A former member of the committee that disqualified Varun Devatha ’19 from the Student Assembly presidential race said on Monday that he had resigned from the body because its members had worked to “rig” the election in favor of Devatha’s opponent
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The explosive claim, which other members of the Student Assembly Elections Committee strongly denied, comes as the group prepares to announce on Tuesday or Wednesday whether Devatha or Dale Barbaria ’19 will assume the
The committee will first review a report from the judicial codes counselor evaluating Devatha’s claim that the committee applied e l e c t i o n rules in a biased manner in the decision to d i s q u a l i f y him The Sun revealed on Monday that the c o m m i t t e e disqualified Devatha based on a meme posted by one of his supporters Austin McLaughlin ’18, who led the elections committee in spring 2017, resigned as a voting
member late last month He claimed in a letter to the editor on Monday and in subsequent interviews that committee members had improperly failed to recuse themselves from deliberations last month and, in one instance, “doctored” a vote count to indicate that members had recused themselves when they actually had not He said that at least three voting members should have recused themselves from the March 28 vote to expel Devatha, which would not have changed the majority opinion, but may have
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M a r c h 2 8 a f t e r a s t u d e n t reported that a meme posted by one of Devatha’s supporters v i o l a t e d e l e c t i o n s r u l e s b y using the logos of Cornell and the Hans Bethe House, The Su n p r e v i o u s l y r e p o r t e d Devatha is appealing his disqualification, which he deemed a biased action, delaying the release of the election results
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Students dress up as the famous painting by Johannes Vermeer, “Girl with a Pearl Earring,”on Dragon Day, an annual tradition that brings hundreds of students to central campus in a celebration just before Spring Break
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Faculty Respond to Potential Curriculum Shifts
By SAMANTHA STERN Sun Staff Writer
When asked what he hopes for the future of the Arts and Sciences curriculum, Prof Brian Crane, chemistr y and chemical biology, says that he hopes for a curriculum that “excites students, allows them to explore broadly in the arts and sciences, exposes them to new things, prepares them to excel in the modern world and inspires a passion for lifelong learning ”
Crane, a member of the Arts and Sciences curriculum committee along with committee chair Prof Thomas Pepinsky, government, support the committee’s recent r
requirements
The changes would shorten the college’s language requirement, allowing students to take one non-introductor y course or two language courses of at least three credits in the same language, as The Sun previously reported The existing requirement mandates one nonintroductor y class or 11 credits in one language
Additionally with the proposed changes, students would be able to satisfy their language requirement with courses in American Sign Language
Crane said the key principles underlying their recommendations are that the curriculum should be, “balanced among the disciplines, allow students to explore early, while not over burdening them with requirements and provide exposure to areas that are most crucial for thriving in modern society ”
“We should periodically make sure requirements are those of the current faculty and designed for current students ”
Prof Ravi Ramakrishna ’88, mathematics, also supports the proposal as a whole and emphasizes the importance of reevaluating the curriculum periodically
“I also ver y much prefer the simpler structure of requirements and the idea of encouraging students to explore earlier in their academic careers, ” Ramakrishna
Lessening language length | The Arts and Sciences curriculum committee made recommendations to create a curriculum that’s more balanced among the disciplines on March 28, which is now being evaluated by faculty
said “Since the last review of the Arts and Sciences graduation requirements, the faculty has turned over by well over 50 percent We should periodically make sure
designed for current students ”
On March 28, the committee presented their final report and recommendations to the Arts and Sciences faculty at a faculty meeting
During the meeting, other faculty members presented their feedback especially regarding the changes to the language requirement
Gretchen Ritter, dean of the arts and sciences college, encouraged groups of faculty in an email to collect their ideas regarding the report by “endorsing some or all of the recommendations, or offering alternative proposals,” while thanking the committee and Pepinsky for, “leading a thoughtful and thorough process that has taken so many varied perspectives into account over the past year ”
According to Ritter’s email, Prof Leslie Adelson,
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C o r n e l l’s c a r b o n e m i s s i o n s p r im a r i l y c o m e f ro m t h e b u i l d i n g s a n d n o t t h e e n e r g y p l a n t o n c a mp u s , a c c o rd i n g t o Ze m a n i c k T h i s m e a n s w e h a v e t o “ b e s m a r t a b o u t t h e w a y we u s e e n e r g y o n c a m p u s , ” Ze m a n i c k s a i d , i n c l u di n g f o c u s i n g e f f o r t s o n d e c re a s i n g c a r b o n e m i s s i
German studies, and Prof Stur t Manning, classical archaeology, are creating a draft proposal in response to the committee’s recommendations This draft proposal will address their concerns with the proposed shortened language requirement and suggest new recommendations “ The College of Arts & Sciences must preser ve its vital commitment to foreign language study for the sake of a liberal arts education across the disciplines, and especially in the age of global citizenship,” Adelson said “Any further reductions in our language requirements would not ser ve our students and their futures well ” Pepinsky although aware of possible challenges and alternative proposals is “optimistic, however, that faculty from across the departments and programs in the college will identify areas of common interest,” which will be “the foundation for future growth ”
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Increasing Public Education a Step Toward Carbon Neutral Campus
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Elections Committee Head Denies Former Member’s Claims of Bias
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resulted in the committee not being able to achieve a quorum
“The committee, rather than the meme, compromised the fairness of the election,” McLaughlin wrote Travis Cabbell ’18, the current director of elections and chair of the committee, categorically denied McLaughlin’s claims, saying that all members who needed to recuse themselves did so He said no reports were illegitimately altered
“I 100 percent stand by every decision that has been made by this elections committee,” Cabbell said “Every decision that has been made has been thought out and taken hours of deliberation ”
The judicial codes counselor, Kendall Karr, a Cornell law student, has sent a report evaluating Devatha’s claim of bias to the committee, which will revie w the report on Tuesday Karr said her report is detailed and includes an analysis of which entity has the final authority to overturn the disqualification, but she declined to further discuss the contents of her report
After reviewing Karr’s report, the committee is expected to issue a final decision o n De va t h a ’ s d i s q u a l i f i c a t i o n a n d announce the winner of the election on Tuesday evening or on Wednesday
If Devatha’s disqualification is upheld, Barbaria will win by default and it may never be known who received the most votes If Devatha is reinstated, then the winner will be determined based on who received more votes
Devatha and Barbaria both declined to comment on Monday night
The spilling of the elections committee dispute into the public sphere follows the revelation on Monday that the committee had disqualified Devatha from the race, after voting concluded, based on a meme
posted by one of his supporters The meme was posted in a popular Facebook group with thousands of student members and it included two Cornell logos, which the committee ruled were in violation of election rules, according to a copy of a confidential committee document obtained by The Sun
McLaughlin claimed that committee members failed to follow a section of the election rules regarding recusals The section, which McLaughlin authored in 2016, re q u i re s a n y c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r w h
serves on an executive board to recuse themselves from a challenge involving a candidate endorsed by the organization
Of 10 voting members on the committee, three sit on the executive board of at
Barbaria Cabbell, who does not vote, also serves as the interim executive director of
endorsed Barbaria
McLaughlin believes that those three voting members must recuse themselves from any challenges involving Barbaria or Devatha He said they should not have
Devatha, which ended in a six to one decision in favor of ejecting Devatha from the race, with one person abstaining
Cabbell’s interpretation of the r ule, however, according to internal documents, is that the members only need to recuse themselves from hearings of challenges against Barbaria
Cabbell declined to discuss specific deliberations, citing a confidentiality agreement that he said McLaughlin was violating, but Cabbell noted that he is the final interpreter of the rules because he is the head of the committee
“Any former [director of elections] or any former elections committee member may have an opinion, but at the end of the day, that final interpretation lies with the
current elections committee,” Cabbell said “In regards to the way the rule is written and the way the elections committee interpreted it, all the members that needed to recuse themselves did ” McLaughlin noted that several members of the committee, including Cabbell, are on the executive board of the Lending Librar y, an organization that endorsed Barbaria and was formerly run by Barbaria’s c a m p a i g n m a n a g e r,
Jaelle Sanon ’19
“If that doesn’t indicate a conflict of interest, then I don’t know what does,” McLaughlin said
During a hearing in w h i c h Ba r b a r i a w a s accused by a student of violating election rules by having a Cornell logo on his website an incident that has not been previously reported the three members with conf l i c t s d i d n o t re c u s e t h e m s e l ve s , McLaughlin claimed McLaughlin claimed that the committee ’ s final report on the matter which cleared Barbaria in a five to zero vote, with one abstaining and three recused was doctored to indicate that the three members had recused themselves when they had actually participated in the deliberations and voted Cabbell and other committee members denied this, saying that the three members had recused themselves
est standards of ethics and equality" and that they “have faced harsh public scrutiny that has made some kind individuals have to stress about one more unnecessar y thing ” Corona emphasized in an email that she had followed the election rules regarding recusals and that she did not participate in t h e L
Barbaria Lin did not immediately respond to an email on Monday night
“The biggest takeway is that it’s going to be hard for whoever ends up winning ”
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That final report, obtained by The Sun, indicates that Clady Corona ’19 and Terrill Malone ’21, who are on the Lending Library executive board, as well as Lucy Lin ’20 who sits on the executive board of the Cornell Asian Pacific Islander Student Un i o n , w h i c h e n d o r s e d Ba r b a r i a recused themselves
Malone said in a letter to the editor on Monday night that the elections committee members had held themselves " to the high-
Cabbell said he stood by all of the committee’s reports C a b b e l l
n o t e d that he and the other committee members on t h e L e n d i n g L i b r a r y board Corona and Malone did not participate in the organization’s decision to endorse Barbaria
The director of elections also said that McLaughlin “ never once ” voiced a concern that members were violating the rules until he resigned from the committee
In an interview on Monday night, TJ Ball ’19, a Student Assembly member, lamented that the lengthy slog of a complex election process will create an “uphill battle” for whoever assumes the presidency
The situation “has not helped the mindset of either Varun or Dale coming into the presidency, that there’s been so much speculation around the outcome due to the election committee’s reviewing of the rules and the challenges,” said Ball, who has endorsed Barbaria
“The biggest takeaway is that it’s going to be hard for whoever ends up winning and becomes president to get the amount of respect on campus that they deserve,” Ball said
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Culprit faces three to seven years for crime that CUPD highlights as one in ‘series’ of recent, similar reports
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He faces three to seven years in state prison and up to five years of post-
r e l e a s e s u p e r v i s i o n and is scheduled to be sentenced after a presentence investigation
“I was troubled to hear this happened in o u r c o m m u n i t y a n d specifically in one of our residential facilities,” said CUPD Police Chief Kathy Zoner “ The investigative work by our investigators and all other officers
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involved was key to bringing these cases to a successful close and subsequent arrest We recognize this does not minimize the impact of these crimes on the victims but hope that knowing the defendant is no longer free to victimize others offers some solace ”
“I was troubled to hear this happened in our community and specifically in one of our residential facilities.”
CUPD’s Facebook post also notes that there have been “ a series of similar repor ts in Ithaca during the previous six months ” C o u r t d o c u m e n t s show that Slater is a registered sex offender who was convicted in 2013 of f e l o n y s e c o n d - d e g r e e attempted rape of a 14year-old girl, as repor ted by The Ithaca Voice It was also repor ted that he was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years of probation Slater was previously arrested by CUPD in 2015 for allegedly engaging in three le wd incidents
on Cornell’s East Campus, as previously repor ted by The Sun In one instance, a woman saw a man masturbating in a vehicle, and two other repor ts were made to CUPD about a man in a vehicle “yelling le wd comments and making le wd gestures toward the victims, both females ” Regarding the alleged masturbation incident, Slater said in cour t documents that he had spilled coffee on himself while delivering ne wspapers on campus and was changing his pants, according to The Ithaca Voice Slater did however admit to s h o u t i n g p r o f a n i t i e s
women who were walking down
incidents while he was driving He also said that he had asked if the women would par take in oral or sexual conduct with him, according to The Ithaca Voice After those incidents, Slater was arraigned on a class A misdemeanor for public le wdness in the Town of Ithaca Cour t, The Sun previously repor ted
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University Meme Page Parodies S.A. Elections
Memes following elections controversy will encourage more discourse in ‘important topics,’ says meme designer
trays a tragic situation, which adds color to our lives ”
In another meme posted by Sasha Frolov ’21, a drawn Cornell logo was put next to the campaign poster of Dale Barbaria ’19, the other presidential candidate “As a massive suppor ter of Dale I am posting this meme to give my candidate an unfair leg up in the election by using the Cornell logo,” the caption reads
Some people also showed indifference towards the S A and this election turmoil One of these memes contains a
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house on fire labelled “cornell student assembly and its elections” and a woman labelled “99% of cornell,” who is pictured walki n g b y t h e h o u s e p a y i n g no attention to the fire in the background
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e f o r Barbaria in the election last month, he made the meme just to make fun of the situation and that he saw memes as a good way for the S A to reach more people
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Brian Gay ’18, who created several of the S A - related memes on Monday, concurred that memes will allow more people
to par ticipate in the discussions of important topics “I think that it is an issue that many people lack knowledge of the S A and lack caring about its actions and behaviors,” Gay said “But I believe that creating memes opens up a discussion about issues that people should regard as impor tant in a more interactive, simple format ”
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Letters to the Editor
Re: ‘First Generation Student Union Calls on Cornell to Review Legacy Admissions Practice’
To t he E dit or :
Earlier this year, the Cornell First Generation Student Union signed onto a letter alongside first-gen, low-income student groups at 12 of our peer institutions The letter called upon our respective university administrations to disclose and re-evaluate the purpose of legacy preferences in admissions decisions
A day after the #FullDisclosure campaign launched through an Associated Press press release and an article in The Atlantic, The Cornell Daily Sun reported on our decision to join the campaign The article was solely based off the #FullDisclosure letter, and an interview with FGSU’s Co-President, Mayra Valadez ‘18 and another Cornell student who is a legacy This letter aims to clarify and expand upon our arguments for re-evaluating legacy admissions that were not covered or covered sufficiently in the article
Contrar y to The Sun’s framing of our argument, the #FullDisclosure campaign neither aims to discredit the talents or academic qualifications of legacy students, nor denies the benefits of legacy students to Cornell’s yield rate Rather, #FullDisclosure’s goal is for complete transparency, as aggregate data suggest that legacy preferences in admissions decisions benefit the wealthy When Cornell discloses its practices, we can take a closer look at whether this trend is reflected at our school
A Cornell alumnus and a prominent voice for educational equity is speaking out against legacy preferences in admissions decisions Harold O Levy ’74 J D ‘79, executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and former Chancellor of New York City Public Schools, recently wrote an op-ed in the New York Times He argued that legacy admissions hamper economic mobility, and that elite colleges “make efforts to open up access to low-income students while at the same time culling applications in ways that give an advantage to the very wealthy ”
FGSU joined onto the #FullDisclosure campaign because we firmly believe it is important that Cornell University, as a landgrant institution, a private university with state-endowed colleges, a research institution with a Center for the Study of Inequality, a recipient of federal financial aid funding via Pell and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, and an institution that was founded on the principle of “ any person, any study,” owes it to students, parents and alumni, to fully disclose the role of legacy preferences in admissions decisions
May ra Val ad e z ’18
Pre side nt, First Ge ne ration Stu dent Union
In defense of the Elections Committee
To t he E dit or :
I stand in solidarity with the response of Travis Cabbell ’18 In response to the defamatory accusations presented against me and the Elections Committee throughout the course of this past election cycle, I would like to share that the committee and I have held ourselves to the highest standards of ethics and equality The Elections Committee strives to uphold the process that the Student Assembly has adopted to ensure the fairness and integrity of all elections for all positions If the individuals in question, community members or Student Assembly members do not like the rules that have been placed before us, I encourage any and all of them to speak up and be active in the process to revise them We were given a set of rules to interpret and some cases on which we had to decide, and throughout this entire process, as public servants of the system of shared governance at Cornell with nothing to gain, we have faced harsh public scrutiny that has made some kind individuals have to stress about one more unnecessary thing
I am disappointed in the ways in which certain individuals have behaved during this past election cycle I, and the rest of Student Assembly Elections Committee acted with integrity and due diligence in working to uphold the process and fairness of the Student Assembly Elections Furthermore, we ensured that we, as a body, did not place the importance of the race of any one position over another; we treated each and every case fairly and independently We only considered the Student Assembly Election Rules and the facts presented at the time during the deliberation of each case I, and the other members of both the Lending Library and the Elections Committee recused ourselves from the Lending Library vote to endorse Dale Barbaria
It is unfortunate that the Student Assembly Elections Committee has lost a servant, and has had to face such harsh scrutiny, but I stand firmly behind the decisions of the Elections Committee, and furthermore, the process
Te rril l Ma lo ne ’21
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Lee | Here, There and Everywhere A Note to
This semester seems to have gone by faster than I would have ever imagined The last day of classes is in a month and before I even know it, I will be done with half of my college career It only seems like a couple of months ago that I received my acceptance letter from Cornell and was frantically searching through Youtube videos to see what Cornell’s campus and dorms look like
While the plethora of videos and pamphlets provided a basic sense of what Cornell University is like its stunning gorges, amazing dining hall food, diverse student population, free zing cold winters ver y fe w described the student experience I didn’t know what to expect from the high school-to-university transition or how students discover themselves through Cornell’s often academically and socially over whelming climate Here are some of the things that I have realized as a Cornell student and Ithaca resident of two years, as well as pointers I wish I had received before I began this journey
Cornell really is as beautiful and full of life as the “Glorious to Vie w ” online video conveys The scener y is breathtaking (although it’s easy to forget when walking back from Uris Librar y after a long day of studying), the weather is amazing (only for the first couple of weeks), students are compassionate and zealous (before recr uiting or prelim season begins), alumni are tremendously dedicated and willing to help (in all of my encounters) Students, faculty and staff really do come from all backgrounds from students who have lived in Ithaca their entire life to professors who have travelled all over the world for research
Cornell’s name value is impor tant While it definitely shouldn’t be the deciding factor, you should know that a Cornell degree brings a great degree of tr ust to an employer or even someone you meet in a social setting Some people even treat you differently if they know you ’ re a student at an Ivy League institution I’m not telling you to develop some sor t of elitist mindset Just know that Cornell’s name value is something you simply can ’ t ignore for your life ahead
Don’t expect to be provided with resources here; you need to earn them yourself One striking difference between Cornell and other universities based upon tight-knit residential systems is that Cornell can seem neglectful at times Unlike Har vard where 98 percent of the entire under-
graduate population lives on-campus, you will soon realize that finding housing for the next school year is one of the most gr uesome tasks you will face at Cornell You could tr y praying to the West campus gods to bestow upon you a good time slot for the housing lotter y If not, best of luck in finding a decent place near campus, since most of the reasonably priced (by Ithaca standards, $1,000 per month is a pretty great deal for two bedrooms in Collegetown) apar tments for the next school year are already taken by upperclassmen in September However, for most concerns, you will probably be able to find the right resources if you go to the right people and search at the right places You’ll be expected to do the search on your own, but once you go through all of the hassle, you will be provided with what you need in almost all cases
Don’t buy into the myth of “finding your passion ” Not that it isn’t a good idea to do what you love, but almost all of the people I’ve met aren ’ t able to find what they’re passionate about in just a couple of years I’ve even seen people who’ve wanted to become an investment banker since middle school change their minds in college It’s ok to alter direction and experience as many things as you can, since you will never know what’s right if you don’t tr y it out Instead of spending too much time r uminating on what path to choose, act upon it Just tr y it out even if you don’t think it’s “ your passion”; you never know what might suit you
Most impor tantly, don’t let others over whelm you The hundreds of corporate or club informational, networking or inter vie w sessions can be intimidating and could even make you feel second-tier, but there lies no value in comparing yourself with others, really In all honesty, I am also a culprit of having bought into the belief that I may be lesser than those who seem to excel at ever ything Yet I have learned over the past fe w months that as hard as it is to keep ground and do my own thing, you just have to keep yourself busy with your own work and don’t let others over throw your sense of being Meet as many people as you can only then will you realize that not ever yone hopes to launch a career in finance, tech or consulting
DongYeon (Margaret)
NASA TO SEND 2 SATELLITES INTO SPACE DESIGNED BY CORNELL LAB
BY CHRISTIAN ONG Sun Contributor
There’s something about outer space that naturally captures our imagination From little kids dreaming about becoming astronauts, to full grown adults gazing up at the majesty of the stars, the final frontier timelessly inspires us all Despite this seemingly natural fascination, few could ever hope to get there because of the exorbitant costs often associated with space flight missions However, with the advent of 3D printing and work from Space Systems Design Studio – the research lab of Prof Mason Peck, mechanical and aerospace engineering – this reality is sure to change in the near future
This past March, NASA selected 11 research groups from across the country to partake in their CubeSat launch initiative, which was a project designed to encourage the development of “CubeSats,” or “ nanosatellites ” According to NASA, a typical CubeSat unit measures 4x4 inches, and weighs roughly three pounds The benefit to launching smaller satellites into space is that they cost less per unit to manufacture and can therefore become feasible projects for smaller research groups seeking to innovate
Two of the 11 projects chosen by NASA for their technological potential were the Pathfinder for Autonomous Navigation and Alpha CubeSat, both of which are initiatives from Space Systems Design Studio Stewart Aslan ’19, who is the project lead of PAN discussed the mission of his group
“Our goal for the Pathfinder for Autonomous Navigation project is to break down barriers that prevent small
groups like university labs with limited funding from accomplishing complex space missions,” Stewart said
To achieve this goal, Aslan and his team utilized 3D printing and commercially available parts such as hardware store equipment to construct the body and technological implementations of the CubeSat
Never before has the cost effective 3D printed propulsion system that Aslan’s team designed been successfully implemented into satellite construction A successful launch of PAN’s CubeSat in early 2019 could potentially be groundbreaking in terms of future implications for 3D printed satellite parts
Aslan elaborated on the cost impact of his team ’ s efforts
“Other small satellite attitude control systems with similar capabilities to ours generally cost close to $100,000 or more
We have driven that cost down to $2,500 for our mission,” said Aslan
The Alpha CubeSat team similarly used cutting edge 3D printing tech to manufacture their CubeSat unit, with the added contribution of a newly developed 1m x 1m light-sail designed to work with the microsatellite that would automatically unfold while in space A light-sail is an extremely thin layer of Kapton – a very thermally stable film layer – that is can be pushed through space by radiation pressure, which is generated by electromagnetic radiation
The light sail developed by the Alpha team will contain four chip-satellites or “ChipSats” on each corner of the sail, which are an even smaller type of satellite than CubeSats
Liam Crotty ’17, who is the project lead of Alpha, talked about the group ’ s chip-satellites
“Our chip-satellites are the smallest free-flying spacecraft in the world Each is about the size of a cracker, weighs less than a nickel, and carries a suite of sensors for characterizing its environment,” said Crotty
Crotty also discussed how the chipsatellites developed by his team could potentially alter the very way in which we explore space
“Our chip-satellites allow for [localized] sensing of a very large region of space, since they can be distributed over a wide area Furthermore, they are so cheap that they can be used more recklessly This is a new paradigm in space exploration ”
With the deadline for the CubeSat project set in early 2019 by NASA, both teams have moved into overdrive in response to this time crunch
For the PAN team, the bulk of their remaining work lies in preparing their CubeSat for a variety of launch conditions
“Every component must be tested over
and over in many different situations to make sure that no matter what happens after launch, the spacecraft will function as intended,” Aslan said
For the Alpha team, they are continuing to tackle the challenge of handling communications systems for the extremely small chip-satellites
“We simply don’t have much room for solar cells, so it’s hard to generate much power As a result, our radio transmissions are very weak and it takes a lot of processing power on the part of the receiver to hear the signal” said Crotty “The team is working on technologies for improving the data rate by doing more sophisticated signal processing in the receiver stations ”
As space equipment progressively becomes cheaper to manufacture and more accessible to the public, one day we all might get to let out our inner astronaut
Christian Ong can be reached at cbo35@cornell edu
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R e a d y P l a y e r O n e : A V i s u a l S t u n n e r
BY ZACHARY LEE Sun Staff Writer
Trying to adapt Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One was going to be a challenge for any director, even a veteran one like Steven Spielberg Released in 2011, Cline’s debut was filled with pop culture references that were indicative of the decade it was written in, though he also sprinkled in a plethora of ’70s-’90s references as well Yet because the film adaptation is gracing screens seven years later, what was seen as contemporary back then is now outdated Spielberg thankfully does not force characters from 2018’s popular zeitgeist to interact with the characters Cline used in his novel Ready Player One is surprisingly able to revel in the nostalgic excess that made the novel so popular in the past, yet it explores thought-provoking themes about virtual reality, climate change and escapism present in today’s society While the film’s visual thrills tend to outweigh the emphasis on character development, Spielberg invites viewers to get lost in the magical world of collaboration and possibility To gamers and self-professed nerds alike, this film is a dazzling and magical love letter
The core plot remains largely unchanged from the novel In 2045, the majority of the world’s most populated areas have become slum-like cities due to overpopulation and pollution To escape from life’s hardships, individuals enter into a virtual world called the OASIS, created by James Halliday (Mark Rylance) In the OASIS, people can create new lives for themselves Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) is a frequent visitor of the OASIS and discovers that Halliday has left a challenge to the world’s inhabitants: those who are able to find his Easter Egg will gain full control of the OASIS as well as Halliday’s fortune Watts,
alongside a few friends must race to find the Egg before Nolan Sorrento (Ben Mendelsohn) and his company do
While leads Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke are fine actors in the real world, their virtual counterparts are far more exciting and unfortunately, the film spends more time focusing on the former You get the feeling that Sheridan’s Wade Watts is supposed to be more obsessed with gaming than he is, but unfortunately his bursts of passion seem more rehearsed and mechanical Cooke is surprisingly more mellow as Samantha/Art3mis here than she d
Thoroughbreds, though she is still able to command the screen effectively during the action sequences The supporting cast is not as developed, though Ben Mendelsohn’s sneering and greedy Nolan is appropriately charismatic and compelling to watch His inexplicable hatred of the OASIS and view of it simply as cultural capital clashes well with Wade’s more tender view of it as a second home Though Mark Rylance only appears in a handful of scenes, his quirky and awkward performance of James Halliday adds some much-needed comic relief
Yet what the film lacks in character development it more than makes up for in visual splendor The OASIS is very much a representation of a virtual harmony where characters from rival franchises can co-exist with (relatively) no consequence It is impossible to capture all the characters that populate the screen, especially during the film’s final action sequences where it seems like every major franchise has a combatant in the final battle; most of the fun comes from seeing which characters you recognize Sensory overload is the best way to describe it, but this makes even simple expositional scenes work; while there may be important dialogue, fleeting cameos tempt your eyes to wander
For all of this visual eye-candy, the film asks a poignant question: did people’s obsession with video gaming lead to a neglect of the real world and its destruction? Or did the destruction of the world drive people to virtual reality? Either way, as wonderful as the OASIS is, it was never meant to replace the real world; VR should not have served as a way to numb reality but find a way to solve its problems Thus, it is strangely fitting that Ready Player One was released on Easter Weekend, a celebration that highlights Jesus’ resurrection and the finding of the greatest treasure: His empty tomb (insert puns about Easter Eggs here too) In the Gospel of Luke, there is a scene where angels tell the women who came to Jesus’ tomb that “He is not here; he has risen!” The angels encouraged the women to not focus on the empty tomb but on the good news of the resurrection Likewise, the Spielberg encourages the audience to look past the “ empty tomb” of virtual reality; there truly is nothing quite like the real world
Lee is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zlee@cornellsun com
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