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C.U. Removes Romaine From Dining Facilities

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Cornell Dining removed all romaine lettuce from its 27 oncampus dining facilities after an outbreak of E coli infected over 60 people across 16 states, according to The Washington Post

Signs were posted in dining halls and convenience stores across campus, including Bear Necessities, Amit Bhatia Libe Cafe, Okenshields and Rusty’s Cafe, proclaiming that the lettuce had been removed out of an “abundance of caution” after the warnings that had been issued nationwide

The spreading infection has prompted an official warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention against buying or eating “romaine lettuce at a grocery store or restaurant unless you can confirm it is not from the Yuma, Arizona, growing region,” which is where the infected lettuce originates The University was informed of the outbreak by Maines Paper & Food Service, the primary supplier of fresh products to Cornell’s Ithaca

campus, during the late evening of Friday, April 13, according to Mark Anbinder, a spokesperson for Cornell Dining

GPSA Tackles Proposed College Merger

Opinions also differ on proposed change to consensual relationship policy

By AMINA KILPATRICK Sun Staff Writer

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Professional Student Assembly tackled the issues of the possible restructuring of the social sciences and the proposed consensual relationships policy, while passing four resolutions at their meeting on Monday

Te d O ’ Do n o g h u e , t h e Zubrow Professor of Economics and senior associate dean for Social Science, who is currently co-chairing the Committee on Organizational Structures in the Social Sciences, discussed the

ideas for changes that could come about in the context of graduate education He mentioned proposals for consolidation of departmentments to create clarity for incoming students

“A lot of [the proposals] were about clearly articulating what different fields are to help clarify exactly to an incoming student where you should be going,” he said “If we don’t see differences [between the fields], [we will] think about forms of consolidation ” A n o t h e r c h a n g e re g a rd i n g graduate education was an effort to unify graduate fields that are

“big and cross multiple academic units and multiple departments” to increase the sense of community The committee considered making graduate fields feel like one community, rather than the “ core and periphery,” according to O’Donoghue

No proposals or changes to the social sciences have been decided on at this point, including the merger of the College of Human Ecology and the School o f In d u s t r i a l a n d L a b o r Relations The committee is still currently listening to feedback

See GPSA page 13

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Ex p e r t s o n No r t h Ko re a diverged over whether a denuc l e a r i ze d Ko re a n Pe n i n s u l a i s achievable through negotiations between the Trump administration and Kim Jong Un’s government in a debate on Monday night

Facing off in the debate were Soo-Hyuck Lee, former head of So u t h Ko re a ’ s d e l e g a t i o n t o nuclear negotiations and Sue Mi Terry, a longtime East Asian intelligence official in the U S government

Lee expressed an optimistic view of recent developments, calling them “extremely dynamic and remarkable ” He explained that his optimism stems from the fact that, in his view, Kim Jong Un has made a tactical shift, agreeing to suspend his nuclear program in

return for concessions from the United States

“As a person who has dealt with the nuclear issue since 1992, I maintain that there is no other option but to negotiate I see the

- 1:00 p m , 281 Ives Faculty Building, Doherty Lounge

Luce Scholarship Noon - 1:00 p m , Barnes, 103

Plant Biology Graduate Student Association Presents: Diversity & Inclusion in STEM Lunch Discussion Noon - 1:00 p m , Bradfield Hall, G16

Chains to Change: Makerspace Workshop

2:00 - 4:00 p m , Mann Library, mannUfactory makerspace, Room 112 Mann

Food Science Graduate Seminar 4:00 - 5:00 p m , Stocking Hall, 146 (PepsiCo Auditorium)

Playing By the Rules 4:25 - 5:40 p m , Sage Hall B08

‘Copts in Context: Embodying Egypt and the Other?,’ by Nelly van Dorn, CMSP Seminar Series 4:30 - 6:00 p m , Morrill Hall, 404

Archaic Greek Poetry and the Shield of Heracles 4:30 p m , Goldwin Smith Hall, 122

Get (Lit)erary Spring Break Read 4:30 - 6:00 p m , Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, 151

Biophysics Colloquium with Kouis Hodgson 4:00 p m , Clark Hall, 700

Ana Teresa Fernández: Magic Informalism: [Re]drawing Solutions to Alternative Truths

4:30 p m , Physical Sciences Building, Room 120

Screening of Film in Progress: TONY 4:30 p m , Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Film Forum

Cornell Media Studies presents “Critical Data Studies: The Case of Proxy Politics” by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun 4:30 p m , A D White House, Guerlac Room

Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition 4:30 - 5:30 p m , Olin Library, Room 107

Climate Refugee Panel 5:00 - 7:00 p m , Goldwin Smith Hall, Kaufman Auditorium G64

Local

East State Street Will Be Reduced to 1 Lane; Heavy Traffic Delays Expected

Heavy traffic delays are expected for those commuting on East State Street soon An upcoming sewer main project will reduce part of the street to one lane, and the project is expected to go until October

Construction is expected to begin by the end of the month with “Stage 1” commencing on April 30 During the project, the street will be controlled by oneway traffic lights, according to the Ithaca Voice

Around the Ivies

Yale College Council Uses Activities Money for Patagonias

The Yale College Council in February used money intended to fund campus activities to pay for Patagonia sweaters with the YCC label for all 13 members of its events committee

According to assistant dean of student affairs Hannah Peck, the funds YCC uses come from the student activity fees a $125 annual fee that undergraduates pay as part of their tuition, unless they opt out

Students interviewed by the Yale Daily News were not happy with YCC’s purchase

“Students place their trust in the YCC to spend our money honestly and to our benefit,” said Christopher Moeckel ’20 “If the YCC used money from the student activity fees to pay for personalized Patagonias, the involved parties should immediately resign and the Yale’s Dean’s Office should launch an investigation into the incident ”

National

Nashville Shooting Suspect Once Had His Guns Taken Away He Got Them Back

Travis Reinking, 29, was on the radar of law enforcement well before he was taken into custody on Monday and accused of barging into a Nashville Waffle House over the weekend and opening fire, killing four and injuring four more, according to The New York Times

Yet even after the Illinois police revoked his firearms license and ordered that his guns be transferred to his father, Mr Reinking got them back, including the AR15 used in the Tennessee shooting, the police said

The police say that Mr Reinking’s father, Jeffrey, the owner of a crane business near the town of Morton, Ill , returned the guns to his son, enabling Travis Reinking to carry out the killings over the weekend

Transferring firearms to another Illinois resident who does not have a valid card is a crime in Illinois Jeffrey Reinking has indicated to the police that he gave his son ’ s guns back to him, but it is not clear how and when he did so, said Mr Aaron, the spokesman for the Nashville police

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Cornell Dairy Day Showcases Agricultural Excellence

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Cornell Student Helps Redditors Find Inexpensive Flights

By AMINA KILPATRICK Sun Staff Writer

People on a tight budget often can ’ t follow through on the trips they plan to take because of steep air fares To tr y and help with this struggle, a Cornell student has been volunteering to find cheap flights for random strangers on Reddit for the past 15 days

Nicholas Doyle ’19 does not take any money for the help he offers and instead suggests ever yone he helps should go help others

Doyle is a computer science major in the College of Engineering and had previously planned out theoretical trips to different destinations One day, he realized that his interest could be better used to help other people

“I discovered in college that if you have a passion for aviation, whatever your major is, you can work with that ”

“I realized instead of doing random destinations, I would help out strangers a little bit It seemed like it would be a little bit more helpful,” he told The Sun His Reddit post which is on the subreddit dedicated to fru-

gality has received nearly 500 replies and he has responded to around 30 inquiries

Doyle uses a variety of tactics to find cheap airfare, according to his inter view with MarketWatch His two most important tips for travellers are booking early and being flexible with dates He also uses different websites to compare prices and the airfare of different companies

Using these tactics, he was able to find round trip flights to Japan for only $400 and Ireland for $250 during the winter breaks of his junior and sophomore years respectively

fect places [to be in] if you want to do aviation” for the breadth of education its offers He explained that it wasn ’ t just the engineering program that allowed him to understand the industr y better, but also highlighted the “ strong ” programs offered by the arts college and the hotel school

“I realized instead of doing random destinations, I would help out strangers a little bit.”

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Doyle has been interested in aviation and traveling since he was 10 years old

“I like the industr y a lot,” he said “It’s really cool how aviation in the last 50 years has connected people throughout the world and made the world smaller ”

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“Kayak had just launched their own versions of the same thing so it was redundant But it was a really fun experience,” he told The Sun

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“In the fall semester of 2017, I took an airline management class, which was in the hotel school,” he said “I’ve taken [computer science] classes, but I had not really seen the business aspect of the aviation industr y That was really valuable to me ”

At Cornell, Doyle has been able to explore the intersections between aviation and computer science, furthering his interest in both areas This summer he will intern at Apple, and during the fall semester, he will return to Southwest Airlines, where he interned before, to work till graduation in May 2019 “I thought that if you were a [computer science] major you could only work for tech companies, you couldn’t work for an airline,” Doyle said “I discovered in college that if you have a passion for aviation, whatever your major is, you can work with that ”

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C.U. Dining Removes Romaine From Campus

Decision comes after widespread outbreak of E. coli infects 60 people

Anbinder said that it is unlikely that there is any linkage between the infected produce grown in Yuma and the produce sold by Maines, but Cornell Dining has chosen to be “proactive ”

“We're not aware of any illnesses in our area relating to lettuce

“We are consumers of ease. We don’t buy heads of lettuce, we buy bag mix ” P r o f R a n d y W o r o b o

from Arizona,” Anbinder said in a statement to The Sun “Recalls like this happen from time to time ”

Cornell Dining’s statement, released on April 13 itself, linked a recent outbreak of E coli to “bagged, chopped romaine lettuce ” This form of packaged romaine is the primary source of Cornell’s salads and lettuce produce, according to Prof Randy Worobo, food science, speaking to The Sun on phone from Thailand

“We are consumers of ease, ” Worobo said, referring to Cornell’s supply practices “We don’t buy heads of lettuce, we buy bag mix ”

After the first warning, one staff member in every dining location was put in charge of removing all chopped romaine lettuce from food production, according to Anbinder Though the initial warning from Maines applied to only chopped romaine, it was expanded to all romaine products by Tuesday, April 17

Cornell Dining told employees after the initial purge that the lettuce used in their dining halls was not infected as it came from a “local source, ” but that they elected to cease production of any product in which lettuce was used to “make sure ” there was no chance of contamination, according to Katie Crocker, a lead food service worker for Cornell Dining at Rusty’s Cafe

“They told us to immediately pull all salads,” Crocker told The Sun “That was on Friday night

By the time we came back on Monday, they had determined that our lettuce was actually not affected ”

Crocker said that Cornell Dining initially planned to continue selling salad products with alternative lettuce strains

However, Anbinder told The Sun that Cornell Dining sourced romaine lettuce from different processing plants instead, bringing in produce from California and Maryland

“We have since been able to resume supplying romaine lettuce to eateries on campus, ” he said However, even though Cornell Dining is now sourcing lettuce from alternative growth sites, a single bag of salad often contains produce from many different origins, making it difficult to trace the bacterium across national production chains, Worobo said

The only way to track the progression of contagion is by tracking cases of symptoms, according to Worobo For this strain of E coli, symptoms can include bloody diarrhea, hemorrhaging and renal failure in extreme cases, he said

Symptomatic tracking is a necessity because there is no “rapid test ” to determine E coli contamination “By the time you get the

“We

are not aware of any illness in our area relating to lettuce from Arizona.”

results, the lettuce will be spoiled,” he went on saying

Anbinder confirmed to The Sun that no tests or analysis was performed on the produce removed from the dining halls

Worobo supported Cornell Dining’s decision to pull all romaine lettuce from their dining facilities

“Rather than waiting to see if people die or go on dialysis, it’s much safer to just discard it,” he said

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More Than Just

The Merger

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The Real Issue in the Recent S.A. Election: Abysmal Voter Turnout

The conversation surrounding the r

Assembly presidential election discluded an impor tant and highly relevant issue: Cornell’s abysmal voter turnout

Overshadowed by a meme, a controversial Elections Committee, and several back-and-for th decisions on who would actually assume the presidency, our voter par ticipation rate was a mere after thought if included at all in campus convers

responses and Cornell Daily Sun ar ticles

We spent two weeks talking about u

a meme created by an affiliate of a candidate, a candidate disqualified for someone else’s posting of said meme, accusa-

1 People literally cannot vote That’s called voter suppression, like when the U S creates opt-in voting systems, places polling stations miles from cer tain communities and doesn’t leave them open when people from those communities would have time to vote, or other wise suppresses citizens’ ability to cast their ballots With a link sent to ever y underg

reminders, I can guarantee you that we don’t have voter suppression here on campus Strike one

2 People don’t think their vote will change the outcome This race, however, was close Neither candidate was a shooin Both had previously ser ved on the S A Both seemed generally well-liked and highly-qualified Any cognizant voter w o u l d k

For a campus that seems to attract selfproclaimed “politically active” students, it seems strange so few students end up voting in their most local election.

tions of a biased Elections Committee, an initial decision released without including final vote counts, a final decision that over turned the one prior, and a whole sle w of other interesting developments

events detracted from the more relevant and pressing issue in the recent S A election

A repor ted 27 percent voter turnout rate That’s right, folks, only 27 percent of Cornell undergraduate students voted in this year ’ s election

vote could have been one of the 48 that swayed the victor y to either candidate So, strike two

t d i ni n g , e t c , ” I k n o w t h e y d o O f c o u r s e t h e y d o S o w h a t ’ s t h e p r o b l e m ? T h e m a j o r i t y o f u n d e r g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s e i t h e r d o n ’ t k n o w a b o u t S A i n i t i a t

o g n i z i n g t h e m e r g e r f o r w h a t i t i s a n i d e a It i s i m p o r t a n t t o b a l a n c e t h e s e

e m o t i o n s w i t h w h a t w e k n ow T h e p rovo s t h a s e m p h a s i ze d t h a t t h e p ro c e s s i s o p e n t o c o n ve r s a t i o n a n d d e b a t e , a n d t h ro u g h o u t t h e c o m i n g we e k s , t h e re

w i l l b e m e e t i n g s w i t h t h e Em p l oye e a n d St u d e n t A s s e m b l i e s a n d Fa c u l t y Se n a t e I e n c o u r a g e a l l c o n s t i t u e n t s t o t a k e a d va n t a g e o f t h e s e o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o vo i c e t h e i r c o n c e r n s No d e c i s i o n s h a ve b e e n m a d e by t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o r t h e B o a rd o f Tr u s t e e s t o p u r s u e t h e m e r g e r It i s m y u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h e p re s i d e n t a n d p rovo s t h a ve a t t h i s p o i n t n e i t h e r s u p p o r t e d n o r d i s c o u r a g e d a n y i d e a s It i s m y o p i n i o n t h a t s i m p l y d i s reg a r d i n g o r e l i m i n a t i n g t h e i d e a s b r o u g h t f o r w a r d b y t h e c o m m i t t e e w o u l d b e i n a p p ro p r i a t e a n d w o u l d r u n c o u n t e r t o t h e ve r y s p i r i t o f Un i ve r s i t y d e l i b e r a t i o n s T h i s i s n o t t o i n va l i d a t e t h e e n e r g y s t u d e n t s h a ve p u t t ow a rd o p p o s i n g t h e m e r g e r i t i s a re c o g n it i o n t h a t u n i ve r s i t i e s t h r i ve w h e n re co m m e n d a t i o n s f ro m a l l c o n s t i t u e n c i e s c a

l t y vo t e d ove r w h e l m i n g l y i n o p p o s it i o n t o t h e d e c i s i o n Ne a r l y e ve r y c o nve r s a t i o n I h a ve w i t h a n I L R i e b e g i n s w i t h “ w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g w i t h t h e m e r ge r ? ” A n d l a s t Mo n d a y m o r n i n g , m y p ro f e s s o r s t a r t e d c l a s s w i t h a c a l l t o a c t i o n i n a n e f f o r t t o r a i s e a w a re n e s s o f t h e i s s u e a m o n g s t u d e n t s I re c o g n i ze t h e c o n c e r n In m y o p i ni o n , h owe ve r, i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o l o o k m o re h o l i s t i c a l l y a t t h e re c o m m e n d at i o n s p u t f o r w a rd by t h e c o m m i t t e e A s m a n y o f u s a re a w a re , t h e f a c u l t y c o mm i t t e e w a s c h a r g e d w i t h e x p l o r i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o p o s i t i o n t h e s o c i a l s c ie n c e s a t C o r n e l l f o r e xc e l l e n c e i n 1 0 t o 1 5 ye a r s , a n d h a s i s s u e d a re p o r t t h a t w i l l s e r ve a s t h e b a s i s f o r c a m p u s w i d e d i s c u s s i o n ove r t h e c o m i n g m o n t h s ; t o q u o t e d i re c t l y, “ i d e n t i f y i n g o r g a n i z at i o n a l s t r u c t u re s t h a t w o u l d b e s t p o s it i o n C o r n e l l f o r e xc e l l e n c e i n 1 0 - 1 5 ye a r s by a d d re s s i n g t h e f u n d a m e n t a l c o n c e r n t h a t C o r n e l l’s s o c i a l s c i e n c e s a re l e s s t h a n t h e s u m o f t h e p a r t s ” Pe r s o n a l l y, t o a n s we r t h e q u e s t i o n : “ s h o u l d I L R a n d Hu m a n E c o l o g y m e r g e ? ” I ’l l b o r row f ro m a n e d i t o r i a l t h a t r a n i n t h i s p a p e r j u s t l a s t we e k : “ No ” A s a n I L R s t u d e n t , t h e q u e s t i o n o f t h e m e r g e r h i t s c l o s e t o h o m e T h e ve r y i d e n t i t y o f t h e I L R s c h o o l h a s s h a p e d m y e x p e r i e n c e a t C o r n e l l Su re , we m a y n o t h a ve a c o f f e e s h o p i n Ive s b u t w h a t we h a ve i s a n i n d o m i t a b l e s p i r i t , a c o m m i t m e n t t o e q u i t y a n d a l ove f o r p e o p l e A s a n I L R s t u d e n t , I w a n t t o a f f i r m t h e a c t i o n s t h a t s t u d e n t s , s t a f f, f a c u l t y a n d a f f i l i a t e d c o n s t i t u e n t s h a ve t a k e n t o vo i c e f e e d b a c k a n d c o n c e r n re g a rd i n g t h e m e r g e r T h e o r g a n i z i n g I ’ ve s e e n , s p e c i f i c a l l y by s t u d e n t s , h a s m a d e m e p ro u d t o b e a n I L R i e A n d t h e i n p u t o f t h e f o u r l i v i n g f o r m e r d e a n s re f e re n c i n g t h e f e e d b a c k o f a l u mn i s h ow s t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f t h e c o mm u n i t y t h a t i s b u i l t i n Ive s Ha l l W h i l e I f e e l t h i s w a y p e r s o n a l l y, I a l s o u n d e r s t a n d t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f re c -

When all was finally said and done, The Cornell Daily Sun announced that Devatha would be the next S A president after all Several paragraphs in, The Sun repor ted the final vote counts Devatha with 1,859 votes, Barbaria with 1,811 all for a grand total of (dr um-roll please) 3,670 total votes Wow 3,670 total votes How many undergraduates are on this campus again?

According to Cornell, 14,907 Though I’m in ILR, I can still do s o m e b a s i c m a t h Bu t l e t ’ s w a l k through it together, just in case You may want to check my work

If 3,670 undergraduate students voted, and there were 14,907 undergraduates enrolled in fall 2017 that means roughly 24 6 percent of Cornell undergraduates voted, give or take In other words, less than a quar ter of the undergraduate population at Cornell voted That’s almost half of the voter turnout for U S presidential elections in recent years, which hovers slightly above 50 percent

But that’s not all

If Devatha received the winning number of 1,859 votes, that means that 1,859 students out of 14,907 actively clicked the voting link to endorse his candidacy

T h a t ’ s 1 2 5 p e rc e n t o f u n d e r g r a d u a t e

Cornellians voting in favor of our next

S A president I understand the whole majority r ules thing and winning the popular vote, but seriously? Any candidate voted into office with only 12 5 percent of the constituents actually endorsing him doesn’t seem to be tr uly endorsed by the majority of constituents

But enough about these shamefully small numbers and more about the reasons for them For a campus that seems to attract self-proclaimed “politically active” students, it seems strange so fe w students end up voting in their most local election Let’s break it down In any election, there are a fe w main reasons people don’t vote:

So, what’s the solution? We obviously can ’ t go back in time (though several parties in this election probably wish some Engineering students had come up with

that technology by now) We can, however, reshape our campus environment for future elections Key word: “ we ” After all, that reshaping doesn’t fall on any one person; it’s on all of us

To The Cornell Daily Sun staff: raise the issue Consider picking up on the

rather than r unning the same stor y in different forms as ne w information sur faces Encourage students to vote Cover elections accordingly

To D

r turnout Make your constituents aware of both your work and the impor tance of it

To Cornell undergraduates: vote I know you ’ re all busy I know you ’ re all out there being the leaders, change-mak-

humans you are But Ezra help us Please vote

Embracing What We Have: Retain Distinct Colleges

Ireally complain a lot about Cornell I talk ever yday about how much more appreciative I’d be of this place if only it were 70 degrees all year long I think about all the opportunities Ithaca would have if it were within a two or three hour drive from a major city I relentlessly criticize Cornell’s lack of scholastic focus and corporate culture that streamlines students from info session to info session to job As much as I find fault with many

Like myself, I see that many others do not truly appreciate Cornell for what it has and embrace the institution for the immense values it currently brings This problem is most apparent in the administration’s supposed lack of understanding that the beauty of Cornell lies within its seven distinct but cohesive colleges A m e r g e o f Ap p l i e d E c o n o m i c s a n d Management with the Hotel School to create the College of Business generated

facets of this university, I do love the place for what it is Cornell’s campus is really gorges and Cornellians (current and graduated) are some of the smartest and most passionate people I have met, by far I am also proud to be a part of an institution that embodies any person, any study, any countr y, any religion and so on I become fascinated by walking into Anabel Taylor Hall and seeing how religions come together under a single building I admire the premise of s h a re d g ov e r n a n c e e m b o d i e d t h r o u g h how the different assemblies and communities convene to reflect upon how to improve the campus

chaos and resentment towards University officials who were unwilling to listen to students’ and staff ’ s strong opposition against it And once again, the University has disrupted the foundational trust of its constituents by proposing yet another merger I frankly believe that a merger between t h e S c h o o l o f In d u s t r i

Relations and College of Human Ecology, as well as the developmental sociology and communications majors of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, is ridiculous I sat through the Student Assembly meeting last Wednesday to hear what the c h a i r s o f t h e C o m m i t t e e o n

Asifa Bano bore witness to t h e u t m o s t d e p t h s o f h u m a n c r u e l t y i n o n l y her eight years of life She died at the metaphorical intersection

o f Hi n d u i s m a n d Is l a m i n Jammu and Kashmir, a dispute-

r i d d e n t e r r i t o r y c o n t e s t e d b y

I n d i a a n d Pa k i s t a n f o r a g e s Ba n o ’ s b i r t h i n t o a n o m a d i c Muslim community sealed her fate tighter than any inherited characteristic ever should Her title was compelling enough to i n v i t e g a n g - r a p e , b e a t i n g a n d strangulation from Hindu occupants of Kashmir No apology is enough

Bano is not the sole collateral

d a m a g e o f r e l i g i o u s c o n f l i c t There have been many before her, and although her death is p a i n f u l l y f r e s h , t h e r e h a v e d o u b t l e s s l y b e e n m a n y s i n c e

The injustices of Bano’s br utal killing exceed the scope of any one discussion, but the motive is central The command that religion exer ts over its followers is tr uly remarkable Quickly and easily, steadfast faith caters to admiration when it links itself to miracles With less grandeur, on a regular basis, the majority of those who practice religion to any degree could attest to its restorative benefits a belief in

Organizational Structures in the Social Sciences had to say about their report on ideas for improving the social sciences at Cornell and specifically about this notion of a merger between ILR and Human Ecology, which was rated 4 out of 5 stars While I understand that a merger is 1 of 8 p r o p o s

t t e e ’ s attempt to gather feedback at this S A meeting was just the first step, I saw no substantive evidence as to why such a proposal would do more benefit than harm ILR and Human Ecology have been built on such different principles and thus merging two dissimilar colleges would generate pandemonium Many of the majors within Human Ecology, such as human biology, health and society or fiber science and apparel design have little connection to the social sciences Based on the committee’s logic of bringing coherence and improvement in the social sciences, why not include the College of Arts and Sciences? Or better yet, why not just have one “Cornell College” under which all the core majors would exist? Do they see how nonsensical it is to combine distinctive colleges?

Cornell is a place of any person, any study It is an institution in which you can focus or expand on whatever major you want, whether that is in the field of hotel administration or through a more wideranging economics major Cornell’s seven distinct colleges are great as they are b e c a u s e o f t h e i r i n t e rd i s c i p l i n a r y a n d comprehensive nature The committee’s reasoning behind a potential merger lacks foundation without attempting to involve social science related majors from across all colleges and only focusing on contract colleges for mere administrative conve-

Priya Kankanhalli | Matters of Fact

On Religious Warfare

higher beings is reassuring, sustaining, motivating and so on Philosophy on the subject proposes that religion is meant to ease the burden of daily consciousness, to usher individuals and societies into optimal zones of morality Ultimately, both on days I’m cocooned in religion or grazing on spirituality, I perceive the enterprise as a personal one never grounds for social dissection

T h e f l i p s i d e o f t h e w h o l e tr uly remarkable steadfast faith claim is that religion can also function like blinders the r e d - h o t , c h a r g i n g - b u l l k i n d That’s remarkable in its own right the process by which individuals unwittingly surrender agency, volition and good sense to the abstract, swiftly crea t i n g m o n s t e r s o u t o f t h e mselves Interpretations of religion that rely on contor tions of unity and preser vation are counterintuitive in ever y sense It’s unbelievable, irreversible, but most of all, it’s common

St i l l , i t ’ s u n f a i r, f r o m t h e

c o m f o r t o f m y ow n c i r c u mstance, to simply label the communities that grapple with het-

e r o g e n e i t y a s b a c k w a r d s a n d deem them hopeless Tradition and custom are incredibly bind-

ing forces, after all It’s useless, from a place both mentally and p h y s i c a l l y d i s t a n t , t o p r e a c h understanding and empathy o r, a t t h e ve r y l e a s t , c i v i l i t y

Often, even for the most prog

s o c i e t i e s , t e m p t i n g operate w i n t h e c fines of si larity It’s s b e i n g n o s t r a n g e r to histor y, t o i n s i s t t h a t decency will somehow prevail There is an astounding number

nience While I understand the major ramifications to such a change, an overhaul of the social sciences curriculum at Cornell should not be conducted without incorporating all related majors in the process

I am thankful that the committee chairs have taken the time to present and receive feedback from community members as a part of their process However, I can ’ t help but note that their presentation at the April 19 meeting was a mere echo of what was on the committee report Unless supporting document that further outlines possible merits is shared to the Cornell community, the two pages of a 26-page committee report will not suffice for sound thinking behind a potential merger of colleges Moreover, how does the committee expect us to understand t h

shared summar y report, if the chairs aren

t even able to define what “social sciences” are?

I am grateful that almost all Cornell constituents are just really tr ying to make the campus the best in can be based on their perception and understanding of the place I hope that the committee will continue to fully involve students and faculty in the process of elucidating their rationale on the proposed merger I also hope t h a t t h e c o

unique identities of ILR and Human Ecology and work towards strengthening the expertise that ILR and HumEc have in their fields, respectively

DongYeon (Margaret) Lee is a sophomore in the ILR school She can be reached at margaretlee@cornellsun com Here There and Everywhere appears alternate Tuesdays

g r o u n d b r e a k i n g w i t h t h e power to erase the humanity in the obser ver and the doer As difficult as it is to extrapolate from a safer space, as inaccurate as it may be to infer, it is cr ucial

o f c o u n t e r e x a m p l e s S o , d i d Asifa Bano die in vain?

M a n y o f u s a r e f o r t u n a t e enough never to confront disp a r i t i e s o f s u c h m a g n i t u d e throughout our own lives If we do, then there is a fair chance we may reason with stable audiences, capable to some extent of compromising with their partialities Still, many of us are not

s o f o r t u n a t e I n t e r r e l i g i o u s , i n t e r r a c i a l , i n t e r c u l t u r a l r e l a -

t i o n s h i p s n o l o n g e r s e e m groundbreaking, but in many p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d , t h e y a re

to repeatedly extend objections and sensitivities wherever permissible If not, there might be no compassion left I consider myself a sane and rational individual (minus the occasional, humorous lapse in judgement), so for me to align myself with a politician, a religion, a culture or an opinion is hardly a note wor thy event For me to maintain objectivity surrounding personal belief systems is absolutely ordinar y So ordinar y, in fact, that I often assume that the same must hold for ever y other individual I forget that not ever y other

individual is sane and rational, though, and some even exhaust the cursed trinity with their apa-

problem perhaps even aler t but their effor ts are punitive by nature, not preventative For prevention, we appeal to logic and sensibility Yet, logic and

inept

wrestling with faith and belief, and therein lies the issue that permanently refuses to be settled

Priya Kankanhalli is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at pkankanhalli@cor nellsun com Matters of Fact appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

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Students Celebrate 46th Earth Day

BY ELEANOR BENT Sun Staff Writer

A s t h e Iv y L e a g u e i n s t i t u t i o n t h a t i s r a n k e d n u m -

b e r o n e i n t h e c o u n t r y f o r s u s t a i n a b i l i t y a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Pr i n c e t o n Re v i e w, i t i s n o s u r p r i s e t h a t C o r n e l l g o e s a l l o u t f o r E a r t h Da y So m u c h s o , i n f a c t , t h a t t h e e n t i r e m o n t h o f A p r i l h a s b e e n d u b b e d “ Su s t a i n a b i l i t y Mo n t h” f o r t h e 1 0 t h ye a r i n a row

Upw a rd s o f 8 0 e ve n t s h a ve b e e n h e l d i n va r i o u s l o c a t i o n s a ro u n d c a m p u s ove r t h e p a s t m o n t h – f ro m

l e c t u re s , t o f i l m s h ow i n g s t o f a s h i o n s h ow s – a l l c o mm i t t e d t o s p re a d i n g a w a re n e s s a b o u t e n v i ro n m e n t a l i s s u e s a n d f u t u re d i re c t i o n s f o r s u s t a i n a b i l i t y

O n e o f t h e m o s t s u c c e s s f u l e v e n t s i n c l u d e d “ E C Ou t u re ” , a f a s h i o n s h ow h o s t e d by t h e C o r n e l l E n v i r o n m e n t a l C o l l e c t i v e t h a t t o o k p l a c e o n

Sa t u rd a y T h e s h ow d i s p l a ye d c l o t h i n g m a d e f ro m c o m p l e t e l y s u s t a i n a b l e m a t e r i a l s i n o rd e r t o s h e d l i g h t o n t h e s o c i a l a n d e n v i ro n m e n t a l j u s t i c e i s s u e s e m b e d -

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ve r y a w a re o f t h e p ro b l e m s i n a n d s u r ro u n d i n g t h e

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s u s t a i n a b l e w a y t o a d d re s s s o m e o f t h e p ro b l e m s w h i l e

a d d i n g t h e i r ow n p e r s o n a l t o u c h ”

O t h e r e v e n t s o v e r t h e w e e k e n d i n c l u d e d a n

En v i ro n m e n t a l Fi l m Fe s t i va l s p o n s o re d by C o r n e l l’s

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c h a n g e l e c t u re s e r i e s , a n d va r i o u s re c yc l i n g s e m i n a r s a n d b a k e s a l e s A l l o f t h e s e e ve n t s a n d m o re l e d u p t o

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c a t e d t o e n v i ro n m e n t a l a w a re n e s s w a s f i r s t p ro p o s e d by f o r m e r Se n a t o r Ga y l o rd Ne l s o n ( D - Wi s ) w h o

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Sun’sTop10 Superhero Movies (continued)

5

Logan

Maybe it’s because I’m not all that smart, but before Logan I’d given up hope that I’d ever be able to keep track of the all the X-Men timelines. Thankfully, the franchise’s newest addition didn’t make me worry about that nonsense. Logan’s a tightly focused, well-directed story that avoids many of the tropes that have made X-Men films before it fall flat. The film is as perfect a swansong for Hugh Jackman’s run as the Wolverine as we could’ve asked for. It’s shockingly gritty and delightfully brutal, taking a hard look at a bleak dystopian future while still giving the audience a couple breathtaking action scenes.

What really brings Logan together is a surprisingly affecting performance from Jackman in conjunction with an incredibly entertaining showing from 13-year-old Dafne Keen, playing Jackman’s pseudo-daughter character Laura. The gradually softening relationship between the two captures the hearts of the audience and elevates the film as a whole from good to great.

— Zachary Lee

4 Thor: Ragnarok

As funny as it is colorful, Ragnarok served as a much needed breath of fresh air for the Thor franchise after its whole fish out of water thing grew stale in The Dark World. The film benefits from crackling chemistry between leads Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson and Mark Ruffalo (whose Hulk alter-ego is at his best). The big green guy is a hilarious scene-stealer, and for the first time I could really see Ruffalo under the CGI.

Where the Marvel higher-ups couldn’t mesh with Edgar Wright during the production of Ant-Man, it’s pretty clear they relaxed a little and gave Taika Waititi greater grip on the reigns here, and it paid off! Waititi excelled at both the tiny details

we’ve come to expect from more independent filmmakers and the larger action set pieces more often associated with highbudget blockbusters. Ragnarok, the MCU’s 17th film, served as a pivotal swing for the Thor character and demonstrated that superhero movies can still be innovative and exciting after a decade of action.

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I n c r e d i b l e s

The Avengers 3

through the front door to audiences hearts, The Avengers is what helped the MCU take a seat at the table Before Joss Whedon’s film, there was simply no notion of a cinematic universe in Hollywood; at best franchises would churn out sequel after

i n n e r ? Do e s Fa l c o n g e t a l o n g w i t h h i s p a re n t s ? T h e In c re d i b l e s i s d i ff e re n t It s h ow s n o t j u s t h ow p e o p l e w i t h s u p e rp owe r s w o u l d f i g h t v i ll a i n s , b u t h o w t h e y

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o f f i c e , h ow t h e y w o u l d r a i s e k i d s a n d h ow t h e y w o u l d h a ve t ro u b l e f i tt i n g i n t o a c a r Pi x a r c o u l d h a ve t o l d a g e n e ri c s u p e r h e ro s t o r y a n d i t a l m o s t c e r t a i n l y w o u l d h a ve b e e n g re a t ( b e c a u s e Pi x a r ) , b u t t h e y h a d t h e b a l l s t o m a k e o n e i n w h i c h t h e m a i n h e r o i s o u t o f s h a p e , a b a by h a s p owe r s a n d t h e b i g g e s t s t r u g g l e o f a l l f o r t h e p ro t a g o n i s t s i s g e t t i n g a l o n g a s a f a m i l y A n d b e c a u s e o f t h i s , t h e y c r e a t e d a f u n , f u n n y, h e a r t w a r m i n g , a c c e s s ib l e , a c t i o n - p a c k e d s u p e r h e r o m o v i e t h a t s p e a k s t o p e o p l e o f a l l a g e s L e v A k a b a s

sequel, each one of lesser quality than the previous Connecting four separate franchises while introduc-

should have been impossible, but Whedon made it look effortless From Iron Man and Bruce Banner geeking out over science to Hulk giving the stiff-arm to Thor after a

T h e D a r k

K n i g h t

Thematically compelling, wellacted and brilliantly directed, The Dark Knight isn’t just the best comic book movie ever, it’s one of the better films of all time Christopher Nolan wasn ’ t making a “comic book movie” as we think of them today when he put together his second Batman film in 2008 there wasn ’ t a formula; Marvel wasn ’ t yet churning out movies with the efficiency of a car manufacturer Nolan used the

Batman lore as a vehicle to make one of the greatest metropolitan crime dramas we ’ ve ever seen It’s been said for years that these types of movies are only as good as their villain and, simply put, The Dark Knight has the greatest bad guy not just of any comic book movie, but of any movie ever Heath Ledger’s Joker portrayal is one of the best acting performances of all-time and his chaotic, unstoppable force exists in perfect compli-

ment Christian Bale’s resolute immovable object The characters are intertwined in such a manner that they begin to define each other, and we haven’t seen such a strong dynamic between hero and villain since The Dark Knight is the greatest of all-time, and it’s not unreasonable to suggest that its success laid the groundwork for the age of comic book movies we currently find ourselves in

Nick Smith

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GPSA Passes Resolutions, Talks Relationship Policy

Votes on byline funding, language requirements

and responses and reporting back to the provost and president Vice Provost Judith Appleton, also a cochair of the committee, said they will continue to listen as long as it takes, even if it means extending the discussion into the fall semester

The consensual relationships policy that the administration is working on reforming was also considered at the meeting Members voiced their concern over the disproportionate effects of the current policy CRP-A, which calls for a ban on consensual relationships between faculty and graduate and professional students in the same degree program or field, as well as states that “sexual or romantic relationships between faculty members and undergraduate students are prohibited regardless of department, school, or college affiliation ”

The other option, CRP-B, would allow such relationships with a disclosure and recusal plan

M a t t h e w Battaglia ’16 grad mentioned his concern about how students in different degree programs may be affected by the blanket ban policy proposed in CRPA He noted that the different sizes in graduate fields and degree fields vary greatly Faculty and students in large degree programs may not necessarily cross academic paths in the same way as smaller departments

ers at the new Maplewood Apartments, in response to a discovery that international students would effectively no longer be able to take on the role of Graduate Community Advisors and leaders there, according to the resolution Resolution 14 updated the byline funding procedures for the GPSA The new procedures more closely align to those of the Student Assembly This resolution was a preemptive measure, as opposed to reactionary measures that tend to happen, according to Tyler McCann grad, chair of the appropriations committee

“ Typically the ways things function here has been reactionary

A problem comes up, and then you quickly try and solve it The bulk of what we were doing here was preemptive This a spot that we acknowledged could be an issue let’s address it right now before one emerges, ” McCann said

Resolution 15 worked on the issue of representation of p r o f e s s i o n a l students within the GPSA

“This is a spot that could be an issue let’s address it right now before one emerges ”

T y l e r M c C a n n g r a d

“The size difference between a graduate field versus the Johnson graduate school of business is 1,200 people, which is very large,” Battaglia said “Some graduate fields tend to be quite small, whereas the rest of the schools and i n t e r n a t i o n a l programs can be quite large ” Members of the GPSA will vote on their p r e f e r e n c e between the two plans or indicate that they support neither The same vote will be held at the next Faculty Senate meeting, which will take place on Wednesday The results of the votes on the consensual relationship policy will be given to President Martha E Pollack, who will have the final say on the University’s official policy

Three major changes to the r

d adding a diversity and international students seat, designating an additional two positions on the GPSA to master ’ s students, and updating the number of professional student seats according to Battaglia, a sponsor Jesse Goldberg grad, sponsor of Resolution 16, was inspired by the letter to the editor cosigned by over eighty faculty members in response to the proposal to reduce the arts and sciences language requirement

“This resolution is proposed that we are in support of our constituents,” Goldberg said “The resolution points out that even

“We expect ... that graduate student labor be given the same kind of consideration and respect as employees ”

J e s s e G o l d b e r g g r a d

In addition, GPSA Resolutions 13, 14, 15, and 16 were passed at the meeting The resolutions dealt with accommodations for international student leaders at the Maplewood Apartments, updating byline funding procedures, equal representation for professional students in GPSA and arts college language requirement changes Resolution 13 urges the University to come up with a solution to allow international students to serve as community lead-

though Cornell administration does not acknowledge graduate students as employees, we expect in decisions that are going to reduce any kind of requirement or reduce course offerings that graduate student labor be given the same kind of consideration and respect as employees ” Resolution 16 called for further discussion on the topic ahead of the vote on the decision to change the language requirements Dean Gretchen Ritter of the college of arts and sciences has encouraged the faculty to vote at their final faculty meeting on May 1 “if broad agreement seems likely,” according to an update on the proposed changes

Experts Debate North Korea Peace Prospects

Speakers agree on need for nuclear deal

NUCLEAR

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current situation as ripe for negotiations,” Lee said

Lee also cited Kim’s Western education as a reason to believe that he is more modern and open-minded than his predecessors

Terry, on the other hand, did not view Western education as a valid indicator of the modernity or inno-

c e n c e o f a leader

“ I w o u l d h e s i t a t e t o

concurred that a deal to manage North Korean nuclear proliferation is better than no deal at all

“We must work towards denuc l e a r i z a t i o n Wi t h o u t i t , t h e threat of war will persist,” Lee said

Pro f Hi

Einaudi Center and the John S Knight professor of international studies, moderated the debate

“I maintain that there is no other option but to negotiate I see the current situation as ripe for negotiations.”

c o n c l u d e t h a t Kim simply ate a lot of Swiss cheese during his time abroad,”

e x p re s s i n g h e r b e l i e f t h a t t h e

North Korean leader was not as innocent as many make him out to be

“Let me remind the crowd that [Former Cambodian Prime Minister] Pol Pot and [Syrian President Bashar] Assad were also educated in the West,” she added

Lee hopes that the summit will lead to a joint statement from North and South Korea, which will “ pave the road for successful nuclear talks with the Tr ump administration and the international community ” Te r r y, o n t h e o t h e r h a n d , warned people “ not to bank on Kim Jong Un being a transformative leader ”

“Who knows, maybe Trump and Kim will hit it off. They seem to have a certain chemistry ”

S u e M i T e r r y

“I too believe that the U SNorth Korea meeting will produce a deal However, that deal w i l l b e s u p e r f i c i a l , a l l o w i n g Trump to declare it a historic success and Kim to wait the Tr u m p a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o u t , ”

Terr y said

Te r r y e x p l a i n e d t h a t w h a t

Trump seeks is a “CNN Effect” that he only wants to claim victory and make television headlines and that Kim Jong Un is willing to give it to him in order to stall Once the next president of the United States takes office, the North Korean leader will simply declare any previous deal null and void, she said

“Call me a cynic, but I don’t see true denuclearization,” Terry said

The two speakers agreed, however, that diplomatic engagement with North Korea is absolutely necessary and that there is no viable military solution They also

S o o - H y u c k L e e

“Which of the two leaders is more unstable?” Miyazaki asked at the beginning of the event “I am joking, we won ’ t start there ”

In response to an audience question about whether Trump will withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal prior to entering into negotiations with North Korea, L e e a n

t would adversely affect the position of the United States if it does happen

The speakers, responding to another question from the audience, also sparred over whether the topic of alleged human rights violations by North Korea should be brought up by the United States during negotiations about nuclear weapons

L e e a r g u e d t h a t t h e i s s u e should eventually be discussed, but “for the time being, it is very difficult to do so ” Te r r y, i n re s p o n s e , i n s i s t e d that it “should be on the table ” However, she predicted that due to its high sensitivity the “human r i g h t s i s s u e w i l l l i k e l y b e shelved ”

L e e c a l l e d re n e we d t a l k s between North Korea and the superpowers “ season two, ” with the 2003 six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program being “ season one ”

“I hope that for the sake of peace, ‘ season two ’ takes steps toward a denuclearized Nor th Korea and ultimately reunificat i o n b e t we e n t h e No r t h a n d South,” Lee concluded

Te r r y, o n t h e o t h e r h a n d , expressed doubt on whether a m e a n i n g f u l re s o l u t i o n t o t h i s conflict exists at all

“ If t h e l a s t 2 5 ye a r s h a ve demonstrated anything, it is that the North Korean issue cannot be solved but only managed,” Terry said “Who knows, maybe Trump and Kim will hit it off They seem to have a certain chemistry We will have to wait and see ”

Avraham Spraragen can be reached at aspraragen@cornellsun com

Cornell Puts Up Championship Qualifying Performances

The Red amasses dozens of top-10 finishes ahead of postseason tournaments

By BENJAMIN SHI Sun Staff Writer

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If the goal was to solidify the team’s standing before the postseason, then the past week treated the Red well

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