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Rawlings Urges Undergrad Curriculum Review

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Assistant News Editor

Interim President Hunter Rawlings called on Cornell faculty to re-examine the University’s undergraduate curriculum, stressing the need to teach students to “think for themselves” and use “intellectual and moral reasoning ”

In his opening remarks at the Faculty Senate’s September meeting, Rawlings called 2016 a “good year ” to discuss Cornell’s u n d e r g r a d u a t e offerings, citing both the College of Arts and Sciences’ current initiative to review its curriculum and his personal interest in promoting liberal education

Several faculty members agreed upon the need for discussion, raising concerns over decreasing numbers of Arts and Sciences faculty members, paired with an increasing student focus on “careerism ”

A “number of faculty members” have shared their interest in promoting courses geared toward all Cornell undergraduates, regardless of college or major, Rawlings said

Tween Enrolls in Engineering College

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These foundational courses would focus on information necessary for all students, including statistics, data science and critical thinking Rawlings also raised questions about whether these classes should be only encouraged or mandated for students, and if all of the University’s colleges should aim to offer a liberal education

“I leave these as questions, not answers, ” he said “At the current time I do not think it is possible to answer them because the faculty of Cornell has not, to my knowledge, opined on the subject ” Rawlings also stressed that his comments were suggestions and not demands, calling the curriculum “ a faculty matter, ” and emphasizing that his interim appointment means he will not have a long-term role in curriculum changes

C.U. Holds Steady in U.S. News University Rankings

Earning a score of 85 out of 100, Cornell University was ranked the nation’s 15th best university on the U S News & World Report 2017 list representing a standstill at last year ’ s rating

The famous rankings focus on “academic excellence,” and incorporate factors including freshman retention rate and the rate at which students graduate within a six-year time span, according to U S New O t h e r important

s c o r i n g c r i t e r i a include eth nic and economic diversity, as well the number of international students in attendance at a given college

The press release said that “overall, the rankings emphasize student outcomes including graduation and retention rates which carry the most weight at 30 percent ”

Cornell’s placement on the U S News rankings has been fairly consistent for the past few years, hovering around 15th or 16th place for the past four years, but has dropped several spots since 2008, when it was ranked at 12th This year, Cornell ranked last among the Ivies, one spot behind Brown University, and tied Rice University, University of Notre Dame and Va n d e r b i l t University

well in several other lists published by U S News this week In categories “Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs” and “Best Business Programs,” Cornell ranked 9th and under “Most Innovative Schools” Cornell was rated 14th

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Next weekend’s homecoming festivities will now include two new events a series of campus art exhibitions and a virtual 5K run for Cornellians all over the globe according to the University Cornell will also open a welcome tent for alumni and parents in a parking lot by Schoellkopf Field, the release said

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University Cornell football will play Yale at 3 p m in its homecoming game on Saturday

The Africana Studies and Research Center also plans to dedicate its original site during the weekend’s festivities and will show a free screening of the documentary Agents of Change at Willard Straight Hall

However, this year ’ s celebrations will not feature a homecoming concert, as Barton Hall is closed for construction

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Political Union Debates U.S. Involvement in Syria

By JOEL LANGSTEIN Sun Contributor

Prof Matthew Evangelista, government, sparked discussion about whether the United States should be involved in the Syrian Civil War at a debate in Anabel Taylor Hall Tuesday

Evangelista who is the director of Cornell’s Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies described the conflict between the rebels and the Syrian government, saying the United States is providing weapons for small rebel groups in Syria to defeat the dictator Bashar al-Assad However, he stressed that some of the groups who oppose al-Assad also oppose the U S

The old adage “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is not applicable in this case because some of the groups who believe the U S must defeat al-Assad are considered terrorists as well, Evangelista said, referencing the Kurds in Turkey as an example

“The U S wants to support Kurdish fighters as most effective in combatting ISIS, but that complicates relations with its NATO ally Turkey, whose government considers the Kurds terrorists,” he said

Evangelista added that the U S ’ s primary goal should be to “first do no harm ”

“My view is that the United States should not be bombing a sovereign country without a declaration of war, funneling weapons

without knowing where they end up and engaging in warfare without having a realistic long-term plan or idea of how the situation will be resolved,” he said While there are diplomatic and humani-

tarian causes for the United States to advance in Syria, Evangelista explained that, overall, the U S is doing “ more harm than good” in the region

Instead, Evangelista said he believes the U S should pursue alternative solutions, such as working with Russia and the United Nations Security Council to achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict He added that the U S has a “moral obligation to accept Syrian refugees ”

Students and members of the Cornell Political Union who hosted the debate engaged in a spirited debate about the issue, offering a variety of viewpoints

Some students argued that the U S should pull out of Syria; others insisted that the absence of an external presence in the region would only deepen the conflict

The Cornell Political Union promised to create a resolution based on the results of the debate The vote ended in a tie, with 22 students supporting Evangelista’s stance and 22 students opposed to it The Cornell Political Union will publish the resolution on their website tonight

Joel Langstein can be reached at jal534@cornell edu

Prof Develops New Strawberry Variety,‘Archer,’ After 15 Years

By ALANA SULLIVAN Sun Contributor

After 17 years of testing, tasting, harvesting and waiting, Prof Courtney Weber, horticulture and plant breeding, finally released his latest strawberry variety the Archer on Monday

Weber said the Archer is the eighth berry variety he has developed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva since coming to Cornell in 1999

He has developed three raspberry varieties and four other strawberry varieties, the most recent being the Walker variety currently being sold under the name Purple Wonder and the Herriot, both released in 2012

Weber said the Archer has been in the making since the very beginning

“[Archer’s] actual seed was developed in 1999 but not planted until 2000, so it’s been kind of a long haul for this one, ” Weber said “It was selected in 2001 and finally released in 2016, so 15 years ”

Although Archer’s development took the longest to develop of any of his berry varieties, Weber said any berry project requires a significant time investment

Breeding begins with one seed, which yields one plant, according to Weber One year later, that single plant produces 10 to 20 daughter plants called “ runners ” A year after that, the runners are planted and after yet another year, their fruit is able to be collected The process is then repeated multiple times

“Each time you do that you take a couple of years to go through the process and each time you want to look at the fruit again to make sure everything is going well,” Weber explained “You want to check [the strawberries] in the field in different locations to make sure there’s not some disease out there you haven’t seen ” However, even with constant attention, things can go wrong Weber stressed the need to breed seeds that can withstand adverse conditions

“We want to have some confidence when we release [the seed] to the growers that it will have the ability to grow in many different locations and climates where it varies from year to year, ” he said

Resistance to insects and disease in particular is allocated significant attention throughout the testing process Weber said that his team ensures the plants are diseasefree by testing them in the lab

“We can test them for various diseases to make sure that when we send them to people and various growers we ’ re not sending out anything that could be detrimental to their farms,” Weber said

Beyond its hardiness and resistance to insects and disease, what makes the Archer so remarkable is its extreme size and strong, sweet flavor, according to Weber

“[Archer] stood out from the very beginning because it has very large fruit,” Weber said “So of course that’s something that catches the eye very easily ”

Oftentimes, there is a tradeoff between size and taste One of the biggest challenges fruit breeders face is creating large fruit that also tastes good

“When we tasted this one it was a very high-flavored berry,” he said “When we get that combination [of size and taste], that’s very exciting to see ”

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Cornell’sYoungest Student Ever Starts Classes

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became clear that Jeremy would earn his high school diploma before he turned 13 The Shulers were then left to figure out how to go about enrolling the youngest Ivy League student on record

Jeremy’s mother, Harrey Shuler, said she and Jeremy’s father had to use a paper form to

“Some people just [come up and say] ‘You’re the famous boy, right?’ and take the selfie and walk away ”

register him for the SATs because he was too young to make an online College Board account

Jeremy was also too young to register for the Common App, so they sent individual applications to each college to which he applied They even had to submit his Free Application for Federal Student Aid in hard-copy they are looking forward to next year, when, as a 13-year-old, he can create an online account and save his parents some paperwork

Armed with a 2320 on the SATs, Jeremy applied to several schools and was accepted to Cornell and the University of Texas at Austin Ithaca, close to a branch of his father’s company and already familiar to the family, seemed like the perfect place to relocate from their Texas home

“We’ll see how I feel during the winter, though,” Andy Shuler added

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A slew of media articles published over the summer have raised Jeremy’s profile dramatically, to the point that he was a recognizable figure to many students

by the time he started classes However, he seemed unfazed by the attention, saying only that it has been “ pretty interesting” and that he enjoys it

During the first two weeks of the semester, Jeremy’s mother walked with him to class to help him get his bearings She said she was surprised at the number of students who wanted selfies with her son “Some people just [come up and say] ‘ You’re the famous boy, right?’ and take the selfie and walk away I thought it was kind of rude,” she laughed “But some people would introduce themselves and talk to him ” Jeremy admitted that he has more homework than he expected, but he said he finds the material manageable (although he added that, since he finished BC Calculus three years ago, he has had to refresh himself on some of the content) He has fallen into a steady routine: he wakes up in his family’s downtown apartment, takes a bus to campus, alternates between Okenshields and Risley for lunch and can now confidently navigate campus on his own

few summers at math circles and math camps, he said he is used to being the youngest in the room

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Harrey Shuler said her first hint that her son was unusually advanced came when he was 17 months old

Having spent a few summers at math circles and math camps, he said he is used to being the youngest in the room

Even with his quasi-celebrity status, Jeremy Schuler seems to have adapted to college life at least as well as the typical 12-year-old adapts to middle school While he spends nights and weekends at home or traveling around the Finger Lakes region with his parents, he has made a couple of good friends in his classes and enjoys talking to friendly students around campus Having spent a

“I was writing an email to my friend, and I was using Hangul, which is the Korean alphabet, and Jeremy was curious about that,” she said “So I wrote down all the consonants and vowels, and then I made the sound ” The next day, she found Jeremy confidently reading Hangul Once he realized English syllables worked the same way as Korean ones, he almost immediately taught himself to read English, too He was able to read full books on his own by the time he turned two

From that point on, Andy Shuler said he and his wife had to constantly scramble to keep Jeremy challenged “We couldn’t get him books fast enough,” he said They decided homeschool would be the best way to ensure their son had access to a curriculum tailored to his unusual learning pace, so Harrey quit her job as an aerospace engineer and started teaching Jeremy full time

For a fe w years, Jeremy fixated on astronomy Then, when he was five, he read Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics by William Dunham and entered a math phase that has yet to end His mother thinks he picks up mathematical concepts so quickly because he has an innate understanding of equations “He’s into symmetry, ” she explained “When there’s a function, there should be an inverse function ” While most of us have to follow a set series of steps to solve a math problem, Jeremy can intuit it; he doesn’t just

solve it he understands the equation as a whole

After graduation, Jeremy plans to pursue an advanced degree, and he predicts he will eventually land in academia He said his ultimate goal is to unify quantum mechanics and number theory

“Once he sets his mind, it’s really hard to persuade him not to do something,” Harrey Shuler said

In his first semester, Jeremy is taking 17 credits spread across physics, engineering, math, computer science and linguistics He said he misses being able to sleep

“He’s into symmetry. When there’s a function, there should be an inverse function.”

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in for homeschool but is otherwise completely comfor table in the classroom setting His professors have treated him just like any other student, and both his engineering academic advisor and the University administration have gone through pains to ensure that he transitions smoothly

Going from homeschool to a first-year engineering student’s workload, Jeremy has less time for his hobbies than he used to Still, he said he tries to finds time between classes to work on a couple of projects: a dungeon-themed video game and a random map generator

Confused by the latter term, I asked him to explain what a random map generator does

“It makes a random map, ” he responded

Pressed for more, he explained that the program allows a user to input several parameters and then maps out one hemisphere of a fictional planet

“Oh, okay,” said his father, a systems engineer for Lockheed Mar tin, catching on “So you input how much is sea, how much is land and how rocky it is, or something?”

“Not quite,” Jeremy said, smiling but hurried, already eager to move on to talk of his game “It’s more complicated than that ”

Faculty Senate Discusses Hiring New Librarian With Global Experience

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patory ” The changes include making transcripts and resolutions available from meetings available online, descriptions and contact information for senate committees and a “ stay informed” page that provides information on initiatives like the re-evaluation of

the academic calendar

“The whole message here is that you can pay attention and be as involved as you want, ” Van Loan said

Finally, the senate discussed selection criteria for a new university librarian, who will replace Carl A Kroch University librarian Anne Kenney in April 2017

A committee has been created to fill the position and is currently identifying candi-

dates within and outside of Cornell, according to Gretchen Ritter ’83, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

“We’re certainly looking for a librarian who will both be attentive to traditional book collections and someone who is looking forward, to digital archives in curation,” Ritter said

She added that a candidate should also have connections to library systems world-

wide

“We need to have someone who is both very attuned to the needs and interests of faculty, and someone who has an international and national profile who is connected to some of those broader networks of conversation,” Ritter said

Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun com

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Save the Audio Jack!

As long-time readers (i e my parents) might know, I take music pretty seriously Usually, this has alienated my friends who chalk it up to another one of my pretentious behaviors and usually that’s a fair assumption Because, realistically speaking, it doesn’t matter if you ’ re listening to your favorite artist on CD or streaming it, at 320 kbps or lossless quality, with openbacked headphones or five-dollar earbuds If you ’ re enjoying the music, then you ’ re enjoying the music, no two ways about it However, you do have to be able to listen to the music to begin with

Which brings us to Apple In what was widely considered a bad move (to quote Douglas Adams) Apple has decided to completely remove the 3 5 mm audio jack from the iPhone 7 You know, the thing that lets you listen to music with virtually any headphone set? The thing that facilitated the white-earbud-on-black-silhouette aesthetic featured so heavily in Apple’s early advertisement campaigns? Well, it’s gone now All that remains on the business end of the world’s most iconic smartphone is the little eight pin lightning port, which will now serve all input and output functions

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of the audio jack prior to the iPhone 7’s announcement One, it will slim down the phone Short answer, it doesn’t The iPhone 7 is almost exactly the same thickness as the iPhone 6 (a couple of millimeters thicker in fact) I’m not even sure who wants a thinner iPhone anyhow, I feel as if I could snap my 5s just by having it in my back pocket and sitting down Second, it will lead to higher quality and more efficient audio This won ’ t happen, because getting the same volume will require the exact same amount of power as older models used Personally, I can ’ t tell you if a lightning port is any better at transferring an audio signal, but the digital-toaudio converter won ’ t be much different and so the signal will remain unchanged Not to mention that Bluetooth headphones are never better quality than a comparable wired set simply by virtue of a less reliable wireless signal

This is a business move by Apple to phase out the 3 5 mm jack, pure and simple

Consider what this means If you listen to music on your phone at all, you ’ re now out of luck with the new model If your car has only a 3 5 mm input, you can now longer play music with your phone Yes, a pair of compatible earbuds (sorry, “ earpods”) will be shipped with the iPhone, so you can use them with the new phone until they inevitably break after a month of use However, you are completely out of luck if you want to use any other set of wired headphones than the ones Apple provides, because there is not a single third party headphone manufacturer that uses lighting connectors for audio input since it’s proprietary technology

But wait, Apple has announced that they will ship a lightning port to 3 5 mm input adapter with every iPhone 7, so problem solved right? Not really, because first, is there anyone who would prefer an adapter to no adapter? Less is always best And second, this is still a step down from previous models because you can ’ t charge your phone and listen to music at that same time There is a dongle for that, but guess what, it’s $40 So, essentially you can pay $40 to do something that every other smartphone is capable of doing right out of the box

I’ve heard two arguments for the removal

If they can effectively kill the audio jack, then they can charge for adapters or simply dominate the headphone market for people who use Apple products That is, unless you want to drop $100 plus for a Bluetooth set (and who doesn’t want something else to charge?) Remember, the lightning port is proprietary technology; no other company can use it without Apple’s licensing And I can guarantee you they will not include an adapter with the iPhone 8 if this catches on It’s a slow game they can afford to play And how long until Samsung and Microsoft decide to create their own proprietary ports? Unless you want to live a life of endless adapters, it will be the death of headphone universality

Adapters are cheap, yes, but why should we as consumers be forced to use them?

There is no upside to lightning ports as a replacement for the humble audio jack The only way to stop the phasing out of the audio jack as an industry standard is to boycott the iPhone If you need a new smartphone, consider getting Android Otherwise simply listening to music may become much more trouble than it should be

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v e r y i m p o r t a n t p i e c e o f a d v i c e y o u ’ l l r e c e i v e a t s o m e p o i n t i n y o u r l i f e i s “d o n ’ t l i v e w i t h y o u r s i g n i f i c a n t o t h e r t o o s o o n i n t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p ” Un d e r s t o o d T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l r e a s o n s f o r t h i s I f y o u

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It s t a r t e d w i t h l i t t l e t h i n g s : p i c k i n g o n e a c h o t h e r f o r w o r d s w e u s e d , i n s i d e j o k e s , c a t c h i n g e a c h o t h e r s t a r i n g T h e n l o n g e r c o n v e r s a t i o n s i n e a c h o t h e r ’ s r o o m s , h i m h e l p i n g m e w i t h m y w o r k , w a l k s o u t s i d e t o l o o k f o r Po k é m o n A n d o f c o u r s e t h a t o n e t i m e w e t o o k a s h o t t o o m a n y a n d I d e c i d e d t o c h a l l e n g e

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‘ h i m t o f i n d m y h i d d e n t a t t o o I t h o u g h t I ’d m a k e h i m s t r u g g l e a l i t t l e m o r e s o I f l i p p e d o f f t h e l i g h t s w i t c h i n m y r o o m l e a v i n g o n l y m y f a i r y l i g h t s t o g u i d e h i m I l e a n e d b a c k o n m y d r e s s e r a s I s m i r k e d a t h i m H e n e a r e d m e a n d k i s s e d m y n e c k h a r d a s h e f l i p p e d m e a r o u n d t r a c i n g m y u p p e r b a c k w i t h h i s f i n g e r s a n d p u l l i n g d o w n m y s h o r t s a s h e s l i d d o w n m y b o d y s l a p p i n g m y a s s a n d k i s s i n g t h e b a c k o f m y t h i g h s I s t a r t e d g i g g l i n g a s h e f l i p p e d m e b a c k a r o u n d a n d s t a r t e d i n s p e c t i n g t h e f r o n t o f m y b o d y H e p u l l e d m y s h i r t u p a b o v e m y h e a d a n d d r e w e a c h

b r a s t r a p d o w n a s h e t r a c e d m y c o l l a r b o n e w i t h h i s t o n g u e Pu l l i n g m y b r a d o w n , h e b e g a n i n s p e c t i n g m y b r e a s t s , n i b b l i n g o n m y n i p p l e s a n d I m o a n e d s o f t l y I w a s o f f m y f e e t b e f o r e I k n e w i t , l y i n g b a c k o n m y b e d I o p e n e d m y e y e s a s h e p u l l e d h i s s h i r t o f f o v e r h i s h e a d A s h e t o s s e d i t u n d e r t h e b e d I r e a c h e d f o r w a r d a n d u n b u c k l e d h i s p a n t s , p u l l i n g t h e m d o w n t o r e v e a l M i c k e y Mo u s e b o x e r s I k n e w h e w a s t h e o n e w h o l e f t t h e m i n t h e d r y e r l a s t w e e k H e f l i p p e d m e o v e r a n d I r e a l i z e d w e w e r e g o i n g f o r r e v e r s e c o w g i r l O f c o u r s e I k n e w t h i s w a s h i s f a v o r i t e p o s i t i o n f r o m t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n I h a d w i t h o n e o f t h e g i r l s h e h o o k e d u p w i t h o n Ti n d e r w h e n s h e s a t i n o u r l i v i n g r o o m n e r v o u s l y w a i ti n g f o r h i m t o w a k e u p t h e m o r n i n g a f t e r D e s p i t e t h e a n g u l a r c h a l l e n g e s c o w g i r l p o s e s , I d i d m y b e s t , a n d t h e n w e w e r e t h a n k f u l l y b a c k t o b a s i c C o s m o s t u f f I c o u l d a c t u a l l y k e e p u p w i t h Po i n t o f a l l t h i s b e i n g t h a t t h i s i s t h e k i d I h a v e t o e a t Su n d a y b r u n c h w i t h , w h o h a s t o s e

The Duchess is a student at

TheRevisiting ‘The Road to Ithaka’

sky was clear on the bright, sun-filled morning just a year ago when Cornellians gathered on the Arts Quad to celebrate the start of the next chapter in Cornell’s history During Homecoming, the community met for the inauguration of our 13th president, marking the closing celebrations of our sesquicentennial year With the statue of Ezra Cornell looming in the background, Elizabeth Garrett stood strong, detailing her vision for Cornell at home and abroad

Just months later, over 1,000 Cornellians gathered at the same site, but now on an overcast afternoon Facing toward Andrew Dickson White this time, we gathered in silence as the chimes rang commemorating President Garrett’s time on the Hill Some held back tears Others embraced Many stood seemingly lifeless, contemplating the tragedy facing our campus after she lost her battle with colon cancer on March 6

At President Garrett’s inauguration, I’m certain no one considered that within a few short months, she would become the first Cornell president to pass while holding office What many of us saw instead was an inspirational leader ready to challenge many of the structures that defined Cornell for years In the few short months she was president, she presented decisions that some Cornellians found controversial, from the introduction of the College of Business to refusing to commit to divestiture from the fossil fuels industry What stood out, however, was her commitment to be radical and progressive, ideals Cornell’s founders instilled in the University’s identity

In her inaugural address, Garrett referenced the poem Ithaka by C P Cavafy, describing the journey to the many Ithakas in our lives With her words now a year behind us, reflecting upon her vision for Cornell remains just as imperative as we seek to evaluate the priorities of Cornell moving forward I hope to consider some of the ideas she spoke of last year in this column

Garrett began discussing the role of the faculty, stressing the need for diverse viewpoints, teaching methods and lived experiences Much of this, to little surprise, remains germane

Given recent flashpoints of racial tensions in the last few years and the polarizing political discourse this election season, the faculty and staff should be equipped to have meaningful conversations to engage diversity, inclusion and social justice across all of the disciplines Doing so will not only benefit our community, but will enable Cornellians to tackle some of the greatest challenges facing contemporary society, including injustice and inequality Additionally, given last year ’ s study that found 96 percent of political contributions from Cornell faculty members gave to Democratic campaigns between 2011 and 2014, considerations to ensure Cornell’s teaching force is politically diverse should be examined to allow a variety of ideas in academia

She further commented on the University’s motto, “ any person any study,” arguing that we should embrace the “spirit of any study” by focusing energy on disciplines that build upon the excellence of a Cornell education, rather than teaching literally every study As the community has dialogues about what future curricula will become the College of Arts and Sciences aims to undergo these conversations this year, for example we ought define what “ any study” means in the 21st century What will the role of study abroad and Engaged Cornell be on the undergraduate experience? Should there be a diversity requirement for all students? Which programs should Cornell offer? Which should it not? By no means am I qualified to answer these questions alone, but discourses including faculty, students and alumni must be had to identify answers to questions like these and more Cornell Tech arguably one of the most ambitious and stimulating developments in Cornell’s recent history was also highlighted Garrett stressed that the new campus should be connected with our home on the Hill and argued that skills addressing the challenges of today should be emphasized in Ithaca, New York and around the world With the Roosevelt Island campus set to open next year, the tech campus provides a number of opportunities that should be seized and touted by Cornell As Garrett described, “ our academic community must be bold in our ambition,” and these new partnerships provide a clear path to continue its quest to further its role as a global institution

The few interactions I had with President Garrett readied me for a new period in Cornell’s history that I hoped to experience as an alumnus (and little did I know this time last year, as a graduate student) I won ’ t pretend to have known President Garrett well, but I was fortunate enough to cross paths with her during her time here, from interviewing her when the Board of Trustees announced her appointment to meeting with her through my role as Editor in Chief of The Sun I was left speechless when I heard she died, the day after I finished my term as an editor Tragically, I realized I covered her time with the Big Red as a reporter and editor from start to finish

Nonetheless, we must continue to honor and remember her legacy

One year later, President Garrett’s vision for Cornell still lives

Undoubtedly, her time in Day Hall affected this University in tangible ways, but we must continue the fight with the same passion and empathy Garrett brought, “traveling to the many diverse Ithakas that await our discovery ” If the previous presidential search is any indication, the Cornell community could soon learn who will be the next person to helm this institution However, as we examine the many journeys to Ithaka, we should do so as a community, acknowledging the freedom and responsibility that is engrained in the Cornell identity

Tyler Alicea is a graduate student in Computing and Information Science He completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in May 2016 and served as the editor in chief and managing editor of The Sun He may be reached at tra37@cornell edu Guest Room appears periodically this semester

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What’s an Ally?

In its simplest definition, an ally is someone who another person can trust and count on despite them not fully understanding what it’s like to be in a certain position An ally advocates and assists a marginalized group that they are not a part of For example, a white person who advocates for racial justice can be considered an ally to people of color The definition of ally is rather simplistic in concept, but is much more complicated in practice People often find themselves messing up when their actions coincidentally work against the supposed title they claim

Calling yourself or someone else an ally is just an identifier word; what really matters the most is your actions and reactions You can call yourself anything you want, but it definitely doesn’t mean it’s accurate Anyone can say that they are an ally, but that doesn ' t really mean anything if they still do shitty things If you claim that title, then at the very least you should extensively think about what that exactly means to you and more importantly, how you can assist a community in a way that is respectful and beneficial Many times, this is where allyship can easily fall apart

from being wrong or doing something problematic I try to be respectful and kind to everyone, but that doesn’t mean I exist without fault I don’t, and can ’ t, know everything; I’m learning everyday Everyone has the potential to say or do something that could easily “discredit” their allyship to a community It is also important to recognize when people do get upset when someone says something wrong, it is for a reason Whatever was done, usually has some kind of impact on the person or group involved People may react with however their feeling, which is

ers who may be suffering from a different kind of oppression Even if I’m in a group of other Latinx people, it doesn’t mean that people can get away with saying problematic things because we ’ re all coming from similar ethnic backgrounds

A lot of the time when I have interacted within groups consisting of people of color, people have still said racist or misogynistic things I have had men of color talk down to me, talk over me and talk to me without space for my own input This has happened to me multiple times

Calling yourself or someone else an ally is ju identifier word; what really matters the mos your actions and reactions. You can call you self anything you want, but it definitely doesn’t mean it’s accurate.

If, as an ally, you are imposing your own beliefs and ideas on a group you are not a part of, that isn’t really okay It is up to you to take a step down from your platform of privilege and let others speak because you don’t know where they are coming from It isn’t your place This is also important in order to ensure that the same oppressive ideals are not being perpetuated If we continue to prioritize the same voices, nothing will ever change

The most important thing to remember about allyship, no matter what the community you ’ re acting as an ally for, is that there is no such thing as a good ally because everyone can easily make a mistake Even though I’m writing this article, it doesn’t exempt me

completely valid As an ally, it is a person ’ s job to listen and take in what is being said, even if it’s emotionally expressed criticism Again, because an ally is unable to fully understand a person ’ s perspective, they have no idea where what they are saying is coming from Despite the idea of a “good ally” and a “bad ally” being questionable, there is definitely a good and bad way of responding to criticism As stated before, an ally should be listening; but if someone is instantly defensive and upset after someone expresses how they feel, then that is a huge problem Someone’s reaction is almost always indicative of their sense of entitlement and their own struggle of not being the center of attention for once A good example of this is when someone makes a white person joke and a white person, who is supposedly isn’t racist, gets offended That kind of difference between concept and practice just doesn’t add up

This is not just relevant for white people acting as allies to people of color, but also relevant within communities of all marginalized communities We cannot focus on ourselves and forget oth-

within these first few weeks of school alone Just because you are someone from a marginalized community, does not mean you don’t have to be considerate of other people If someone comments on a cisgender straight man ’ s masculinity taking up too much space in a conversation, the response should not be instantly defensive and upset The response should be to consider why that might have been said and maybe ask the person who said it what they might have done wrong If a man who claims to be an ally to women or femme presenting people still doesn’t seem to get it and continues to express how upset he is about, then that is an issue

There are all kinds of issues that can come up in regards to allyship because there are so many different people that face different kinds of struggle Knowing your place and being respectful towards people with experiences you’ll never have is a good thing to keep in the back of your mind, which is what I personally try to do

Sarah Zumba is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at sez29@cornell edu Zumba Works it Out appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

By MIKAYLA KUYKENDALL Sun Contributor

IJuicing:A Fatty Fad Diet

know you ’ ve all seen it: the brightly-colored liquid being sipped through a straw, in a clear cup so that this colorful

c o n c o c t i o n c a n b e s h ow n o f f properly, of course This liquid is the product of juicing Juicing is

a n e w t re n d i n d i e t i n g t h a t involves taking some fruit or vegetables and putting them into a juicer that removes all the pulp and leaves you with juice You see Kylie Jenner on the cover of a t a b l o i d d r i n k i n g s o m

h i n g green, and it seems like a great idea you get to throw in the celer y you would never actually eat but without all the stringiness It also seems like a pretty s o l i d p

o r “detox” your body of the Big Mac and cookies ’ n ’ cream milkshake

you had for lunch the day before, all while providing your body with essential nutrients And who doesn’t throw back a glass of o r a n g

t sneeze of a month-long cold hits?

While these juices retain some of the nutrients from the fruits or v e g e t

re stripped of all of their fiber dur-

According to registered dietitian Jaimette McCulley, the fiber is what helps give us the feeling of fullness so that we ’ re not ravenous after only having three glasses of juice in a day, and end up blowing our whole juicing plan on Pizza Hut’s $5 Flavor Menu

Two pizzas and cheesy breadsticks would just add onto the calories from the glass of orangeapple-carrot juice that usually has as many calories as a regular soda

Besides keeping us feeling full,

fiber slows down the process of sugar entering the bloodstream so that the body doesn’t experience an insulin spike and subsequent “crash” we have all felt after chugging four Red Bulls the night before a prelim Plus, fiber keeps our gastrointestinal tract running smoothly and efficiently As for the body detoxifying itself, that’s what the liver is for And the kidneys And the lungs And the pancreas Basically, that’s what your body is for It is made to fight against foreign substances that could possibly cause it harm So juicing isn’t really doing anything for your body that your body can ’ t already do for itself

Besides all the sugar and some nutrients that are in most fruit j u i c e s

included), there isn’t a whole lot of anything else As already mentioned, there isn’t any fiber, but

there’s neither fat nor whole lot of protein, either These macronutrients also contribute to that feeling of fullness that we need to a v o i d c o n s u m i n g t h re e d a y s ’ worth of calories at once because we ’ re so hungr y In addition to keeping us feeling full, fat and protein are sources of energy, which we all need, considering ever y location on Cornell’s campus is uphill Honestly, we ’ re all probably better off drinking tea or fruitinfused water if we need a beverage that’s got a little extra flavor but doesn’t send our insulin levels through the roof If you ’ re thinking about giving the fruit-infused water a tr y, I recommend taking the peels off of citrus fruits The peels of lemons, limes, oranges and grapefruits tend to make the water unbearably bitter when left in for too long

The gold standard, of course, would be to eat the whole fruit or vegetable This way the fiber stays intact, plus your body will get all of the nutrients that the produce has to offer Smoothies are also a g o o d c h o i

throw

ton of stuff in a blender, and you can ’ t even taste some of it So go ahead and chop some kale and blend it up Add milk or yogurt to get the fat and protein

Maybe add some kind of nut butter if you ’ re into it All you bodybuilders out there can add protein powder for a solid postworkout snack I’m a huge fan of banana, peanut butter and skim milk Whatever you prefer, don’t forget the clear cup and the straw

By AUSTON LI

Sun Contributor

As college students, we run into a lot of issues when it comes to food Do we order in delivery, cook on our own or eat at a dining hall?

We run into a lot of time, supply and financial constraints When I stayed over summer in Ithaca, I found that cooking was often far too time-consuming

I’m a pescatarian, so if I want to eat something involving seafood, I need to spend hours of preparation on things like defrosting and cleaning the fish, and I need to acquire a bounty of supplies like ginger, spices and other curing ingredients It was just really difficult to manage my food and budget until I came up with the idea to use canned tuna

Typically, we think of tuna in the context of tuna salad or tuna steaks But tuna is actually an extremely versatile ingredient I prefer to think of canned tuna as the seafood version or ground pork or turkey: they can all be utilized in an array of stir-fry dishes

The dish I’ve managed to develop with canned tuna is a basic stirfr y with onions, cabbage and canned tuna It’s a versatile dish that pairs well with any type of grain staple

The ingredients list is pretty bare: cabbage, onions, canned tuna, salt and pepper

My favorite part about this dish is that no oil is necessary, if you choose a brand of canned tuna that’s stored in vegetable oil In general, one can of tuna works well with a whole onion and a quarter head of cabbage

The stir-fr y does well with smaller pieces of vegetables, so I typically dice the onions and cabbage into tiny chunks, roughly the size of a penny After you open up the tuna can, all the prep work is

done

You’ll want to use a medium size pan over high heat You can use the lid of the tuna can to strain in the vegetable oil directly to the pan Once the pan heats up, toss in the onions and a pinch of salt and lower the heat to medium As the onions turn yellow to golden brown, stir in the drained tuna can and continue mixing

After about a minute, pour the cabbage into the pan There’s a few tricks involved with cooking in the cabbage The first is to sprinkle a little salt and flip the cabbage to the bottom of the pan You can also cover the pan with the lid to help the cabbage release some of its juices With all the ingredients in the pan, season the dish to taste and continue cooking until the cabbage texture is to your liking

With that, the college-style tuna surprise is done If you ’ re feeling adventurous, spruce up the dish by adding diced carrots, mushrooms or even an egg at the

end The stir-fry on its own is very tasty, but you could also use eat it on a sandwich or toss it with some

noodles or rice My favorite variation is with mushrooms, cheese and rice

Auston Li is a

in the College of Engineering He can be reached at

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Once in awhile, an artist appears who produces exactly what you were looking for The pop music scene has been overly blessed with strong female leads, from any of Ariana Grande’s continuously multiplying tracks (I love her and Nicki Minaj, but “Side to Side” is a bit much for me to get out without wincing a bit “wrist icicle/dick bicycle?” Really?) to any of the pure gold that Rihanna and Beyoncé rain down on us I’d been craving someone with a bit of a different sound for a while and around last spring ran into Izzy Bizu’s “White Tiger,” off her 2013 EP Coolbeanz This track is liquid happiness and believe me, it makes a much better alarm then your AT&T default track “Spring Morning ”

With a minimal rhythm of piano and percussion by her side throughout, it feels about as wholesome as watching How to Train your Dragon with your grandma (which is a 10/10 would recommend, by the way) It’s clean in lyrics and in production, it’s light, it’s substantial and it leaves you feeling the same as the track comes to a close

Bizu has a voice that can range from throaty to lilting, but never with so much depth as Bettye Swann and Ella Fitzgerald, whose influence is obvious in Bizu’s debut album A Moment of Madness The album, released on the September 2, is brilliant and not too simple The accompaniment at any given moment echoes the styles of James Brown, the Black Keys and Maroon Five to meet Bizu in a perfectly-balanced middle

“White Tiger” is a clear stand-out of the album, but Bizu created another layer of balance by placing the other major standout as the penultimate “Mad Behaviour” sounds like it wants to save your soul

And she does, kind of, if she gets saved first “You’re the sweetest soul I’ve ever seen/ every time I scream/ you ’ re the

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, a “post-punk super group, ” plays the kind of music that makes you want to be a roadie, a groupie, a super fan They sound like an older, alternative Adele: refreshingly soulful Skeleton Tree, their new album released on September 9, carries the weight of a universal conscience

Nick Cave patches together old lyrics in a new way that resonates in your ear drums, makes its way into your cerebrum and sends a cascade of interneurons down toward your heart Skeleton Tree is irresistible from its first echoing electric chord Cave sings, “with my voice/ I am calling you ” I’m captivated and Cave knows it His first track calls in his listeners from every end of the Earth, as he pulls from his deep, otherworldly voice The vocals transition within the first track from complacent speaking to deep pleading And, quickly, Cave’s listeners blindly follow The cyclical echoing behind Cave’s voice swings from a conscious outer layer to a deeply deprived inner membrane unfulfilled by pop ’ s predictable linearity The lead singer’s last name captures the tone of his music Cave’s words and his band’s chords seem to bounce off the walls of some unvisited cavern and come back out at the hesitant listener, begging them to enter The first track hypnotizes Cave’s audience

The second track wakes you back up to “exactly where [you’re] born to be ” Song two feels right It perfectly

man I go to ” is the moment we witness and angel touching down on earth, as the piano backs away just slightly to let Bizu’s beautiful lift carry you off and up The only thing that keeps Bizu, or you, grounded in this track is the ethereal chorus and deeply stable accompaniment The chorus, especially on the lines “Savior rein me in/ One day I will save you ” is sung with a quick nod to Adele but Bizu makes it entirely her own because her voice has such a different quality to it, a strange richness that still feels feather-light

Although these are the stand-out tracks, the entire album creates a picturesque kind of beauty that touches down on various reworkings of jazz, funk, and pop without losing its own sense of identity “Glorious” and “Hello Crazy” harken to the Black Keys’ 2010 album Brothers, while “I Know” could be nestled in with James Brown’s “The Boss” without seeming displaced Trails of Amy Winehouse’s ’68 version of “Valerie” sink into the tracks “Skinny” with uplifting lines like “Skinny skinny skinny/ get down on the floor/ don’t be shy you blow my mind,” and “Gorgeous ” A Moment of Madness touches on each of these styles and then lights off, so the album never feels like it’s copying anything, but rather paying homage

Bizu has so many conversations with herself within this album “Diamond” gives a response to her EP’s track “Fool’s Gold” as she asserts “You’re the type that never rusts/ You’re more than just gold dust/ You’re a diamond in the rough ” She analyzes real or fictional people who matter to her in almost every song In Gorgeous,” she pleads to her one-person audience, “ everyone around you just adores ya/ you don’t like what you see in the mirror/ at least if you go take me with you ” To the backing of the strangely fairy-like chorus (in line with the lyrics in the first verse) and too-clipped keyboard of

answers the ambiguity set forth in track one Cave hits every note with a natural combination of passion and distance like remembering a sad story that doesn’t quite hold the same hurt anymore It’s the sound of a break up that no longer pulls on your heartstrings It’s satisfying and relieving and understanding

Together, eight tracks culminate on Skeleton Tree to tell a story of time After bringing you in and showing you where you ’ re meant to be, “Girl in Amber,” paints a vision of what happened between now and then Between track one and track two, the tone changes drastically In “Jesus Alone,” Nick Cave acts as God and beckons all types of people to come into his world and hear his philosophy In “Rings of Saturn,” he sings along with a more lively melody that needs not compel you to listen but that simply compliments a listener ’ s conscious mood and attitude The third track molds together the two ends of Cave’s spectrum and explains the inner ground, the space between, the means by which the music moves you Cave says it and it’s fact: “Some go and some stay behind/ Some never move at all ” “Girl in Amber” combines elements from both the first two tracks It describes the ache between the hurt and the forgiveness It drips with a feeling of desperation and echoes the most formative moments of our lives “Girl in Amber” is the reason why Cave can play “Rings of Saturn” with a blissful detach-

“Lost Paradise,” Bizu mourns several kinds of loss with her father, crying out first “I know it’s hard to find piece of mind/you can ’ t ride two horses at the same time” before dissolving into “My daddy was hanging on zip wire dreams/I begged him to wake but all he wanted was peace/and I don’t blame him for a second he had four ribs broken/half a tongue left and no kidney to show ”

“Circles” in turn comes back to echo “Lost Paradise,” pushing again imagery of a crumbling self and will to live, “Jumping and I’m cutting at the rope/don’t try and stop me I am rotten to the bone ” She spaces these two tracks with others, like “Glorious,” in which the upbeat music betrays what’s happening in the lyrics; Bizu is acknowledging that someone she loves is moving away from her and towards someone else The track evolves from her singing “It’s obvious/ it’s glorious,” to a rather intentional “she’s glorious,” as she narrates “ you ’ re treading water/ in my eyes ” which I will hold is a perfect way to describe crying in front of someone who matters to you

A Moment of Madness, in its totality, is a work of art Put it on, turn it up, and give yourself over to it you’ll be better for it if you do I would have been happy to keep waking up to “White Tiger” in the mornings, but A Moment of Madness brings all sorts of new moments into the mix Bizu is certainly an artist to watch out for moving forward

This review was originally published in its entirety on September 13 It can be viewed at www cornellsun com

Jessie Weber is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jweber@cornellsun com

ment “Girl in Amber” is the process “Girl in Amber” is the grit “Girl in Amber” is the not giving up The next five songs soulfully elaborate on this middle ground

Despite the obscurity in Cave’s subject matter, his words make sense to any unknowing listener’s ears because he sings them, or often speaks them, with an emotional sonorousness Like the wailing of an animal, Cave’s album resonates with audiences because it touches a natural nerve He enters our subconscious in his first song and plays along our human sympathy as the track list progresses It plays out as a negotiation with pain Track one is the unknowing mistake the trigger Track two is the moving on Every track that follows is the struggling through Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds prove in Skeleton Trees that most of life is this unsettled confrontation of fate the not quite right, the making do, the carrying on There’s the hurt song one there’s the restoration song two and there’s the healing Nick Cave stands out to me like the opposite of every singer to come on American Idol He shows off his talents without moving from harmony to screeching scream just to prove the range of his abilities Cave bests them all by barely singing He speaks like modernity’s omniscient narrator He proves the power in prose His album speaks to human suffering throughout the seasons The music moves listeners through its resonant sounds and powerful words rather than calculated transitions from falsetto to shout Nick Cave ingeniously shows how people move into suffering and somehow emerge on the other side Like the student’s that walk through Ithaca’s foliage in the fall, our nature undergoes a cycle The skeleton tree recovers in the spring, flourishes in the fall and then circles back to nakedness in winter Our minds and bodies echo these transitions Cave’s combination of lyrics and instruments reverberates off human ears toward our inner-workings Skeleton Tree, as an album, sounds like the days of our lives through an expansive lens It captures the circling back and fourth, the angst, the forgiveness and the carrying on

Julia Curley is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jcurley@cornellsun com

Professor John Rickford

Stanford University

“Justice for Jeantel (and Trayvon): Fighting Dialect Prejudice in Courtrooms and Beyond”

Thursday, September 15, 2016

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After Close Loss, Cornell Looks to Lock Haven

By SARAH PETERS Sun Contributor

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Stanford on Tuesday, losing 1-0 The women hope to end their two-game losing streak against Lock Haven on Sunday Stanford (2-4, 1-1 America East) is ranked 14th in the NCAA Division I standings; Cornell (3-2, 0-0 Ivy) is ranked 1 9 t h T h i s w a s t h e t w o t e a m s ’ f i r s t matchup since 2002, when the Red defeated the Cardinals, 4-1

In the first half, Stanford came out strong, scoring on Cornell in 29th minute The Red maintained its composure and held the Cardinal scoreless for the remainder of the game

“Stanford is a good program, they have g o o d p o s i t i o n , ” s a i d c o a c h Do n n a Horibrook “ This is the type of competition we want to get the team to continue to grow ”

Despite the close defeat at the hands of such a strong opponent, Hornibrook said the team is “ at a point where we are not satisfied with close performances ”

“ We want that win and we are really disappointed that we didn’t get it,” she said

Fo l l ow i n g t h e g a m e , Ho r n i b ro o k stressed that she hopes the team will capitalize on similar opportunities moving forward

“I thought we had a solid game, ” Hornibrook said “But we didn’t get the job done in terms of finishing the play off ”

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agreed with the head coach, commenting that while the team generated chances, the Red failed to take advantage to score goals “ We had some good flow,” McILwrick said “But [we] weren ’ t connecting on the execution side ”

Cornell plans to continue maintaining its defensive force while increasing the tempo at which their game is played The intended result is to increase the Red’s scoring opportunities

Junior goalkeeper Kelly Johnson said she was impressed at the women ’ s overall control during the game

“I think [the game] went really well,”

she said “Even when we got scored on I think we maintained our composure ”

This resiliency is a strength that the women have been showing throughout the season and will bring to the field during their upcoming game against Lock Haven (3-1, 0-0 A10)

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Cornell’s bench contributed to the game greatly Hornibrook said, “I think [players are on the bench are] going to be a key to our success no doubt about it ”

One of the stars coming off the bench is senior midfielder Elizabeth Horak Despite only playing 72 minutes, she has scored

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two goals for the Red, good for third on the team

Undeterred by the loss, the Red is continuing its strategy for its upcoming games

The women will focus on using their strengths defensive poise, ball tempo and fitness to take on the Bald Eagles

Lock Haven is ranked 33rd in the NCAA Division I standings, 14 places below Cornell However, the women are not letting rankings affect the game plan “ We need to make sure we are mentally in the game, ” McILwrick said

The Bald Eagles are a high scoring team, averaging five goals per game, making them the second highest average scoring program in NCAA Division I field hockey That offensive firepower was on display in the team ’ s first two games, when they scored a combined 16 goals

Johnson said she believes that by refocusing on the Red’s core strengths, the team will be able to combat the high-powered offence

“Something we tr y to focus on is keeping the movement on in the back,” Johnson said “I think we stepped away from that a little more [on Tuesday] I think that is always something we can work on ”

As the season is just kicking off, the Red is confident and excited for its upcoming games Cornell takes on Lock Haven Sunday at 2 p m on the road in Pennsylvania

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