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Cornell Turns Its Sights Toward New York City

By GIRISHA ARORA

Sun Managing Editor

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faculty-grad relationships

By ALISHA GUPTA Sun Assistant Managing Editor

After much debate and criticism, the Consensual Relationships Policy Committee, in its final report to President Martha E Pollack, recommended a ban on all sexual and romantic relationships between faculty members and graduate or professional students who are affiliated with the same graduate field or degree program

This field ban was scrutinized harshly by many members of the faculty, with only 31 of the 100 votes cast by the Faculty Senate supporting the field ban Similarly, in the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, only 13 of 41 voted for the field ban

“It distresses me, that Cornell would put a ban on sexual relationships on people who are of-

age, who have the maturity to make a meaningful choice, not violating a law really,” said Prof Ken Birman, computer science “It seems to me that this is an overreach ”

The committee defended its decision to include the field ban in the report, arguing that “ many comments against the field ban did not account for the academic environment or misinterpreted the proposed policy,” and that those in favor of the ban were typically “concerned about the most vulnerable ”

“Within their fields, graduate and professional students must take courses from and are subject to formal and informal evaluation by field faculty, even when those faculty are not teaching required courses or directly supervising the stu-

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Task Force Suggests ‘More Oversight’ Over Greek Life

By ALISHA GUPTA Sun Assistant Managing Ed tor

The Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate formed after a student was accused of a racially-motivated assault in the fall semester submitted three preliminary reports to President Martha E Pollack on Tuesday, recommending that Cornell provide more diversity education and be allowed to punish students for creating a “hostile environment ”

The task force will submit a final set of recommendations to Pollack by the end of May, the president said in an email to the campus community

One of three subcommittees, the campus experience subcommittee, detailed in its report a series of “lessons

learned” during its outreach process, which consisted of meeting with administrators, faculty, students, staff, alumni and trustees The subcommittee ’ s findings included a “ perceived lack of significant progress toward inclusion,” insufficient response to misconduct and inadequate representation and support for diverse faculty and staff

“Over the last four years, the overall annual turnover rate has remained stable; however, the turnover rate among faculty and staff of color has been increasing,” the subcommittee said, while also acknowledging the “disproportionate representation of staff of color in diversity-related positions and

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Pollack Sent CRP-A to Review

plans are put into practice and that enforcement procedures are properly executed ”

dent,” the report said

Howe ve r, Bi r m a n w a s c o n c e r n e d about the impact this ban would have on current relationships

“There must be 50 or 100 couples, probably more, that fall under the ban,” he said “There’s no evidence whatsoever of massive abuse ”

In March, the committee released two policy proposals: CRP-A and CRP-B The two were identical, except CRP-A included the field ban while CRP-B allowed sexual or romantic relationships between faculty and graduate or professional students as long as there was disclosure and recusal

The two recommendations were then subject to community debate and discussion, with all of the assemblies and the Faculty Senate voting for either CRP-A, CRP-B or neither

Ul t i m a t e l y, t h e c o m m i t t e e re c o mmended policy CRP-A to Pollack, who, in her statement on Wednesday afternoon, said her goal was “ to deliver a proposal to the University’s Policy Office for formal drafting and adoption by the start of the fall semester ”

The committee’s final report also proposes the creation of the 6 X office, which is meant to “ ensure that effective recusal

Many members of the Cornell community harbored privacy concerns in regards to the 6 X office, with many worrying that members of the LGBTQ community would be forced to “ out ” themselves, as previously reported by The Sun

However, the committee addressed this concern in its report by giving the 6 X office the authority to “formulate the recusal plan without involving either party ’ s academic unit, thereby protecting those who may, for reasons of safety or career prospects, not be ‘ out ’”

The proposal also prohibits any member of the Cornell community from exercising academic or professional authority over a student with whom he or she has had a romantic or sexual relationship There is also a blanket ban on sexual or romantic relationships between faculty members and undergraduate students

The undergraduate ban was received with near “universal support, ” according to the report

Co-chairs Prof Charles Van Loan, engineering, dean of faculty, and Anna Waymack grad could not be reached for comment late on Wednesday night

University Wants to Increase ‘Footprint and Student Involvement’ in New York City

available It’s huge and it’s beautiful, and there’s a ten year lease on it,” said Rooks

Climate Task Force Presents Results

d e p r i v e s a n i n d i v i d u a l ’ s par ticipating in or benefitting from the University’s education or employment programs or activities ”

The subcommittee also

2,685 faculty and staff and sought input through meetings with department chairs and focus groups Based on the information collected, the committee provided recommendations for Cornell’s future over the next decade in one-, five- and 10-year increments

Within the year, the committee recommended setting up a “robust website to collect, amplify, and house the full extent of Cornell’s footprint in New York ” This website would serve as a repository of information on the city and would include contact information, travel resources, and potential research and outreach opportunities

Transportation and housing limitations were one of the major challenges brought up in the surveys conducted by the committee and hence, to address it, the one year timeline also recommended increasing Cornell to Cornell bus trips and potentially developing a Cornell rideshare or car-share system

To tackle the housing challenges, the committee proposed increasing hotel

“There’s a whole lot more conversation and diffferent stakeholders that will have to get involved ”

options with Cornell contracted rates and using Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech student housing

In five years, the committee seeks to set up a one-stop “concierge service” for faculty travelling to-and-from the city By then, the committee also envisions the set up of dedicated office and classroom space at 570 Lexington Ave , a 70,000 sqare foot building in Midtown recently acquired by Cornell, as an “urban campus prototype ”

“We see 570 as just a starting point A lot of people didn’t even know that it was

The committee hopes to, in five years, “dramatically increase visibility, salience and definition of Cornell that is inclusive of New York,” with at least five percent of Cornell students and faculty having an experience in the city

By 2029, the vision is to have a completely constructed urban campus To further graduate and undergraduate education, the School of Professional Studies, with combined residential, distance and part-time programs, would be established For faculty, there would be a robust faculty-in-residence opportunity, which would be accompanied by rotating and visiting faculty from Ithaca

While the goal of the committee is to increase the Cornell footprint and student involvement in New York, there was no student feedback incorporated in the surveys

“Students were not part of our charge at this point There’s a whole lot more conversation and different stakeholders that will have to get involved,” Rooks said Rooks added, however, that since it was focused so heavily on students, before the plan moves forward aggressively, there will be an effort that seeks to collect information from students and alumni

Cornell has operated in New York City for over a century, since the opening of Weill Cornell Medicine in 1898 Last year, the opening of Cornell Tech was seen as an “ enormous expansion” of the University’s presence in the city

The committee recommends that a “robust presence ” in one of the “world’s greatest cities” will position the University to provide Cornell students pathways for students and to engage in tackling problems in an “increasingly urban world ”

Pollack is expected to review the report and inform the Cornell community about the next steps she envisions for this expansion early in the fall semester

To read an updated version of the story, visit cornellsun com

Girisha Arora can be reached at garora@cornellsun

a s k e d t h e Un i v e r s i t y t o “ asser t more oversight over m i s c o n d u c t , p a r t i c u l a r l y within the Greek community and in other exclusive

s t u d e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n s , ” writing that Greek culture i s “ n o t o n l y permissive of, b u t g l a m o ri z e s s e x u a l h a r a s s m e n t and violence ”

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The subcommittee also recommended eliminating t h e s e p a r a t e d i s c i p l i n a r y procedure used for Greek organizations and treating the organizations “identic a l l y t o o t h e r s t u d e n t

tee recommended mandator y diversity training for teaching assistants

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phased in over the next six to 12 months and which are long-term goals “ I f

“I fully expect that some of the recommendations will have already been implemented ... in the fall.”

l a t i o n o f s p e e c h a n d harassment subcommittee recommended a ne w definition of harassment to be a d d e d t o t h e C o d e o f Conduct and Policy 6 4

T h e p ro p o s e d d e f i n i t i o n describes a “hostile envir o n m e n t ” a s o n e w h e r e c o n d u c t i s “ s u f f i c i e n t l y severe, persistent, or pervasive that it unreasonably inter feres with, limits, or

o r g a n i z a t i o n s u n d e r t h e Campus Code ” The final subcommittee which focused on campus response took issue with Cornell’s “ perc e i v e d o v e r r e l i a n c e o n unpaid or untrained ‘first responders,’” such as student leaders, resident hall s t a f f a n d t e a c h i n g a s s i stants, and the subcommit-

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said “I will provide a full repor t to the community early in the fall semester on our overall implementation plans ”

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Editorial

CRPC Went Against GPSA, Employee Assembly and Faculty Senate. That’s Not Good.

THE DECISION OF THE CONSENSUAL REL ATIONSHIP POLICY COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND “CRP-A” to President Pollack against the wishes of a majority three of five of Cornell’s constituent assemblies is disappointing, as is the committee’s failure to adequately explain their choice to do so While the CRPC was forthright in stating that the votes held by the Student, Employee and University Assemblies, as well as the Faculty Senate, were nonbinding and would only be “considered” by the committee, its decision goes against clear majorities of graduate and professional students, employees, and faculty, all of whom deserve to know why their opinions were disregarded

“CRP-A” and its counterpart, “CRP-B” are identical except for in how they deal with relationships between graduate/professional students and faculty who work in the same graduate field or degree program CRP-A, the policy the committee decided upon, is the more restrictive of the two, outright banning such relationships, while CRP-B allows for such relationships “provided there is disclosure and an appropriate recusal plan ” (Both policies include blanket provisions banning relationships between faculty and undergraduates, a welcome and commendable clarification of the current, 1990s-era policy )

There are strong arguments for each variation; balancing the rights and freedoms of consenting adults with necessary protections against predation and bias is a difficult task indeed, and we applaud President Pollack, the committee and the various assemblies for taking the initiative to address this issue But the outcome as it stands today is far too tenuous for comfort

Support for CRP-A did not reach 33 percent in the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly or the Faculty Senate The only two assemblies that voted in favor of CPR-A were the Student Assembly, whose constituents all undergraduates are wholly unaffected by the distinction, and the University Assembly which includes members of all four constituencies and is by far the smallest body of the five, with only seven voting members

What is the purpose of convening representative bodies if their concerns go unanswered when they matter most? At no point does the CRPC report address the fact that neither pertinent branch of shared governance (the GPSA and Faculty Senate) voted overwhelmingly against their recommendation All the report includes is a single paragraph on why they were unable to produce a compromise between CRP-A and CRP-B due to ambiguity and complexity

This issue is clearly far from resolved (There is even a vocal contingent of faculty arguing against any changes ) While no policy will ever attain unanimous support from all involved, Cornell cannot reasonably implement a policy that has been so thoroughly rejected via the democratic process without further discussion President Pollack should remand the report back to the committee for further review that addresses the concerns we have stated here

The funniest people I know are women, which might seem strange given how overwhelmingly male the profession of comedy seems to be The top ten highest paid comedians in 2017 were nine men and one woman Amy Schumer, who also happens to be exceedingly white and exceedingly problematic

Per formers at the White House Correspondents Dinners, keeping with this trend, have been historically male as well Not to say that funny women haven’t graced the stage; recently we had Wanda Sykes, Cecily Strong and, this year, Michelle Wolf So, we are getting somewhere in terms of equality

As I watched Wolf perform, I tried and failed to feel offended Republicans called it an absolute disgrace, even members of the liberal news media appealed for an apology from the comedian Everyone seemed to think that she had taken it too far, especially in terms of Sarah Huckabee Sanders

And, I will admit, she did take it far She was blunt, she was crude and she was, at times, scathing I do feel that this is what is generally expected of modern-day comedians She reflected on the year and the players involved with tongue-in-cheek wit and honest evaluation This year ’ s White House Correspondents Dinner might have felt a little surreal, like nothing we have ever experience before, but I would challenge you to recognize that this year in American politics has been a bit surreal as well

We are in the middle of various legal scandals involving the President of the United States We are forced to ask ourselves questions such as, what happens if the most powerful man in our nation paid off a porn star to keep quiet about their sexual relationship? Or what if, during his campaign, there was collusion with Russia? These seem like plot points in a soap opera, but they are genuine, day-to-day concerns when it comes to domestic politics

The other day I was looking up the weather forecast online and said, “Oh, look! It’s stormy ” One of my friends thought I was referring to Kylie Jenner’s newborn baby, Stormi, and another friend thought I was referring to Trump’s alleged mistress, Stormy Daniels What a world

I can ’ t help but believe there would’ve been an elephant in the room if neither Russia nor Stormy Daniels were addressed

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There was no comfortable way of doing this Wolf ’ s sarcastic bluntness and the nervous tittering from the crowd seemed almost like the best we could hope for However, Wolf has received barraging criticism, criticism that feels vaguely disproportionate When a comedian like, oh, I don’t know, Louis C K , stepped up to the plate, we expected his crudeness, his bluntness, his taking-it-too-far It’s this boys-will-beboys mentality that has enabled so many famous men to over-exert their power and

Wolf’s sarcastic bluntness and the nervous tittering from the crowd seemed almost like the best we could hope for.

run rampant with sexual harassment for so many years For some reason, a woman speaking her mind isn’t met with the same shrugging and nodding

To me, Michelle Wolf spun gold from straw She picked up the absurdity that is the state-of-affairs in America and she did not sugar coat it Her exit, with a remark that Flint still doesn’t have clean water, was the perfect way to end it all Wolf was fair, she was honest and she was not taking politicians’, or the media’s, bullshit If we were all as enraged about the condition in Flint as we were with a comment about Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ eyeshadow, maybe we wouldn’t be in the middle of a human rights catastrophe So, I give Wolf my respect for making a room of elites feel wildly uncomfortable when called out on their own behavior and expressing no remorse for occupying this role and this space in a male-dominated-field Bravo

Sarah Lieberman is a junior in the College of Arts a n d S c i

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Iunfollowed Kanye West after the first MAGA tweet Without hesitation, I jumped on the bandwagon calling for his “cancellation ” I spent most of Tuesday looking like the white guy blinking meme as I watched Mr West word-vomit all over Twitter and call four hundred years of chattel slaver y “ a choice” on TMZ

This column was going to be a scathing condemnation Instead, my curiosity led me to watch ’Ye’s extended c o n v e r s a t i o n

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What I realized y ’all love to act crazy, huh? It always has to be a melodrama With the coverage this stor y is getting, you would think this man was the modern day Malcolm X But this man already told us almost two full years ago that he loved Donald Trump To make sure his position was cr ystal-clear, he made sure to add, “Specifically to black people, stop focusing on racism This world is racist, O K ”

He said this! Out loud! In public!

This is not breaking news Kanye has always been transparent about his values It is your fault for continuing to deify ignorant cishet black men who have told you, repeatedly, that they are not here for you Y ’all just refuse to listen

After the initial Trump tweets, but before watching the inter view, I had decided that Kanye-the-musician and Kanye-the-man were two different people Kanye-themusician is one of a handful of individuals, among them Beethoven and Picasso, who are personally responsible for paradigm shifts in the boundaries of human expression Kanye-the-man, on the other hand, is just a nutty man with kooky opinions who makes squishy shoes

Mr West’s apparent ideology is rife with contradictions He has spent his entire career engaging in vociferous

critiques of consumerism and mass incarceration as racialized tools of social control, yet somehow suddenly reveres laissez-faire capitalism and believes BLM is some sort of whiny victim’s crusade Like Jaden Smith, I found myself unable to reconcile my admiration for ’Ye with my revulsion for the Uncle Tom spamming my TL with the Manic Episode of his Minstrel Show So, I unfollowed him, and set out to write a brutal roast about elling out

But after nearly two hours of atching Kanye be Kanye, I ame to a realization Kanyethe-artist only exists because Kanye-the-man does

His politics are as abstract as the beats he produces, and as elitist as the bars he writes

He is here to create new modes of expression; he is here to expand our minds; he is here to challenge us He is not here for you He does not do this for you

For those who haven’t seen the inter view, two particularly revealing exchanges elucidate why this Kanye is the same Kanye we ’ ve always known

One occurs at the ver y end, when Charlamagne presses Kanye to own his statements about Trump, a man who “marginalize[s] people that look like you ” ’Ye responds thoroughly and thoughtfully He first acknowledges that he doesn’t “have all the answers, ” then describes how he felt inspired seeing an “outsider” elected

We shouldn’t be surprised We have always known two things, definitively, about Kanye West’s id: he yearns to be accepted, and he yearns to be a leader That a rich, insecure narcissist sees himself more clearly in another rich, insecure narcissist than he does in the huddled masses should not come as a shock

The man ’ s best friend is a white lady who once said, “Kanye, to me, is the most political, experimental and fundamentally humanitarian of all Not by explicitly donating, supporting or consoling the poor, but by living, in his own body, the change in a way that is not easy ” This is a real quote You should never have deified this man then, and likewise should not waste energy vilifying him now

The other exchange happens around the thirty-minute mark Kanye explains his spiritual rationale for making

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those controversial comments His explanation makes perfect sense once you remember he is philosophizing, not p o l i

Manichean dichotomies that govern our society how we see our fellow human beings in terms of us versus them, of “home team versus away team ”

He reiterates that the only force powerful enough to break those chains to break the grip of fear is love

He reminds us that our love must extend beyond our own tribes to include our enemies and even those who wish to do us harm This is not a new idea Obviously, Trump is no friend to people of color; but for ’Ye, it is about love, humanity and a bunch of other intangible ideas rich people have the time to sit around and ponder

Please understand: Kanye West is not your community organizer He’s not the leader of your local NAACP He is a wealthy, selfish ar tist whose passion for justice is purely conceptual He does not care about you He never did

Y ’all need to stop wasting all that ink and ever ybody’s time with these thinkpieces critically engaging with the implications of Kanye West’s brain farts Not only are y ’all saying the same thing, y ’all are really analyzing the dude who said, “poopy-di scoop ” This man really secured a

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sample, produced a beat and went in the booth to say: “scoop-diddy-whoop, whoopdi scoopdi poop, poopdiscoopity” Enough!

Perhaps next time, instead of lamenting the failure of yet another weak black man, you might use your platform to tell us, for once, about the success of a strong black woman

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Your source for good food

By ELIZA CHRISTMAN-COHEN

This is my first semester at Cornell and maybe I’m still seeing things through rosecolored glasses, but I think Ithaca is great There are more than three restaurants, delivery exists heck, there are even people when you

Ode to Trumansburg

walk into town! There is much more to experience in Ithaca than there was at my previous college, which will remain unnamed but was located in Middlebury, Vt

Even though Ithaca is a relative hotbed of activity, sometimes you just need to get off campus and out of town Recently, my mom coming up for a weekend provided the

perfect excuse to get away

Enter Trumansburg, an oasis 14 miles north on NY-96 We wandered into Creekside Cafe looking for a late breakfast after reading positive reviews on Yelp I was struck by the light, airy restaurant, which felt open and inviting despite its tiny size Exposed brick and light-washed wood were the

mainstays of the décor The walls were covered with local art for sale; many were paintings that I would be proud to hang in my dorm room

One of the co-owners of the cafe answered all of our questions and took our order I did a little Googling, and I found out his name is Charlie Stadtlander I hope he doesn’t mind He and his partner Cathryn Koken bought the building in 2007, and, bam, Creekside Cafe was born

The vibe is extraordinarily friendly and casual You come in, find a table and read from the paper menu The brunch options, which are ser ved all day on Sunday, are elevated versions of no-fuss favorites My mom got the special omelet of the day sautéed spinach, onion, potatoes and gruyere cheese with a simple, very fresh, green salad I ordered the “breakfast bowl ” Both dishes were plated with no froufrou addons Just the way we like things

The breakfast bowl had two fried eggs on a bed of sautéed greens and vegetables, sweet pickled onions and a housemade tahini dressing all forms of seeds were sprinkled on top, giving a lovely crunch to every bite! Overall, it had an

umami flavor with just the right amount of garlic and onion to give it an extra kick Maybe this breakfast doesn’t seem especially healthy to a normal person, but since I rarely eat a vegetable, I felt like a new woman I’m always shocked and thrilled when chefs make good-for-you foods taste fantastic Given the cafe’s sincere commitment to locally-sourced ingredients, it’s no surprise just how yummy everything was

There were three varieties of mini chévre tarts offered as a special that day The chef prepared each tart with either bacon, tomato or sautéed mushrooms We did not try these since we are not partakers of goat cheese, but they did seem to be very popular Other options included more conventional items such as breakfast sandwiches on fluffy and perfectly buttered to the edges! ciabatta rolls and French toast While the menu is somewhat limited, the quality at Creekside is so high that you will not miss the more extensive options you would find at a diner I was flabbergasted by how quickly the food was prepared

Creekside Cafe in Trumansburg

Usually at a tiny restaurant, you wait a long time before anything edible makes its way to the table I happened to be especially ravenous that Sunday morning and was mentally preparing for an unbearably long wait Fifteen minutes after walking in, I had a big ole breakfast spread in front of me

After devouring the aforementioned special, I realized that I was deeply deprived of caffeine and needed to be awake to tackle the boatload of work waiting for me My mom had been mainlining Creekside’s deep roast coffee, supplied by Gimme! Coffee, an Ithaca mainstay She was quite perky But I had refrained because I’m a wimp and need lots of sugar and milk, which I didn’t feel like

paying for the meal not expensive at all we walked over to the Trumansburg Gimme!

re keen to help us and suggested a new coffee blend for my mom to bring back home She was busy with that discussion while I was having trouble remembering how

Luckily, whatever I babbled to the cashier translated into a delicious drink Gimme! gets their

baked goods from external retailers, and they are truly fantastic I got a small maple cookie with salted frosting, the perfect sweet ending to a brunch outing Next time you have a hankering to get out of Ithaca, drive yourself up to Trumansburg and eat breakfast with Charlie or just ask to use the bathroom (it was just as adorable as the café and worth the drive) And be sure to grab a coffee from Gimme! to

experience the next best version of a hipster Brooklyn cafe that Tompkins County has to offer Creekside Cafe

Ser ves: breakfast and lunch

Vibe: relaxed

Price: $$

Overall:

Eliza Christman-Cohen is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences She can be reached at ec645@cornell edu

Ba s e m e n t Ta c o s a t Bi c k e r i n g Tw i n s

By CATHY ZHANG Sun Staff Writer

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Cathy Zhang is a senior in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences She can be reached at cz223@cornell edu

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Avengers: Infinity War Roundtable

L e v A ka b a s: Every single time that Thor called Rocket “Rabbit ” Also the ending I know some may criticize it for exploiting cheap emotion or taking the easy way out with a cliffhanger, but it was also genuinely surprising I’ve been consistently entertained by Marvel for ten years, but truly surprised? It’s been a while

A n dre a Ya n g: A five-way tie between Loki looking at Thor and admitting for the first time that he’s Odin’s son, Thor crawling over to hold Loki’s body in his arms, Steve introducing himself to Groot in the middle of battle, the four-women fight between Wanda, Natasha, Okoye and Proxima Midnight and when Peter disappears in Tony’s arms Okay now I have to go cry again

Ru t h Pa rk: When Thor shows up at Wakanda with his new axe, providing a fresh wave of hope and excited gasps to the audience

Da vi d Go uldt h or pe : My favorite moments, plural, were any time characters met who never had before When the Guardians meet the Avengers, or when people end up in Wakanda, so on and so forth Those interactions bring out more of the characters involved, plus it's just flat out fun!

Jon vi Ro ll i ns : The ending After years of watching a similar formula, in which the heroes face a villain with similar powers and then win in the end, this movie delivers something that's almost the opposite

A ka b a s : The Peter Dinklage casting was distracting, the Wakandan cast was egregiously overshadowed and the breakneck pace and overstuffed nature of the stor y stripped some characters of their nuance (Star-Lord especially)

Ya n g : How compact the stor yline is the onslaught of emotions simply doesn’t stop

Pa r k : The ending credits scene, which did not provide as much information/resolution as I had been expecting, especially since the movie’s ending was ver y abrupt

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A ka b a s : It means the MCU is fucking lit In all seriousness, though, the auteurism from Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther didn’t carr y over and the Russo Brothers still don’t innovately shoot action scenes yet the movie was entertaining and satisfying all the same Maybe when you ’ re dealing with 50 billion characters, just making a coherent movie is enough, but I pray that we ’ re not lowering our artistic standards

Ya n g : It set an amazing example for the possibility of a massive superhero movie that also has meaningful character developments and beautiful relationship arcs Hats off to the Russos, they have my respect

Pa r k : Mar vel has spent so much time almost a decade building up this hero lineup, and they ended this movie by killing a lot of beloved characters, which will keep people eager to see the second portion of Infinity War It seems like a great tactic for mainstream superhero movies with complex plots!

G o u l d t h o r p e : The film has broken records and raked in the highest opening weekend gross ever It's a high point for Mar vel, which has had fans ecstatic The question does become, of course, how do you top it? But it also shows that the "Mar vel fatigue" that James Cameron wished for does not seem to be in sight

R o l l i n s : The impact and early success of this movie is something that DC may never be able to match, and not due to a lack of quality, but to an absence of patience, planning and respect to source material That said, unless the next few MCU phases build up toward a Secret Wars movie or a battle with Galactus, I'm not sure if Mar vel can make a crossover event this ambitious and this good in the near future

On an ordinary afternoon a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon the poem “Love

After Love” by Sir Derek Walcott

as I was sorting through old files on my laptop The title didn’t ring a bell at first The file info says I had saved it over two years ago to the folder that contains poems I liked, which I also didn’t remember doing So I opened on the file to read it, unprepared for relevancy of its words, and the clarity they would bring me

“Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart

h o r p e : It was definitely stuffed to the brim with climax after climax, and in any other film it'd be exhausting But Infinity War has so much on its plate, and honestly I wouldn't know what to cut When you ' re juggling over 25 heroes, ever yone needs something to do!

A k a b a s : Iron Man He remains the emotional core, even if some of the younger characters like Spiderman or Black Panther have surpassed him in terms of humor and fighting ability, respectively It’s like the 2014 San Antonio Spurs Tim Duncan was always the true MVP of that team, even if Kawhi Leonard was a better player in the Finals

Ya n g : Thor, even though I love them all

Pa r k: Black Panther! I mean, the final battle scenes were all under his jurisdiction/command And, he’s the Black Panther WAKANDA FOREVER!

G o u l d t h or p e : I was delighted that my personal favorite, Doctor Strange, had a sizable role in the film, but Thanos was the best part of all this He's the most fully realized villain that Mar vel has put together We were promised that he'd be the greatest threat our heroes had ever faced Sure enough, he was imposing, developed and one of my new favorite comic book villains

To Thine Own Self Be True

I grew up and discovered how stories were made, and wanted to make them myself, too I wrote on notebooks that had locks that didn’t really lock I wrote on a third-hand laptop that froze every five seconds I wrote when no one was home I wrote after bedtime, under the covers holding a flashlight I wrote in Chinese I wrote in English when I learned

” I can ’ t remember a time when I didn’t want to be a writer

According to my mother, when I was little I could memorize the stories she read me, so well that I could recite and flip pages at the right moments, making it look like I actually knew how to read Then

how I wrote when I was bad at it I wrote when I got good at it I wrote in secret, unwilling to share my writing with others, especially my mother, who I still consider my harshest and best critic I wrote for the public, after the city newspaper published an essay of mine when I

was ten I wrote poems and plays, too, when I was in high school

Then I wrote an essay about writing, and it got me into Cornell

Then I stopped Or I tried to, anyway

In one of Nick Swan’s columns from last month, he talked about how the pre-professional culture and high stress environment at Cornell have made many of us forget how to be passionate about something, a point with which I wholeheartedly agree Yet that wasn ’ t quite what happened to me I got scared

When people ask me why I’m not pursuing writing professionally, I tell them it’s an issue of practicality, which is the answer they usually expect anyway The truth I seldom say out loud: I’m terrified of not being good enough I’m terrified of finding out that I’m inadequate at the one thing I know I love above

all else It’s almost like that smart guy meme I can ’ t fail at it if I don’t try it in the first place I can ’ t lose it if I simply give it up

So I picked up a major that’s “practical” while interesting, but it’s also one that demands almost all of my time I throw myself into professional development, into becoming more like the people around me and into doing the things everyone tells me I should be doing Yet despite all this, despite trying to pull myself back onto “the right track” time and time again, I come back to English classes, to the theater, to reading and to writing I write on my phone when I’m walking I write at 4 a m after coming off of a 30-hour project I write in my code editor when an idea pops up while I’m coding and won ’ t leave me alone I write for The Sun, and it’s the best decision I’ve ever made at Cornell In the end, fighting myself was the hardest part

So here I am, in my last column of the semester, admitting defeat to

the part of myself that’s been relentless in its fight to break free

This is me putting an end to the war with who I am and what I love, and I wouldn’t have been able to do it without The Sun This is a thank you to this amazing paper that cares deeply about students’ voices This is a thank you to everyone at The Sun who has encouraged me to write for Arts, shared or appreciated my passion for theater and literature, and helped me not only become a better writer, but a braver person

This is a thank you to you, whoever you are, for reading this far

But above all, this is an encouragement for anyone like me, in conflict with their inner voice and their true self, feeling the pull of a passion but holding themselves back: Give back your heart to itself, and let it beat

Andrea Yang is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences She can be reached at ayang@cornellsun com Five Minutes ‘ Til Places runs alternate Thursdays this semester

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Laxers Seek First Ivy Title Since 2011

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current seniors have had a taste of

been the most important thing to our success all year, ” Milliman said

That group lost in the tournament as freshmen, but the seasoned veterans now have another shot at the title

“ We are just ver y excited; we haven’t been here in a while,” Pulver said “ We are happy with how far we have come but our goal is to go out there and win ” Cornell takes on Brown in the Ivy League semifinal at 8:30 p m Friday in New York If the Red advances, it will face the winner of Yale vs Penn at noon on Sunday

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already had the No 2 seed in the c

d up heading into the final weekend of the regular season Thus, the loss is a moot point for the team at this juncture “ It’s n

game, but I think it was eyeopening for us to get back to the basics and start doing what we were doing earlier in the season, ”

Pulver

Now, the squad will shift its focus back to Brown, who the Red steamrolled, 19-5, on senior d

undoubtedly carr ying some of the confidence from that win to New York this weekend

Against the Bears, Teat was in prime form, totaling 10 points in the contest If he and the rest of the offense can cook up a similar performance on Friday evening, Cornell will put itself in a good spot to win But nevertheless, Milliman’s squad is not getting too comfortable

“ We are definitely going to do t h i n g s d i f f e re n t l y, ” Mi l l i m a n said “ We know we are not going to see the same Brown team again The team that we played two weeks ago is not the best version of Brown that you’ll see ”

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A win over the Bears would place the Red in the Ivy League Championship game against the w i n n e r o f Ya l e a n d Pe n n o n Sunday afternoon But for now, the group is refusing to look past Friday’s game

“ We are focused on Friday, and we ’ re fighting to extend more days in the locker room with that

group, ” Pulver said On March 18 at Schoellkopf field, Cornell fell to Yale at home, 13-11, after faltering down the stretch While the home team couldn’t come up with the win, it showed it has the potential to beat this ver y talented Yale squad

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squads know how to the bring the heat on offense But as a team, the Red sports the nation’s b

Bulldogs third in the nation by a little under a goal per game

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defense than Cornell statistically

Rookie of the Year Chris Fake, has held teams to 8 22 goals per game

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resume, it’s no surprise the Ivy League’s top squad has been on a tear Just like its conference foe from Ithaca, Yale has only lost one game since the two teams last met What’s more, the Bulldogs have stayed perfect against Ivy League opponents thus far

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y League title is not an easy one

Yet, if Cornell can channel the success it found in earlier wins against top opponents, including No 12 Syracuse and No 19 Penn State, then a pair of victories over Brown and Yale are by no means out of reach “ We’re where we deser ve to be; we are in a spot that we earned,” Milliman said And while postseason play is foreign to most of this squad, the

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Three Keys to Men’s Lacrosse Victory in the Ivy Tourney

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either shut him off, they faceguard him, they don’t slide from him At the end of the day we don’t really want to be playing without one of the best offensive players in the country so we get him involved however that works ” In the last game against Brown, Teat tied a season-high with 10 points, and the last time that Cornell faced Yale, a narrow 13-11 loss at Schoellkopf, the sophomore standout had six points The Cornell offense does its best work with Teat in charge And if Cornell is going to repeat another close game with Yale, he’ll have to replicate some of his best performances from this season Simply put, if

Teat is taken out of either game this weekend, Cornell will likely lose as it did to Princeton just a few days ago

Win the Ground Ball Battle

Lacrosse is a possession-critical sport

The best way to score more goals than the other team is to have the ball more than the other team The Bulldogs are one of the best teams in the countr y when it comes to possessions, finding themselves as one of only four teams in the top 10 in both faceoff percentage and ground balls per game With Cornell’s faceoff specialist Paul Rasimowicz currently reported as doubtful to play, this is an area where the Red has vulnerability

“We need to win the [faceoffs] we can and compete for the ones that we ’ re losing,” Milliman said “It’s probably been the strength of our offensive run is how well we ’ ve been competing for loose balls and faceoffs and making it as much of a scrap as we can ” For a team that started poorly on the faceoffs to start the season but made impressive adjustments as the campaign went on, missing its top player on the draw presents a challenge to which Cornell should be capable of adapting Other wise, a Yale team that is just as good as Cornell offensively is likely to take advantage of a lopsided possession distribution

Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun com

Women Laxers Look Back on 2018

Red reflects on areas

By GRACIE TODD Sun Staff Writer

C o r n e l l w o m e n ’ s l a c r o s s e e n d e d their season on Saturday with a close 14-13 loss against Har vard The defeat cost the Red a ticket to the Ivy League tournament

This was the first time the team failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament since 2011, and the first time it failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament since 2015

The Red finished its season with a 7-8 overall record and a 2-5 Ivy League

c o n f e r e n c e r e c o r d T h e y p l a y e d a schedule that included games against six NCAA-ranked teams

But despite the disappointing end to its season, the Red had many highlights during its 2018 campaign

“ There were no doubt a lot of challenges that our team faced this season, ” said junior captain Sarah Phillips “But there were a ton of positives ”

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for growth after coming up short this season

One of these highlights occurred during the Har vard game on Saturday Sophomore Caroline Allen scored her 17th season goal, tying the school record for free position goals in a single season

Allen was one of many underclassmen that excelled Head coach Jenny Graap said the team ’ s freshmen contributed greatly this season

“ The class of 2018 was a huge par t of our program ’ s success, ” Graap said “ We are so for tunate to have their passion and energy ”

The Red says these underclassmen were led by a strong group of seniors, including captains Ida Farinholt and Taylor Reed

“ We a re g r a

seniors, and we thank them for our leadership and dedication to our program over their four years, ” Graap said

“ This year ’ s seniors have showed the t e a m w h a t

Phillips added “I am so proud and honored to call each of them my team-

missed next year ”

Another bright spot in the season was Graap’s 200th win of her Cornell career, a win that came from the team ’ s s e v e n t h w i n o f t h e s e a s o n a g a i

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improve throughout the season

“Our offense began to find a better chemistr y which is exciting for the future,” Phillips said

The Red is already looking for ward to next year

With 2018 in the rear vie w mirror, Cornell will look to build on the lessons it learned this year to restore success next season

“Learning and improving will be our focus going for ward,” Graap said

Gracie Todd can be reached at gtodd@cornellsun com

Heavyweights Lose by a Hair

By TIM MORALES Sun Staff Writer

If you blinked, you might have missed the photo finish in men ’ s heavyweight rowing between Cornell and Penn this weekend in Ithaca at the Madeira Cup

The three-team race between No 12 Red, No 14 Penn and No 19 Georgetown came down to half a second as Penn outedged the Red 5:35 8 to 5:36 8 with Georgetown coming in third with a time of 5:44 3 in the varsity eights

So, what made the half a second difference? Simply put, head coach Todd Kennett ’91 thinks it was a matter of Penn pulling harder

“I think they raced harder than we did ” Kennett said

Although the Red dominated in strokes per minute, the Quakers were able to take advantage of efficiency and started strong out of the gate

“We were behind at the start, but we really found a nice rhythm,” Kennett said “We were taking less strokes per minute than they were and we were able to come back to even and take a small lead at one point Right there, we needed to jump on that moment ”

It was the Quakers who responded to the heat of the moment, as they responded to the resurgence by the Red with push of their own Whether it be fatigue or whatever else, the Red was unable to sustain its momentum, and the Quakers again regained the lead

“We were very confident in our ability to generate boat speed, so at that moment we waited,” Kennett said “Penn did everything they could and then some to push us back and they did They took the turn and then they made a move forward, and it a made a huge margin change really quickly ”

By the time the Quakers had made their final push, it was a matter of too little too late for the Red to make a counter of its own The Red made its final push late, but came up short by half a second

We were just stunned by that and it took us a little moment to regain and as we got to the line we were able to close the margin down, from what had been move two seconds to the half a second,” Kennett said

There were still positives to take from the close loss, as the second varsity eight dominated both Georgetown’s 6:07 0 and Penn’s 5:52 6 with a time of 5:47 5 Kennett was proud of how his time handled their emotions and hopes for a rebound effort as they travel to Worcester, Massachusetts for the Eastern Sprints on May 13

“I think we pulled really hard, and we did an exceptional job at keeping our emotions under control,” Kennett said

Tim Morales can be reached at tmorales@cornellsun com

Runners Ready for Outdoor Heps After Tough Indoor Finish

By ZORA HAHN Sun Staff Writer

T h e Iv y L e a g u e O u t d o o r

He p t a g o n a l C h a m p i o n s h i p s i s the meet that both the women ’ s and men ’ s track team train for

t h ro u g h o u t t h e e n t i re s e a s o n

This weekend, Cornell’s track

t e a m s w i l l b e t r a v e l i n g t o Philadelphia to compete in the l o n g - a w a i t e d C h a m p i o n s h i p meet In the 2017 Outdoor Heps Championships, the men ’ s track and field team placed second

ov e r a l l , s c o r i n g 1 4 9 ov e r a l l points They were barely outranked by Princeton, who scored 156 The third place team, Penn, trailed with a score of 86

T h e t e a m ’ s d i s a p p o i n t i n g fifth-place finish at the Indoor Heps meet earlier this year might add fuel to their drive to compete

this weekend

“It’s no secret that our biggest rival is Princeton, they will come ready to compete, ” said men ’ s head coach Adrian Durant “But after our disappointing Indoor Heps meet, we ’ re going into this weekend looking out for ever y team They are all our competition and it isn’t wise going into a c h a m p i o n s h i p u n d e re s t i m a t i n g anyone ” The Red has had three meets thus far at which it competed

a g a i n s t i t s Iv y L e a g u e r i v a l s These events represent the only times the team could review its strengths and weaknesses against the other teams in the conference

“I am most excited to compete against the two shot put powerh o u s e s o f Pr i n c e t o n : Mi t c h e l Charles and Kelton Chastulik,” said sophomore thrower Zach

Hawley “ They are great competitors but I hope to outshine them when the throws really count ”

“We’re going into this weekend looking out for every team They are all our competition ”

T h e m e n ’ s t e a m h a s b e e n training diligently in order to succeed at the Outdoor Heps Championships after their lessthan-perfect performance at the Indoor Heps Championships

“Most of our emphasis has been on how to approach competition,” Durant said in regards to their practice regime “ Training is ver y different from competing and to come out on top you have

to be ready for all scenarios

Getting in the competitive mind frame is key to winning ”

The women ’ s track and field team placed sixth overall in the Outdoor Heps Championships

l a s t y e a r, b e i n g o u t p a c e d b y H a r v a rd , Pe n n , Pr i n c e t o n , Columbia and Dartmouth

The women ’ s team placed fifth i n t h e In d o o r He p s Championships this year with a s c o re o f 7 5 p o i n t s T h e University of Pennsylvania took away first place

“ O u r L e a g u e i s

l y competitive,” said women ’ s head coach Artie Smith “ To name only two: Penn was outstanding in winning the indoor Heps and they’ll be hosting the meet and Har vard has won the last 4 outdoor Heps team titles ” The women ’ s team has also been working hard in practice to

perform the best they can this weekend’s intense championship meet

“Our focus has been on continuing to improve each week,” Smith said “At this stage of the season, staying healthy and managing the nicks and bruises that accumulate over the course of a long season are critical to good p e r f o r m a n c e s i n t h e c h a m p ionships ” “ We have been working technical skills and fixing up what we have already,” said sophomore j u m p e r Ju l i a Va l k o s “A t t h i s point it’s about making what we have better to beat out the other competitors ”

Both teams kick off the action on Saturday and will compete through Sunday in Philadelphia

Zora Hahn can be reached at zhahn@cornellsun com

Laxers Gear Up for Ivy League Tournament

Red returning to the conference championship, seeks frst Ivy League title since 2011

By JACK KANTOR Sun Ass stant Sports Editor

Six seasons have come and gone since Cornell men ’ s lacrosse won an Ivy League Championship, including five since the team reached the finals and two years since it has even competed in the event

But following its absence from the tournament, the Red (10-4, 4-2 Ivy) has reestablished itself as a legitimate contender in the conference, returning to the postseason this weekend with the hopes of climbing back on top

Cornell had a strong regular-season Ivy campaign with its only two losses bookending conference play The first loss came early in the season against now-No 1 Yale, a

likely finals opponent for the Red if it can get past Brown (6-8, 3-3 Ivy) in the semifinal on Friday evening

Last weekend, Cornell coughed up its final game to Princeton in a 14-8 struggle as sophomore standout attack Jeff Teat was shut down, failing to record a single point It was also the first time the group netted less than 10 goals since March 4 against then-No 1 Albany

“We needed to do a better job,” said interim head coach Peter Milliman

“Princeton played a great game, and we played an okay game We definitely should have had a bit more form and we didn’t ” Nonetheless, the Red

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Three keys for Cornell to win an Ivy League championship

By DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Sports Editor

With the Ivy League tournament fast approaching for Cornell men ’ s lacrosse, the team got some much needed practice in this week after a tough loss to Princeton in the regular-season finale As a matchup with thirdseeded Brown lies ahead, here are three keys for Cornell to hoist the hardware as Ivy League champions in New York this weekend

Take Care of Brown

Obviously, Cornell needs to beat Brown to get to the conference title game But after convincingly defeating the Bears by

14 goals less than two weeks ago, the pressure is on for Cornell to show up on Friday and prove that it is the only team worthy of taking on the mighty Yale Bulldogs

Perhaps Brown’s biggest strength is its goaltender, Phil Goss, who was recently named a first-team All-Ivy selection Cornell’s high-octane offense had no trouble blowing by Goss in the April 21 victor y at Schoellkopf Field, but the team needs to be prepared to face a different defensive unit this weekend

“We know we are not going to see the same Brown team again,” said interim head coach Peter Milliman “The team that we played two weeks ago is n o t t h e

best version of Brown that you’ll see ” In all, the future of Cornell’s season depends on its ability to show up against a team that it is supposed to beat Get the Ball to Teat

Sophomore attack Jeff Teat is plainly one of the best players in the country He’s an offensive weapon the likes of which few teams are blessed to have, and when the ball is in Teat’s stick, good things happen for Cornell In last week’s loss to Princeton, Teat was held to zero points for the first time all season and just the second time in his career For his efforts, top Tiger defenseman George Baughan earned national player of the week honors after holding Teat to a goose egg

“Everybody is going to challenge us with how they play Jeff,” Milliman said “ They

Nine Cornellians earn All-Ivy honors; most selections for Red since 2009

By DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Sports Editor

After an expectation-surpassing regular season, Cornell men ’ s lacrosse found itself well represented on the list of All-Ivy selections Sophomore attack Jeff Teat, senior defenseman Jake Pulver and senior midfielder Jordan Dowiak led the way for Cornell on the first team, with the former two players earning unanimous selections Junior midfielder Jake McCulloch earned a secondteam selection while five other Cornell players were named honorable mention: senior goaltender Christian Knight, sophomore FOGO Paul Rasimowicz, junior defender Ryan Bray, sophomore longstick midf i e l d e r B r a n d o n

Salvatore and junior defender Fleet Wallace

The nine total selections are the most for Cornell since 2007, while the three first-team honors are the team ’ s most since 2015 Cornell was second in the conference behind Yale, who had 11 All-Ivy selections

Yale also swept the conference awards, with Ben Reeves and Andy Shay both repeating as the Ivy League player of the year and coach of the year, respectively Bulldog freshman Chris Fake was the unanimous Ivy League rookie of the year

The Red has spent the week preparing for the Ivy League tournament in New York this weekend, where it will face Brown on Friday before a potential date with the regular-season champions and national No 1 Yale on Sunday

Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun com

Tourney time | The Red returns to the conference playoffs for the first time since 2015, while sophomore Jeff Teat leads the way as one of the premier offensive players in the nation