn’t drown Music for those who’ve since learned that every change of dress is another chance at remembrance Music that looked us straight in the eyes and said: You want to know what real privilege is? Sharing the duty of those dismantling its infrastructures, throwing away the master ’ s tools, and rebuilding letter by letter the temples of our bodies without warning signs, fire escapes or trigger alarms

Moran, Griffiths, Van Clief-Stefanon and Diggs were their own microphones, amplified through self-expression the strongest form of faith and built on the assertion that nothing is real until spoken, nothing spoken until real These were the women in the room, voices of a collective body whose signatures imprinted ears and eyes with every individual step forward, and the honor of unfolding said signatures out into this tightly and artfully folded world will stay with us Perseverant Honest Unafraid

Tyran Grillo is a graduate student at Cornell University He can be reached at tcg32@cornell edu

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McCarron Enters AHL

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Had it not been for an injury his sophomore year, McCarron would have played in nearly every game in his career he missed just one game outside of his sophomore season

In his senior season, McCarron finished second on the team in points with 25, going on to be named second-team All-Ivy, and to the all-tournament team at the ECAC championships, where he tallied an assist and a plethora of minutes It was the first time Cornell reached the ECAC finals since 2012, but dropped a 4-1 decision to Harvard

McCarron also held an eightgame points streak this season the longest for a Cornell blueliner since 2003

McCarron is the first one of his class to sign a professional contract, with several others expected to follow suit He joins seven other Cornellians on AHL teams, most notably Joakim Ryan ’15, a member of the San Jose Barracuda, also in the Western Conference

On the Griffins, he joins nine other former NCAA student-athletes, including fellow ECACers Mike Borkowski of Colgate, Kyle Criscuolo of Harvard and Matt Lorito of Brown, among more from a variety of conferences and schools

“I met [some of ] them at development camp in the summer nice guys, ” McCarron said “Played hard against them for a couple years They are welcoming me with open arms down here and have been really nice to me, so

appreciate them doing that ”

Another one of McCarron’s new teammates is Dominik Shine, who also signed with Grand Rapids this year, but out of Northern Michigan University McCarron and Shine faced off in the Florida College Classic this past December, where Cornell won 5-2 Shine had a goal in the game, and McCarron added three assists

The two former foes are now roommates in their first year playing professional hockey, McCarron said

“He is kind of showing me around today,” McCarron added of Shine “Really good guy, good player and nice having someone in a similar situation as me down here

”

One of McCarron’s new assistant coaches is Mike Knuble, a former Michigan Wolverine who played 1,068 games in the NHL, the first of which for the Red Wings Knuble also played a single game for the Griffins at the age of 40, where he tallied an assist

“All the guys that are around the organization have been around pro hockey for a while, so it’s just about learning every day and taking as much in as you can from each guy so I can turn my career into a long pro hockey career, ” McCarron said

Currently, the Griffins sit atop the Central Division third in the entire league with a 43-191-4 record and an already clinched spot in the postseason

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Springfeld Signs Buckles

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to get into the mix and in the minds of his opponents The NCAA would penalize Buckles had he ever entered a full on fight Now, that is almost encouraged in the AHL

The Toronto native played in at least 25 games each of his four seasons, missing part of his senior year due to injury Regardless, he finished sixth on the team in points, finding himself on the scoresheet 17 out of 29 games

Five of his nine senior year goals came in a six game stretch from Jan 28 to Feb 17, and he added an assist in that span as well

He makes it nine total Cornellians in the AHL after McCarron signed Tuesday morning with the Grand Rapids Griffins Most notably, he enters the Atlantic Division with the Thunderbirds, which consists of

Cole Bardreau ’15 and Reece Willcox ’16 on the Lehigh Valley Phantoms Philadelphia Flyers affiliate and Brian Ferlin ’15 on the Providence Bruins the Boston Bruins’ minor league team Buckles joins several other former collegiate athletes on the Thunderbirds’ roster, including products of Denver, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio St and Wisconsin, among others Assistant coaches of the Thunderbirds are Doug Janik and Michael Ryan, who spent time at University of Maine and Northeastern, respectively

The Thunderbirds currently sit at sixth in the Atlantic Division with a 27-30-9-2 record with one of the lower goal totals in the league Buckles will look to inflate that stat

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Gillam Relocates South

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against each other and as soon as they introduced themselves I kind of recognized them as a player, ” Gillam said “There isn’t really any head butting or anything like that They’ve been great and welcoming me with open arms and have just been a great organization overall ” Other former collegiate athletes

on the Solar Bears hail from Providence, Minnesota-Duluth, Ohio St , and UNH, among others

The Solar Bears currently sit at third in the South Division with a 34-24-6-3 record, currently in the midst of a playoff race with the regular season ending April 8

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Red Looks to Extend Five-Game Winning Streak

Women’s lacrosse resumes non-conference play against Rutgers Saturday in hopes of continuing strong play

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

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Despite All-time Success in Series, Cornell Knows to Not Overlook Dartmouth

By ZACH SILVER Sun Sports Editor

Think Cornell men ’ s lacrosse

l o o k s f o r w a r d t o p l a y i n g Dar tmouth each year? Histor y suggests that they do, and probably any other year the confidence would be at a level that would allow the team to look at Dar tmouth as an easy win

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k n o w s i t c a n n o t t a k e a n y matchup for granted

“We can’t overlook anybody right now obviously where we’re sitting

“Anyone can beat anyone, ” s a i d j u n i o r m i d f i e l d e r Jo rd a n Dowiak “ There’s no real underdog anymore ” Despite the caution the team holds, no other team in recent histor y has been able to gang up

o n D a r t m o u t h ( 1 - 6 , 0 - 1 ) a s much as the Red (1-6, 0-2 Ivy) Cornell’s most convincing win

i n l a s t ye a r ’ s s u b - 5 0 0 s e a s o n came over the Green, a 19-4

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decision on the road in Hanover

T h e y e a r b e f o r e : 8 - 2 i n Ithaca, and before that 19-4, 215, 7-5 and 19-8 you get the picture

The last time Cornell lost to Dar tmouth was in 2010, a 8-6 stunner in favor of the Green in Gillette Stadium At the time, Cornell was 7-1 on the season

A n d t h e Gre e n ? 2 - 4 C o r n e l l made it to the national semifinals that year

It was a blip on the radar in a series where Cornell has been seemingly unable to lose as of late Just one year before the stunner in Foxborough, Cornell returned to form and took a 196 win in Hanover

But one thing remains different in this season than in years past; Cornell has not been the usual dominant self the team typically aims to be “ We can ’ t overlook anybody right now obviously where we ’ re sitting,” said head coach Matt Ker wick

“ The margins now are a lot smaller than they’ve ever

b e e n It d o e s n ’ t m a t t e r w h o you ’ re playing if you ’ re not ready and you don’t come out playing hard and playing well you ’ re going to come out on the shor t end of it ”

“ We’re backing ourselves in a corner right now, ” he added

The Green which has had its own share of season troubles still presents a good oppor tunity for Cornell to notch its first league win of the season

Dar tmouth touts the lowestscoring offense in the Ivy League with 52 goals 22 behind the next highest team in Cornell

The Green’s defense, however, has given up a respectable 86 goals, the almost exact average for the seven Ivy teams

On the other hand, Cornell h a s a l l owe d a s t a g g e r i n g 1 0 5 goals so far this year; almost 80 percent of the goals allowed last year with plenty of games left to play

But that stat is ske wed by the fact that 16 goals were conceded in each of the team ’ s first five games Since then Cornell has found its defensive rhythm a bit, holding opponents to 10 or less goals in the last two games

“ We have to find a way to play well at both ends and do that consistently if we are going t o p u l l t h e s e g a m e s o u t , ” Ker wick said “ We’ve found our way defensively [as of late] and have found our identity there ” The “ scrappy team, ” a term K e r w i c k u s e d t o l a b e l Dar tmouth, is paced by junior attack Richie Loftus’ 14 goals and 19 points In the net resides f re s h m a n Ge o r g e C h r i s t o p h e r, who earned the star ting role his first year and has put up a 475 s a v e p e r c e n t a g e a n d 7 6 t o t a l saves Freshman phenom Jeff Teat leads the way for the young Red in both goals and assists His 15 goals and 14 assists are team highs in both regards Classmate Connor Fletcher is next, also with 15 goals and six assist of his own A third of Fletcher’s season goal total came in the 10-9 loss

to Penn this past weekend

“ S o m e o f t h o s e f r e s h m e n playing serious minutes for us h a v e d o n e a n a w

s o m e j o b, ” Dowiak said “ They're playing like older guys even though they only have seven college games under their belts ” The game against Dar tmouth wraps up a three-game homestand for Cornell, which, after Saturday, will play only twice more at Schoellkopf before the end of the regular season With three Ivy League games left after Saturday only one more in Ithaca Dar tmouth presents a per fect oppor tunity to salvage what is left in the season

“It’s an impor tant one for us, ” Ker wick said “ We’re focused on playing our best game of the season on Saturday ”

3 Cornellians Sign Pro Deals

Toronto affiliate Orlando Solar Bears signs Gillam

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It is hard to picture a Cornell men ’ s hockey game without the six-foot-flat Mitch Gillam leading the team onto the ice and standing in the crease come puck drop

The Peterborough, Ontario, native has been a staple of the program throughout his three years starting in Ithaca, but the team ’ s loss to UMass Lowell signals the end of Gilliam’s time in a carnelian and white jersey, and thus a new direction for the team in net and for Gillam in a career

At least for for Gillam, that new direction was made clear Tuesday, when the Orlando Solar Bears

the ECHL affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs announced the senior had been signed to a amateur tryout contract for the remainder of the 201617 season

His eligibility begins as soon as Tuesday night, though he did not appear in the Solar Bears’ away game against the Adirondack Thunder

“I feel young again, which is nice,” Gillam told The Sun “Super exciting to continue my hockey career and pal in the ECHL on an ATO for the Solar Bears, who are a great organization and are affiliated with the Toronto Maple Leafs so who knows ”

Gillam’s play at Cornell began his freshman season, where he appeared in two games His debut came Nov 26 that season, where he notched a 24save victory, and also added the first goal by a Cornell goalie on empty net a moment that lives in Cornell hockey infamy and foreshadowed of the excitement he was to bring

He leaves college hockey with the most points among goalies with a total of five the one goal and four assists

“I could have had a couple more assists if some guys got a few more goals on the breakaway,” Gillam joked “But it was a great experience and the guys helped me defensively as well so can ’ t thank them enough ”

Over the course of his final three years, as Gillam earned the starting role each campaign, he guided the Red to 46 wins, 25 of which came this past senior season He was a key part in guiding Cornell back to its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2012

Gillam departs from Cornell with a career record of 47-28-17, goals against average of 2 15 and save percentage of 918 His 11 shutouts are the fourthmost in program history He owns the third-longest shutout streak in regards to minutes in program history, a 213:17 span over the course of four games during his junior season

“Having [Andy Illes ’14] as a mentor really pushed me to become a starter in the league,”

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Gillam said “The last couple years I’ve been able to establish myself as a solid goaltender in the league and hopefully I can keep going up the ranks in each league I play in and for each organization I play for, and hopefully get to the top one day ”

The netminder is the second of his class to sign with a professional organization, as Patrick McCarron signed an AHL contract with the Detroit Red Wings’ organization earlier Tuesday morning

Gillam enters the Solar Bears’ roster at a time when the team holds only a single goalie on its roster Ryan Massa, a University of Nebraska Omaha product

Gillam and Massa faced off once before in game one of two-games series at Lynah in 2014 The matchup ended in a 1-1 tie with Gillam making 38 saves and Massa 29 Massa faced off against current Cornell junior goalie Hayden Stewart in game two, making 32 saves en route to a 2-1 win for the Mavericks

The Solar Bears also tout two former ECAC foes of Gillam, former RPI Engineers Chris Bradley and Milos Bubela Gillam has faced off against the two several times throughout his collegiate career, and Bradley has two goals on the Cornellian, while Bubela has added three assists

Bubela assisted Bradley on the second RPI goal of a 3-3 tie with Cornell in a 2016 contest at Lynah

“As soon as I walked in with my Cornell gear a bunch of them came over to me and said we played

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McCarron joins Red Wings AHL affiliate, Grand Rapids Griffins

By ZACH SILVER Sun Sports Editor

2016-17 has been quite the year for Patrick McCarron In the span of his senior season, he has doubled his career point total with career highs in goals (6) and assists (19) while serving as alternate captain for Cornell men ’ s hockey en route to the team ’ s first NCAA tournament appearance since 2012

And to cap it all off, he has been rewarded with a contract to fulfill a lifelong dream of playing professional hockey

The Grand Rapids Griffins, t h e A m e r i c a n Ho c k e y L e a g u e a f f i l i a t e o f t h e De t ro i t Re d Wings, announced Tuesday they have signed McCarron to an amateur tryout for the remainder of the 2016-17, with a full professional contract coming the following year

“It was a heartbreaking way to end the college year losing like we d i d t o U Ma s s [ L owe l l ] , ” McCarron told The Sun as he was getting sushi after his first skate in Michigan “[But now] just really thrilled to be here, excited and want to learn and take in as much

as I can ”

Though undrafted, McCarron attended the Red Wings’ NHL development camp last summer, and he has been prominent on their radar ever since He is eligible to appear in a game as early as Wednesday night, but he did not a p p e a r i n t h e Gr i f f i n s ’ h o m e game against Milwaukee

T h ro u g h o u t h i s c a re e r, McCarron has been one of the Red’s most dependable blueliners, often being deployed against the opposing teams ’ top lines This season, especially, he found himself tallying plenty of minutes at even strength, on the penalty kill and the power play

“I developed into a more complete hockey player, and really had to learn how to play at both ends of the ice,” McCarron said of his time at Cornell “Didn’t really defend very well when I got to school and I think [head coach Mike Schafer ’86] and [associate h e a d c o a c h Be n Sye r ] re a l l y helped me become a more complete player and I think I became a better player and a better person in my four years ”

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Buckles Closes With Springfield Thunderbirds, Scores in First Game

By ZACH SILVER Sun Sports Editor

The Springfield Thunderbirds, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Florida Panthers, announced Wednesday that Cornell men ’ s hockey senior forward Matt Buckles has been signed to an amateur tryout contract to finish out the 2016-17 season, the team announced Wednesday Buckles is in the lineup for the Thunderbirds’ Wednesday night home game against the

Bridgeport Sound Tigers He instantly made a splash with his first career pro goal 6:58 into the second period Buckles is the third member of the current senior class to join a professional organization, as Patrick McCarron’sand Mitch Gillam’s signings were announced Tuesday However, he is the only one of his class to play with an organization that drafted him neither McCarron nor Gillam were drafted

The Panthers selected Buckles in the fourth round with the 98th

Down and dirty | Buckles was never one to hold back, notching 44 points across his

overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft after he was named the Ontario Junior A Hockey League’s Top Prospect by the NHL Central Scouting Service Buckles spent four seasons on East Hill, amassing 44 total points 29 goals and 15 assists His 29 career goals paced his senior class, with 12 coming on the power play and five in the postseason Buckles made his name with his gritty play style, never afraid

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