announcement today ruling that graduate students are workers with the right to unionize, in a reversal of its 2004 decision
In a 3-1 vote, the NRLB ruled i n f a vo
u m b i a , a g ro u p w h i c h
h a d a r g u e d
t h a t g r a d u a t e
w o rk e r s a re employees, not
s t u d e n t s , a n d thus should be p ro t e c t e d by the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act
“ T h e Brow n Un i ve r s i t y
B o a rd’s d e c i s i o n , i n t u r n , deprived an entire category of workers of the protections of the [National Labor Relations] Act, without a convincing justification in either the statutory language of the policies of the Act,” the ruling said
This reversal of the previous Brown University decision triggers provisions in an agreement re a c h
Cornell’s administration in May
As the NLRB has acknowledged these workers as employees, the Un i ve r s i t y w i l l h o l d a c a mpuswide union election and may form one the first collective bargaining agreements for graduate employees at a private university, according to a press release from t h e A
Teachers, a partner of CGSU
“The case presents the issue of whether graduate student[s] must be treated as employees.” N L R B D e c i s i o n
The Brown
dents are pri-
are not entitled to collective bargaining rights
The text of today’s reversal says that the Brown decision jeopardized “ an entire category of workers without a convincing justification ”
“The case presents the issue of whether graduate student assistants who are admitted into, not hired by, a university, and for w h o m s u p
research is an integral component
By LAUREN KELLY Sun Staff Writer
y T h e Un i ve r s i t y re l e a s e d t h e re v i s i o n s t h i s w e e k a f t e r t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f E d u c a t i o n a n n o u n c e d i t w o u l d i n ve s t i g a t e C o r n e l l f o r p o s s i b l e Ti t l e I X v i o l a t i o n s i n h a n d l i n g a s s a u l t c a s e s , T h e Su n p re v i o u s l y re p o r t e d T h e s e n e w p ro c e d u re s we re h e a v i l y i n f l u -
e n c e d by f e e d b a c k f ro m t h e C o r n e l l c o m m u n it y, a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Un i ve r s i t y
T h e c o m m i t t e e d e s i g n i n g t h e re v i s i o n v i s i te d g ro u p s a c ro s s c a m p u s i n c l u d i n g s h a re d g ove r n a n c e o r g a n i z a t i o n s , d e a n s a n d d e p a r t m e n t h e a d s , l a w s c h o o l f a c u l t y, a s we l l a s s t u d e n t s a n d f a c u l t y w h o h a d p re v i o u s l y b e e n i n vo l ve d w i t h c o m p l a i n t s , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Un i ve r s i t y On e m a j o r c h a n g e t h a t e m e r g e d f ro m t h e s e d i s c u s s i o n s w a s a n e w d e f i n i t i o n o f t h e ro l e o f i n ve s t
By CAROLYN DOYLE Sun Staff Writer
e s ; Alumni Affairs & Development; Diversity & Inclusion; U n d e r g r a d u a t e Admissions; C e n t e r s & I n s t i t u t e s ; a n d M i s s i o n V i s i o n & Va l u e s , ” s a i d R o h i t Ve r m a , t h e c o l l e g e ’ s d e p u t y d e a n d e s i g n a t e o f e x t e r n a l re l a t i o n s T h e s e t a s k f o r c e s a re c u r re n t l y i n t h e p r o c e s s o f i s s u i n g r e p o r t s o n t h e i r re s p e c t i ve a re a s T h e r e p o r t s w i l l b e p r es e n t e d a s a d v i c e t o t h e a d m i n i s t r a t o r s o f t h e c o l l e g e , a c c o rd i n g t o Ve r m a S o m e h a v e a l r e a d y c o m p
“Several task forces were set up to focus specifically on issues such as Career Services and Mission Vision & Values ”
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Exploring Cornell Library’s Rare Books and Manuscripts 3:40 p m , Kroch Library
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5:30 p m , Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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7 - 8:40 p m , Willard Straight Theatre
Veterinary Senior Seminars 4:30 - 5:45 p m , College of Veterinary Medicine
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9:30 - 11:30 p m , Willard Straight Theatre
Insect Brain Systems And Their Role
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12:30 - 1:30 p m , A106 Mudd Hall
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Getting Started With Library Research at Cornell 4 p m , Stone Classroom, Mann Library
Fine Arts Library Tour 4:30 p m , Arts Library, Rand Hall
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Willard Straight Hall
Scavenger Hunt 5 p m , Willard Straight Hall
Public Debate: Is Human Gene Editing Ethical? 5 - 6 p m , Klarman Hall Auditorium
Studio Thursday 5 - 6:30 p m , Cox Studio, Johnson Museum of Art
Poems for the people | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder will speak at the Cornell Plantations today
M CHAELA BREW / SUN SENIOR EDITOR
By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer
Ever since Prof Glenn Altschuler, American studies, joined the Cornell faculty in 1981, he has been an advocate for the value of the humanities and strong bonds between students and professors
“I’ve tried to have
Cornell, the importance of teaching and a
commitment to what I consider to be the
in higher education,”
Altschuler said He h
avid advocate for prom
education on campus
b
relationships between faculty and students,
seriously
“ I ’ m
to know them as people
Altschuler is curious about a wide variety of topics, including higher education, a passion that led
Continuing Education and Summer Sessions in 1991 He is currently the longest ser ving dean at Cornell
cialists come many of the rewards in academia,” he said, adding that it is more difficult for academics in any field to be generalists
His two-semester-long course, “Popular Culture in the U S , 1900-Present,” reflects this kind of broad interest in American Histor y
think it’s vital that Cornell does what it can do to make itself available to learners of all ages and all circumstances, ” Altschuler said
S
tion, SCE programs
affordable and accessible to a wider range of audiences
“I’m proud of our
funds so that we can
“[ This course] helps remind undergraduates that popular culture is a ver y good way to learn about American values, about what’s important to the Americans, and about what resonates with them and what doesn’t,” Altschuler said “So we look at sports, advertising, movies, radio and television shows as forms of popular culture ”
In addition to teaching, Altschuler has written books on a variety of subjects during his career at Cornell, from American politics in the 19th centur y to rock and roll
Hi
that not enough students or faculty take a d v i s i n
y, ”
Altschuler said He believes technology is one of the reasons for lackluster relationships between professors and students
“ Technology makes it easier to make either party not to take it seriously Because students can add and drop classes online, they have few incentives to sit down and have a face to face conversation with their advisors, and advisors, left to their own devices, don’t take the initiatives either,” he said, adding that he tries to have frequent contact with his advisees to get
By AELYA EHTASHAM Sun Staff Writer
The College of Agriculture and Life
S c i e n c e s w i l l o f f e r a n
w
n o r i n Community Food Systems this fall, allowing students to explore social, ethical and agricultural dimensions of food systems
C o o rd i n a t o r He i d i Mouillesseaux-Kunzman
e m p h a s i z e d t h e i n t e
d
s c i p l i n a r y n a t u r e o f the minor
“Members of the faculty team, other faculty members we ’ ve reached out to as we ’ ve developed the minor, and the courses on our list of electives, represent a range of academic perspectives, interests and approaches to u n d e r s t a n d i n g f o o d
Mouillesseaux-Kunzman said
H
“I follow my curiosity wherever it takes me and it has taken me to many varied projects.” P
students whose families could not afford to send them here for t h
u m m e r, ”
Altschuler said “For e
40 high school students from Harlem
This gives them a leg up on their preparations for college and broadens their horizons ”
University has improved efforts to keep alumni connected to the faculty and the University, which has benefited the institution as a whole
Because of his curiosity in a wide variety of topics, Altschuler considers himself one of the last few generalists in academia
“ We live in an era of specialization and to the spe-
Mouillesseaux-Kunzman p
minor as a par tnership “between campus
minor directly involves “those who are on the ground, in communities, working to create more socially just and ecologically sustainable food systems ” Community par tners include Cornell
“The courses on our list of electives, represent a range of academic perspectives.”
Altschuler is also a prolific columnist and has written for countless journals, including The New York Times and The Huffington Post
“I love writing book reviews and op-ed pieces,” Altschuler said “I’ve written probably about 1100 of them over the course of my career and they range from columns in the education and life sections in the New York Times on higher education to a column with Cornell’s past president David Skorton to o p i n
Psychology Today ”
Altschuler credits his curiosity for his drive, saying “I follow my curiosity wherever it takes me and it has taken me to many varied projects both in my writing and my teaching ”
So Hyung Kim can be reached at sohyung@cornellsun com
table food systems, the site description explains Mouillesseaux-Kunzman s t re s s e d t h e impor tance of involving the community in the minor
“A major par t of this
practicum and ensuring that the learning taking place on campus and in c
, Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming
Healthy Communities,
minor’s website Their locations range from Ithaca and Brooklyn to Malawi
Students complete a course of study in these locations in which they create equi-
“A major part of this effort has been focused on the community-based practicum ” H e i d i M o u i l l e s s e a u x - K u n z m a n
l ways, ” Kunzman said Prof Scott Peters, developmental sociology, worked with the Food Dignity project – a research project with the aim to advance sustainable community food systems – to launch the mino
Aelya Ehtasham can be reached at aehtasham@cornellsun com
Cornell Committee
Revises Sexual Assault Policy
for hearing panels The panel will be made up of three members of trained faculty and staff and a hearing chair to preside over them The hearing chair will make sure the panel understands the policy and will determine admissibility of witnesses and questions, but will only act as a nonvoting member of the hearing panel The goal of this change is to create a position that ensures both parties are treated fairly, according to the University
“We believe the new procedures provide a balanced approach to responding to reports of incidents of sexual misconduct ”
“ We believe the new procedures provide a balanced approach to responding to reports of incidents of sexual misconduct,” associate vice-provost Carol Grumbach J D ’87 told the Cornell Chronicle
In addition, she explained that the new policy allows for quicker initial response times, provide better privacy and safety to both parties, and will “give both parties an opportunity to present their cases to a panel of trained factfinders ”
These modifications to Policy 6 4 follow lawsuits filed against the University by two students Wolfgang Ballinger ’17 and a student using the name “John Doe” who alleged
that Cornell conducted sexual assault investigations against them “unlawfully,” The Sun reported
Last year, Cornell modified Policy 6 4 in response to the New York State passing, ‘Enough is Enough,’ an act which mandates that all New York State colleges and universities create certain provisions including affirmative consent, a student’s bill of rights, and an amnesty clause, according to the University
In addition to this amendment, Cornell’s Title IX executive committee formed a working group to review the entire
NLRB Policy Change Allows Grads to Unionize
Graduate students protected as employees under new ruling
of their academic development, must be treated as employees for purposes of collective bargaining,” said the now overturned
h a t a
g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t ’ s e x p e r i e n c e i s a m e n t o r i n g re l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n f a c u l t y a n d s t u d e n t s , a n d i s n o t a m a t t e r a p p r o p r i a t e f o r c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g , ” h e s a i d a t t h e t i m e
A F T Pr e s i d e n t R a n d i
We i n g a r t e n ’ 8 0 p r a i s e d t h e
d e c i s i o n f o r a l l ow i n g p r i v a t e u n i v e r s i t i e s t o j o i n p u b l i c u n i v e r s i t i e s i n a l l ow i n g g r a du a t e s t u d e n t s t o o r g a n i z e , c a l l i n g Tu e s d a y “ a g re a t d a y f o r w o r k e r s ” “ T h e t r u t h i s g r a d u a t e w o r k e r s a re t h e g l u e t h a t h o l d s h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n i n s t i t u t i o n s t o g e t h e r w i t h o u t t h e i r l a b o r, c l a s s e s w o u l dn ’ t g e t t a u g h t , e x a m s w o u l d n ’ t g e t g r a d e d a n d o f f i c e h o u r s w o u l d n ’ t b e h e l d , ” s h e s a i d “ T h e e v i d e n c e c o n s i d e r e d b y t h e b o a r d c l e a r l y s h ow e d t h a t f a r f r o m b e i n g d e t r i m e n t a l , c o l -
“The truth is graduate workers are the glue that holds higher education instutitions together.” R
g r a d u a t e e m p l oy e e re l a t i o n s h i p s o i m p o r t a n t t o a c a d e m i c s u c c e s s ” Ma n y C o r n e l l g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s a re p l e a s e d b y t h e re s u l t o f t h e h i g h l y a n t i c i p a t e d d e c is i o n , a n d s a y t h e y b e l i e v e i t w i l l l e a d e n a b l e a u n i o n t o g u a rd t h e r i g h t s o f t h e g r a d u a t e c o mm u n i t y “ [ T h e d e c i s i o n w i l l ] h e l p i m p r ov e t h e q u a li t y o f g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s ’ l i v e s , ” s a i d C G S U m e m b e r I b r a h i m Is s a g r a d “ I t h i n k t h i s w i l l c re a t e a p l a t f o r m t o d e f e n d o u r r i g h t s a n d f o r m a t i g h t k n i t c o m m u n i t y To d a y i s a b i g f i r s t s t e p b u t t h e r e ’ s s t i l l m u c h w o r k t o d o ” N Y S U T Pr e s i d e n t a n d
A F T v i c e p re s i d e n t K a re n Ma g e e e c h o e d t h e p r a i s e o f t h e g r a d
l e c t i v e re p re s e n t a t i o n e n h a n c e s t h e p r o f e s s o r -
policy
John Siliciano, senior vice provost for academic affairs, previously told The Sun that the reason for this scrutiny was due to “ a growing concern about high incidents of sexual assault on university campuses, ” and “rising national concern that the processes on many campuses are both ineffective and potentially unfair to respondents ”
Lauren Kelly can be reached at lkelly@cornellsun com
In Three Merging Colleges
l e a r n h ow w e c a n h e l p e a c h o t h e r g e t re s e a r c h a n d t e a c h i n g d o n e b e t t e r ” D o w e l l e x p l a i n e d t h a t , d e s p i t e h i s n e w d u t y a s a n a re a c o o rd i n a t o r, h e re m a i n s a p r of e s s o r f i r s t a n d f o re m o s t “ I ’ m t h e b r i d g e b e t w e e n f a c u l t y a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i
o c e s s a s w e l l ” T h e a r e a c o o r d i n a t o r s o f t h e c o l l e g e h a v e a l s o m a d e a g r e a t d e a l o f p r o g r e s s i n c r ea t i n g c o h e s i v e n e s s b e t w e e n t h e s c h o o l s , a c c o r d i n g t o P r o f G l e n D o w e l l , m a n a g em e n t , a n a r e a c o o r d i n a t o r “ My r o l e i s t o t r y t o f o s t e r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f a n a c a d em i c a re a t h a t c r o s s e s t h e t h re e s c h o o l s , y e t m a i n t a i n s t h e d i st i n c t i v e n e s s t h a t t h e t h r e e h a v e , ” D o w e l l s a i d “ I a m b r i n g i n g f a c u l t y t o g e t h e r t o s h a r e r e s e a r c h i n t e r e s t s , a n d
National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa, who is spearheading the Philippines’ anti-drug war, is pictured at the wake of a fallen police officer after a rising number of police killings
Record Number of Students Attend C.U. Summer College
By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer
n i n g t h e s u m m e r c o l l e g e ’ s r a p i d e x p a n s i o n ,
S c h e c t e r s a i d c o u r s e s h a ve b e c o m e m o re p o p u l a r a s t h e
s c o p e a n d e f f e c t i ve n e s s o f t h e p ro g r a m h a s i n c re a s e d
“ [ T h e i n c re a s e i n a p p l i c a n t s ] i s d u e t o a n u m b e r o f f a c t o r s , i n c l u d i n g t h e p ro g r a m ’ s e xc e l l e n t re p u t a t i o n , i n c re a s e d b re a d t h a n d d e p t h o f o f f e r i n g s a n d d e e p e n i n g p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h h i g h s c h o o l s , d o n o r s , o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d f o u n d a t i o n s , t h a t s u p p o r t u n d e r s e r ve d p o p u l at i o n s , ” S c h e c t e r s a i d S c h e c t e r a d d e d t h a t t h
Warrior-Scholar Project Aims to Equip Incoming Student Veterans
By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Staff Writer
While many Cornellians were enjoying their last few weeks free from classes and prelims, 15 incoming students, all military veterans, participated in a weeklong academic boot camp on campus, hosted by the Warrior-Scholar Project
This program, which Cornell hosted this summer for a second consecutive year, aims to immerse veterans seeking their degrees in the college environment, using intense academic training to prepare them for the rigors of college classes, according to the project’s website Last year also Cornell hosted approximately 15 veterans entering the University, according to Director of Education for the WSP Craig Plunges
“ The program at Cornell will tap into the immense potential of post-9/11 veterans and reduce obstacles to success, addressing veterans ’ misperceptions about college and building their confidence through an intense academic reorientation,” said Dr Sidney Ellington, Executive Director of WSP
erans in realizing their full academic potential at an elite university
“Through participation in the course, scholars learn that they are capable of managing the demands of academic rigor that institutions like Cornell are known for,”
Wolfe said
Many of the program ’ s participating professors and lecturers are also veterans Mark Deets, grad, who specializes in African history, said he applied his military background to the project’s academic environment in order to connect with the students and facilitate their transition to college life
“As a veteran myself, I talk to them about the things that they’ve done in their military careers and how they weren ’ t experts in those tasks right away, but it took a while for them to build that proficiency in that,”
“The program at Cornell will tap into the immense potential of post-9/11 veterans and reduce obstacles to success ” S i d n e y E l l
Deets said “In many cases, they had to go to school to learn that military specialty and they had to work at it So I try to tell that them that this is just a different field, but there’s no secret handshake here ”
erans to the humanities and teaching them to engage closely with primary texts, the program prepares them to succeed in college while expanding their understanding of what higher education can and should be ”
depends upon a lifetime of learning from experience
Students attended seminars, writing workshops and lectures in the humanities led by Cornell professors and even President Hunter Rawlings III, according to Hill Wolfe, Cornell’s WSP Program Director Wolfe said these courses were able to aid vet-
Plunges said that in watching the progress students made over the course of the week, he was struck by the impact the project can have in such a short span of time
“The most rewarding experience of WSP for an educator is seeing the transformative impact the program has on students in a single week,” Plunges said “By introducing vet-
Beyond introducing students to the new academic structure of college, professors involved in the program also sought to prepare participants for the cultural changes associated with joining a campus environment Prof John Hubbel Weiss, history, said he tried to assured veterans that they were prepared to begin their college education
“[We try to instill] a very honest awareness that these students can perform at the level of college and also a frankness about the way education itself is changing,” Weiss said
He also stressed that education does not solely take place in the classroom, but also
“[These veteran participants] are super motivated students They take nothing for granted They have been out in the world, they’ve seen other cultures, they’ve experienced a lot of things in the military,” Deets said “They are so eager to learn Seeing their motivation and their desire to learn and to be good students is what motivates me ”
In addition to Cornell, 11 other universities across the country have participated in the Warrior-Scholar Project, including the University of Michigan, Georgetown University and Yale University
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Marks Opening of Commons Cornell Store
By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer
Mayor Svante Myrick ’09, city representatives and the Ithaca community celebrated the opening of t h e C o m m o n s l o c a t i o n o f t h e
Cornell Store at an official ribbon cutting ceremony in June
Customers who shop downtown have frequently requested a broader selection of Cornell merchandise The new 1,700 square feet of retail space at 102 East State
St re e t i s a w a y t o m e e t t h i s d e m a n d , a c c o rd i n g t o Fre d
Piccirilli, director of The Cornell Store
“We are excited to now be a part of the downtown community and expand our services to local customers, tourists and visitors,” Piccirilli said in a release
Piccirilli added that this is the
first time that The Cornell Store has existed in the Commons
Phyllisa DeSarno, director of economic development from the City of Ithaca, said she expressed interest in introducing The Cornell Store as a part of the Commons re v i t a l i
November
“We are excited to now be a part of the downtown community and expand our services to local customers, tourists and visitors.”
F r e d P i c c i r i l l i
DeSarno said the “timing was right” for The Cornell Store to establish a presence in “the core of
our downtown ” “[The Cornell Store] has great visibility and hopefully will draw people to The Commons and give them the opportunity to move on to other retailers and food venues and restaurants along the way, ” she said
Piccirilli also said hosting The Cornell Store in the Commons w i l l b e a n
p
t u n i t y f
r Cornell to strengthen its relationship with the local community “ T h e It h a c a C o m m o n s location is primarily a Cornell specialty store with an emphasis on apparel, accessories and giftw
s a i d “ We expect a high frequency of local c
should also make the store popular with students, faculty, staff, alumni
and Cornell sports fans ” Besides classic Cornell gear, the n e w s t
“[The Cornell Store] has great visibility and hopefully will draw people to the Commons.”
P h y l s s a D e S a r n o
C o
n
, according to Piccirilli
“The plan is to have items from the Cornell Dairy sometime shortly after our opening,” he said “The store will not be a grocery store but w i l l
d items with either a Cornell or local connection ” Roman Marcarelli ’19 called the
becoming one of many students to express interest in the addition to the Commons
“I’m living in Collegetown next year so if I wanted to get someone C
probably go [to the Commons] instead of the store on campus, ” Marcarelli said Johnna Margalotti ’19 agreed that the new store will improve C
Ithaca community but voiced concern about how it will affect the
Ithaca College
The Cornell Store will be open seven days a week, and store hours will be available online, according to the release
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Senior Year Is a Weird Feeling, Man
Ihavethis weird habit of always putting the wrong contact in each of my eyes When I’m taking my contacts out, I always put the left one in the left hand side of the container and the right in the right The container is even labeled with an L and an R, but I always seem to mess it up in the morning I could chalk it up to absentmindedness from morning exhaustion, but I’m lazy so I have no right to be tired in the mornings
Yesterday morning was the last first day of school of my life
Just kidding, I’m probably going to grad school Yesterday morning was the last first day of undergraduate life, which doesn’t sound as good As with most special days in my life, I made a mistake almost immediately: I put the wrong contact in the wrong eye I was running a little late, so I just kind of threw them in my eyes and left my house I walked up Cook Street blinking a lot and my eyes didn’t quite feel right, but I figured my eyes were just dry
I walked past all the same things I always usually walk by on my way to class: Jason’s, the ghost of Stella’s, that weird bike store and even some new stuff in GreenStar and the calzone place I made it to my seminar in the Schwartz Center about four minutes late, surrounded by about five graduate students and five undergraduates Every seat was taken and the professor stopped talking I blinked weirdly at her for two seconds before mouthing, “Sorry I’m late!” as she began addressing the small as shit class again
If I could give freshman advice this year it would be to explore, but also commit. And don’t repeat mistakes.
A TA left to get me a chair as I stood weirdly in the room He finally returned as the professor began going over the readings we would be covering this semester I recognized some of the authors, like Vijay Prashad, but others were completely alien to me Unfortunately this was not a problem any of my classmates could relate to She ran through the names and everyone else nodded and exhaled like she had just mentioned their childhood pet “What the hell is wrong with me?” I thought Why didn’t I look up the syllabus beforehand so I could nod too? Why didn’t I read more so I knew who these academics were too? Why was I late on the first day of school? Why couldn’t I see anything?
The professor ended class early and I walked to Olin by myself I stared at my Teach For America application for an hour before finally realizing I couldn’t see anything, which made the application a lot more difficult I switched out my contacts, and magically I could see again
I have this weird habit of repeating the same mistakes I always make For the most part, they’re simple mistakes with simple solutions If I paid more attention in the mornings, I would never put the wrong contact in the wrong eye Some of them are more complicated Why wasn ’ t I more familiar with the academics my professor named off this morning? Why haven’t I written my senior thesis yet? Why have I had three years to choose to fully commit to either getting a corporate job or pursuing academia and reached no conclusion?
While I think I understand the value of learning from your mistakes, I sometimes feel like I just don’t learn from my mistakes I’ve come through Cornell and gotten a little better every year, but I find myself repeating the same mistakes again and again I used to be quiet and reserved and now I’ve smiled so much throughout O-Week that my cheeks hurt But still, I find myself remembering irreparable social mistakes of my past affecting my current self The same principle can be applied to my academic life Every part me wishes I could go back and try my hardest every day of my college career Maybe I would know every academic my professor named this morning Maybe I would have picked up the economics major instead of the Performing and Media Arts one I chose sophomore year
I find myself filled with a bizarrely high amount of regret as I begin my senior year I guess if I could give freshmen advice this year it would be to explore, but also commit And don’t repeat mistakes I can promise you if you do, you’ll never stop thinking about them
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“One would have thought that given the political sanctuary and warm hospitality that India has given the Dalai Lama and his Tibetan followers for almost 60 years, a suitable library site could have been found within India This would have been an appropriate thank you to India and brought the library materials within reach of the 100,000 Tibetans who live there and in neighboring countries.”
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Paul Russell | Russelling Feathers
A Message to Freshmen: Choosing Your Own Adventure
Iknowyou aren ’ t looking for advice You probably think you ’ re some hot-shot who understands life because you ’ re old enough to buy cigarettes from grocery stores and order Moon Sand over the phone without having to ask your parents Honestly, I don’t blame you I thought the same thing And hey, maybe you are that hot-shot, but I wouldn’t count on it It’s more likely that you’ll hobble through the next four years with a few mistakes The great Sophocles once said, “Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice,” so here I am, giving you all the advice I can muster in case you fall into the latter category and one day find yourself in need of a little guidance
of their lives Some people work toward specific goals to curb their uncertainty, others sit on the couch and binge How I Met Your Mother to do the same Regardless of which camp you fall into, you can expect to have a few nights where you lay awake and wonder if it's too late to transfer to clown school or drop out
in the times when I didn’t expect it
What I learned eventually is that even though I should be searching for a career, that sort of thing only leads to meaningful results when one has a full understanding of who they are and what they want from life.
to create a start-up selling bow-ties on the Internet
If you ’ re anything like me, you spent the last few years thinking about college and believed with all your heart that once you knew where you were going to school, you would have a clear roadmap to future success Colleges often talk about their alumni as if they made these people into all that they are today, so I imagined myself enrolling at a university, letting it work its usual mojo and then, four years later, sliding into the perfect career as a well prepared young professional The truth is, though, that college will give you the classes and the opportunities, but it’s up to you to decide which ones to take And you can quite possibly take the wrong ones Don’t worry, though, if you approach it the right way, you can forgo a few of the screw ups
The first thing to understand is that you aren ’ t alone: almost everyone in college is confused about the future
What I learned eventually is that even though I should be searching for a career, that sort of thing only leads to meaningful results when one has a full understanding of who they are and what they want from life And no one gets this understanding by chasing the wind; it comes from doing things that are meaningful or talking to wise people or learning for the sake of learning When you postpone trying to figure out your life and start trying to experience the world for what it is, you understand the human experience and what you can do to make it better You can ’ t help improve people’s lives until you learn what it means to just live
During my freshman year, I didn’t get my best career insight from googling “highest paying jobs” or taking career aptitude tests I got it from late night jam sessions and existential conversations with old people Before I could get anywhere in my career search, I had to understand what satisfied me and why it satisfied me, and I usually discovered that sort of thing
Once you ’ ve gotten a good grasp of your own identity and the career to pursue, however, don’t abandon the virtue of seeking meaningful noncareer-related experiences This sounds simple, but to be able to pull if off, you have to develop a very specific mindset that I don't think many C o r n e l l i a n s have Most students think of college solely as the time when they will work hard to prepare themselves for their future lives To them, it’s the time for practice tests and careerr e l a t e d extracurriculars and research To some extent, all of this is true There are sets of accomplishments you will need under your belt to be whoever you aim to be in 10 years At the same time, though, preparation is only half the experience College doesn’t just prepare you for your life; it is your life
This doesn’t mean that you should fulfill your every hedonistic desire What it means, rather, is that if you think your goal in life is to help people in need, don’t make yourself so busy preparing to help people in the future that you don’t find time to actually do it now
Congrats on getting into Cornell
Regardless of if you take my advice or not, you have an exciting four years ahead of you and for that, I wish you the best Even if you don’t know what’s next for you, hold your head high You’re in the right place now, and that’s what counts
Paul Russell is a sophomore in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at prussell@cornellsun com Russelling Feathers appears alternate Wednesdays this semester
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SCIENCE
By SAM KITTERMAN Sun Science Editor
W h i l e u n d e r t a k i n g h e r d o c t o r a l re s e a r c h , i n
Nairobi, Kenya, Dr Jan Low, M S ’85, Ph D ’94 realized a switch in sweet potato varieties could make major differences in the health of those living in subSaharan Africa This realization, and her subsequent work for the International Potato Center on the orange-fleshed sweetpotato led her to recently be named a 2016 World Food Prize co-laureate
Dr Low who will share her $250,000 prize with two colleagues at the CIP and Howar th Bouis at Har vestPlus credits her time as both a masters and a d o c t o r a l
Economics program as an impor tant stepping stone to her work in global agricultural and nutrition
More specifically, she points to her ability to minor in nutrition while pursuing her Ph D in agricultural economics for giving her the ability to work “multi-sectorally,” which, for her, entails “focusing on integrating nutritional concerns into agricultural project and program design ” It was the work of her depar tment ’ s chairperson, however, that star ted her thinking about the projects she would eventually set out to tackle
Dr Daniel Sisler Low’s chairperson throughout her doctoral studies was interested in vitamin A thanks to his work with Helen Keller International, a New York-based non-governmental organization that works to combat the causes and repercussions of
S i s l e r i n t r o d u c e d L o w t o e m e r g i n g research findings demonstrating that improved vitamin A status resulted in reduced childhood mor tality
After receiving her Ph D , Low set out for the regional office of the International Potato Center in Nairobi with a two-year Rockefeller Foundation Social Science Fellowship It was during her time here that Dr Low realized the diffusion of the orange-fleshed sweetpotato throughout sub-Saharan Africa as opposed to the dominant white-fleshed variety, which is completely lacking in pro-vitamin A could help alleviate that region’s str uggles with vitamin A deficiency Leading the proposal funded by the International Center for Research on Women, t h e o
Agricultural Research Institute Her work on that study, opened her eyes to the need for nutritional education to guarantee the consumption of the orange-fleshed sweetpotato by children under five years of age, the group most at risk of vitamin A deficiency
Low’s transition upon completing her post-doc put her ability to work multi-sectorally on full display: joining the International Food Policy and R e s e a
Mozambique, led the analysis of nutritional status data as par t of a team training Mozambican scientists in data analysis as well as the interpretation of the fist p ov e r t y s t u d y c o n d u c t e d s i n c e t h e e n d i n g o f Mozambique’s civil war Low stayed in Mozambique after the end of the IFPRI project under the employment of Michigan State University, working as a policy analyst and advisor During her time in this posit i o n , L o w h e l p e d f o r t i f y t h e c a p a c i t y o f Mozambique’s scientists to do fieldwork and sought to revamp Mozambique’s national sample sur vey for agriculture
Despite focusing her work on science and research while in Mozambique, Low never lost sight of her desire to alleviate global micronutrient deficiency Beginning in 1999 and concluding in 2001, Low designed and raised funds for the multi-sectoral Towards Sustainable Nutrition Improvement research project with the purpose of discovering whether orange-fleshed sweetpotato, in an integrated agricult u re - n u t r i t i o n - m a rk e t i n g a p p ro a c h , c o u l d i n d e e d reduce vitamin A deficiency in young children It was not until 2002, however after delivering countless talks and approaching over 21 donors that Low
received sufficient funding (from the Micronutrient Initiative of Canada, the Rockefeller Foundation and USAID-Washington) to go for ward with the project
By this point, an associate professor at MSU, Low moved to Mozambique’s Zambézia province one of the poorest in the nation There, along with World Vision International and Helen Keller International,
S N I research project The resulting paper, which demonstrated that a 15% reduction in the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency could be attributed to the use of an integrated agriculture-nutrition inter vention, was published in the Jour nal of Nutrition, and won the
Agriculture Research Award for best scientific paper in 2007
Low’s rejoined CIP in late 2005 as its Regional Leader for sub-Saharan Africa There, she directed the seed system component of the follow-upon Reach End Users study lead by Har vestPlus which explored how the OFSP-based integrated nutrition and agriculture project could be brought to scale in Mozambique and Uganda The promising findings of the study demonstrates that the use of OFSP as par t of a food-based approach is a realistic methods of
combatting malnutrition in the developing world
their children.”
Sub-Saharan Africa is not the only place where O F S P c o u
Southeast Asia, Dr Low explains, has exceptionally high vitamin A deficiency levels amongst children and is well suited to growing OFSP Yet the problem in spreading OFSP in Southeast Asia is as much cultural as it is educational Because sweet potatoes have never been a large par t of the diet of Southeast Asia, it is difficult to promote their large-scale consumption
Sweet potatoes meaning the white-fleshed variety have, however, been a large par t of the subSaharan diet for a long time As such, a switch to growing OFSP is, for that region, a rather minute one And, despite Low’s cautions, OFSP is a remarkable crop in many ways: a wonder ful source of vitamins A, C, E, and K, as well as several B vitamins and minerals, orange-fleshed sweetpotato is affordable and also has edible leaves chock full of vitamins and minerals Low points out that, to meet their Vitamin A needs, a family of five only needs to plant 500 square meters of the orange-fleshed sweetpotato twice a year Fur thermore, because of its rapid mature time, two to three crops of OFSP can be grown
“I am motivated by watching mothers feeding young children orangefleshed sweetpotato for the first time and watching their positive reactions when they see their children easily accepting the mashed OFSP.”
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annually with the right amount of moisture
Low has been with the CIP ever since, though the funding of the Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa project in 2009 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation saw Low shift from Regional Leader to manager of the new project and leader of the Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative, which seeks to improve the lives of millions of African households by 2020 through access to improved varieties of sweetpotato and the diversification of their use Again, the multi-sectional approach she first developed at Cornell is apparent in her work: the SASHA project entails breeding and seed system research, animal feed research, transgenic research on weevil resistance, and three separate deliver y system projects, which require both baseline and endline studies
Why tr y and take so many approaches under the guise of one initiative?
“ The causes of child undernutrition are complex and cannot be solved without a major effor t across the sectors of nutrition, health, agriculture, education, and finance” Low explains
Indeed, what drives Low is itself multisectoral
“I get great satisfaction watching the light bulbs go off when people from different sectors star t seeing the need to work together I also am motivated by watching mothers feeding young children orangefleshed sweetpotato for the first time and watching their positive reactions when they see their children easily accepting the mashed OFSP,” Low said Still, Low warns against orange-fleshed sweetpotato as the “be all and end all”, explaining that she does not see them as a “magic bullet,” but instead as “ an easy-to-grow entr y point to begin working with caregivers about good dietar y practice for themselves and
Finally, Low elaborates, because it is possible to retain the vines of the orange-fleshed sweetpotato and share them with neighbors, the crop is excellent in terms of farmer sovereignty (but not ideal to private sector seed companies looking to turn a profit)
In summation, Low explains that, “basically, you have an amazing crop that was being under utilized and underinvested in largely because it was considered a crop of the poor Using OFSP, we strive to get the crop re-branded as a healthy food for all ”
Thanks in par t to the ability to work multi-sectorally she picked up while a student at Cornell, and in large par t because of her own skills and drive, Low has been making exceptional progress on that mission for years and is being recognized for it in the form of a World Food Prize
Still, even a World Food Prize for the many astounding years of ser vice she has already put into fighting global malnutrition and her work in spreading OFSP in sub-Saharan Africa does not entice Dr Low into slowing down her work and taking a victor y lap
When asked what she plans to do with the prize money, Low replies, “I would like to set up a fund that would suppor t an annual prize for best scientific ar ticles in the biological sciences and best ar ticle in the social sciences on biofor tified sweetpotato or potato for work done or to suppor t progress in the African context ”
As usual, sweet potatoes and the fight against global malnourishment are the first thing on Low’s mind
Sam Kitterman can be reached at skitterman@cornellsun com
By ARNAV GHOSH Sun Staff Wr ter
Dementia can be truly debilitating
Categorized by the World Health Organization as a syndrome “in which there is deterioration in cognitive function”, it is a major cause of dependency in the elderly Over 47 5 million people are dementia sufferers with numbers expected to grow to 135 5 million in 2030 However, the true economic and social cost to individuals and their families is incalculable With no cure, the support of family and friends becomes crucial but is often difficult due to sufferers’ inability to communicate with or recognize those close to them However, a team of Cornell alumni hopes to ease this process and help dementia patients have meaningful interactions with their loved ones
“We found that we had all interacted with people who suffered from memory loss, commonly our grandparents and we thought we should build something that would help bring their memories back,” Karthik Venkataramaiah ’16 said Along with Vishal Kumkar ‘16, Shivananada Pujeri ‘16 and Mihir Shah ‘16, Venkataramaiah created a smartphone app that helps dementia sufferers “ stay connected to their memories ” The team presented this innovation at the 123rd Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education
“Given the cognitive difficulties of patients, one of the main challenges in designing the application was to keep it simple for them to use,”Venkataramaiah said “So, we made sure that all they had to do was keep the phone with them ” In fact, other than registration, there is nothing else a patient needs to do Instead,
the app is also installed on the phones of primary caregivers and family and friends
Caregivers can remind patients to take their medication and make phone calls whereas family and friends can upload pictures To enable patients to recognize their loved ones, a slideshow of these memories is then shown each time a family member or friend calls, texts or approaches within 25 feet of the patient Visual aids help stimulate memory and their use in this feature, known as “Who am I?”, is important because it helps patients reminisce and become more comfortable in social set-
tings
“We spent a lot of time brainstorming different approaches to solve these problems,” Venkataramaiah said “There has been a lot of research on managing dementia and we wanted to combine that with our experience as software developers ”
The team also discovered some very important uses during testing which were later incorporated into the app
“While testing the application, something we found particularly heartbreaking was that patients often lost their train of
By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Science Editor
Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have been long characterized as one of the leading causes of global warming And with the seemingly limitless sources of emission from general breathing of countless living species to vehicular and industrial emissions the amount of carbon dioxide seems to be ever increasing It is then, a huge waste of a resource when you consider how comparatively limited the human use of this abundant gas is
The paper “The O2-assisted Al/ CO2 electrochemical cell: A system for CO2 capture/conversion and electric power generation”, published in Science Advances, aims to change that Prof Lynden Archer, chemical and biomolecular engineering, the James A Friend
Fa m i l y Di s t i n g u i s h e d Pro f e s s o r o f Engineering, and Wajdi Al Sadat, grad who are the authors of this paper have created a cell which can use carbon dioxide to produce electricity via electrochemical reactions
“What we have accomplished is demonstrating of the concept that carbon dioxide can be electrochemically converted to useful products while producing electricity,” Sadat said
The cell works galvanostatically, meaning energy is produced when the anode and cathode are connected to a load, Sadat
Divyansha Sehgal can be reached at science-editor@cornellsun com A p p H e l p s D e m e n t i a P a t i e n t s R e m e m b e r
explained
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The anode [is] aluminum metal The cathode is porous carbon thats electrically conductive and allows the diffusion of O2 and CO2 gases to the electrolyte,” Sadat said “The electrolyte [is] the the liquid between the anode and cathode It allows the transport of different ions ”
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t h e e a r t h’s crust making it inherently cheap, Sadat said It is also safer to handle and has a high energy density as compared to other metals
“What we have accomplised is demonstration of the concept that carbon dioxide can be electrochemically converted to useful products while producing electricity ”
“We acknowledged early on that the selection of an appropriate metal is key to developing any economical capture technology based on electrochemical conversion,” Sadat said
Aluminum is oxidized meaning it loses electrons to the circuit, and the aluminium ions are released into the electrolyte, while the electrons reach the cathode through an external circuit When the electrons reach
the carbon cathode, oxygen is converted to superoxides through reduction (gaining electrons) This is very important since the highly reactive superoxides enable reactions with mostly unreactive carbon dioxide “ Through a series of reactions, the reduced CO2 forms C-C bond with other CO2 molecules and forms aluminum oxalate,” Sadat said “If we continue feeding in aluminum [through the] anode and O2 and CO2 through the cathode and harnessing out the aluminum oxalate, the cell will continue to work p r o d u c i n g e l e c t r i c a l power and converting CO2 to valuable oxalate ”
The proposed cell is very flexible and can be used on both small (such as vehicular exhaust) and large (industrial and power plants) scales, Sadat said
“Since the anode is inherently safe to handle and the battery can be configured in flow battery setup, we think increasing the size is very attainable,” Sadat said “If we incorporate our cell in exhaust streams, the released CO2 can be captured and converted to useful products An auxiliary
thought and to help, we ’ ve built in a Coherent Speech Assistant that suggests questions that they can ask the person they’re conversing with,” Venkataramaiah continued
The assistant will use Natural Language Processing techniques to predict the patient’s next sentence, allowing it to keep track of the conversation Along with data and patient-related life events entered by family, this allows the assistant to create relevant, personal questions instead of a set of general ones
“There are a few applications which try to solve similar problems, but what differentiates us is that all these features make it a one-stop app to help people with memory loss,” Venkataramaiah said
However, Venkataramaiah insists that work on the app remains, even post its roll-out on Google’s Play Store late September The team plans to coordinate with facilities that suppor t dementia patients and their families to evaluate the usefulness of each feature
“As more people use the application, we should be able to accumulate data about how it’s used as well as any further needs of these patients,” Venkataramaiah said Confident that the app will transform the lives of dementia sufferers and provide further insights on how dementia may be managed, Venkataramaiah and the team hope to continue working on projects that support those with chronic illnesses
“We love to develop novel things and working on this application has definitely been a great experience, especially because of the difference it will make to people’s lives,” Venkataramaiah said
Arnav Ghosh can be reached at aghosh@cornellsun com
stream will also come from air to supply the O2 ”
However there are, drawbacks to this technology The electrolyte in the cell is sensitive to water
“So, water will have to be separated from exhaust streams if the cell is to be incorporated in industrial applications,” Sadat said
There are many well established water separation technologies, but the lab is looking to use electrolyte systems that insensitive to water
“Ongoing work in our lab is looking into different classes of electrolytes that are insensitive to water and even cheaper than the currently used one, ” Sadat said “If we managed to do that the impact will go beyond our aluminum/ CO2 cell to aluminum batteries in general ”
Though still in its elementary stages, the technology could have a very real impact in the world very soon Sadat said that if industrial or power plants were to be retrofitted with the proposed technology, they could reduce CO2 emissions while producing useful products along with electrical power, thus expanding their value chain
“I think this is a starting platform that can be built on to engineer electrochemical systems that can tackle multiple problems at the same time,” Sadat said
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a p | The app helps demntia patients by showing them pictures of family and caregivers when they are in the vicinity
COURTESY OF KARTHIK VENKATARAMAIAH
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Troy Sherman
PWR BTTM is a pretty unilateral band A great and unashamedly unilateral band, but one-sided all the same Frankly, there are only so many types of sounds a guitar-drum rock duo can concoct, and it’s not like PWR BTTM, even at their best, have been bounding through any boundaries, sonically
Ugly Cherries was remarkable more for what it was (a thrashing, vulnerable paean to queerness and what it can mean in all its iterations) than for how it sounded (pwr chords and pwr vocals that both, in turn, skidded from blared to whimpered with the click of a distortion pedal) As I heard it, their last album’s noises were auxilliary, secondary to and supporting the inescapable choruses, bleeding confessionals and brash, almost gaudy humor that stood at the top of the soundpile
Jack Jones
Some songs just have summer in their DNA NAO’s debut album For All We Know arrived just as July bled into August, and its opening track (and best song) “Get to Know Ya” delivers what ought to be the summer ’ s biggest hit The song is a study in minimalist funk perfection, with slinky, aquatic guitar and an infectious off-beat rhythm NAO earned immediate comparisons to Prince because of her high, nasal voice and genderbending lyrics, as well as her (somewhat repetitive) formula of tense, sparing funk that erupts into radiant choruses However, her sound is far from generic; her
When PWR BTTM dropped “Projection” on July 21, many commenters immediately flocked to the single’s first lyric “When the kids go out to play, I like to stay inside/Even though it looks like fun, I’d probably burn and die/My skin isn’t made for the weather,” singer/guitarist Ben Hopkins croons over a quiet, almost-jazzy chord progression It is easy to forget the anxiety and nostalgia that flows through the duo’s 2015 Ugly Cherries and instead associate them solely with their electric, glitter-adorned live shows, Hopkins’ rapid fire riffing and an effusive social media presence Yet, the vulnerability of “Projection” seeps through
But what happens to a band like this in the aftermath of a record that’s, almost paradoxically, so inimitable and replicable?
“New Hampshire” (though recorded as a demo almost two full years ago) was just released on August 17, and it starts to give us an answer to that question Instead of betraying an attempt to imitate Ugly Cherries’ success or to fall backwards into a replication, “New Hampshire” shows PWR BTTM taking the most simple route: just continuing And while some aspects of the track the mid-song jumps between soft and loud, some less obvious studio tricks, the more ambitious harmonies exhibit a PWR BTTM that’s experimenting and maybe even changing, “Ne w Hampshire” isn’t exactly material from a band that’s
growing The shtick stands, at least for now: “New Hampshire” is a song with deliberately memorable lyrics (“ When I die / please bur y me in Ne w Hampshire / I really like the leaves”), darkly muddled humor (“and the sun will burn out / oh well / you and I will die / oh well”) and a one-of-a-kind transcription of millenial turmoil into an established musical lexicon of big sounds and bigger statements Which is all to say that “New Hampshire” is a good song, but I guess all of that could have been used to describe every other track in PWR BTTM’s body of work
Troy Sherman is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com
voice is soft and almost ghostly, far from Prince’s shrieking, libidinous howl, and her muted intonations are a striking juxtaposition with the unsparing drive of the music
Lyrically, the song is something of a trick: what sounds like a breezy come-on to a crush reveals itself upon closer inspection to be the complaint of an underappreciated, under-acknowledged lover “You don’t even know me, ” NAO castigates, and what sounds like the lament of an unrequited crush turns out to be a challenge to a partner that doesn’t have the time or
interest to talk about anything other than themselves “So you call me, and tell me what’s up with you, ” she repeats again and again, evoking conversation after conversation dominated by another person ’ s thoughts Luckily we don’t have to listen to this part; what we have is a perfect jewel of crystallized pop, to be played again and again
Jack Jones is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at jackjones@cornellsun com
Ugly Cherries, such as when drummer/singer Liv Bruce sings, “The stars above me are the same ones above you/I’m tryna play it cool but I still love you, ” in “West Texas,” and is blatantly evident during PWR BTTM’s live shows For the band and their fans, vulnerability manifests beautifully in the form of Bruce and Hopkins sharing anecdotes openly during sets and fans running up to the duo with thanks and often gifts after the show
Like so many PWR BTTM songs that have come before, however, “Projection” refuses to treat vulnerability as a simple trait. The quiet music that begins the
song swells into massive, fuzzy riffs as Hopkins’ words fade from nervousness to resignation Ithaca fans may get a chance to hear the duo play “Projection” and former demo “Ne w Hampshire” (revie wed by Troy Sherman above) live when PWR BTTM opens for Lake Street Drive at the State Theatre on Sept 30 before the embark on a tour through the United States and Europe
Shay Collins is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com
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Fletcher Hanks is a weird car toonist A raging alcoholic, Hanks dre w stories for a variety of pulp magazines in the late ’30s to pay for his booze habit, and produced s o m e t r u l y b i z a r r e a n d i d i o s y n c r a t i c power fantasies in the process Hanks’ cr ude drawings and other worldly dialog ( “ YO U T R I E D TO D E S T ROY T H E
HEADS OF A NATION, SO YOUR OW N H E A D S H A L L B E DESTROYED!”) have a blunt energy that has a way of lodging itself into your mind with an intensity that “real” ar t can only dream of: pulp trash and outsider ar t taken to the their most insane, pure, puerile extreme Of his many series, my f a v o r i t e h a s t o b e St a rd u s t t h e Super wizard, a godlike superhero with undefined and seemingly limitless abilities Ever y Stardust stor y goes like this: some evil man or group wants to destroy the world and causes a shocking disaster Stardust flies down from space, immediately defeats the bad guy(s), and spends the rest of the stor y enacting an elaborate punishment In one stor y, he turns the villain into a rat and turns himself into a cat to terrorize him In another, he leaves an entire crime syndicate in a limbo where they must eternally stare at the floating skeletons of their victims, gloating “Gaze at them a while!” as he leaves Forget Batman: THIS is the hero we deser ve Fantagraphics has reprinted Hanks extensively, and with a ne w hardcover collection for thcoming, so now is the best time ever to discover his wild world
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A n d n ow f o r a c o m i c t h a t t h e “ b i g t w o ” m i g h t n o t w a n t yo u t o k n ow a b o u t , i f t h e y e ve n k n ow i t e x i s t s T h e b o o t l e g s u p e r h e ro c o m i c w a s a b i g t h i n g f o r a w h i l e i n t h e a r t c o m i c s s c e n e , w i t h s o m e h i g h l i g h t s i n c l u d i n g Jo s h Si m m o n s ’ h o rro r c o m i c Ma rk o f t h e Ba t a n d Mi c h a e l D e f o r g e ’ s g r o s s - o u t Sp i d e r - M a n t a l e Pe t e r ’ s Mu s c l e , b u t He l l b e r t a r i s e s a b ove t h e re s t f o r i t s s h e e r a u d a c i t y Be g i n n i n g a s a n a p o c a
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Nathan Chazan is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences The Next Panel will appear online at www cornellsun com Wednesdays this semester He can be reached at ndc39@cornell edu
Circles and Stuff by Robert Radigan grad
etween May and October 2014, the Arizona Diamondbacks hired Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa as Chief Baseball Officer, former pitcher and player agent Dave Stewart as General Manager and former major league infielder and Athletics’ bench coach Chip Hale as manager The team revamped its front office with good baseball minds, and the baseball world expected great things The team ’ s first significant move after the hirings was a three-team trade that sent shortstop Didi Gregorius (who is playing very well) to the Yankees and sent pitcher Robbie Ray and infield prospect Domingo Leyba to the Diamondbacks They added Cuban defector Yasmany Tomas on a major league contract as well The team finished 79-83, 15 wins above their 2014 total The team seemed poised to jump into a strong position in the National League West, provided that they made the offseason moves to strengthen their mediocre starting pitching La Russa and Stewart delivered, signing Dodgers ace and superstar pitcher Zack Greinke to a six-year, $206 million dollar contract, and acquiring rising star Shelby Miller in exchange for outfielder Ender Inciarte and a prospect package headlined by their 2015 first overall pick, Dansby Swanson At 31 years old, Greinke was fresh off of a historically strong season that saw him post a stunning 1 66 ERA and 200 strikeouts Miller had posted a 3 02 ERA with 171 strikeouts, as a young and controllable arm
been accumulated over the past few years The deal was widely criticized, but pundits praised that ownership had approved such significant moves
The 2015 season had seen ownership force the front office to send pitcher Bronson Arroyo to the Braves with another former first rounder and top prospect Touki Toussiant to cut salary (this came six months after signing Yoan Lopez, an inferior pitching prospect for $16 million and taking on international signing restrictions to make the deal) The move to sign Greinke signified a change in the commitment level of the Diamondbacks ownership, and the Miller move caused pressure to win now An additional offseason move brought young shortstop Jean Segura from the Brewers sending out infield prospect Isan Diaz
Ownership also reportedly has faith in Chip Hale and is unlikley to dismiss him before the season is over
The Diamondbacks surrendered a significant amount of their prospect capital that had
broke out to become one of the top shortstops in baseball, but it was not enough to salvage a season that also saw meltdowns and inconsistencies from their expensive ace, Zack Greinke Yasmany Tomas has turned out to be a strong bat, turning it around during the 2016 season, but has not shown enough defensive ability to survive in the National League Essentially the franchise has seen crippling interferences from ownership (pushing
The team has regressed to levels similar to their 2014 season, which prompted the front officshake-up in the first place Shelby Miller tanked, posting a horrifyingly bad 7 14 ERA in 14 starts and was demoted to AAA midway through the season Meanwhile, Swanson was promoted recently to the majors and fellow prospect Aaron Blair has spent time in the major leagues as well Blair has struggled, albeit at a level that isn’t much worse than Miller’s 2016 season This is considered one of the worst trades in recent baseball history Jean Segura
for trade of Bronson Arroyo) and botched trades (Shelby Miller deal) by a front office that was decorated but not experienced within their specific roles
It was rumored that the team turned down a trade of Shelby Miller to the Marlins in exchange for three young pitchers due to ownership involvement, in an attempt to save face Ownership also reportedly has faith in manager Chip Hale and is unlikely to dismiss him before the season is over The Diamondbacks can improve their position and become a contender, but ownership needs to clear out their front office and provide a strong commitment to winning over all else
Noah Elden is a second year columnist He can be contacted at nelden@cornellsun com If I Were GM appears Thursdays this semester
Hockey to Travel to Florida for Spring Break
Cornell will conclude regular season with home games against RPI and Union
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November 26: The Frozen Apple against New Hampshire at Madison Square Garden
The Knicks and the Rangers let someone else take the stage in the latest installment of the Frozen Apple, held in Madison Square Garden The past two times the Red participated in this game, they beat Michigan and Penn State This year ' s matchup, UNH, rivals Cornell in its decorated and storied program This game is a great way for alumni and students to catch a game over Thanksgiving break in the World’s Most Famous Arena
December 2 and 3: two-game homestand against Miami University (OH)
What separates this season from last is this intriguing series against a team that is almost always atop the national rankings A Redhawks team that has qualified for the NCAA tournament nine out of the last 11 years will give Cornell a taste of the talent outside the ECAC The Red has posted a winning record against teams hailing from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference where the Redhawks belong over the past eight years
December 28 and 29: Florida College Classic
While many Cornell students will return home to their families in late December, recovering from finals and research projects, the men of the hockey team will make their annual trip to Estero, FL for
another shot at the Florida College Classic crown This year, Merrimack, Northern Michigan and Colorado College will be those standing between the Red and gold, though specific matchups have not been determined at this time
Last year, the Red handed then No 1 Providence its first loss of their season in an overtime thriller where rising senior Jeff Kubiak netted the game winner The very next day, the team lost to an unranked Ohio State team in a shocking 8-0 upset in the Red's worst loss of the year
January 20: home game against Clarkson
Beginning on January 13 against Princeton, the Red will begin its final stretch of 15 games against ECAC opponents Nine of those 15 will take place at Lynah Rink, and that begins with Clarkson Regardless of what the first half of the season has in store for the Red, it is a welcome sight for the team to see a large number of home games on the docket when things begin to really get underway
Several players have noted their preference to play in front of the home crowd, feeding off the energy the Lynah Faithful produces
January 27: home game versus Harvard
The game everyone will be waiting for comes in the midst of a slew of games against ECAC foes There’s not much more to say about this game that has not been said thousands of times before It is a game not to be missed, and, with
Dartmouth visiting the very next night, it should shape out to be a very exciting weekend Don’t forget to bring your fish
February 24 and 25: season finales against RPI and Union
For the third straight year the Red will finish its regular season home games against the Engineers and Dutchmen, and it is the second straight year these teams are the Red’s last regular season opponents as a whole This will also allow the club to honors its eight member senior class in the final game of the season
What lays in store for the men is yet to be determined, but a couple of things are certain The club will retain eight of the nine defensemen from last year All of the top five scorers are returning All members of the goaltending trio, including rising senior Mitch Gillam, will be
back in the Cornell uniform
Vanderlaan, Angello and McCrea all have a year of collegiate experience under their belts to put to use this next season A rising junior class that has had a tough time leading on the scoreboard may be one of the missing pieces between the Red and glory
This is a year that could be make-it-or-break-it for the team Kubiak is a senior Gillam is a senior Weidner is a senior None of them have been able to make it past the ECAC semifinals These guys, along with several other classmates, would love to bring home some hardware to the hallowed halls of Lynah
With time running short, only one question remains: will they be up to the task?
Zach Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun com
FIELD HOCKEY
Red Returns High-Powered Offense for New Season
By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer
With the 2016 field hockey season fast approaching, Cornell is welcoming back a strong core of returning players, as well as a competitive freshman class looking to gain footing in a talented line-up.
“I think the returning players are more experienced and more mature,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook.
Cornell’s top goal scorer from last season, junior forward Krysten Mayers, will lead an offense with high expectations.
Mayers will join senior forward Katy Weeks, who also looks to continue an impressive Cornell career. Weeks was a facilitator upfront last season, notching eight goals and five assists.
“Katy Weeks is a dominant player,” Hornibrook said. “Her passion and competitiveness has set a tone for this team.”
Sophomore midfielder Isabel Siergiej, who had a breakout season as a freshman with five goals and 12 assists, should play a huge role in the offense this season and could develop into one of the best players in the conference.
Junior Sam McIlwrick, who competed for the Canadian under-21 team at the Junior Pan-Am Games, will also bolster a talented midfield.
While offense is the strength of this current roster, Hornibrook said she believes junior goalkeeper Kelly Johnson
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can be one of the best goalkeepers in the country when she is playing at her best.
“If we continue to progress like we did last then I think we have the potential for a really solid season,” Hornibrook said.
Of course, the team’s ultimate goal will be contending for an Ivy League title. The Red finished third in the Ivy League last year with a 5-2 record. Still, with the season yet to begin, the players are solely focused on improving each day.
Once the season starts, the Red will not get hung up on title expectations.
“Our motto has always been to take one game at a time,” Hornibrook said.
Hornibrook also stressed the importance of putting in the early season work and establishing a strong commitment to practice. Cornell’s returning players have made this clear to the freshman class.
“Our upperclassmen are doing a great job of setting the standard and helping our freshman understand what that standard is,” Hornibrook said.
Even with a roster full of experience, there are starting spots in the line-up to
Frozen Apple Game Highlights C.U. Schedule
2016-17 season offcially begins against Merrimack October 29
By ZACH SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor
It’s never too early to get excited for the men’s hockey season, even if the puck does not drop for another two months.
The Red’s past season ended at the hands of No. 1 Quinnipiac in a 6-3 loss in game three of the ECAC Quarterfinals. This loss left the team with a slim shot at admittance into the NCAA tournament. Ultimately the luck did not fall the Red’s way and Cornell was not offered a berth to the tournament.
Four seniors have departed from the organization — two of whom have joined professional teams. With the formal announcement of the incoming freshman class in July, the program will look to add to its young core, which includes rising sophomores Mitch Vanderlaan, Anthony Angello and Alec McCrea.
The men will obviously be hoping for a better finish to the season than what they just experienced. In honor of the schedule being recently released, here are some important games to look out for in the upcoming season.
October 21 and 22: home exhibition games against Canadian foes
As per usual, the men will get their first test with two exhibition games against schools from north of the border. Last year, Cornell easily handled Ryerson and Laurentian, pumping in 11 goals in the two games and allowing only three. While these games will not count in the team’s standings, the matchups will give coaches and fans a first look at how the freshman class will look against opponents and will allow the team to get mentally in sync for what will be a long and grueling season.
October 29: away season opener against Merrimack to begin five-game road trip
This upcoming season, unlike the last, the squad begins its season on a five-game road trip. The Red will officially open its 2016-17 regular season campaign in North Andover, Mass., against the Warriors. After Merrimack, the team will take on Dartmouth, Harvard, Brown and Yale. Last year, the Red went 2-3-3 against these squads. While some of these teams will be without major contributors from last season — both Jimmy Vesey of Harvard and Alex Lyon of Yale have decided to take a stab in the pros — it will be interesting to see how the team is able to handle an early flurry of familiar rivals, especially on the road for every game.
November 11: home opener against Quinnipiac
The Red will begin its home stand for the
be lost and won. The coaching staff expects freshman players to contribute to the team.
“Our philosophy with our freshman is that we try to get them integrated as soon as possible,” Hornibrook said.
Hornibrook said she is impressed with what she has seen so far, noting that the performance from the class has been at its best in recent days.
Among the freshmen, midfielder Rose Gorski has stood out in practice.
“Rose Gorski has stepped in right away,” Hornibrook said. “Her communication and poise for a freshman is really good.”
With that said, every player, not just the freshmen, has much to work on in the preseason, according to Hornibrook.
The Red will start the season with six non-conference games, which will allow the coaching staff plenty of time to solidify the lineup before heading into Ivy play.
“It’s really about using [these games] as an opportunity to see where we are and see where we are going,” Hornibrook said. “We’ll be looking at people in different positions.”
Cornell opens its season at home against Colgate on September 3.
Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun.com.
’16-’17 season on November 11, and it could not come against a more suitable opponent. Quinnipiac, a team that was ranked first in the nation for much of last season, gave Cornell an exciting ECAC quarterfinals, but the Bobcats eventually sunk the Red in game three. Even before the fireworks of the postseason, Cornell and Quinnipiac squared off twice and provided two of the most exciting games of the 201516 season. In the first game, the Red opened up a quick lead thanks to a major penalty, but was ultimately beaten in overtime. Then in February, the two finished in a 2-2 tie thanks to a last minute goal off the stick of Mitch Vanderlaan. The Red played some of its best and most exciting hockey against the Bobcats. It seems that sparks begin to fly anytime the two teams hit the ice.
Back in net | Senior Mitch Gillam will return as the Red’s goalkeeper next season.
Leading the charge | Head coach Donna Hornibrook called Katy Weeks, pictured above, “dominant.” Weeks, a senior forward, scored eight goals last season.
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High hopes | Last year ended with a 6-3 loss to No. 1 Quinnipiac in the ECAC Quarterfinals for Jake Weidner and the Red.
