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C.U. Prepares for Inauguration

Two day ceremony comes after Pollack technically started in April

As students filter into their dorm rooms and apartments, President Martha E Pollack, former provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan, faces her own inauguration as Cornell’s 14th president this Friday

Though she technically assumed the presidency on April 17, 2016, Pollack’s inauguration will be a two-day event on August 24 and 25 All inauguration events are free and open to the public, with no RSVP required, according to the inauguration official website run by the Inauguration Steering

Committee

Kicking off the inauguration will be “A Festival of Scholarship” on August 24 from 4:30 - 6 p m in the Physical Sciences Building atrium Works will be shared by undergraduate, graduate and professional students from across Cornell’s colleges, as well as from Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech in New York City, according to the University Following the festival, an academic symposium, “Universities and the Search for Truth,” will be held in Bailey Hall from 6:30-8 p m A faculty panel will debate different methods of communication and the University’s role in infor-

See INAUGURATION page 4

On Monday, August 21, the sun will briefly be engulfed by the moon in a solar eclipse that will be visible from coast to coast in the United States

“The eclipse is caused by the shadow of the moon hitting the Earth,” explained Prof Gordon Stacey, astronomy “The shadow of the moon is, of course, always there The moon is going around the Earth, the Earth is going around the sun, and there’s always a shadow behind the moon And if the moon happens to go directly between the Earth and the sun, that shadow will hit the Earth ”

Professor Phil Nicholson, astronomy, said that solar eclipses occur about twice a year somewhere on Earth, but because the eclipse path is typically very narrow, it is uncommon for them to occur in particular spot

“So they are quite

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The sexual assault charges brought against former Cornell basketball forward Xavier Eaglin ’19 in March 2016 have been dismissed

After more than a year had elapsed since the charges were filed, Eaglin successfully moved to have his charges dismissed in April 2017 All photos of him and fingerprints taken after his arrest will be destroyed or returned to him, and all records of his arrest will be sealed, according to court documents

repairing our lives,” said Eaglin’s mother Clara Eaglin

Although Eaglin no longer faces criminal charges, he will not be able to return to Cornell After his arrest, Eaglin was dismissed from the basketball team and banned from campus

Eaglin was charged and arrested by Cornell University Police Department on March 6, 2016 for charges including first degree rape and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation

The alleged sexual assault took place in February of that year

“We are just thankful justice prevailed and that we can start

He spent seven days in jail before he was bailed out by his parents and then returned home to Texas, where he has since continued education at a local junior college

The alleged assault, which drew widespread media attention, came within weeks of sexual assault charges against Wolfgang Ballinger ’17 In April, Ballinger was sentenced to six years of probation

The Tompkins County District Attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment

Monday, August 21, 2017

O RIEN TATION W EEK E VENTS

Today

Walking Tours of Olin, Kroch and Uris Libraries 10 a.m., Uris Library

Get Started with Library Research at Cornell 11 a.m., Uris Library

Veterans Colleague Network Group Monthly Meeting

Noon - 1 p.m., 163 Day Hall

Site Improve Web Accessibility Service Training

1 - 2:30 p.m., 120 Maple Drive, Ithaca

Introduction to Academic Libraries in the U.S.

2 p.m., 106G Olin Library

User Experience Special Interest Group

2 p.m., 102 Mann Library

Fine Arts Library Tour

4:30 p.m., B56 Sibley Hall

Tomorrow

Mark Catesby: Naturalist In North America Exhibit

8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mann Library Lobby

Getting Started With Blackboard Workshop

10 - 10:45 a.m., Johnson Museum of Art

Cornell Jazz Ensemble Auditions

4:30 - 10 p.m., B21 Lincoln Hall

Fine Arts Library Tour

4:30 p.m., Fine Arts Library, Rand Hall

Churchill Scholarship Information Session

4:35 - 5:30 p.m., 103 Barnes Hall

Free Showing of Beauty and the Beast For New Students

9:20 - 11:30 p.m., Willard Straight Theatre

Library research | Students can learn about using databases and Cornell’s library catalogue in Uris Library today.

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Ithaca Receives Recognition

As Number 1 College Town

By AELYA EHTASHAM Sun Staff Writer

Students at Cornell may be pleased to find out that they are not only at one of the best universities in the world, but also the best college town, according to two separate recent rankings Cornell was recognized as the 14th best in the world from QS World University Rankings, while Ithaca took home the top spot as the best college town in the United States by the Schools com

According to schools com, a website dedicated to being a “hub” for higher education topics, the town consistently “ranks in the top third of all schools in our rankings” and ranks sixth in affordability The parameters of college towns were defined as towns with less than 150,000 people, and the website looked at 170 communities

Schools com looked at factors beyond those that only affect current students

Ithaca’s high ranking can be attributed to its low cost of living for graduates who stay in Ithaca after they leave as well as its public school system

The website also praised the “quality education” in Ithaca, adding that “students come together for uniquely Ithaca

events ”

This is not the first time Ithaca has been esteemed as a college town in 2014, Business Insider ranked it as the fourth best college town

“Ithaca is the perfect mixture of giving students everything they would want in a college experience and offering seemingly endless opportunities to explore a unique local culture,” read another Business Insider article

In June, Cornell was ranked also as 14th in the world for 2018 by QS World University Rankings, which gave it an overall score of 90 7 out of 100

QS bases rankings academic reputation, citations per faculty, student-to-faculty ratio, employer reputation, international faculty and international students, according to its website Academic reputation weighs the most heavily at 40 percent on the overall score

Cornell’s ranking with QS comes as an improvement from the 2017 ranking of number 16, as well from the 2015 ranking as number 19

Aelya Ehtasham can be reached at aehtasham@cornellsun com

Frat to Bounce to Set World Record

Beta to host fundraiser with bouncy castle

By ANGELA CHON Sun Staff Writer

Eight brothers from Beta Theta Pi Fraternity will take turns bouncing in an inflatable bouncy castle on the Arts Quad on September 1 in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest team marathon on a bouncy castle

The event also aims to raise funds to fight against sexual violence, according to a fraternity press release

The event, called “Betas Bounce Against Sexual Violence,” will begin at 6 p m , and the brothers will try to break the current record of 43 hours of bouncing

Record together, we also want to benefit our community by donating proceeds from our record attempt ”

Record rules require that at least one member bounces at all times, no member bounce for more than four hours at one time,

“I couldn’t think of a better way to attempt a record than with some of my closest friends.”

Taking home the prize | Ithaca was named the best college town in the country by schools com, which looked at 170 communities nationwide

“Both brotherhood and philanthropy events are central to any fraternity,” said David Navadeh ’19, chapter treasurer and event organizer “But they don't often overlap While we want to grow stronger as a brotherhood by breaking a Guinness World

the entire event must be videotaped, and timekeepers and witnesses are present throughout the duration of the bouncing Five minutes of rest for every continuously completed hour of bouncing is also permitted

“It's been a goal of mine to be a

Pollack Calls for University to ‘Remain Resolute’ After Charlottesville

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun News Editor

Following the events in Charlottesville this past weekend, Cornell President Martha Pollack sent a statement to students condemning the action by white supremacist groups as “antithetical” to both the nation and the University

“The white supremacists’ support for racism, anti-Semitism and raw hatred is vile and antithetical to what this nation and Cornell stand for,” Pollack said in the email

In this condemnation, Pollack recalled Cornell’s founding statement as an institution for “ any person, ” saying that “ we remain resolute in our commitment to addressing bigotr y whenever it arises on our campuses or within our communities,” Pollack’s statement read

Pollack also encouraged students to “ to take a moment and specifically reach out to those who continue to be targeted” in order to “let them know that they are a valued part of our Cornell community ”

Within his leadership role,

Student Assembly president, Jung Won Kim ’18 acted to reflect his support for students affected by the events in Charlottesville, both at University of Virginia where much of the violence took place and at colleges nationwide Kim signed a statement in solidarity along with more than 50 undergraduate student body presidents across the country in an effort to “ to not only support the Student Body at the University of Virginia but to make clear our advocacy for the victimized and marginalized students on all our campuses, ” the statement read

“College campuses are spaces that students should be able to call home Not places of violence, hate, and racism,” the statement read “We will continue to support students and universities in their peaceful resistance to violence, racism, white supremacy, bigotry, and acts of terrorism on our own campuses and beyond ”

Like Pollack, Kim said that it was “fitting” given Cornell’s mission “ to send[s] in support of students at UVA against hatred, against bigotry and against violence like this ”

“For Cornell students, I think

it’s very important and meaningful because I’m a minority myself we have a lot of minority students on campus, people who might be affected by these kind of things,” Kim said “I thought it was very important that our student body also steps up and joins other student body presidents of other institutions in signing in solidarity with the students at UVA and the people of Charlottesville ”

Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun com

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C.U. Tech Strikes Deal With Citigroup

Bank to reside on Roosevelt Island campus

By RACHEL WHALEN Sun News Editor

Cornell Tech has struck a deal with Citigroup for the bank to become the first in its industry to have a presence on the Roosevelt Island campus this September

Citi will reside in a building called The Bridge, a center for star tups, established companies and academics on Roosevelt Island Citi has leased 10,900 square feet of space in The Bridge, according to a recent press release

Citi’s Head of Operations and Technology Don Callahan noted the benefits of the partnership for Citi

“Co-locating in The Bridge with companies, entrepreneurs and students will create an energized environment that fosters innovation and enables interaction with a wide range of emerging talent, ” he said in the release “As a firm headquartered in New York City, we are excited to be a part of this initiative with Cornell Tech that will develop and strengthen the City’s technology talent and industry ”

Citi is the second tenant to sign on with the established company programs at The Bridge, following Two Sigma Investments, which announced its partnership with the University in January

Though Citi may be at the forefront in signing on with the established companies of The Bridge, it is far from the first company to be involved with the development of the campus

In May 2012, Google donated 40,000 square feet in Chelsea so

that Cornell Tech could launch prior to the opening of the Roosevelt Island campus, according to The Bridge’s website

In Febr uar y 2015, Verizon donated $50 million for the Verizon Executive Education Center, and in October 2013 Cornell Tech announced collaboration with such corporate and media giants as Tumblr, Facebook, and The New York Times for its Connective Media degree

In its partnership with Citi, Cornell Tech students will learn about cyber security, data applications and the use of technological products in professional banking applications, according to the press release 70 to 80 Citi employees will work in The Bridge

“Collaborations like this one will bring The Bridge and the entire campus to life this fall.” D o n C a l l a h a n

Cornell Tech Dean Dan Huttenlocher said in the press release that providing the students the opportunity to problem solve with a company such as Citi was “ part of Cornell Tech’s lifeblood ”

“Collaborations like this one will bring The Bridge and the entire campus to life when we open on Roosevelt Island this fall,” he said

Rachel Whalen can be reached at rwhalen@cornellsun com

NYS Dive Team Finds Dead Body of Cornell Student in Gorge

Cornell community mourns loss of

By RACHEL WHALEN and DREW MUSTO Sun News Editor and Sun Senior Editor

The man found dead in the Ithaca Falls gorge on Saturday evening was an incoming Cornell

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student born in the Dominican Republic who made headlines in the fall of 2016 when a video of him reading his college acceptance letter was posted online Raised in the Bronx, Winston S Perez Ventura ’22 drowned in

S. Perez Ventura ’22, who drowned while swimming

the gorge while swimming, Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, said in a statement “He was an exceptional person w h o w o u l d h

d greatly to our university community,” Lombardi said of the architecture student Perez Ventura’s mother told ABC Ne ws in 2016 that she brought her son to the United States when he was nine so that he could get a good education

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“He was an exceptional person who would have contributed greatly to our university community ” R y a n L o m b a r d i

dent’s body in the It h a c a Fa l l s g o r g e around 7:20 p m Saturday after a search for a missing person had been issued earlier in the afternoon A search for a missing person had been under way since about 2:33 p m Saturday, when the Ithaca Police Depar tment was dispatched to Ithaca Falls near Fall Creek Drive on a call that

search Chief of Police Peter Tyler issued

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beautiful but they can be ver y dangerous if folks don’t obey the posted signs,” he said “ The signs are in place for no other reason than to keep folks safe when they enter our gorges ”

Rachel Whalen can be reached at rwhalen@cornellsun com Drew Musto can be reached at dmusto@cornellsun com

Judge Halts Suspension After Student Alleges ‘Perverse’ Title IX Outcome

By DREW MUSTO Sun Senior Editor

A student found guilty by C o r n e l l o f s

and retaliating against a female student could be back on campus in the fall because a judge t

g him Cornell handed the male student a two-year suspension in May, and a University appeal panel upheld the punishment on Wednesday, leaving the student, who is in the C l a s s o f 2 0 2 0 a n d i s referred to as John Doe, with a notation of guilt on his transcript The

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On Friday, Tompkins County Justice Eugene Faughnan temporarily stayed the suspension while he considers the merits of Doe’s case against Cornell

D o e ’ s a t t o r n e y, A l a n S a s h , said the judge recognized the immediacy of the case and acted quickly so that Doe could be back at school in time for the fall semester

This suit is the second claim filed in less than four months alleging that Cornell did not act

p l e t e d , a d e c i s i o n Fa u g h n a n called “arbitrar y and capricious ” A Cornell spokesperson, Lindsey H a d l o c k , c o n f i r m e d i n A p r i l t h a t Mc Gr a t h w a s n o l o n g e r e m p l o y e d b y t h e Un i v e r s i t y

McGrath is also at the center of the other open Title IX case

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This suit is the second claim filed in less than four months alleging that Cornell did not act properly in a Title IX investigation.

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s e x u a l assault within a week of that night

The male student said the female student, who is referred to as Sally Roe, forced him to have sex without his affirmative consent Roe said she was too intoxicated to consent to sex

The same judge already sided with the plaintiff and against the University in a related case earlie r t h i s y e a r I n Ja n u a r y, Fa u g h n a n o

University to investigate Doe’s claim that Elizabeth McGrath, one of the Title IX investigators who investigated his case, had discriminated against him during her investigation

At first, Cornell refused to i n ve s t i g a t e t h i s p l a i n t i f f ’ s d i scrimination complaint until the Title IX investigation was com-

D o e a l l e g e s b o t h that Cornell arbitrarily a n d p r e j u d i c i a l l y depar ted from its own p o l i c i e s a n d t h a t C o r n e l l ’ s f i n d i n g s o f guilt are unsuppor ted b y t h e a v a i l a b l e e v idence Doe is asking t h e c o u r t t o v a c a t e C o r n e l l’s findings of guilt and its suspension

Doe’s lawsuit rehashes similar complaints made by other students regarding Cornell’s Title IX process, including that the process does not allow the same protections as the legal system, such as the right to confront one ’ s accuser

Doe said the three-member University hearing panel did not ask his accuser cer tain questions that may have weakened her case and that he specifically requested it ask Cornell does not give par ties in Title IX the right to confront each other, so students can only question each other by suggesting questions to the hearing panel

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amount of alcohol she drank Doe says she first told a police

“that much,” then later told the panel her level of intoxication was “in the death range ” and whether she was in pain after the sexual encounter

The male student also asser ted that another Title IX investigator, Kareem Peat, improperly e x c l u d e d e v i d e n c e f r o m t h e i n v e s t i g a t i v e r e c o r d a n d t h a t McGrath had a conflict of interest because of his discrimination claim

During the Title IX hearing, w h i c h D o e w a s w a t c h i n g re m o t e l y, C o r n e l l’s a u d i o a n d video equipment failed, prompting the student to send eight emails within five minutes to the Title IX Office asking for the AV functions to be restored

In Doe’s suit asking the judge to vacate Cornell’s punishment, he said the evidence in the case d o e s n o t s u p p o r t t h e p a n e l’s “ per verse and bizarre” decision

Four witnesses who saw Roe before she and Doe had sex gave var ying accounts of her state, ranging from “completely fine”

Doe alleges both that Cornell arbitrarily and prejudicially departed from its own policies

to “ a little bit dr unk” and to “ ver y dr unk ” The witness who s a i d R o e w a s “ v e r y d r u n k” appeared to walk back the comment months later, saying he “fe[lt] like [Roe] was drinking but I didn’t know as to what level of intoxication she was ” The hearing panel credited the witness’s earlier assessment that Roe was “ ver y dr unk,” saying his m e m o r y l i k e l y e ro d e d i n t h e e i g h t m o n t h s t h a t p a s s e d between the night and the day

he testified that he “didn’t know as to what level” Roe was intoxicated

Another two witnesses actually entered the room where the two students were having sex at different times, both saying they did not discern that anything inappropriate was occurring Roe was found unconscious in the bed where the two had sex after the encounter It is unclear exactly how much time elapsed between the end of their sexual activities and Roe’s being found unconscious, but evidence from t e x t m e s s a g e s a n d w i t n e s s accounts suggests a maximum of 30 minutes passed, with some e s t i m a t e s p u t t i n g t h e e l a p s e d time at 17 minutes

R o e ’ s s t a t e a f t e r t h e encounter tended to suppor t her telling of the stor y, the panel found, and it rendered Doe’s stor y doubtful Doe maintains that Roe’s condition worsened s i g n i f i

encounter ended

The panel slapped on a second guilty finding against Doe It found that the male student accused the female student of s e x u a l a s s a u l t a s “

maneuver and in bad faith ” The panel said the male student, in claiming that Roe had initiated sex without his affirmative consent, had put Roe “through the proverbial wringer” and that it constituted retaliation, prohibited by Cornell policy

Doe said he filed the allegedly

advice of his lawyer after he discovered Cornell’s definition of sexual assault

Faughnan has ordered both par ties to appear in Tompkins County Cour t in September

Drew Musto can be reached at dmusto@cornellsun com

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Ithaca’s Youngest Police Offcer Celebrates 10th Birthday

By MEG GORDON Sun Staff Writer

Over a year ago, Officer Colin Toland and his family were told he had less than a year to live due to ependymoma, a type of brain cancer

This month, however, Ithaca Po l i c e De p a r t m e n t ’ s yo u n g e s t officer celebrated his 10th birthday

At 10 years old, it is Colin’s eighth year fighting cancer, and his sixth year in Ithaca with his mother Tamiko Toland ‘90 and his father Ian Hayward ‘04

“I was talking to Colin about his birthday and what he wanted to do and he said, ‘I want to have an egg hunt,’” said Officer Colin’s Mother, Tamiko Toland

“We have about 300 plastic eggs around the house, and that’s only my cold stash So it soon became a matter of collecting more eggs and figuring out what else we could do with them, with some of Colin’s other favorite holidays So we just decided to celebrate them all ”

The party was held from noon to 5 p m on June 18, a few days after Colin’s birthday, June 12 All

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C h r i s t m a s , T h a n k s g i v i n g , Halloween, Easter and Valentine’s Day were incorporated into the theme

“The Fourth of July was not included,” Toland said with a laugh “Colin hates the Fourth of July, so we figured, well all right, we have enough as is ”

A f t e r 2 0 0 p e o p l e c a m e t o Colin’s Hello Kitty-themed party at their home last year, the family decided to move the location of the party this year to Stewart Park to include more members of the community

“Many of our friends have come together to make this a truly e p i c g a t h e r i n g w i t h p l e n t y o f activities, enter tainment, prizes and crafts for children and adults throughout the entire time,” read the event ’ s Facebook page

The spirit of community and resiliency have followed Colin in his 10 years as a student, as a cancer patient, and most recently, as a police officer

Not too long after his treatm e n t a t St Ju d e C h i l d re n ’ s Research Hospital in Memphis, Colin attended a community barbecue in Ithaca, where he met John Barber, retired Chief of the Ithaca Police Department At the barbecue, Barber told Colin about t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f b e c o m i n g a police officer Colin, however, due

to his hearing deficit, misunderstood it as a promise to let him join the department immediately

“Colin was asking the Chief all sorts of questions,” Toland said “ T h e y we re b o t h t a l k i n g a n d Colin kept asking ‘When can I start?’ He really thought the Chief was offering him a job It was amazing, actually You take that ball, and he just ran with it completely ”

The IPD officially swore Colin into the position on September 12, 2016 Since then, he has been doing SWAT training, making visits to the 911 center, and touring other agencies as a member of the IPD, Toland said

“It’s been great, watching him come back to himself,” Toland said “He was more introverted when he was so sick He was flying really low to the ground last year, which was strange because he’s usually so talkative Now he’s back to talking and he’s engaged He’s got more road He keeps getting more road ”

In fact, despite being told his tumor was inoperable and his cancer was untreatable, Colin is now eligible for a checkpoint inhibitor trial that was approved on June 23 He will be looking at i n f u s i o n s e ve r y t w o we e k s i n NYC, with minimal side effects, according to his official Facebook page

“He’s a comeback kid,” said Cameron Yates ’18 “It’s been great getting to come back and meet Colin, and watch him come back to his baseline ”

The bond between Colin and Yates formed just over six months ago, and has been strengthened by their shared experiences

When Yates was four, he was d i a g n o s e d w i t h Ac u t e Lymphoblastic Leukemia During his treatment, the chief of the Fairfield Police heard of his desire to become a police officer and began sending patrol officers to his house

“My experience with cancer was very different,” Yates said “I was pretty young, my treatment was straightforward, and I was responding well My memories from that time aren ’ t really even about being sick, but getting to be a police officer

Like Colin, Yates was given a swearing-in ceremony before the Memorial Day Parade, which he got to participate with the FPD

The current deputy chief of the FPD is involved with Colin’s story and sends him care packages from the police department as well

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p i n Connecticut pretty close to each other It’s strange, I don’t know, I just haven’t heard of anything similar ever happening to anyone else I enjoyed my time with the police force, but as I got older, I’d ride in the parades, and just kind of stopped It’s amazing what people did for both of us, but the lengths people go for Colin it’s all really something special ” Due to his involvement as an E M T w i t h b o t h C o r n e l l

University Emergency Medical Ser vice and Bangs Ambulance, Yates has been able to show Colin an extra dimension of emergency response

Me m b e r s o f C o r n e l l E M S have paid Colin a visit and have given him a tour of the facility, in a d d i t i o n t o s e n d i n g h i m c a re packages

“It’s kind of cool, getting to be in the reverse position,” Yates said “Now I’m doing what they did for me in a way I think I get more out of it than he does sometimes ”

Colin was also able to attend the Cornell University Emergency Medical Service end-of-year banquet as a guest of honor, where he reminded the attendees “ to never, ever give up ”

“When he was little, he wanted to be an army guy, ” Toland said “He used to want to be everything He wanted to be every single profession But during one of his radiation treatments last year, he started talking about how he

wanted to become a police officer

I don’t know if it was related to some of the civil unrest right now or not But it was something he really wanted to do ” For Colin, being a police officer is more than just a job

“I like helping people I can’t stop crime, but I like helping people as a police officer ”

“I like helping people,” Colin said “I can ’ t stop crime, but I like helping people as a police officer ” Speaking about his favorite parts of the job, Colin mentioned how last December he was able to arrest the Grinch In a video poste d by It h a c a Ma yo r Sva n t e Myrick ’09 on Facebook, Colin is shown reading the Grinch his Miranda rights, checking all the boxes, and “taking him downtown ”

“It was a great experience,” Toland said “The whole departm e n t h a s re a l l y e m b r a c e d i t Colin feels that he does help people when he does this He’s so into it, and it gives him a sense of purpose ” In fact, because his experience w i t h I P D w a s n o t “ o n e a n d done,” Colin has also been able to speak at the Badge of Honor Policeman’s Ball, attend a Stop DWI event at the Watkins Glen International raceway, and walk

in the Ithaca Festival Parade

This past year, Colin has been able to return to school on his own volition He stays in class for as long as he can, and he goes home as soon as he wants to, his parents said

In addition to attending class, Colin remains active by tutoring students in first grade, an activity that his mother jokes “makes him a man of many jobs ”

“He’s 10, and he’s doing his thing He’s self-actualized as a person, satisfied to have a career and help people There are plenty of adults who never really reach that place ”

As for the future, Colin plans o n re t u r n i n g t o s c h o o l i n September, continuing with the activities he loves, all while undergoing continued treatment for his disease

“In a lot of ways, he’s still a kid,” Toland said “He’s very fastidious, going up and down the stairs, moving around a lot, even biking through the hospital He loves peanut M&Ms and pineapple juice He’s still Colin ”

Colin’s family intends to cont

with the Ithaca and Cornell communities

“I think people really enjoy Colin’s spirit, I think it really resonates with people,” Toland said “And at the end of the day, he’s tough, but it’s not the toughness that you see it’s the light ”

Meg Gordon can be reached at mgordon@cornellsun com

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DHadassa Jakher | Welcome to Cornell

It’s All Up (Libe) Hill From Here

An exercise in freshman folly

ear Class of 2021, welcome to Cornell! Now that you ’ ve made it here, four wonderful years are awaitin’ Although it might require a little blood, sweat and tears, I’m sure you’ll look back fondly at your first year in university as a senior hopefully more so than I did mine!

In case you ’ re feeling a little bit uneasy about starting in a new place, allow me to share a story about about a time not too long ago

Once upon a time, it was my freshman year And things got curious

Let me start with a disclaimer that my mother is sincerely a lovely woman She is quite the worrier, though in the end I know she has the best intentions in mind when she does the things she does but it was this great, albeit overprotective woman who decided to do something rather odd my freshman year

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Letter from the Editor

There Is a Place for You At The Sun

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Cornell is no stranger to big changes Heading into the fall semester, Cornellians eagerly anticipate President Martha Pollack’s inauguration, the opening of Cornell Tech in New York City, a proliferation of Uber and Lyft rides, and many more exciting developments This is only the beginning of a gradual but significant growth of the University and its impact around the world

Yet there is still much to improve about the world around us, as demonstrated by unhappy events that have transpired in our country this year The violence and racial antagonism at Charlottesville The Justice Department’s decision to target affirmative action policies and taking aim at the core of university programs focused on fostering diversity We must remind ourselves daily that we are not impervious to the effects and implications of such happenings We must be vigilant and ready to protect the ideals we stand for acceptance, love and equality if they are at risk Now more than ever, Cornellians are poised to design solutions to universal problems, and we are here to report each step of the process

This is why The Sun’s core mission is informing the community to the best of our ability Our goal is to give Cornellians a voice and provide the information necessary to empower our communities to take action We will continue to hold this institution accountable for its actions, seek out engaging and relevant stories, and relentlessly dig into every situation to report it as comprehensively as possible

With new technology becoming such an essential part of everyone ’ s daily lives, we have adjusted to the changing landscape of journalism by redefining what it means to create and distribute content in this digital age Our audience increasingly consumes more multimedia and web-based content, and many of our new initiatives are inspired by that shift

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from the Cornell University Police Department Apparently, my roommate thought individuals with depression would be more likely to use Tasers on their unsuspecting roommates (Spoiler alert: they’re not )

As requested by CUPD, I went straight to Barton Hall to hand in my Taser and set up a meeting with the J A Once there, the J A was pretty understanding of what had happened Nevertheless, as per Cornell University policy, I still needed to be reprimanded for having what was considered a weapon on campus

Thanks to my mother’s wonderful first care package and my roommate ’ s unfounded misgivings, I received my first J A one accompanied with the requirement of taking P E 1515: Introduction to Handgun Safety, fulfilling 20 hours of community service, a two-year probationary period where another J A incurred might result in suspension, and a permanent note on my transcript notifying potential grad schools, med schools or law schools that I had a dangerous weapon on campus during my undergraduate years

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I suppose it’s kind of excusable since she comes from a third world country where it’s not uncommon to see sequesters, murders and ransom notes However, she had the strange notion that the charming Cornell campus (an environment rather distinct from that of a third world countr y) would be an extremely dangerous and sinister place for a naive young lady like myself Thus, the first care package I received from her my freshman year consisted of a single item: a Taser

Before discussing how this item was even permitted to go through our university mail system (I’m looking at you, Appel), let me make you aware of the legality of Tasers in the United States Private ownership of Tasers is illegal in five states: Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and, as luck would have it, New York In these states, possessing a Taser would result in a misdemeanor for said owner

Being a naive freshman and unaware of the Taser laws that varied across states, I chuckled at my mother’s gift and threw the Taser to the bottom of some drawer in my room, the thought of using it never even crossing my mind I told my friends and roommate how funny it was that my mom had sent it to me

My roommate didn’t find it so funny She was already fairly tense, having found it difficult to adjust to having a roommate and transitioning from home and to school Of course, she didn’t tell me any of that, and I only found out when I received a call one fine autumn evening

Meeting these requirements wasn ’ t too hard The first requirement was dismissed since I didn’t actually have a handgun and I was already involved in community service events around campus Mostly, I was grateful that my roommate hadn’t contacted the Ithaca PD, where I would have likely been charged with a misdemeanor for a goofy misunderstanding It became a pretty amusing and absurd story to share, and this rather eccentric occurrence had a big impact on the rest of my years at Cornell Perhaps the moral of my freshman year story is that there ought to be reforms about what is considered a “ weapon ” on campus (I find it somewhat unsettling that pepper spray results in the same repercussions as a handgun) or reforms within the J A system Perhaps the moral of the story is to make sure your mother isn’t allowed to purchase Tasers or that roommates ought to be more communicative But I’d like to think the moral of the story is that whatever odd scenarios are presented to you at Cornell, you can always turn them around and make the very best of them

There are so many plentiful opportunities at Cornell that I’m certain you’ll find your niche, so don't worry about making mistakes or having to explain a your silly freshman J A violation to graduate schools You can get through it; you ’ ve already made it this far You’ll have a marvelous four years, I’m sure of it You’re a Cornellian, after all

Hadassa Jakher is a senior at Cornell University Welcome To Cornell runs yearly at the beginning of Fall Semester Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornel edu

Pegah Moradi | All Jokes Aside

For Happiness, Stop Romanticizing

Acouple of weeks ago, I was gazing out at Washington, D C from the roof of my friend’s apartment A few friends and I had spontaneously decided to venture up the many flights of stairs to watch the sun set over the Potomac, the light ever so slightly powdering Georgetown with a touch of rouge We leaned precariously over the edge, our arms dangling down and the wind whipping our hair in our faces The air was heavy with humidity We smelled rain We didn’t know each other that well, having picked up some interesting personalities along the way, like a nineteen-yearold D J from Germany who was in D C for a showcase Someone with an acute sense of the vibes in that moment had the confidence to put on some Marvin Gaye We pretended to be good dancers until it started drizzling and we decided it was time to take our impromptu party inside

Yeah, none of that happened I spent my summer mostly pretending not to know the barista at Starbucks who went to my middle school and trying to get more Fitbit steps than my dad My summer sure as hell wasn ’ t plucked from a John Green novel I didn’t have wild adventures with my idiosyncratic friends, each of whom has a very specific quirk (e g Jessica Applebottom collects baby shoes and doesn’t use the letter “ g ” She’s random and the main character is in love with her ) and I definitely didn’t meet any German teen DJs along the way

My summer was fun It was also stressful and I cried in my car about not knowing anything about my job a few times Crying about telecommunications is pretty pathetic, but dancing without a care in the world with Gerhard the DJ sounds cool It sounds like I’m both aloof and spontaneous, and that I’m making the most out of every moment by connecting with real people I’m really living, and I’m living the life of a young, intriguing thinker: carefree, poetic, colored in soft pastels

Delicately balanci aloofness while simultaneously trying for just the pinch of candor is exhausting.

Last year, I wrote my final column on being confined by collegiate coolness After a summer refreshingly spent hanging out with my wonderfully uncool parents, I still stand by what I said: Delicately balancing aloofness while simultaneously trying for just the right pinch of candor is exhausting It’s not worth the effort It’s difficult, but more liberating, to attempt to find your authentic, comfortable self without toeing the line altogether Instead, be vulnerable enough to fail, and fail hard I also wrote that young adulthood, and college specifically, is the perfect time for this kind of vulnerability The transience means audience costs are low; if someone thinks you ’ re stupid or weird or whatever it is you ’ re afraid of being, it really doesn’t matter You will probably never see them after you get your degree

Vulnerability and authenticity come hand-in-hand, and young adults often incorrectly conflate them with romanticized scenes from a Fox Searchlight film or a Wombats music video

Vulnerability and authenticity come from shedding the idealism surrounding a supposedly cool young-adult experience I am immediately suspicious of my sentimentalist classmates, the people who insist on living like a romanticized model of an intellectual or artist by reading Proust outside Goldwin Smith or laying in tall grass while playing the banjo and looking at the stars This self-serious artistic lifestyle seems disingenuous to me These wild adventures are never as spontaneous as they seem, and the volume of ex post reportage on said adventures only makes their authenticity more suspect

So, as 5000 eighteen-ish-year-olds find themselves haphazardly plopped in the smelly dorms of North Campus with nothing but a lanyard and the opportunity to blaze their own trail, I suggest doing things you enjoy, rather than things you think you should enjoy in order to be a thinker or an artist or a whatever Don’t delude yourself into thinking you ’ re not itchy in the tall grass from which you ’ re banjo-playing and stargazing because you think you need to have a carefree romanticized experience to truly live Maybe you’ll meet Gerhard and have that romantic scene on the roof of an Arlington high rise, but you probably won ’ t without counterfeiting it As you become a young adult, appreciate life as it develops organically; you’ll connect with people more deeply and do the things you’ll enjoy When difficulties strip you of your rose-colored glasses, you’ll be fine It’s the beauty of living as a realist: Life, sans romanticization, is truly wonderful and truly difficult Appreciate it all, and never stop trying to be vulnerable and authentic on your own terms

When I was a freshman, every reputable national newspaper had a 40 yearold writing about how to “do college” correctly and effectively And while crumbs of their advice were useful, I also felt like the prescriptions for how to act and perform were more stressful than anything else There’s no one-size-fits-all way to be a student at Cornell, but if I could go back and give my freshman self some advice, it would pretty much go as follows:

Give everyone you meet at least three chances before you decide if you like them or not For the first few days, the first few weeks even the first whole semester everyone is trying to figure things out, and it doesn’t hurt to just be a little patient As freshmen, you are constantly making first impressions There are the ones you are prepared for: the first time you meet your roommate, your professors, the people in your hall

But besides that, you have no idea if the person you sit next to in the dining hall is going to be your best friend, an acquaintance, or another one of the hundreds of randoms that you’ll probably never talk to again If you ’ re human, you ’ re not “ on ” all the time sometimes you ’ re going to be a little quiet, tired and boring Give yourself a break, but also cut other people some slack

The girl who seems standoffish might be having a bad day, and the guy who is really extra about going out in Collegetown is probably just overcompensating Try not to hastily decide that anybody you meet is any one thing: annoying, rude, snappy, boring People that you would have never gravitated towards in high school are going to become your second family here, you just have to be open-minded and patient enough to find them and meet them in various contexts

Go to office hours and raise your hand in class (if you have something to say) I hardly raised my hand first semester of freshman year; all of my classes felt so big and everything everyone said sounded so important I thought that, if I didn’t have

Jaqueline Groskaufmanis | The Dissent

More Than Orientation

anything genius or novel to add, I shouldn’t raise my hand even when there were questions I knew the answers to This was, in retrospect, so stupid You’re 18 (or 19, or whatever, you ’ re young, we ’ re all young) Even the smartest kids don’t have a constant stream of profound answers and contributions running through their head at all times If you have something to say, raise your hand Hell, get an answer wrong and feel dumb But at least contribute You did a lot of work to be here and to sit in these classes Really be here, if that’s what you want The longer you take to get in

more in that time than I could have possibly imagined, and that you ’ re probably headed for a similar experience

If you haven’t already bought a winter coat, get one that is a little too big and goes down past your thighs If you had UGG boots in middle school, dust them off and bring them back with you after Thanksgiving: you’ll be happy to have them on late-night runs to Nasty’s and whatnot Not to shade RPCC, but Appel is my favorite dining hall on North Campus If you take a picture at a frat party, you don’t really need to inlcude the

The girl who seems standoffish might be having a bad day, and the guy who is really extra about going out in Collegetown is probably just overcompensating.

the habit of speaking up, the scarier it becomes My advice would be to hit the ground running because that’s one thing I wish I had done

Go to the Commons If you ’ re a freshman, you have a free TCAT bus pass, so definitely take advantage of that when things on campus get redundant Gimme Coffee and The Shop are both awesome coffee places to sit in and do work, especially if you feel like not being surrounded by Cornell people for five minutes State Street Diner is nice, too Hawi Ethiopian is by far my favorite restaurant in Ithaca, and Cinemapolis shows good movies in cozy theaters

Unless you ’ re from Westchester or New York City or someplace similar, odds are people here don’t know you yet Take advantage of that, if you want to I have never been one to pull the whole “reinvent yourself ” thing (perhaps for lack of creativity) but if that is something you are into, you are in the perfect place to do it As a junior, I’ve only been here for two years, but I can say that I’ve learned

Instagram location stating which frat you were at You can, but you don’t have to When you do laundry, you technically have to separate lights and darks but in my experience, nothing happens when you don’t If there’s something you don’t know how to do whether it’s makeup for going out or literally using a washing machine YouTube is your friend

Take advantage of your time here It may be cliche, but I feel like I just blinked and now I’m a junior, blowing by the halfway mark on my time here at Cornell Whenever I pass by the hotel I stayed in on the night before freshman move-in, I’m struck with both the residual stress from the nervousness of coming here and the insanity of how quickly time has passed since then, and how sweet it has all been Keep an open mind, go with your gut, and don’t take yourself too seriously

Jacqueline Groskaufmanis

America, Open Your Borders

Empathy expands when people decide that some aspects of identity are not as consequential as once thought Our ability to overcome racism depends on recognizing, in the words of Martin Luther King, Jr , the difference between the color of one ’ s skin and the content of their character Our ability to overcome sexism depends on recognizing that neither biological sex nor socially-prescribed gender determine one ’ s ability to care for patients, manage a business

o r ov e r s e e a g ov e r n m e n t

In d e e d , h u m a n e m p a t h y grows each time we recognize a new facet of our identity, once thought significant, as arbitrar y We s h o u l d t h e re f o re b e troubled by the disproportionate importance society continues to assign to something else

where you are “from ” Across the world, nations continue to e xc l u d e i n d i v i d u a l s o n t h e basis of their nationality We see this not only in the nationalistic backlash against immigration fuelled by the belief

t h a t i n d i v i d u a l s b o r n e l s ewhere are less deser ving of a place in a developed nation that currently defines Western politics, but more fundamentally, in the systematic restrict i o n s p l a c e d o n i n c o m i n g migration Developed nations have always been reluctant to welcome anyone but the most skilled of laborers into their fold, regarding people beyond t h e i r b o rd e r s a s a d m i s s i b l e insofar as they have something to offer economically

If it is morally wrong to discriminate against a person for being Black, or a woman after all, none of us voluntarily chose our “ race ” or gender then why do the people of developed nations continue to discriminate against others based on geography? None of us chose the patch of dirt on which we were born, and so it is increasingly arbitrar y to assess one ’ s worthiness to enter, work

Even self-interested Westerners ought to recognize how economically favorable it is for them to welcome immigrants Much evidence refutes the stereotype of immigrants as job-stealing slobs, revealing instead a portrait of hard-working strivers eager to car ve out an independent existence Michael Clemens, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, estimates that all e l i m

Even skilled foreigners hoping to work in the United States can only pray that the annual lotter y distributing the limited number of H-1 work visas unfolds in their favor And if it does, the systematic exclusion doesn’t stop: I, as a foreigner, am not entitled to the same constitutional protections afforded to Americans, in spite of your Declaration of Independence’s confident pronouncement that “all men are created equal ” Along ever y step of the way, long-standing sovereign mechanisms consistently privilege those who are already comparatively privileged, according to the good fortune of their assigned geography This is evident across all corners of the globe: in Australia’s inhumane off-shore detention of refugees, in the pro-Brexit desire to purify Britain’s cultural make-up and in the anti-globalist contempt for the offshore relocation of industrial manufacturing

Letter to the Editor

Enough

and exist within a space like the United States using this criteria You're not American because you worked the hardest for that claim You’re American because, to borrow a term frequently used by your own Warren Buffett, you merely won the “ovarian lotter y ” And so, at least philosophically, one is hard-pressed to defend the status quo For example, if you and another person were in a situation that required the two of you to distribute limited resources between yourselves, neither of you would invoke where you were born as grounds to a superior claim So, irrespective of whether the distance between your birthplaces is a few miles or a few thousand miles, the principle governing your equal claims to limited resources remains consistent Even in the event that the other person has resources derived from his own locale, it would be unfair of him to deny you the necessar y aid simply for being from a different place as where those, say, bananas are from

international movement would increase increase world GDP by 50 to 150 percent, indicating that such an elimination could potentially double the size of the global economy

To complement economic concerns, the cultural offerings of immigrant-friendly policies are easily apparent; the benefit of globalization most taken for granted is the broad spectrum of human ingenuity on display in this countr y ’ s cosmopolitan centers whether it be the gift

y, music to listen to or simply people to befriend

Proponents of stricter immi-

national security concerns, but such consternation is grossly overstated The over whelming majority who wish to enter the West are eager to become abiding participants in the social contract of liberal democracy, p

extent than Americans themselves: statistically, an immigrant is less likely to commit a crime than a natural-born counterpart Fears of terror might justifiably lead to more rigorous scrutiny of incoming migrants, but the principle that recognizes ever yone ’ s equal right to exist in a space still holds, accounting for improved security measures

In spite of the recent political turmoil, gridlock and posturing of this nation, people of the world continue to migrate to the United States Yours is a nation founded on Enlightenment ideals: not on a religion, nor an ethnicity, but the simple notion that those willing to participate in the social contract of a liberal nation are welcome to exercise their liberty The fact that many Americans claim their birth in America as a justification for their exclusive right to being in America is, at the end of the day, profoundly un-American

Lorenzo Benitez is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences Not a Cop appears alternating Mondays this semester Lorenzo can be reached at lbenitez@cornellsun com

with Trump and awe: local action against Trump’s trans discrimination

To t h e E d i t o r :

Last week, Donald Tr ump announced that he doesn’t want transgender people ser ving in any capacity in the militar y For myself, and many others who are trans, non-binar y and gender non-conforming, ser ving in the militar y isn’t at the top of our list of priorities Many of us would rather see the militar y budget

s p e n t o n h u m a n s e r v i c e s : i n c l u s i o n should look like access to jobs, housing, healthcare and other basic human needs

Never theless, when the president targets us, ever y trans and gender nonconforming person, regardless of militar y status, is dehumanized and made even more vulnerable to the violence we navigate ever y day

But this isn’t a plot twist for the Tr ump Administration It’s exactly what we should expect, another swing in the ongoing assault on the dignity, well being and fundamental rights that we, our n e i g h b o r s , o u r f r i e n d s , a n d o u r c o l -

leagues deser ve Today it was the transgender, non-binar y and gender nonconforming community Yesterday, it was immigrants Before that Muslims Before that millions that depend on Planned Parenthood So how do we star t acting like we expect this and stop the cycle of shock and despair that keeps us immobilized?

For tunately, within the scope of the county government, there are two big oppor tunities to move proactively and progressively to protect our community and break out of playing defense

First, Tompkins County has a New York State constitutional right to pass an anti-discrimination law creating a Fair

He a r i n g B o a rd w h i

human rights complaints related to jobs, housing, and discrimination in places of public accommodation on the basis of all federal and state protected classes, as well as additional local protections

So why does a county level law matter? Aren’t state and federal laws enough?

In fact, until 2008, the State Division of Human Rights had an agreement with the Tompkins County Office of Human R i g h t s t o e n f o rc e t h e St a t e ’ Hu m a n Rights Raw But, when the agreement between the county and state expired, the n u m b e r o f h u m a n r i g h

dropped annually from around for ty to

overnight, but because resolving human rights complaints through the state can t a k e y e a r s , d u r i n g w h i c h t i m e c o mplainants can lose their jobs, homes, and experience escalated violence When you experience those conditions, a multi-year legal fight doesn’t always seem wor th it

A county law matters, and it’s more impor tant than ever under the administration of Donald Tr ump

The second oppor tunity comes in the form of four major upcoming Tompkins

C o u n t y a d m i n i s t r a t i v e v a c a n c i e s :

of the Depar tment of Social

Administrator, and the Director of Ithaca

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each of these positions, it is essential that our community publically calls for cultural competency, experience working with diverse communities, and a professional track record of working in human rights as core qualifications in hiring for these essential county positions These qualifications have equal impor tance to technical job skills; viewing them as secondar y is not a mistake our community can afford to make

It’s time for Tompkins County to live “Diversity through Inclusion” the county motto for hiring In other words, to make equity, inclusion and diversity a core value in ever y decision we make Other wise, we’ll be stuck on the defensive, in a constant barrage of attacks from a federal government that cares little for our community members who are the most marginalized

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

S o u n d an d S t o r

BY NICK SMITH Sun Staff Writer

So I’ve been trying to write this review without swearing but uhhh holy shit did this movie floor me If you ’ re one of those people who reads only the first couple lines of a review: go see Dunkirk It’s breathtaking

And that’s the first thing I need to harp on Dunkirk is beautiful There were more than a couple of takes in this movie where I couldn’t help but think director Christopher Nolan and director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema were just showing off, flexing their cinematographic muscles Such stunning shots coupled with the film’s overbearing atmosphere of anxiety generating cognitive dissonance French beaches become graveyards; blue skies rain fire; a skip across the English Channel becomes insurmountable Nolan makes alluring postcards read “ war is hell ”

Dunkirk is based on Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of 338,226 Allied troops from France after they were beaten back and surrounded by German forces at the beginning of the Second World War The movie begins with British troops on the beaches coming to the realization that although England ia just miles across the water, they would likely never reach its shores Germans closed in from every side, their air force terrorized soldiers huddled on the beaches with regular bombing runs

With such high stakes and tension, you might expect grandstanding speeches and Herculean feats typical of war movies However, in unconventional fashion, Nolan has crafted a film in which dialogue and characters are of relatively little importance Dunkirk is almost entirely about the spectacle of the historical event All three of Dunkirk’ s timelines weave together to build on the feeling that the scope of the event was bigger than any character’s story

The first of these stories takes place over the course of one week on the beaches surrounding “the mole,” a deep-water pier We see the events from a perspective of various British soldiers, one of them played by Harry Styles (who wasn ’ t nearly as distracting as I thought he’d be), and a commander played by Kenneth Branagh As the tension builds, we see these characters descend into hopelessness

Dunkirk’ s second point of view is that of a British civilian, played by Mark Rylance, crossing the Channel with his son Peter (Tom Glynn-Carney) and his son ’ s friend, George (played by Barry Keoghan), in a small boat in order to try and help the doomed troops in France This segment contains much of the film’s emotional development and speaks volumes to the inspiringly resilient spirit of the British populace during wartime Unlike the first portion, Rylance’s journey occurs during one day

The final story arc follows a British fighter pilot Farrier, played by Tom Hardy, and spans just one hour as he flies

across The Channel to try and take some pressure off his suffering comrades

Despite their differences, all three stories are intertwine perfectly as Nolan cuts back and forth, synchronizing their escalations until all three conclude at once I can ’ t remember ever letting out a sigh like I did at the end of this movie If nothing else, Dunkirk is one of the most affecting films I’ve ever seen, and a large part of that is Nolan’s masterful blending of plotlines A lesser director simply couldn’t have pulled this off Hell, I’m not sure any other director could’ve pulled this off After I saw Baby Driver, I said something about Edgar Wright being one of the best directors working today and, don’t get me wrong, Wright is certainly one of the most innovative, but this is different Nolan has proved again that he’s a master of storytelling

prised that Nolan and Zimmer can make a serious racket, but Dunkirk took it to another level

In a lot of ways, Dunkirk is antithetical to what we ’ ve come to expect from action flicks Not only is Dunkirk a historically accurate and light on dialogue World War II film, but it’s also told from three different points of view, each of which occurs within its own time frame, and it has teenagers flocking to the theater! Dunkirk isn't just awesome, it's genre redefining

The things we can see, like the film’s aesthetic and action, come at the audience directly, while sound gets at us more sneakily The result is the same we ’ re affected by both, but our relationship with the two varies Dunkirk is about tension, and Nolan’s use of sound in the film is what made that tension so central to the movie’s success

If you see Dunkirk in theaters (which you absolutely should), you won ’ t just hear it with your ears, you’ll feel it in your bones This movie is seriously loud Every gunshot startled me The screams of British Spitfire fighter planes dogfighting overhead shook me in my seat I found myself terrified as wounded and dying soldiers called out for help All of this chaos on top of Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack kept me on the edge of my seat and I couldn’t help but feel that’s exactly where Nolan wanted me

In a recent interview with Stephen Colbert, Kenneth Branagh said that after a screening with Dunkirk veterans, the men joked that the movie was louder than the actual battle I suppose that after movies like Inception I shouldn’t be sur-

Nolan also crafts the ever-present tension, funnily enough, through silence Sure the gunshots and planes are deafening, but Dunkirk has shockingly little dialogue The audience have no choice but to hang on to the few spoken words Nolan has worked stunningly expressive performances out of his actors, such that even without speech viewers have no problem relating to them The characters’ silence only serves to reinforce the crushing weight of their predicament and make the previously mentioned loud noises even louder

This movie isn’t for everyone Those offended by loud noises and violence will find themselves in sensory overload, but even then that’s an effect Nolan was striving to create We see characters in the film suffer from shell shock, and it’s no mistake that Dunkirk is setup to elicit a lot of those same emotions in the viewer Those, accustomed to run-of-themill action movie tropes will find this movie atypical, but maybe it’s just the kick in the pants they need to start expecting more from their trips to the cinema Sure, Dunkirk is a wartime thriller, but it’s certainly not asking anyone to turn their brain off for two hours

In this movie, Christopher Nolan has crafted not only a fitting tribute to one of the most miraculous military operations in modern history, but also a new standard for how tension and storytelling can be incorporated into action films This summer as a whole has been pretty great for cinema, but movies like Dunkirk remind me why I fell in love with going to the movies

Nick Smith is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at nks53@cornell edu

A Dim Start to the Dark Universe

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BY ZACHARY LEE Sun Staff Writer

The onslaught of revie ws toward Universal’s ne west monster flick The Mummy are as malicious as they are creative “The Mummy should have stayed buried” and “It’s a movie best kept under wraps ” are some of the insults in a series of horrendous comments that have given Alex Kurtzman’s picture a 16 percent on Rotten Tomatoes With the release of Wonder Woman the week prior and audience fatigue for shared cinematic universes, The Mummy’ s by-the-book execution of its characters and obvious attempts to world-build, instead of telling a cohesive stand-alone story, represented everything wrong with the “traditional” summer blockbuster It is quite clear why the film was critically panned But The Mummy is not quite the “nail in the coffin” that the critics have been saying it is Even at its most absurd, it is anchored by a consistent performance from Tom Cruise and a handful of impressive action sequences If nothing else, The Mummy leaves viewers in anticipation for

The Mummy takes place in the modern day, where Sergeant Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and his friend Chris Vail ( Jake Johnson) discover a hidden tomb that holds Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), an Egyptian princess who killed her father in order to become the Pharaoh and gained supernatural powers through Set, an Egyptian god After Nick accidentally releases her from captivity, he must work with archaeologist Jennifer Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) and the mysterious Mr Jekyll (Russell Crowe) to stop Ahmanet before she destroys the world

Before critiquing The Mummy for being a subpar stand-alone picture, suffering from a stuffed plot and exposition overload, understand that it was designed to be a puzzle piece and launchpad for Universal Pictures’ “Dark Universe,” a shared consortium of cinematic monster films that will feature the likes of Frankenstein’s monster, the Invisible Man, the creature from the black lagoon and the Wolfman It is interesting how Kurtzman slowly introduces monster mythology into a contemporary setting Kurtzman is able to make the lacon-

ic and double-pupiled Egyptian antagonist terrifying and spooky, rather than cartoonish The sandstorms in Iraq are captured in all their power and splendor, and it is fascinating to see the intricate detail of Ahmanet’s burial place, from the aged hieroglyphics to the towering Anubis statues Unfor tunately, similar to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, so much work was put into making the cinematic universe that the characters were largely left underdeveloped Cruise plays his role of Nick Morton with an Ethan Hunt audacity coupled with the witty charm of Indiana Jones, though it is nothing that viewers have not seen before Johnson’s character is meant to provide comic relief, but the humor misses more often than it hits Crowe gives a standout dual performance as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Although Crowe’s Henry Jekyll is less enigmatic and more of an exposition tool, his brief appearance as Mr Hyde was devilish and appropriately terrifying And though Annabelle Wallis got a promising start being witty and headstrong she, unfortunately, ends up being a side piece to Cruise’s character Ironically, while Boutella channels a macabre aura as the mummy,

this incarnation of the character lacks any reason to stay (and is grievously over-sexualized )

This lack of charisma is The Mummy’ s chief issue and a problem that Universal must rectify for the Dark Universe to succeed In The Mummy, Universal relies too much on its star power instead of crafting a compelling villain and supporting cast The story would have been much more cohesive had a backstory been given to Princess Ahmanet, but Alex Kurtzman put the camera on Cruise every time Universal has cast notable A-listers like Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp and Dwayne Johnson for Frankenstein’s monster, the Invisible Man and the Wolfman respectively But, those actors should be just one component of the films’ success, not the sole reason like Cruise is in this film Despite these shortcomings, as a predictable blockbuster that requires a forgiving heart, The Mummy is enjoyable, especially if seen as a sacrificial lamb for Universal’s shared universe

Zachary Lee is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zjl4@cornell edu

BY NICK SMITH Sun Staff Writer

“How to explain this movie in a nutshell? Well, Baby drives the car But music drives Baby ” That’s what director Edgar Wright had to say about this film on the opening page of the soundtrack booklet Yes, I paid money for a physical copy of the soundtrack, a C D with 30 songs on it Suffice it to say, if you ’ re looking for a contrarian, negative review of Baby Driver, go watch some hack on YouTube lashing out for more followers

However, I’m gonna knock out my gripes with the film early on, so we can focus on the fun stuff As you’ll see, this film borders on being above reproach There are only a couple things that come to mind as minor flaws

First off, the plot lacks some of the complexity we ’ ve come to expect from high budget works Baby Driver is an original and standalone piece, so it has to create its own universe and can ’ t rely on an overarching narrative from prequels To its credit, the film does not try to cram too much into its two hour runtime In short, the story of Baby our main character is simple yet compelling

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I suppose the aforementioned YouTube hacks could say that the main bit of character development, the relationship between Baby and Debora, feels a little sparse The couple goes from their first encounter to being hopelessly in love in an alarmingly short period of time But, as I scramble to defend what I think is the best movie of 2017 so far, I’ll assert that their relationship is perfectly expressive of the two characters’ dispositions: musical, idealistic and desperate

That’s about as negative as I can get here Because of its “simple” plot, Baby Driver doesn’t have room to make a lot of mistakes With that out of the way, we can get into the good stuff

Without spoiling anything, the plot is as follows: Baby is forced into being the getaway driver for a heist gang and wants out, a sentiment amplified by his feelings for a girl Baby needs to finish one last job to finish

I grew up playing the earlier Grand Theft Auto games, and like any aspiring (virtual) criminal, I always wanted to do more than just boost cars When GTA V, the most recent installment, let me brazenly rob banks and cause daring police chases, my more villainous urges were finally given an outlet more wholesome than picking on the family cat (sorry Cheese) I’ve always had a thing for

cars it’s why I put hundreds of dollars into gaudy upgrades for a second hand Mitsubishi I picked up when I was 16 So when TriStar Productions put Edgar Wright behind the wheel of a getaway driver film, my ticket was sold I’ve been a fan of Wright since the Cornetto trilogy Quite frankly, his new film is just him getting the long leash he deserved and he delivered

Despite what we ’ ve come to expect from action movies, the acting is great! Not only is the supporting cast fantastic Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Eliza González and Jamie Foxx all turn in rock solid performances as expected but Wright was able to get a surprisingly outstanding showing from Ansel Elgort, who you might know from The Fault in Our Stars and the Divergent series I hadn’t liked Elgort all that much before this film, but he played this role to a T

Now you might be thinking, “Baby Driver doesn’t sound that great ” And at this point in the review you might be right but I’ve yet to mention the music and that’s the real feature of this movie

Baby has tinnitus, a constant ringing in his ears (or a “hum in the drum” as Kevin Spacey’s character so eloquently puts it), stemming from the aftermath of a car accident that killed both his parents As a result, Baby’s always listening to music on his various iPods to drown out the noise and keep himself focused, and that’s the same music we hear throughout the film

Whatever Baby is listening to is what we ’ re hearing in the theater Not only that, but every scene in the movie is quite literally set to the music Just as Baby is “driven” by his music, the film is moved by it Baby sings

along with the tracks, his car slides to guitar riffs and lyrics appear in the movie world in real time The music alone influences this film just as much, if not more than, any single character In fact, it’s what the movie is all about

More often than not, the characters and the plot take a backseat to the jaw dropping musical integration Every single detail in this film is hammered to rhythmic perfection I’ve now seen the movie multiple times and on my third viewing I was still in awe of how perfectly Wright executed this idea It’s just so good! I’d love to relate what the director did here to something we ’ ve seen in another film, but I’ve never seen anything like it

Baby Driver is truly a master class in technical filmmaking The movie is refreshingly antithetical to other box office hits in recent years It shuns exposition and doesn’t beg for a sequel It leaves little room for imaginative interpretation What you see is what you get, and what you see (and hear) is astonishing

On his website, Wright wrote that he’s been working on this movie for the last four years What I can say is that 1500 days doesn ’ t seem like enough time when considering how intricate the finished product is Baby Driver sings Wright’s meticulous attention to detail He is playing on another level here If nothing else, Wright has made a movie worthy of his increasingly-respected name There isn’t a scene I’d cut There isn’t a scene I’d change Baby Driver is a masterpiece and hopefully a gateway to seeing a whole lot more from Wright

Nick Smith is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at nks53@cornell edu

The Emoji Movie Is a Smiling Pile of Poo

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Staff Writer

I tried I really did I went in with an open mind “This could still be like The Lego Movie, ” I told myself “Just give it a chance ”

It turns out we were right all along

The Emoji Movie, from Sony Pictures Animation, was written and directed by Anthony Leondis Eric Siegel and Mike White joined as co-writers To these men I ask, what compelled you to birth this? The Emoji Movie is a joyless movie, replacing world-building with ads and giving us characters flatter than their real-life emoji counterparts

The movie opens at a schoolyard where human teenager, Alex (Jake T Austin), receives a text from a girl he has a crush on As he tries to formulate a reply, we zoom in to his phone to see the city of Textopolis In this world, each emoji has to be their one “thing” their whole life Crying emojis need to always be sad, laughing emojis need to always be happy, and so on We’re then introduced to Gene, voiced by T J Miller, who’s supposed to be a “Meh” emoji The problem is, he doesn’t seem able to control his expressions, and his first day on the job he messes up everything The head of the texting department, Smiler (Maya Rudolph), holds a meeting where it’s decided Gene should be deleted Gene then tries to escape, running into Hi-5 (James Corden) Together, they decide to find a famous hacker named Jailbreak (Anna Faris) who can take them to the Internet and reprogram Gene’s code to make him normal again It’s a race against time though, because if it’s not fixed, then Alex will erase his phone

I want to start with what I did like about the movie The animators did their jobs well When Textopolis is introduced, there’s a lot going on in the background The movement looks good and smooth enough The designs leave much to be desired though, since most of the background characters are just their respective emojis with little dot eyes and long arms and legs attached For what they were given to work with, the animators did a good job at capturing movement I also found a couple of good gags The old-fashioned emoticons (like “:)”) were depicted as the elderly citizens of the world, which I found clever Other than that there was little else

Now, for what you probably came here for To start from the top: the setup of this entire movie is ridiculous! Apparently, when a human selects an emoji from their touchscreen, the order is sent down to a massive complex where there’s a huge finger-shaped scanner All the emoji citizens line up in their little boxes If they are chosen, the scanner then takes a snapshot of them That picture is then sent up to appear in the text box It’s such a roundabout way to send

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There’s also the world they live in Gene has two parents, and it is revealed in the movie that he inherited his multifacial malfunction from his father who had hidden it all these years Does that mean emojis have children? It’s Gene’s first day on the job Does that mean his father is retiring? Do emojis age and then die? Did Gene have to qualify for the job? There’s so little explanation here that it leaves me more confused than anything else

And then there’s the world outside Textopolis We peek into different apps where activity is going on When Gene and his allies jump into them to do stuff though, the app suddenly opens on Alex’s phone causing disruptions But why did the other apps humming with activity not cause any disruptions? Also, they say they have to go through different apps in order to reach their destination It very clearly shows, though, that they can simply walk around them! Sure, you could say the anti-virus robots would get them but the robots find them inside the apps anyways Just save time and make a break for it!

Now, getting down into the “characters” First of all, the dialogue in the movie is badly written and poorly delivered No high schooler actually says to another, “Play it cool, just send her an emoji ” The poor delivery only trims any potential impact the decent lines have As for the characters themselves, they’re all really bland Gene says he wants to fit in, but he can ’ t due to his varied expressions Later in the movie though, it shows that he can modify them just fine! Hi-5 is flat-out obnoxious: think Animal House-style frat bro

And then there’s Jailbreak T J Miller has stated before that he believes this movie sends “ a feminist agenda, but not in a preachy way ” Well, he’s wrong on both counts Of the few “feminist” things Jailbreak says, they’re so out-of-place that they come across as annoying For example, when she was explaining the way to the cloud, Gene ends up finishing her sentence in excitement She immediately reprimands him, saying “Men are always taking credit for women ’ s ideas!” Now that’s a pretty solid point, but he was just excited about what she was saying He didn’t try to steal her idea at all Not to mention, after being built up to be a “ strong female character” she ends up falling in love with Gene She abandons her dream to be free in the cloud so she can come back home and be his princess, complete with a princess costume For a movie touted to have such feminist ideas, I don’t see very many here

Which brings me to the romances Yes, romances Plural Gene and Jailbreak are one, and it’s so forced and formulaic that I felt my eyes roll back in my head Gene’s parents also have a short subplot where they get angry with each other over what they should have done about Gene Eventually, they make up, and sit on a beautiful Parisian street in Instagram to make googly eyes at each other Yes, it’s as grat-

ing and sickening as it sounds The fact that they’re both “meh” emojis, and thus have to have zero tone in their voices at all times, doesn’t help them any capacity

Then there’s the human, Alex, and his crush, who he manages to win over by the end of the movie The big climax has him finally send her an emoji, which is Gene making many different faces She then comes and talks to him, saying “I like you ’ re one of those guys who can really express his feelings ” If she thinks sending an emoji is opening up, then I feel like this relationship will not last

The climax also left me utterly baffled Essentially, Gene convinces Alex not to wipe out his phone by showing his multiple expressions First of all, that didn’t work the last time he was scanned with multiple expressions Second, sure he had a cool new emoji, but from Alex’s perspective, his phone was still randomly pulling up apps Erase away! Third, Smiler tries to stop Gene by having him finally erased Other emojis remark that she’s being unreasonable and excessive Apparently, the script forgot that they were seen at the meeting where they decided to erase him in the first place! Fourth, all the emoji clap and cheer for Gene at the end He’s hailed as a hero Apparently, they all forgot that he was the one who nearly got them all killed in the first place, and then made the problem worse by going on his little adventure! If he had done literally nothing, the world would be going along much more peacefully

Did I mention the crass product placement in this movie? Just Dance, YouTube, Spotify, Candy Crush, Facebook, they all make appearances In fact, when the Twitter bird comes in to save the day, I just about rolled my eyes to the back of my head It’s not like Wreck-It Ralph, where the licensed products were relegated to cameos and minor roles These are things essential to the story and shoved in your face Very unpleasant

Finally, the jokes I mentioned there were a couple good gags Cherish them, because most of the humor revolves around “Hey, we have a character named Poop!” It’s not clever, it’s not funny, it’s just joyless

That’s what you should take away here The Emoji Movie was utterly joyless The animators and in-betweeners did their job, but the designs just aren ’ t good and the script is utterly atrocious The touted messages get totally lost and garbled Only one thought echoed in my mind after seeing this: I could have used my eight dollars to go see Dunkirk again Heck, I could have spent my time to pop Inside Out into the disc player! In fact, that’s what I’d recommend for you

The Emoji Movie has come and gone Now let’s pretend this never happened

David Gouldthorpe is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at djg284@cornell edu

Cornell, B.U. to Renew Rivalry at MSG

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Sports Editor

The long-storied rivalry between Cornell men’s hockey and Boston University will get a new chapter this coming Thanksgiving weekend in the sixth installment of Red Hot Hockey, taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the respective athletics departments announced Thursday.

“We are very excited to return to Madison Square Garden for another year of this fantastic event,” Cornell head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said in a press release. “Red Hot Hockey is something that everyone around our program awaits with great anticipation, and it’s amazing that it’s remained such a prominent event in college hockey for 10 years.”

Cornell and B.U. last took part in Red Hot Hockey in 2015, when the Red and Terriers tied 3-3. The Red is yet to win in the ongoing series and has not captured the Kelly-Harkness Cup — named after former coaches of each school, Jack Kelly (B.U.) and Ned Harkness (Cornell) — which was introduced in 2013. The Red lost in 2007, 2011 and 2013, and the teams tied in 2009 in addition to 2015.

Almost every Cornell season since 200708 has featured a game at Madison Square Garden — in 2008-09 there was no professional stadium game, and in 2010-11 the team played at the Prudential Center instead. Last season, Cornell downed New Hampshire 3-1 in the Frozen Apple.

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The game in NYC is always a great way for alumni from both universities to see their teams in action, Cornell Athletic Director Andy Noel said.

“Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden is [three] months away, but alumni and fans of Cornell Hockey are already making plans to attend,” Noel said to Cornell Big Red. “At reunion weekend, many alumni specifically mentioned the annual battle at MSG and I was delighted that enthusiasm is

building so soon.”

Tickets for the highly-anticipated matchup are on sale at starting at noon on Friday, and are available at the through Ticketmaster, the MSG website and the respective fan sections. Cornell students can get tickets for a discount at the ticket office at Bartels Hall.

Zachary Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

Onuorah to Play for UConn in Final Year

By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Cornell basketball’s David Onuorah ’17 announced his plan Tuesday evening to use his final year of eligibility to play at the University of Connecticut as a fifth-year senior. Onuorah will be eligible to play immediately.

The 6-foot-9, 230 pound forward played in one game during his senior campaign, starting in the Red’s season opener of the 2016-17 season against Binghamton. Onuorah accounted for four points, five rebounds and one block in his 20 minutes of action. But injury would cut the game, and the season, short for Onuorah, who went on to take a redshirt year for the remainder of the season, preserving one more year of eligibility.

Onuorah averaged 5.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, and shot 51 percent from the field during his junior year, good for ninth in the league in rebounds and third in blocked shots. During his three-year career, Onuorah averaged 3.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks while playing 20.8 minutes per game. Despite non-stellar statistics on the offensive side, Onuorah believes that he is a force to be reckoned with on the defensive side.

“I play hard, I play with a lot of effort and energy,” Onuorah told the Hartford Courant. “I like to rebound the ball, I like to block shots, and play defense and protect the rim. I’m very active on the defensive end.”

Onuorah graduated this past spring with a degree in Applied Economics and Management. The Ivy League does not allow

postgraduates to play on varsity teams, a rule that forced Onuorah to look elsewhere to use his final year of eligibility. Onuorah looked into

Georgetown, in addition to UConn. According to the Hartford Courant, Onuorah visited UConn last week and then visit-

ed Georgetown after. Onuorah went to Instagram Tuesday night to announce his plans to continue his playing career.

“I really felt a strong connection with the coaches [at UConn],” Onuorah told the Courant. “I could sense the hunger around the team, I could feel it, and it was a good thing to feel. It was a tough decision, but I just felt that UConn was the best fit for me.”

Onuorah follows in the footsteps of Shonn Miller ’15, who also played at Cornell for his undergraduate years before using his final year of eligibility to play at UConn. Onuorah and Miller were teammates in

“I was a tough decision, but I just felt that UConn was the best fit for me.”

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Ithaca, and Onuorah said he reached out to Miller during the decision making process.

“I definitely talked to Shonn, and he told me about the program and the coaching staff, and it made my decision easier, knowing that he had a good experience,” Onuorah said.

UConn is in need of big men after three forwards and one center all left the program during the offseason. Onuorah’s veteran experience has already created chatter about major minutes for the fifth-year player, and perhaps even working his way to a starting position for the Huskies.

Jamil Rahman can be reached at jrahman@cornellsun.com.

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at linebacker; Ben Rogers and Marshall Deutz at receiver; Matt Sullivan at tight end; and Chris Fraser at punter have all departed from the program

A r c h e r a c k n ow l e d g e d t h e g a p s t h e graduates leave, adding that other positions are also up for grabs in preseason camp “ There are holes certainly to fill de to graduation and some positions that are

going to really need to be shored up at training camp, ” Archer said “But [we’re] just excited to get going and take another step with this program that we are building in Ithaca ” Cornell will, however, be aided by the return of two-time captain Miles Norris for his final year of eligibility after sitting out the 2016 year due to a preseason injur y, along with rising senior safety Nick Gesualdi a unanimous All-Ivy firstteam selection and third-team Associated Press FCS All-American last season among others

Rounding out the rest of the media poll is reigning co-champion Penn in third with five first-place votes, Yale in fourth, Dartmouth in fifth, Brown in sixth with a single first-place vote and Columbia in seventh

Cornell’s season kicks off Sept 16 on the road in the program ’ s first matchup with Delaware

News Around the League

Yale head coach Tony Reno announced that rising sophomore Kurt Rawlings will

star t at quar terback for the Bulldogs

Rawlings had five touchdowns and two interceptions in four games last season

Princeton will miss part of the 2017 season due to injur y, head coach Bob Surace announced Aug 8th Surace said Lovett

“We’re just excited to get going and take another step with this program that we are building in Ithaca.”

played with an injur y throughout last season, but under went a successful surger y ahead of the upcoming year

Lovett is a reigning All-American and Bushnell Cup recipient, which goes to a player voted on by coaches as displaying “outstanding qualities of leadership, competitive spirit, contribution to the team, and accomplishments on the field ” He

Ivy Rules Changes

Tuesday, Jim Maconaghy, coordinator of football officials, laid out a few rules changes the league will adopt in the 2017 season

First, no defensive player who runs forward from beyond the neutral zone may leap or hurdle in an obvious attempt to block a field goal tr y

Second, illegal horse-collar tackles will extend beyond just grabbing the shoulder pads and include takedowns by back of the jersey around the nameplate area

And third, if a coach enters the field of play to protest a call, his team can be assessed a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty Any additional infractions will result in the coach being ejected from the contest

Zachary Silver can be reached at

Winkler Claims NCAA Throw Title

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Sports Editor

From May of 2016 to now would be more appropriately referred to simply as “ The Era of Rudy ”

In that span, former Cornell men ’ s track and field thrower Rudy Winkler ‘17 has led his team to an Outdoor Ivy Heps title (nearly a second this past month), competed in the 2016 Olympic games in Rio, traveled to Texas to compete in indoor NCAAs this past March, was named The Sun’s top senior male athlete of the year and graduated from an Ivy League university

And to cap it all off, on June 7 t h , h e b e c a m e t h e f o u r t h Cornellian in program histor y to secure a national championship in at NCAAs in Eugene, Ore Competing in his third straight

n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s h i p s a n d dealing with injur y, Winkler persevered and hurled for a whopping 243 feet, 2 inches in the hammer throw nearly two feet more than the next competitor “I’m finally getting to the point where I can compete with

it and feel good competing, but it’s still not quite there,” Winkler told the Associated Press on his recover y from injur y Injur y or not, Winkler is still a champion The golden throw came in the final first-round attempt for Winkler Along with a national championship, the throw grants him first-team AllAmerican honors in the hammer throw, as well as the fifth AllAmerican award for his career Winkler joins Charlie Moore (1949 – 440-yard r un; 1951 220-yard hurdles), Rayon Taylor ( 2 0 0 7 t r i p l e j u m p ) a n d Muhammad Halim (2008 triple jump) as Cornellians who have secured national championships in track and field Halim and Winkler both competed in Rio the previous summer, though neither medalled Winkler was not the lone Cornellian at NCAAs Senior r unner James Gowans placed 17th overall in the 1,500 with a time of 3:45 387 in his heat It was not enough to qualify the New York native for finals

Zachary Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

Rowers Take the Cake

ROWING

Despite the undefeated year, Kerber noted the tough competition the team went through en route to the championship, surely to continue in the coming years

“On the competitive side it was an extra tight year in the league all the perennial leaders of the league we fielding ver y s t ro

t crews that were able to upset some of the traditional power houses in the regular season dual races, ” he said “ This competitive aspect and parity among the league teams provide a lot of opportunity for all teams year after year It is refreshing but brings out the best in all of us ”

Jack Roscoe can be reached at jroscoe@cornellsun com

Milliman: We Need to Be Playing Better Lacrosse

Now at helm after Kerwick’s resignation, interim head coach Peter Milliman looks to resteer program

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Sports Editor

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Archer Unfazed by Poll’s Last Place Ranking

Preseason

rankings project Red will fnish last in Ivy League for third consecutive

season

Archer says another last place preseason selection can help motivate the team to once again defy the destiny foreseen by voters

Despite coming off the most successful campaign under head coach David Archer ’05, Cornell football has been selected to finish last in the Ivy League preseason poll for the third straight year

Cornell garnered 36 points off votes from select media members just two shy of seventh place Columbia and 16 points higher than the team ’ s 2016 total (20) Reigning cochampion Princeton and Harvard were selected as title favorites with 120 points each

“After that vote it’s meaningless as soon as the ball goes in the air,” he said in a leaguewide preseason teleconference Aug 8th “It is something that will motivate a lot of guys on our team to go out and prove people wrong We will certainly use that to our advantage

“It is something that will motivate a lot of guys on our team to go out and prove people wrong ”

The Red is coming off a 4-6 season, which included a 30 start to the year followed by a five-game losing skid and split decisions in the final two matchups Two of Cornell’s four wins were against Ivy rivals a 27-13 homecoming win over Yale and 42-40 decision on the road against Columbia

Preseason polls are not everything, though, as Cornell tied with Columbia for a sixthplace finish last year after being selected to finish last

“I think I have a group of guys that know winning is well within their grasp and they want to take it ”

While the team has increased its preseason stock since before the 2016 season, the blossoming of quarterback Dalton Banks and running back Chris Walker both entering their junior years was not enough to propel the team out of the basement The duo helped give Cornell the fourthhighest scoring offense in the Ivy League last year, while the defense lagged behind at No 7

Cornell has also lost several key players to graduation Most notably, Jackson Weber

Rowers Win Gold to Claim 3rd National Title Since 2014

At the 115th IRA

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s lightweight crew squad earned a first place finish, capping off an excellent season which saw the top varsity boat go undefeated

Over the last four years, the team has been undefeated in three seasons, winning three national titles in the process With the 2017 title, the team is experiencing its best stretch since winning three titles from 2006-08

“I am par ticularly happy for the senior class and all the athletes on the squad working for and leaving a ver y sweet legacy,” said head coach Chris Kerber

The lightweights have won the IRA title in six of the last 11 seasons, and seven times overall since the event was added in 1990

In t h e r a c e , t h e Red led after a close star t, but by the 500meter mark, Cornell and Penn were ahead of the rest of the field

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“I am particularly happy for the senior class and all the athletes on the squad – working for and leaving a very sweet legacy ”

seats The Red held off a burst by the Quakers near the end of the race to win by three seats in a speedy time of 5:40 172 Penn got silver with 5:41 087 and Yale took the bronze in 5:43 072, barely edging Har vard (5:43 321) at the finish line Princeton, finishing with a time of 5:45 778, and Columbia (5:45 976) rounded out the field

In the other lightweight races, the coxswain-less varsity four got bronze in the Grand Final, finishing behind crews from Har vard and Princeton, while the varsity four got third in the Petite Final