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New Title IX Coordinator Outlines Goals

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t o w o rk w i t h t h e C o r n e l l c o m m u n i t y t o a d d re s s a n d p re ve n t s e x u a l a n d i n t e r p e r s o n a l v i o l e n c e i n a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h T h e Su n “ I ’ m n o t c o m i n g t o C o r n e l l t o k i n d o f j u s t p u s h p a p e r s a n d m a k e s u re t h a t we ’ re d o i n g t h e b a re m i ni m u m t o c o m p l y, ” s h e s a i d “ I ’ m c o m i n g t o C o r n e l l b e c a u s e I w a n t t o w o r k w i t h a c o m m u n i t y o f i n c r e d i b l y b r i g h t a n d t a l e n t e d p e o p l e t o a c t u a l l y s t a r t t o m a k e s o m e c h a n g e s ”

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Suicide Film Fosters Mental Health Discussions

Panelists hold a Q&A session about suicide stigmas after screening

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In an event sponsored by The Sophie Fund and Cornell Minds Ma t t e r, c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s viewed an award-winning documentar y about suicide called The S Word on Sunday night to foster dialogue surrounding the stigma of suicide

Cooper Walter ’18, president of

Cornell Minds Matter, said he was “immediately interested” in arranging a showing of the documentary on campus after the film’s marketing team reached out to him

“Suicide is one of the most important and not well enough known mental health problems in the United States, [but] it’s hard to bring up, to talk to other people about and I think that having this film [is] a great way to open that

dialogue,” he said According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death overall in the United States in 2015, claiming the lives of more than 44,000 people It was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 15 and 34

Law Alumnus SelfImmolates in Protest

By MARYAM ZAFAR Sun Staff Writer

David Buckel law ’87, ended his career as an environmental activist and prominent gay rights lawyer by setting himself on fire and burning to death on Saturday morning in a protest against environmental deterioration

Buckel drenched himself in fossil fuels before starting the fire He left behind two notes explaining his choice in a shopping cart near his body, according to the New York Daily News He also emailed them to major press centers, including The New York Times

“Most humans on the planet now breathe air made unhealthy by fossil fuels, and many die early deaths as a result my early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves,” Buckel wrote in his note, as reported by The New York Times

“Honorable purpose in life invites honorable purpose in death ”

“I hope it is an honorable death that might serve others, ” Buckel wrote, according to the New York Daily News Buckel was well-known for his work with the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, a legal organization that works on behalf of the LGBT community, according to its website, where he served as the former Marriage Project Director

During his time at

Lambda Legal, he championed cases including Nabozny v Podlesny, which said that students should be protected from verbal and physical antigay abuse, and Lewis v Harris, which said that New Jersey's marriage laws violated equal protection guaranteed by the Constitution for samesex couples, according to Lambda Legal In a statement released on Saturday, Lambda Legal commended Buckel as an “indefatigable attorney and advocate ” and wrote that it “will honor his life by continuing his fight for a better world ” In March 2006, Buckel returned to Cornell for the Public Interest Law Career Symposium, where he served on a panel for “Domestic Civil Rights ” Buckel also received the Cornell Law School Public Service Award in 2007

In a Cornell Law School spotlight, which described Buckel as “making history”, Buckel’s work arguing against prominent national organizations including the Boy Scouts of America, the military and the IRS is highlighted

John Carberr y, senior director of media relations and news, said that the University would not be able to comment on Buckel’s passing at this time

According to The New York Times, Buckel was also

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Students Deliver Water and Medical Aid to Puerto Rican Town

Members of Rotaract Club witnessed ‘evidence of the hurricane’s destruction,’ but saw ‘hope’ among locals

By HNIN EI WAI LWIN Sun Staff Writer

Members of Cornell’s Rotaract Club transported water to establishments without it and provided check-ups for patients during a trip to Quebradillas, Puerto Rico over spring break, witnessing first-hand the aftermath of the Hurricane Maria

Five Cornellians participated in this volunteer trip led by One Human Family Coalition, a healthcare non-profit organization

“I had shadowed a doctor over winter break and found out she is the medical director for a free health clinic in Quebradillas,” said Sharon Dang ’20, director of operations for the Rotaract Club “She connected me with the president of the organization and he hosted us at the clin-

ic while we were there ”

Student volunteers spent four days engaging in various volunteer work ranging from transporting water to senior homes and a middle school to providing check-ups for patients unable to travel to the clinic, explained Aine Chen ’21, director of media and marketing “ We also learned about using automated external defibrillators (AED) donated by Foundation Bechara to the clinic,” Chen said “On our last day, teaming up with Bl

throughout the day traveling to individual houses in the Utuado municipality to check health conditions with doctors and distributed more supplies ”

Students also witnessed the impact of the recent hurricane in the region and Dang described it as “psychologically tough on Puerto Rico ”

“ When people did talk to us about it, we could hear how hard it has been for them – to wake up and see their homes and communities completely changed,” Dang said “Some people even lost their jobs The best we could do is open our minds to their experiences and be of service as much as we could ”

Stephanie Smart ’20 said the power went out one afternoon and they were told this “happens ever y so often ”

“Driving into the island, we encountered many areas of road that were still under construction, and saw evidence of the hurricane’s destruction, such as paths created by mudslides, and foundations where houses had been,” she said

Smart described how the club members met locals who kept “hope ”

“Some highlights from the trip were meeting a lot of locals who were able to retain hope, despite many still lacking power or running water, and how close-knit the communities had become as a result of this tragedy,” Smart said “Ever yone seemed ver y supportive and willing to help those around them This really emphasized to me the resiliency that people are able to maintain in the worst times of their lives ”

The Rotaract Club is a community ser vice organization affiliated with Rotar y International and it allows Cornell students to carr y out hands-on ser vice projects

The club also works with another local Ithacan Rotar y organization, The Rotar y Club of Ithaca Sunrise, to organize events that support international charities such as Heifer’s International or Shelterbox

“ We’ve held events such as bake sales, ultimate frisbee fundraisers, and also helping out with other organizations for community ser vice events such as Into the Streets or helping at Applefest,” Chen said

Chen explained that the Rotaract Club plans to host a Krispy Kreme Fundraiser to fund future community service projects

“ We want to build a long term relationship with the organization and hope to develop a project with them so that we can continue to send students to Puerto Rico each year to help out, ” Dang said

Hnin Ei Wai Lwin can be reached at hwailwin@cornellsun com

Ithaca College Students Organize Beneft Concert to Support Refugees

By WINNY SUN Sun Staff Writer

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Incoming Title IX Coordinator Emphasizes Empathy and Respect

Hopes to engage with community stakeholders to develop prevention and education efforts against sexual violence

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o n c r i m e s t h a t i n v o l v e d a n y f o r m o f s e x u a l o r i n t e r p e r s o n a l v i o l e n c e Du r i n g t h e i n t e r v i e w, C l e a r y s a i d t h a t w h i l e s h e l ove d b e i n g a p ro s e c u t o r, s h e f o u n d t h a t t h e w o rk w a s m o s t l y re a c t i ve a n d d i d n o t g i ve h e r m u c h o p p o r t u n i t y t o b e p r o a c t i v e a n d w o r k w i t h t h e c o m m u n i t y o n p re ve n t i n g t h e v i ol e n c e i n t h e f i r s t p l a c e C l e a r y s a i d t h a t s h e w a s d r a w n t o t h e p o s i t i o n a t t h e Un i ve r s i t y o f A l b a n y b e c a u s e i t w a s a n “ o p p o r t u n i t y t o u t i l i ze t h e s k i l l s t h a t I ’ ve g a i n e d ove r t h e l a s t d e c a d e o f m y c a re e r a n d t o a l s o b e m o re e n g a g e d w i t h m y c o m m u n i t y o n p re ve n t i o n a n d e d u c a t i o n e f f o r t s ” W h e n a s k e d i f h e r e x p e r i e n c e a s a p ro s e c u t o r m i g h t s u g g e s t t h a t s h e w i l l b e p a r t i a l t ow a rd re p o r t i n g s t u d e n t s ove r a c c u s e d s t u d e n t s , C l e a r y r e s p o n d e d , “f a i r n e s s h a s a l w a y s b e e n i m p o rt a n t t o m e ” “ I w a s o n e o f t h o s e p ro s e c ut o r s w h o w o u l d b r i n g m y e n t i re f i l e d ow n t o t h e d e f e n s e a t t o rn e y a n d s a y, ‘ l o o k a t i t a l l , n o t h i d i n g a n y t h i n g , ’ ” C l e a r y c o n -

t i n u e d , s p e a k i n g w i t h T h e Su n ove r t h e p h o n e “ On e o f m y b i g g e s t f e a r s a s a p ro s e c u t o r w a s p ro s e c u t i n g s o m e o n e s u c c e s s f u l -

l y w h o d i d n o t e n g a g e i n t h e c o n d u c t t h a t t h e y we re a c c u s e d o f I t h i n k i t s h o u l d b e a f e a r i n e ve r y p ro s e c u t o r ’ s m i n d ”

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“There is rape culture in our society How deeply ingrained that culture is at Cornell, I’m not clear about yet.”

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Shruti Juneja can be reached at sjuneja@cornellsun com Drew Musto can be reached at dmusto@cornellsun com

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Documentary Sparks Dialogue on Suicide

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St a g e a p h o t o g r a p h e r, writer and suicide awareness activist

As a sur vivor of both her father’s and brother’s suicides, director Lisa Klein made The S Word to spur more active

c o n v e r s a t i o n s a b o u t t h e topic

“I wanted to tell the stories of people who have lost loved ones to suicide because it’s cr ucial to both stay connected and to be able to talk about suicide without shame or judgment,” she said

“I approach this as somebody who lost people ver y impor tant in my life to suicide, but what I found in my re s e a rc h a n d i n t a l k i n g t o people is this thriving community of people who have attempted to take their lives who are activists and I just think their stories are incredibly valuable,” she added Reba McCutcheon, associa t e d e a n o f s t u d e n t s a t

C o r n e l l , s a i d s h e h a d t o ensure the documentar y was a c c e s s i b l e b e f o re a p p r ov i n g the screening, but that once she saw it, she realized it was an “incredible mix of depth and humanity and real stories ” After the vie wing, there was a Q&A discussion panel that featured Klein alongside K e l e c h i U b o z o h , a s u i c i d e attempt sur vivor and mental h e a l t h a d vo c a t e a n d Ga r r a Lloyd-Lester, associate director at the Suicide Prevention Center of Ne w York

The audience par ticipated in a discussion of the film a f t e r w a r d s l e d b y Mc Cu t c h e o n Q u e s t i o n s ranged from asking how they could suppor t students cont e m p l a t i n g s u i c i d e t o h ow t h e y c o u l d b e c o m e m o r e active in preventing suicide in their community

In response to a question

a b o u t h ow t h e i r l i ve s h a d changed after the film, both Klein and Ubozoh expressed how it shifted the way they communicate with the people around them in the personal and professional sphere

“It’s kind of given me a bigger platform and made me realize I’m not alone There’s m a n y o f u s , a n d [ s u i c i d e ] d o e s n o t d i s c r i m i n a t e , ” Ubozoh said

“It’s not like I was looking for a community, but I found a community,” Klein added “It’s a different level of understanding ” O n e a u d i e n c e m e m b e r, Ma c k e n z i e Mo re h o u s e ’ 2 0 , said she “loved” the film

“I didn’t know what to expect, but it was great, ” she said “It felt like I was watching any movie, not just a documentar y It was funny, emotional and dynamic ” Klein also attended some o

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Ho Plaza and a leave of absence panel, among others “I’m pretty blown away by the attention that Cornell is

caring about what students are going through in school beyond the academics,” Klein said

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S.A. Presidential Candidates: ‘The Election Ends’

To th e E di tor :

After weeks of petitioning, campaigning and debate, the election results for the Student Assembly Presidential race have finally been released As expected, we do not have the same reaction to this outcome, yet we both share a feeling of relief that the process has come to an end, and we both accept these results as valid There were moments when we feared that the system would not provide a result the public could trust, but through patience and deliberation, we have arrived here

Nonetheless, we must address the public response to recent events Although we understand that many students felt an attachment to the election, we cannot condone the personal attacks either of us witnessed Some of these attacks were leveled against candidates, but many were directed towards Student Assembly members, the Elections Committee, supporters of our campaigns and other members of the Cornell community We do not consider any of these attacks acceptable, and we hope that we can find support for those negatively affected

That being said, we remain optimistic about the future of the Student Assembly In addition to the two of us, undergraduate students have elected 21 representatives, all of whom have been waiting weeks to start preparing for next year ’ s Student Assembly Many of these representatives-elect have ideas that can help shape a better Cornell, and with this election over, we can all begin that journey We also know that we must work to regain a level of respect and faith in the processes of the Student Assembly that have been lost during this election This will not be easy, but we have hope that the structural changes we create and the connections we build will make the Student Assembly stronger and more representative than it has been

Open letter to administration on ILR-

The following letter was sent to President Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff yesterday

We are the living former deans of the ILR School, and we write to express our strong opposition to the suggestion to merge the ILR School and the College of Human Ecology presented in the Repor t from the Committee on Organizational Structures in the Social Sciences We have the greatest respect for our colleagues in Human Ecology, but our experience as deans and faculty members of the ILR School persuades us that a merger would have grave consequences for the ILR School and would not advance the social sciences at Cornell We are not alone in holding that view: a poll of ILR tenured faculty conducted two weeks ago reveals over whelming opposition to a merger Furthermore, ILR alumni also over whelmingly oppose a merger, something we learned in our continuing interactions with those individuals

The ILR School is widely recognized as achieving excellence in research, teaching, and outreach The School has a focused and coherent mission–to advance the world of work The School does so by addressing issues on work, employment, conflict resolution, and labor and employment policy It is a multidisciplinar y school with a unique state-sanctioned mission that is increasingly impor tant in the nation and world

The ILR School is organized into core depar tments: the Department of Labor Relations, Histor y and Law; the Department of Human Resource Studies; the Department of Organizational Behavior; the Depar tment of Labor Economics; and the Department of International and Comparative Labor These departments do not align well with departments in the College of Human Ecology For example, three of the departments in the College of Human Ecology are focused on sciences that are unrelated to work and employment The three depar tments are Nutritional Sciences, Design and Environmental Analysis, and Fiber Science and Apparel Design Does that departmental mismatch provide any basis for a fruitful merger? We and many others think not It is especially strange that a proposal to merge the two colleges originates from a committee tasked with improving the social sciences at Cornell, given the heavy focus in the College of Human Ecology on sciences that have only a peripheral connection to the social sciences

When the ILR faculty were polled regarding their views on the merger, the faculty were given the oppor tunity to add comments Those comments are attached We encourage you to read them as they reveal not only the basis for the faculty’s opposition to the merger, but the depth of commitment ILR faculty have for the ILR School and Cornell University You’ll also see that ILR faculty are not expressing a knee-jerk opposition to change Rather, they are ver y open to steps that would meaningfully enhance the social sciences at Cornell, including deepening the already extensive collaboration that exists between ILR faculty and faculty in other parts of Cornell

Our discussions with alumni also have impressed upon us, once again, the deep passion alumni feel toward the School and their concern for its future This concern is not held by only one segment of the ILR alumni community Our close connection to alumni reveal that their opposition to the merger is passionately expressed by those who work on all sides of employment relations - for labor, for management, as neutrals and government officials, and among those who work outside the field of industrial relations

A number of good ideas have sur faced on how the social sciences at Cornell can be improved The idea of an ILR-CHE merger is not one of them And, talk about a merger has caused anxiety that already has damaged the prospect of improving the social sciences at Cornell We urge you to put an end to discussion of the merger proposal

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Grad students aren ' t a particularly merr y crowd A recently published study claims that they are six (!) times more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression when compared to the general population It's just a single online study and so I wouldn't put too much tr ust into the number, but if tr ue this statistic would not surprise me Nearly all of my friends in graduate school went through at least a period or two of nearclinical levels of woe and worr y, and for some this is more of a permanent state

It doesn't take a social scientist to come up with a list of explanation for t h i s p h e n o m e n o n T h e impostor syndrome is to blame, or the uncaring advisors, or the publishing expectations implicitly enforced by the academia Or maybe the kind of people who are prone to anxiety and depression are more likely to apply to grad school, thus postponing the

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What’s Eating Grad Students?

Science is fucking hard Back in highschool I thought eventually I would become a theoretical physicist and work on gravity or something It took me a fe w years to appreciate just how convoluted and abstract the modern theoretical work is and how miniscule are the chances of meaning fully contributing to the

o r h a r d - w o r k i n g ( q u i t e t h e opposite), the bar is just that high Science is hard because of the enormous amount of information you need to absorb in order t o m e a n i n g f u l l y c o n t r i b u t e

Looking at the professors effor tl e s s l y n a v i g a t i n g i n s e e m i n g l y inexhaustible and chaotic litera-

Nearly all of my friends in gradua school went through at least a pe or two of near-clinical levels of w and worry, and for some this is more of a permanent state.

quest of deciphering the universe With this realization I pivoted into an easier, albeit less consequential field when going i n t o g r a d s c h o o l A t a l e n t e d friend of mine decided to persist, and after spending 2 years in grad school toiling away at the problems of quantum gravity he quit his program He was emotionally exhausted, and after all that time he was still not fully able to clearly understand just what is it that people are working on It's not that he wasn ' t apt

sometimes when you come up with a sufficiently natural and interesting question to ask, you instantaneously just know that someone some where has already found an answer, and all you can do is go find it

I d o n ' t m e a n t o s a y t h a t meaning ful work is not possible

ture, you need to make a crazy leap of imagination in order to decide that, with time, you too will become this fluent More impor tantly, science is hard because all the simple problems were sor ted out long before you came along When you set out to discover insights, you are i m p l i c i t l y c o m p e t i n g n o t j u s t with your cohor t, but with generations upon generations of the b r i g h t e s t h u m a n b e i n g s b o r n before you This can turn into an

a l m o s t m y s t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e :

It ' s j u s t t h a t , u n l e s s y o u a re nally gifted or he progress is o be painstakm a r g i n a l It come at the f months and even years of g h o p e l e s s l y s t u c k S o m e t i m e s d u r i n g t h e s e m o n t h s you would get an exciting idea o n l y t o d i s c ov e r i t l e a d s n o w h e r e , o r r e a l i z e t h a t t h e problem is unsolvable, or that y o u w e re w o r k i n g u n d e r t h e wrong assumptions; and it takes a Buddha to not let this process turn into an emotional rollercoaster What happens when millions of people decide they want to be s c i e n t i s t s a n d t h e n r u n i n t o obstacles they cannot overcome? If you can ' t figure out (or even find) a problem you want to

solve, you can make up a probl e m y o u c a n s o l v e i n s t e a d O t h e r s m i g h t n o t c a r e v e r y much for it, but they will politely hear you out at the seminar and, if you make it seem sufficiently rigorous and complex, would even let it though the w o n k y n e t o f p e e r r e v i e w process You would get to go to conferences and teach calculus, and all would be fine except that deep in your hear t you would know that nobody really cares about what you do, not even you It's depressing to be hopelessly stuck and it's no less soulcr ushing to be working on something you know to be irrelevant Of course reality is much more complex than these two alternatives, but my intuition is that behind ever y unhappy student there is some mix of the two In contrast to the other sources of mental health problems I listed in the beginning, I see no way of fixing this one Except for one thought that keeps creeping up on me: maybe we just don't need as many scientists

Student Led Startup Utilizes Technology To Help Combat Workplace Injuries

BY ISABELLE PHILIPPE Sun Contributer

In 2016, three Cornell students, Apoorva Kiran, Ph D ’17, Pankaj Singh, Ph D ’17 and Jason Guss, Ph D ’18 embarked on a technical journey to tackle prevalent injuries in workspaces

The group found that their Ph D programs in mechanical and biomedical engineering required abundant amounts of time on computers The frequent hand movements that were thus necessary, soon resulted in the buildup of pain within their wrists It was then that Kiran, after finding various biomedical technologies for back pain and slouching, came up with the idea of creating a similar technology that targeted wrists with the hope being that the device would vibrate when the hand was placed in an injurious position

With this idea, Orthofit was born and the three cofounders worked towards creating a glove that would be able to provide the functionality of informing users when their wrists were in harmful positions

In the summer of 2016, the Orthofit team applied to Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, a startup space in downtown Ithaca run by a partnership between the TompkinsCortland Community, Cornell University, and Ithaca College Rev helps young businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs by creating different kinds of workshops along with a variety of events to help those interested in entrepreneurship

For Singh, the workspace has proved instrumental in helping the team develop their prototype

“Rev has helped in saving money, giving feedback, meeting people, and finding team members It has been such a huge help and has played a really big role in the success of Orthofit” he said

The hope for the glove initially began as a remedy for pain, particularly for students who often spent their time employed in front of computer screens, typing various documents

After applying to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a federal agency that works to ensure that working conditions for men and women are both healthy and safe, the team was encouraged to reach out

to the food industry, where they hoped their technology could be useful for reducing the number of injuries within the workplace Redirecting their focus, the group now hopes to employ the biomedical glove to the food and meat processing industry, where the risk of acquiring carpal tunnel is extremely high Many workers within the food industry, particularly in meat processing plants, are often standing for eight hours a day cutting pieces of chicken in a repetitive motion

“Many of these workers cut about 25 pieces of chicken every minute, with their hands moving in the same position about 10,000 times a day” said Singh “This motion repeated multiple times every week is the perfect recipe for getting carpal tunnel Once a person has this syndrome, they are impaired for life, as even with surgery there is a 50 percent relapse rate ”

Moving forward with Orthofit, the team, now comprised of Ph D , graduate, and undergraduate students, hopes to continue to reach out to companies and further their partnerships with various food processing industries

As of now, Orthofit seeks to test the product locally within the Ithaca community, having already made arrangements with the Cornell library The library, whose workers must often stack books, use computers and go through paperwork, make prime candidates for the use of this technology Within upstate New York, the group soon plans to also test the glove in a meat processing plant located in Rochester, NY and a medical device facility in Buffalo, NY, all within 2018

Rooting for the Horses

BY KAREN ZAKLAMA Sun Contr buter

Imagine running without being able to breathe Sounds pretty terrible, right?

Unfortunately, this is the reality that many horses suffer through Seeking to solve this problem, Prof Normand G Ducharme, clinical sciences, has revitalized the equine industry with his work on respiratory illnesses in horses

Ducharme got involved with horse medicine when the success rate for helping race horses was low “There was a fair amount of complication Low success, high morbidity rate – we kept asking ourselves how we could do better,” Ducharme said as he reflected on some of the challenges he encountered early in his career

Horse medicine is particularly difficult because there are high stakes involved For example, because there are high morbidity rates associated with horse medicine, doctors must be very attentive to the individual horse’s needs in order to prevent death

Ducharme noted that when the horses can ’ t breathe, “there is little we can physiologically do ” Many of Ducharme’s

efforts have therefore been for the temporary improvement of horse respiratory systems However, there are significant differences in respiratory illnesses, and therefore, Ducharme’s team has been tasked with responding to specific cases, rather than adopting a one-size-fits-all approach

There is a lot of clinical demand for Ducharme’s work The professor was hopeful for the future of horse medicine, since “the equine industry uses horses as models for human disease as well ” Since horses and humans are both mammals, there are similarities in respiratory patterns between the two animals Collecting data from all mammalian studies, therefore, is important to understand more about the human body and subsequently prevent human illness

However, Ducharme is not motivated by clinical demand alone He is also motivated by the personal obligation he feels to help horses that are suffering “How can we do a better service?” was one of the questions Ducharme found himself asking, especially in the early stages of his research This question continues to permeate his research, though, especially as

new cases of horse illness surface

Ducharme reflects on his goals for the future of horse medicine, hoping that he can develop methods for permanent physiological changes, rather than temporary ones

“More physiological changes will allow horses to be closer to what Mother Nature intended it to be,” Ducharme said “Hopefully we can make that happen so horses can repair to be functional; when a horse can ’ t breathe, that is the end of their world

”

There is a level of empathy for these horses that Ducharme and his team must have It is not easy to place oneself in the shoes of a completely different organism, and yet that is the mentality that has allowed Ducharme be so successful

But mentality without support can only do so much Ducharme praises Cornell for its internationally recognized and collaborative research environment

“The Cornell brand gives you credibility,” Ducharme said

After working with scientists in countries including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Canada, Ducharme has

come to understand how global perspectives are needed for all research fields

The scope of Ducharme’s team is not only geographically wide The surgeon notes how faculty at Cornell have played an integral role in improving his work

“Cooperation here is outstanding

Nothing could be done without a big team helping you, ” Ducharme said “There are so many smart people here –there is always someone smarter than you ”

The effects Ducharme and his team have had on horse medicine are undeniable However, Ducharme is ready to take on new challenges, hoping to redefine the equine industry by seeking permanent medical solutions, rather than temporary

His vision for the future advocates for more collaboration with people doing human medicine

“It is always good to collaborate with people working on human medicine

They can learn from us as well,” Ducharme said

Karen Zaklama can be reached at kaz45@cornell edu

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Staff Writer

I have been looking forward to this movie for months Since Isle of Dogs’ first trailer dropped last September, I have waited with bated breath So much intersected here: not only is it a stop-motion animated film, but it’s a Wes Anderson film, AND it’s a PG-13 animated film That last one stuck out the most to me We see family animated films and adult animated films all the time, but nothing in the middle Now my anticipation has been rewarded Isle of Dogs takes Wes Anderson’s unique filmmaking style to new heights with a quirky script and lovingly crafted visuals

Isle of Dogs opens with a brief legend, telling about an ancient war between dogs and the Koboyashi Clan, which is resolved when a young samurai sides with the canines The film then fast-forwards to the near future, in the city of Megasaki A combination of snout fever, dog flu and canine overpopulation has turned the citizens against the local canine population Mayor Koboyashi (Kunichi Nomura) issues a proclamation to deport all dogs to an island landfill off the coast of the city

Six months later, a boy named Atari (Koyu Rankin) flies to the island in search of his dog, Spots A group of exiled dogs, unofficially led by a stray named Chief (Bryan Cranston), endeavor to help the boy reunite with his lost companion Along the way, they become part of unfolding a

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I have always believed that hip hop saves lives As Kendrick Lamar once stated in an interview, “People live their lives to this music ” Hip hop is a form that allows marginalized members of society to express themselves and let other marginalized people know they are heard This, I have always known But not until I heard the name Travis Karter did I come to understand that hip hop music has the ability to quite literally physically prevent people from dying After hearing his newest album Phase III, there was only one way to understand this rising star ’ s intentions, to have a conversation with him

Kristofer Madu was born in Nashville and spent his childhood and early adolescence traveling back and for th from Kingston, Jamaica (where he attended middle school) to Nashville (where he attended high school) He had grown up listening to hip hop and, inspired by rappers like Kanye West and Jay Z, began writing rhymes of his own at an early age Madu’s hip hop career started at age 12 with the release of a song and video called “ Till’ the Day I Die ” To his luck, Kymani Marley, son of Bob Marley, happened to be in the vicinity of

massive conspiracy led by Koboyashi that threatens every dog’s existence

Right off the bat, I can tell you that this is most definitely a Wes Anderson movie Wes Anderson has a very unique style when it comes to the movies he writes and directs I’ve struggled to describe it for years, but I think Isle of Dogs has helped me crack it Wes Anderson breaks the rules of filmmaking Yet, he does so with such passion, and such deliberation, that you can ’ t help but get sucked in

For example, let’s look at the writing I wouldn’t be the first to describe Anderson’s dialogue as “stilted” It does not always sound natural However, it still accomplishes what dialogue is supposed to do It builds relationships and characters, it creates the right mood Thus, a story that feels both grounded and fantastical emerges I mean, this is a movie where a mayor apparently has the authority to revoke passports, where there’s an automated trash delivery tram, where a volcano sparks an earthquake which sets off a tsunami and all three each hit different buildings Isle of Dogs lets itself be a surreal story, mining it for humor

rules: don’t have characters look at the camera Don’t put your focus in the center of the shot Don’t have people up against the edge of the screen Isle of Dogs breaks all three of these rules The result feels uncanny and strange, and would hinder most other films Anderson turns it into an asset though He lets the movie be

There’s no doubt that love was poured into every second of screen time

On top of everything, the story also carries some very timely themes After all, it features a mayor using fear-mongering tactics to achieve a political end, for the benefit of a corrupt circle of associates

weird, strange and ridiculous He turns what would be an obstacle for other filmmakers into a strength

After all, I can assure you that the visuals of this film are anything BUT amateur

The concept of “fake news ” stretches beyond the antagonist though One of the running gags within our central gang of dogs is a constant, “Did you hear the rumors about ” Throughout the movie, characters are met with the realization that they only heard part of a story, or even the wrong stor y altogether This theme flows around the entire narrative, mingling with the expected “dogs are man ’ s best friend” theme very well A lot of thought went into writing this story, and I feel that watching it again will be rewarding

Isle of Dogs ended up being just what I expected: a unique movie full of charm and quirkiness It boasts an intelligent plot and great visuals also, how could I forget a beautiful score by Alexandre Desplat?

That surreal atmosphere bleeds into Anderson’s famous visuals In filming classes, you are taught basic composition

Madu’s shoot, and made a cameo on his video As a result, Madu’s video caught about 50,000 views, and landed him a brief interview on national live television in Jamaica

Madu took a brief hiatus in his Hip Hop career while transitioning to a majority-white Parochial School in Nashville

He told me that being such an outcast in this new setting, his “creative passion was a tad bit discouraged” However, after being convinced to re-enter the game by a close friend, he refueled his passion, and used it as an outlet to express his individuality within this greater context of conformity He rebranded himself as “Travis Karter,” a “cool name ” for his “ new enigmatic persona that would transcend the idea of being an outsider ” At this point, two major, seemingly separate, landmarks were taken in the life of Kristofer Madu

First, he released his debut mixtape in 2015 as a junior in High School titled 2K This album consists of a collection of hype bangers purposed to entice listeners to perk up their ears

Second, Kristofer Madu, inspired by a class discussion about the global lack of accessible clean water and his own experiences in Jamaica, decided to found a charity organization called Water is the Answer The goal: to fundraise for the build-

The animation department did a fantastic job on every detail The dogs’ fur rustles in the wind, water and dust effects can be seen, character motion is smooth and everything carries good energy Great care was taken and every detail was attended to

ing of wells in developing nations across the world

Through door-to-door canvassing, within 7 months, Madu was able to raise 10,000 dollars This money was used to build a well in a small village in Nigeria which is currently providing around 20,000 people with clean drinking water

Karter released his first fulllength album Pink in 2016 But upon entering Johns Hopkins University, Kristofer Madu took a groundbreaking step for the global community Karter, as an artist, was completely rebranded and repurposed as a fundraiser for Water is the Answer What does this mean? It means that possibly for the first time in history, all of the proceeds raised by a hip hop artist will be donated directly toward a charitable cause This new campaign began with the release of Phase III

Phase III begins with “Kids”, a deep, dramatic and sharp meditation on the fat confidence and die-hard attitude needed to succeed in rap and the world as a young person High-pitched resonant synthesizers buzz over the sharpness of Karter’s fuzzy, deep voice The song is a classic cruising-in-the-old-wrangler banger

But at the close of his final verse, Karter begins speaking over the instrumental He says “Play this album as much as you can 2 years ago I founded a non-profit

It’s a one-of-a-kind experience Rest assured, I will be back in the cinema to see it again

David Gouldthorpe is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at dgouldthorpe@cornellsun com

organization called Water is the Answer 100 percent of the proceeds of the album go straight to that so ever ytime you listen, you ’ re donating to Charity ” Unlike many other hip hop artists, who position their entire artist branding campaign around gold chains and “ money stacks,” Karter appeals to the listener through his philanthropic campaign He draws in the listener in a very unique way Karter’s music, like his artistic and philanthropic model, is quite unique His vocals are low pitched, bubbly, packed with reverberation and ride effortlessly on the beat This results directly from his creative strategy, which usually begins with freestyling, allowing him to rap from his “subconscious ” Karter uses a diverse range of instrumentals, but most share a common trappy theme packed with high pitched resonant synthesizers “Zelda’s Legend,” the third track on the album, showcases Karter’s artistic individuality very well It opens with a quick and mind-boggling rhythm of unique fizzy synth sounds Karter’s voice enters at the same time as the massive percussive drop, working with the drums to organize the complicated synth rhythm Halfway through the song, his voice rises to a higher pitch and he emphasizes that he “turned his whole career and dropped his album all for charity ” The constant reminder to listeners that the album is a source of fundraising for global access to water continues to put faith in Kar ter ’ s confident words We respect his brags partly because of his unique sound and partly because of his unique philanthropic endeavour

Another landmark track within the album is “My Girl ” In this track, Karter demonstrates his artistic flexibility by adopting a sound reminiscent of Ty Dolla $ign In this track, Karter shows his vulnerability and describes the conflicting emotions of safety with his girl, and hesitancy to trust a girl that he loves His autotuned slurs echo with the spirit of love, lost and found Phase III represents a revolutionary direction for Hip Hop Madu essentially let go of the egotistical grasp on his artistic identity as Travis Kar ter and devoted the identity to human need He explained to me “$ two million can be generated off of one hit song It costs $4,000 to build a well I’d like to come to the point where with one song, I can build 10 wells I’d like to be seen as someone who can change the perception of the industry to something that can be turned positive ” Adam Kanwal is a freshman in the College of Human Ecology He can be reached at ask272@cornell edu

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windy and it seems many of our bad rounds come when the wind picks up 36 hole days are long and speaking for myself and possibly others, I lost mental focus for a few holes on my last 9 ”

The grueling nature of 36 holes in one day, especially with d e m a n d i n g p i n p l a c e m e n

, seemed to bring out the mental fatigue in ever yone Although almost ever y team was noticeably worse on the second 18, the Red finished 17 strokes worse in round two This mental toughness is something the Red will focus on improving for next week’s Ivy League tournament

“I also think a bunch of us [were] tired out mentally and made some stupid mistakes,” Troy said “ This is something we will definitely need to focus on f o r t h e Iv y L e a g u e c h a m p ionships next week ”

After back-to-back solid team p e r f o r m a n c e s a t b o t h t h e Princeton and Yale invitationals, Troy is confident in the Red’s chances

“[My] game feels great, ” he said “I think when we play well we are definitely the best team in the league The course we are playing is pretty tight off the tee so we need to make sure we stay focused on ever y shot and not let a drive slip out of our hands ”

A team that has been dominant with ball striking all season long, the Red knows it will need to get hot with the flat stick and make some putts if it wants to take home the school’s first ever Ivy League title

“I also think putting will be huge for us, ” Troy added “ We haven’t been putting our best this spring but have still been giving putting ourselves in a position to win We are a ver y good ball striking team so if we can get some putts to fall this week we will be pretty hard to beat ”

The mindset is the same for fellow senior Graboyes, putting will be the difference

“ We’ll be formulating a game plan for this weekend and then saying a few prayers that we get some putts to drop!”

T h e Re d w i l l b e b a c k i n action this weekend as it tries to make histor y at the Old Course at Stonewall in the three-day, 54-hole Ivy League Tournament

Tim Morales can be reached at tmorales@cornellsun com

Red Picks Up 4th and 5th Ivy League Losses

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Red Behind in Series Plagued by Weather

Stormy start | In a series marred by weather delays, the Red has had no luck against Dartmouth thus far

By CAITLIN STANTON Sun Staff Writer

With the third game of the series postponed until Tuesday, Cornell is currently 0-2 against Dartmouth Away from their home field, the Red struggled to overcome the early and decisive leads Dartmouth acquired, leading to two consecutive losses on Saturday

“We knew they’d be a bit of a challenge at the plate,” said head coach Julie Farlow “We just knew that they were starting to get in the flow of things and they were start-

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ing to play some good softball ” Both games saw the Green (1414, 8-3 Ivy) win due to an imposing offensive, earning them overall scores of 8-4 and 7-2 in their favor

This showing is just a week after Cornell (11-17, 6-5) swept Brown in a three-game contest

“Dartmouth is a little bit of a stronger team than what we faced against Brown,” Farlow said “They were just a little bit more solid in all aspects of the game We knew it was going to be a challenge, and we knew we had to play

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Cornell Drops 2 Tilts

In Tough Road Trip

By CAROLINE KLEINER

Sun Contributor

It was a stellar weekend for C o r n e l l w o m e n ’ s t e n n i s junior Michelle Wang, who picked up her first two Ivy

L e a g u e s i n g l e s v i c t o r i e s a g a i n s t D a r t m o u t h a n d Har vard However, the Red still incurred two Ivy losses,

b r i n g i n g t h e i r c o n f e r e n c e record for the season so far to 0-5

The Red faced their 2017

c o - Iv y L e a g u e c h a m p i o n s , Dar tmouth on Saturday and lost 5-2, with the two singles

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s o p h o m o r e A n a n y a D u a Wang is now tied with Dua, senior captain Priyanka Shah

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L i l i e n t h a l f o r m o s t s i n g l e s victories this season as her record moves up to 7-8

“I have recently been tr ying to focus on just enjoying competing and playing tennis, tr ying not to over think ever ything and not just focus on the wins or losses,” Wang

s a i d “ My g o a l f o r e ve r y match is to get at least one percent better and just have fun ”

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D u a a g a i n s t t h e Gr e e n , Wa n g ’ s p h i l o s o p h y c l e a r l y paid off as she clinched her match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-

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“I tried not to think about the score it was extremely c l o s e t h e e n t i r e m a t c h , ” Wang said “ When playing a match, it can be easy to have a l l s o r t s o f t h o u g h t s r u n around in my head, but I tried to focus on my gameplan and stick to what has b e e n w o r k i n g t h e e n t i r e match ”

Dua has continued to play a solid game in Ivy competitions Last weekend against Penn (3-4), Dua came back in her singles match to win 36, 6-4, 6-2 Her persistence

a n d a b i l i t y t o c o n t r o l t h e match under tight situations

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closer in the second set I focused my energy outward

mates, which helped me stay loose and relaxed

Cornell Upsets Harvard on Final Singles Match

By JOSHUA ZHU Sun Senior Writer

Continuing this season ’ s familiar narrative, the Cornell men ’ s tennis team played another two close matches at home this weekend, ending with a split against Dartmouth and Harvard

The Red (8-10, 1-3 Ivy) dropped to No 32 Dartmouth (17-5, 3-1) in a 4-2 decision on Saturday before bouncing back with a 4-3 upset against No 29 Harvard (19-5, 3-2)

“We definitely played with a different attitude this weekend than we had most of the season, ” said head coach Silviu Tanasoiu

Against Dartmouth, the Red entered the match shorthanded with an injury to junior David Volfson, who typically plays the No 1 singles While the squad was able to secure the doubles point, it dropped all four of the first singles matches, including a tough 7-6, 7-6 defeat at the No 1 singles by freshman Alafia Ayeni

“When the match was on the line, he was very methodical and executed with an aggressive mindset.” H

“ We were short-handed against Dartmouth, but it didn’t impact how the rest of our team competed,” Tanasoiu said “The guys fought really hard and had a clear purpose of what we were going to be doing, which was a big difference from the rest of the season ”

The Red didn’t let its loss weigh on its mind as it came back on Sunday to bring in the first conference win of the season against the Crimson through a game-deciding match by sophomore Joe McAllister With the score tied at three apiece, McAllister was able win his No 6 singles match in three sets 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to clinch the match point

“[McAllister] lost a very close first set, but he made some adjustments and understood exactly what he needed to

do the rest of the match,” Tanasoiu said “It was an absolute battle and when the match was on the line, he was very methodical and executed with an aggressive mindset ”

The sophomore now remains undefeated in Ivy play at 30 after playing a limited role last season and competing in only two singles matches during non-conference play

“Other teams may have been surprised, but seeing the strides and additions [McAllister] has made to his game,

Red Places 4th at Yale, Looks Ahead to Ivies

By TIM MORALES Sun Staff Writer

It was another top-five team finish for Cornell golf this weekend as a team score of 591 (+31) was good enough for fourth place at the Yale Invitational The one-day, 36-hole tournament was highlighted by top15 individual performances by seniors Chris Troy and Mike Graboyes as well as junior Tianyi Cen who shot 146 (+6), 147 (+7) and 147 (+7), respectively Cold and windy conditions provided for a demanding and strenuous 36 holes, but it was the team ’ s veteran leadership that kept the Red in contention

“Conditions were tough out there especially with the wind,” said Troy “On some of the holes it was tough to get a proper yardage with the wind, and on a course like Yale’s you are punished [if you] miss clubbing ” Yet, even with the strong winds, Troy was able to put together rounds of 72 and 74 and finish 14th at The Course at Yale Despite nine bogeys and two doubles through his 36 holes, Troy was able to capitalize on the 6810 yard course with seven birdies including on both par-5s in his second round

“Some holes I thought the wind

would effect the ball differently and made some big numbers because of it, but [I] was able to take advantage when I made the right call,” Troy said

The wind wasn ’ t the only challenge on the day, as the pin placement provided an added challenge the need for constant focus

“The hardest part of the course was probably the pin positions,” Troy said “Some were on edges of slopes where you could get really punished if you weren ’ t focused on the speed of your putts ” As for Graboyes, it was a tail of

we ’ re not surprised at his success in matches,” Tanasiou said “He’s probably our most consistent player both in practice and games ”

In the upset win, the Red saw its first fully healthy lineup in a few weeks Volfson returned to his No 1 singles spot, and sophomore Lev Kazakov, who played against the Green

Gymnasts Finish 4th at Nationals

By DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Sports Ed tor

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