09 18 15 entire issue hi res

TYLER ALICEA ’16

Bethlehem, Pa Editor in Chief

EMMA LICHTENSTEIN ’16

New York, N Y Business Manager

SLOANE GRINSPOON ’17 Weston, Mass Associate Editor

AMBER CHEN 16

Rockville, Md Web Editor

NATALIE TSAY ’18

Southlake, Texas Blogs Editor

JAYNE ZUREK ’16

Cincinnati, Ohio

Design Editor

MICHAELA BREW 18

Ithaca, N Y

Sports Photography Editor

SOFIA HU ’17

Braga, Portugal News Editor

JAEL GOLDFINE ’17

State College, Pa

Arts & Entertainment Editor

NOAH RANKIN ’16

Fredonia, N Y Science Editor

REBECCA BLAIR ’17

Nyack N Y

Assistant News Editor

PAULINA GLASS ’18

Seattle, Wash Assistant News Editor

TROY SHERMAN ’18

Harwich, Mass Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

JOON LEE ’17

Brookline Mass Assistant Sports Editor

SAMANTHA BRIGGS ’16

Norwalk, Conn Assistant Design Editor

ADELE GU ’17 Shanghai, China

Human Resources Manager

ANUSHKA MEHROTRA ’16

Naperville Ill Senior Editor

ANNIE BUI ’16

West Covina, Calif

Managing Editor

LOUIS LIU ’18 Beijing, China Advertising Manager

ANNA FASMAN 16 Newton, Mass Sports Editor

KIKI LI ’17 Nanjing, China Multimedia Editor

BRITTNEY CHEW ’17 Foster City, Calif News Photography Editor

JOEY WALTER 17 Basking Ridge, N J Online Managing Editor

GABRIELLA LEE ’16 Hong Kong News Editor

MIKE SOSNICK ’16

New Canaan, Conn Arts & Entertainment Editor

EMILY JONES ’18

Basking Ridge, N J Dining Editor

MADELINE COHEN 18

Hoboken, N J Assistant News Editor

PHOEBE KELLER ’18 Rye, N Y Assistant News Editor

ADAM BRONFIN ’18

Ridgewood, N J Assistant Sports Editor

SHANE LEWIS 18

Brownsville, Texas Assistant Sports Editor

ADDY PAI ’16

Basking Ridge, N J Marketing Manager

DARA LEVY ’16

Westfield, N J Senior Editor

ALEX REHBERG 16

Boca Raton, Fla Senior Editor

MADELINE SALINAS ’16

Danville, Ky Senior Editor

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Tyler Alicea 16 Annie Bui 16 Gabriella Lee 16 Zach Praiss 16, Noah Rankin 16, Sloane Grinspoon 17, Sofia Hu ’17, Michaela Brew ’18

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A Leader for A Global University

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Corey Earle ’07 | Guest Room

A Sesquicentennial Inauguration

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There are fe w moments as momentous for Cornell as the inauguration of a ne w leader for our University This inauguration is par ticularly special to me, as we welcome our first female president and move for ward from our 150-year anniversar y I see the i n a u g u r a t i o n o f Pre s i d e n t Ga r re t t a s Cornell tr uly embodying its motto of “ any person, any study,” demonstrating a commitment to diversity in the highest ranks of leadership This is an important milestone

Ushering in a ne w era calls for us to do a bit of reflection, as well as the oppor tunity to plan where we are headed As a student tr ustee, the beginning of this semester has brought with it interesting leadership challenges

Over the past fe w weeks I’ve had the o p p o r t u n i t y t o g e t t o m e e t b o t h President Garrett and Vice President Ryan Lombardi A hallmark of ever y meeting with them has been the fresh supply of cookies and lemonade provided to me Beyond that, I have been impressed with the energy they both bring into their roles, as they’ve taken measures to understand and interact with graduate and undergraduate students alike

They have lined up their schedules

w i t h m e e t i n g s w i t h s t u d e n t g r o u p s , been spotted at various student events and really have begun integrating with the Cornell community Students have been welcoming this ne w vitality with open arms, and even in the four weeks that we ’ ve been here there have been serious discussions with between stu-

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Corey Ryan Earle ’07 is the Associate Director of Student Programs in the Office of Alumni Affairs and teaches American Studies 2001: The First American University, a course about Cornell He can be reached at cre8@cornell edu

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Yamini Bhandari | Trustee Viewpoint

Person, Any Study’ President

dents and top administration on important topics across campus

In the fe w interactions I’ve had with President Garrett thus far, beyond her eagerness to engage with s t u d e n t s , I s e e a

sharp wit and fresh take on university l e a d e r s h i p Pr o f e s s i o n a l l y, Pr e s i d e n t Garrett comes from a background in law, which is quite a step away from her physician predecessor Her analysis of student issues has reflected this shift h h l i l ke e s n emphasis on academics

President Garrett made it clear during her various interactions with students that her focus is on the academic aspects of the Cornell experience She noted in her Freshman Convocation that she urges freshman Class of 2019 to “embark on an adventure of the mind ”

This is a slight contrast from former President Skor ton ’ s words of wisdom to the Class of 2018, he challenged students to “discover what excites you ”

Both messages are impor tant, but each h i g h l i g h t a d i f f e r e n t a s p e c

Cornell

President Garrett has already set the tone of her term with her announcement of comprehensive changes to gradu

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Assembly meeting I’m excited to see what ne w changes she has in store for undergraduate students

Being a par t of this process as a student tr ustee has tr uly been an honor I, along with many other student leaders, are hopeful for the future of Cornell u

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as a core par t of this university

There is such a strong and rich histor y that follows Cornell and I’m excited about the oppor tunity to set the tone with its ne west president

Yamini Bhandari is a junior in the College of Industial and Labor Relations and the undergraduate student-elected trustee She can be reached at yb94@cornell edu Trustee Viewpoint normally appears on alternate Tuesdays this semester

Garrett Sets Forward Vision for Higher Education

By SOFIA HU and GABRIELLA LEE Sun News Editors

Since stepping on campus, President Elizabeth Garrett has been busy Among many things, she has challenged Day Hall leadership to cut inefficiencies, headed the search for a new provost, vowed to address graduate student diversity and workers’

c o m p e n s a t i o n a n d e ve n b e g u n Instagramming as @CornellPresident

All this comes at a time when Cornell faces many uncertainties in its future

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University budget model implemented in 2014, the University continues its expansion in New York City with Cornell Tech and students have returned to campus after a semester filled with protests centered on rising costs of tuition and lack of administrative transparency

As the University moves forward in its next 150 years, many administrators, faculty and students are turning to Garrett to see how her vision will alter and change the course of Cornell

A Vision Centered On Students

Garrett, previously the provost at the University of Southern California, succeeded President Emeritus David J Skorton on July 1 She holds faculty appointments in t h e l a w s c h o o l , De p a r t m e n t o f Government in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Johnson Graduate School of Management

The 13th president and the first female president, she will be installed in a ceremony in the Arts Quad this morning, deliver-

ing an inaugural address outlining her vision for the University

That vision includes “enhancing the student experience” and “supporting our diverse population of graduate and professional studies,” Garrett wrote in an opinion column in The Sun on Aug 25

“I hope to set the stage for a robust dis-

curriculum and new technologies that enabled greater student engagement would be major focuses going forward

Garrett’s vision for higher education extends beyond Cornell, though, and in an Aug 24 essay for The Washington Post’s higher education blog, she defended the freedom wielded by institutions of higher

cussion of what students should learn, including the essential role of a broad liberal arts education and how to apply knowledge even as we assimilate and analyze it,” Garrett wrote “A residential research university like ours allows students to learn in the classroom, laboratory and studio, of course, but also in residence halls and in local and global communities ”

She continued that expanded study abroad opportunities, Engaged Cornell the University’s 10 year initiative to incorporate community engagement into the

education by outlining the responsibilities she viewed universities had to its faculty, student and the public

“We must provide our faculty with an environment that encourages freedom of inquiry and thought, as well as with material support, ” Garrett wrote “All faculty must be able to pursue their best work in teaching and research unhampered by politics or prejudice ”

Emphasizing the importance of a university’s students, Garrett wrote that higher education’s responsibility to its students

involved providing both an education of “specific facts and skills but also the tools to keep on learning ” If a university fulfilled this mission to its students, Garrett argued, that it also fulfilled its responsibility of sending engaged, thoughtful and humane graduates out into the world

A Legacy at USC

While serving as USC’s provost and previous to that as the university’s senior vice president for academic affairs, Garrett oversaw the school’s Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences as well as 17 other graduate and professional schools

Throughout her term at USC, Garrett directed efforts to hire new faculty from a

including cognitive bioscience, arts and the humanities as well as the quantitative social sciences

She also spearheaded the creation of several new postdoctoral programs, among them the Provost Postdoctoral Scholars Program in the Humanities and Provost Clinical Resident Fellows at USC

“Provost Garrett has helped maintain the university’s volume and quality of externally funded research and expanded the university’s postdoctoral programs, strategically focusing on priorities such as the humanities, diversity in the digital realm and clinical fellows,” said USC President C L Max Nikias in a letter to the USC community in Oct 2014

Garrett began working at USC in 2003

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Students Helping Students Fund: Under the Microscope

Since

By ARIEL SEIDNER Sun Staff Writer

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The Student Assembly will vote on a plan to finance the proposed Anabel’s Grocer y by withdrawing $360,000 from the Students Helping Students fund at its meeting next Thursday However, some have questioned whether this fund, usually reser ved for emergencies, is an appropriate source of revenue for the store

Originally created by the S A in 1985, SHS is a fund

According to Gretchen Ryan ’97, associate director of financial aid and student employment, SHS was created “ to assist registered Cornell undergraduate students with emergency funding and funding for summer internship expenses that they other wise could not afford ”

the rising cost of tuition, books, and rent, food is often the first thing that students skimp on ” “ The fact that [the SHS fund] has been vastly underutilized over the past several years is inefficient on a campus where many students could be benefiting from the fund,” she said

From 1985 until 2009, SHS received between $1 and $5 annually per student from the required undergraduate student activity fee, according to Ryan According to statistics reported by the S A , undergraduates w tion for the student activity fee in 2014

“High cost of living is one of the reasons the [Student Helping Students Fund] Exists in the first place ”

Despite the criticism, Matthew Stefanko ’16, S A vice president of finance and also co-founder of Anabel’s Grocer y, said that food insecurity, which Anabel’s Grocer y is aiming to combat, is an example of what the SHS exists to fund

“Food is the third highest expenditure of students after tuition and rent, ” Stefanko said “High cost of living is one of the reasons SHS exists in the first place ”

Emma Johnston ’16, executive vice president of the S A and co-founder of Anabel’s Grocer y, said that “with

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n t o i n t e r p r e t at i o n s t h a t w e n e v e r i n t e n d e d ” “ T h e c ov e r s t o r y f o r o u r Se p t e m b e r / O c t o b e r i s s u e l o o k e d a t t h e c h a n g e s i n C o l l e g e t o w n b u i l di n g s a n d s t u d e n t h a u n t s ov e r t h e y e a r s t h o s e t h a t h a v e s u r v i v e

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vive,” she said

According to Ryan, the endowment had become large enough to sustain its annual emergency spending

“ The endowment balance at the end of August was $1,500,358 73,” said Ryan She added that SHS receives a monthly income of $6,001 97 in interest payout from the endowment, and that nothing has been spent from the operating account thus far this fiscal year

Despite receiving just over $70,000 per year in interest, in the past nine years SHS has had total annual expenses in amounts not exceeding $32,000, with the exception of

Cornellians packed into Hollis E Cornell Auditorium Thursday to hear David Cohen ’85, deputy d i re c t o r o f t h e C e n t r a l Intelligence Agency, discuss his path from Cornell to the CIA and the future of the agency

According to Cohen, his interactions with Cornell professors

were what first “sparked [his] interest” in foreign policy and national security He spoke fondly o f a c o u r s e h e t o o k c a l l e d “American Foreign Policy from 1914 to the Present,” taught by Prof Emeritus Walter LaFeber, history one of the professors after whom the lecture series was dedicated

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Speaking about Kanye West’s intention to run for president in 2020

“After all we accept Donald Trump and Ben Carson as legitimate candidates Why not Mr West? In fact I believe that Kanye would be a better candidate and a better president than either the Donald or Dr Carson ”

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Speaking about the eclectic art on display at Basilica Soundscape

“While the lineup defies categorization, the acts musical and otherwise tended to approach a sense of nihilistic bliss Anxiety, scattered political goals and a series of radical social critiques pervaded music throughout, but what attendees ultimately left with was the feeling of intense catharsis ” Sam Bromer ’16

Local

Meth Lab Discovered In Dryden

A methamphetamine lab was uncovered by members of the Ne w York State Police Community Narcotics Team, Troop “C” BCI and the Tompkins County Sheriff ’ s office on Dr yden Street Thursday, according to The Ithaca Voice The meth lab was seized and a stolen watch and cell phone were also confiscated in the search Tiffany Bailey, 27, the owner of the residence was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and petit larceny The Ne w York State Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team was an early responder and assisted the police with the clean up of the lab Bailey was arraigned in Dryden Town Court and is scheduled to reappear in court at a later date, The Voice reported

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EY Global Chair Talks Leadership Strategies

Says executives must ‘lead for tomorrow ’ in current economy

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Staff Writer

Mark Weinberger, the global chair and chief executive officer of professional services firm Ernst & Young, spoke Thursday in Statler Auditorium about the qualities that are necessary to a becoming a global business leader in today’s economy

Weinberger opened the talk by calling the current economy “remarkable,” saying the business landscape is rapidly evolving

“We have geopolitical uncertainties, we have technological revolutions, we have business model disruption and we have increased global connectivity like we have never seen, ” he said “All of this is going to have a profound effect on economy, society and on business models, and employment landscapes over the coming years ”

President Elizabeth Garrett, who moderated the talk, asked Weinberger how Cornellians should prepare to face the unique conditions of today’s economy

“As you know, we also want to help form the leaders of tomorrow, and we want to help our students deal with such an ever-changing and unexpected world,” Garrett said “What should we do as an institution of higher education to help train and prepare our students for the world you just described?”

Weinberger specified four qualities he believes a global business leader should have today

The first trait Weinberger described was a leader who prioritizes “leading for tomorrow [and] not just for today ” He said that a leader has to be able to anticipate “mega-trends” and be prepared for them

“If you looked at the paper today and you look at the emerging markets, [you see] that they are volatile, they are risky, there’s political upheaval, there are very low returns and terrible investments,” he said “If you made that decision for the short-term, you won ’ t be around for the long-term ”

Weinberger said that even when long-term issues are clear, business leaders “find it hard to think in the long term ” He added that they are often under extreme pressure to execute solutions in a timely manner

“Information is instant and people judge us instantly,” he said “There are analysts who look at us every quarter and determine whether we ’ re doing good or bad They are forcing us to think more short-term and influencing business judgement ”

Weinberger also emphasized leading with a “ power of purpose ”

“It cannot be about what you do it has to be about the value that you add to the world,” Weinberger said “If you have a purpose beyond profit, you will be more successful ”

He used EY to illustrate a group that is not merely self-interested, but is composed of talented people working together to create a better world

“This is especially important to the millennials out there They absolutely want to do good as well as doing well,” he said “And so we focus a lot at EY on our purpose building a better working world And if our people don’t think of it like that, they’re not going to work the long hours ”

He then spoke on the importance of communicating with all stakeholders

“My company is so successful because I am focused on my stakeholders, not my shareholders, ” Weinberger said, quoting Mark Benioff, chief executive officer of salesforce com

“What he’s recognizing is that the shareholder return is not necessarily as important as how happy your employees are, ” he said “It is about the commitment and the sustainability you have in your communities [and] the role that you play in the world

”

Finally, he emphasized the importance of “building a diverse team for a diverse world ”

“If you don’t have the right people around the table asking the right questions, you will get the wrong answers, ” he said

Weinberger also emphasized that to understand, serve and trade with different countries, one should have people from those countries on his or her team

“Diversity is no longer nice and just moral; it is a business imperative,” he said “You have to develop a culture of diversity, not an initiative And it takes time and energy and effort because there is a lot of unconscious bias out there ”

He ended his talk by stressing the importance of universities like Cornell in developing the talent and character of its students

“What you get from a university like this is the ability to learn how you learn, how to have integrity, how to [work in] teams, ” he said “[You take away] things that are life skills and are beyond what you learn in the classroom ”

Divyansha Sehgal can be reached at dsehgal@cornellsun com

Panel Weighs Implications of Iran Agreement

By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

National

Potential Abortion Bills Cause Controversy

Three Cornell professors spoke about the foreign policy implications and historical basis for the c o n t rove r s i a l Jo i n t Comprehensive Plan of Action, an international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program in Malott Hall Thursday

Prof M Elizabeth Sanders, government, said that because of the United States’ interventionist role in shaping the Iranian government, we “ owe Iran” a chance to participate in the international community

“ In 1 9 5 3 , a c o u p by t h e Eisenhower administration over-

turned the first and only secular democracy that Iran has ever had, and we installed a brutal dictator, ” she said “Iran as it is today [is] very a much a product of the United States’ thoughtless intervention, and if anybody owes

b r i n g i n g t h e m b a c k i n t o t h e international community and giving them another chance, it’s us ” Prof Iago Gocheleishvili, Near Eastern studies, emphasized how this agreement marks a turning point in Iran’s diplomatic policies

“I think Iran is very eager to open up the country and start a b e t t e r re l a t i o n s h i p w i t h t h e United States if the deal goes through, it will be the start of s

broader, not only with the west, [but also with Europe],” he said

The deal is a compromise but also a gain for both countries, according to Prof Sarah Kreps, government and law

’ s R e p u b l i c a n p r e s i d e n t i a l d e b a t e Ma n y s p e c u l a t e t h a t t h e i n t e n s i f y i n g f i g h t ove r a b o r t i o n c o u l d l e a d t o a g o v e r n m e n t s h u t d o w n a t t h e e n d o f t h e m o n t h Howe ve r, t h e re i s a l s o e v id e n c e t h a t c o n g r e s s i o n a l l e a d e r s a re re l y i n g o n a f a l l -

b a c k p l a n t o k e e p t h e g ove r n m e n t f u n c t i o n i n g a t l e a s t t e m p o r a r i l y a t l a s t y e a r ’ s s p e n d i n g l e ve l , T h e Ti m e s re p o r t e d

C o m p i l e d b y P h o e b e K e l l e r

“It fulfills both sides’ goals the United States has a goal of reducing or minimizing the numb e r o f c o u n t r i e s t h a t d e ve l o p nuclear weapons especially in the Middle East, and Iran has been under the weight of crippling international sanctions and it will gradually be lifted from those burdens as well,” Kreps said “I think each side gave up something in this deal, but I think they’re both gaining in the middle as well ” Gocheleishvili, however, said there are two major weaknesses to the deal from the perspective of the United States

“The first one is the fact that the deal does not cover military sites the agreement only covers facilities and sites that are under the authority of Iran’s ministry of energy, ” he said “So, theoretically, Iranians could move engineering parts to military sites [and] away from the eyes of the inspectors ”

He said the second issue is that the deal is simply an agreement, not a treaty

“It’s an international agreem e n t b e t we e n t h e Is l a m i c Republic of Iran and some countries,” Gocheleishvili said “So, in case one of the parties aban-

dons the deal, we will not be able to effectively use any international tribunals of court to pressure them to come back to the table of negotiations ”

Gocheleishvili also celebrated the fact that Iran’s civilians will now cease to suffer from the imposed sanctions

“The sanctions are not really targeting the average Iranian, but the government, ” Gocheleishvili said “It’s usually very difficult to implement targeted sanctions on Supreme leader of Iran, [and] if anyone suffers it’s the regular Iranian ”

Gocheleishvili explained that Iran’s long term associations with Syria are not by choice

“There is no one else who wants to be their ally They’re cornered They’re alone The only country that continuously supports Iran, even during the IranIraq war, when everyone else supp o r t e d Sa d d a m Hu s s e i n , w a s Syria That’s where the loyalties lie,” he said

He emphasized that Iran has b e e n i s o l a t e d a n d i s

k i n g alliances, as all countries should

“They don’t have any choice they’ve been excluded from the international community for 35 years, and to survive, they can ’ t be a l o n e i n t h e re g i o n , ” Gocheleishvili said “No one can We all need allies ”

Garrett’s Journey to Ithaca Re ects C.U. Egalitarian Ideals

Virginia School of Law

Before becoming provost and senior vice president for academic affairs in October 2010, she served as vice provost and vice president for academic planning and budget at USC

In 2005, she was appointed by President George W Bush to serve on the nine-member bipartisan Tax Reform Panel, according to her biography

Garrett was also nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as assistant treasury secretary for tax policy in 2009, but declined the position for personal reasons

A Life in Law

Garrett first entered the world of academia through law She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1985, subsequently receiving her J D from the University of

Garrett went on to clerk for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshal from 1989 to 1990 who she said was the “ greatest litigator of the last century ”

This experience “ was one of the most special experiences of my life,” Garrett said, outlining her thoughts about her time working for Marshall during a lecture she delivered at USC on Sept 7, 2011

Marshall, who served as a Supreme Court justice from 1967 to 1991 and was the first black justice on the court, is best known for his role as a lawyer in the landmark victory of Brown v Board of Education, a decision that desegregated public schools in the United States

Marshall’s vision of equality for all also made a difference for Garrett while she worked for him, she said

“It’s important to understand that Justice Marshall’s vision for America for equality was not one limited to the realm of racial [and]

ethnic equality It was a capacious view of equality for all Americans to participate,” Garrett said

Her clerking experience continues to influence her academic and administrative career, Garrett said

“My own research is informed a lot by my background,” she said “I clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall and then I worked in the United States Senate working with [former] Senator David Boren from Oklahoma, where I served as his legislative director in his tax and budget council ”

Garrett also served as a professor of law at the University of Chicago, where she acted as deputy dean for academic affairs

She has also been a visiting professor at several academic institutions, including Harvard Law School, the University of Virginia School of Law, Central European University in Budapest and the Interdisciplinar y Center Law School in Israel

The Next 150 Years

Garrett steps into the presidency of an institution that heralds its motto, “ any person, any study” a revolutionary concept during the time of Cornell’s inception

In an interview with The Sun on Sept 1, Garrett stressed that moving forward the University’s academic mission should always remain the first priority

“Our mission is to train the next generation of leaders, and to produce creative scholarship and work that moves us closer in the search for truth We not only perform discovery-driven research, but we also work to bring that out into the world and have it make a difference,” Garrett said “Our ambitions exceed our resources, which is good But one of my jobs as president is to bring as many resources to that academic mission as I can ”

Garrett Talks Student, Faculty Priorities in Interview

Cornell because of our founding and dedication to principles of diversity, though not always perfectly implemented I think we can do many things to support our minority students First is that we ’ re an academic institution that produces some of the very best research in the world about challenges facing minority communities and about challenges facing groups of students in higher education, and I think we ought to take advantage of our own research as we think about how to move forward We have a tremendous number of programs that support our students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds We have programs that aim to increase dialogue between these groups and to learn about differences I just toured with Ryan Lombardi some of those facilities, such as the program houses I’m very proud of what we do, and we look forward to continuing to support those students As you know, we have a terrific diversity initiative called Toward New Destinations, and each year we pick a different emphasis This year is ‘The Lived Experience of Diversity ’ And by that I think we want to learn more about what it means to live in this diverse community What are the great benefits we see not only in our research and teaching but also in our personal lives and growth as human beings? And we also want to think about the challenges of that What are challenges to having people from a lot of different perspectives and backgrounds?

THE S UN: In light of the student activism that took place on campus earlier this year, what do you believe is the appropriate relationship between students, faculty, the administration and Cornell’s trustees?

GARRET T: So I should first say that I’m very proud to be at an institution where students are engaged When I was a student I was in student government, and I participated in events and activities on issues that I thought were of great importance politically for the university and for the state and the

nation So I actually celebrate that, and I think Cornell has long celebrated that And I think the Board of Trustees, many of whom are Cornell alumni and have had the same experience as students that you all have, also celebrate that process of engagement And I know it is our hope to provide more opportunities for students to interact with the trustees Our trustees and alumni in general are enormously supportive of the institution, and from my experience, they derive a great sense of pleasure in getting to know the students, hearing about their views and providing advice from their own experiences And many of our faculty members have the same background as engaged students As university president, part of my role is to ensure that we have an environment where people can freely and fully express their views, where we have robust freedom of expression and dialogue and discourse But we also recognize that our mission is to teach and to do research and creative work So while we ought to have very robust First Amendment freedom, we also have to acknowledge that there is teaching and research and scholarship going on that can ’ t be disrupted So there are some rules of engagement, I think, that we have acknowledge and live by And we also have to listen to one another Part of the University is thinking about probing other peoples’ arguments, and aggressively questioning arguments that we disagree with, but we are dedicated to a process of rational discourse and taking reason and science and probing for strengths and weaknesses to move toward understanding what’s right and what’s true

T HE SUN: What do you see is the relationship between Cornell and New York City, given that we have our medical campus there and the soon-to-be Cornell Tech?

GA RRET T: Cornell is on every continent of the world

Domestically, however, we do have this amazing opportunity in that we are the only research university in the United States that has a significant presence in this amazing college town, Ithaca And now we have this amazing presence in one of the world’s greatest international

cities If you think of all the wonderful places your friends are going, they’re in one or the other There’s nobody that has both And I think that is the opportunity for Cornell to take this duality and make sure that what we do with it is to create this institution of higher education for the 21st century, and to ensure that what we do in New York City is for the benefit of Ithaca and that what we do in Ithaca enhances what we do in New York City Ithaca is our

home, but the ability to take some of what we ’ re learning here to NYC is a unique opportunity And then to think about some of the things we ’ re learning there whether it’s tech transfer, training public officials in a metropolis as the ILR school does, or thinking about architecture as our AAP school does Taking those lessons and bringing them back to Ithaca is really exciting So my role as president is to ensure that we make the most of this opportunity I also

like the fact that our campus on Roosevelt Island is in some ways another aspect of our land-grant mission It is a land grant from a government that has asked us to play a role in shaping how technology affects the future just as we were asked 150 years ago to think about how a University can take its knowledge to the world, to shape how the world reacts to problems

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BY KATIE O’BRIEN Sun Staff Writer

Pre-concert, I’d have described myself as having a casual familiarity with Of Montreal’s music: I’ve listened to a couple of their albums once or twice, and there are a few songs I listen to more frequently But seeing them live on Tuesday at The Haunt piqued my interest in the band to a whole new level: their show was just as much a theatrical performance and psychedelic experience as a concert, adding a whole new layer to my perception of them as artists

The night started with opener Surface to Air Missive, a Tallahassee-based southern rock band whose sound was pleasant and uplifting Their cr ystal clear, sunshiney riffs and high vocals created a ver y 70s-era sound reminiscent of the Altman Brothers and the Byrds Their collective appearance as a band was a just-rolled-out-of-bed-in-mypolo look a casual simplicity which created all the more of a contrast once Of Montreal took the stage Of Montreal’s set began as un-casually as possible: A man in a spandex bodysuit of human muscles opened the show with a hilariously sincere and impassioned monologue about how we should all be more like fish (So we can be free!) I’m fairly sure this was David Barnes, broth-

er of the band’s frontman,

album art

Barnes skulked off the stage and the Of Montreal

Kevin Barnes hopped on

glam persona he was sporting glitter y turquoise eyeshadow, a red Michael Jackson-esque suit over a shiny red halter top and his signature asymmetrical haircut His movement on the stage and facial expressions were all ver y theatrical and exaggerated, and his stage presence was my favorite part of the show

“stripping” out of their body suits, tan plastic masked faces with scraggly blonde wigs, a sexy Abraham Lincoln, an Animal Farm-looking pig mask and many more

Of Montreal’s sound is like a modern, alt-pop revival of 60s psychedelic music Their songs are an upbeat menagerie of synths, melodic keyboards, groovy bass and distorted guitars, complete with Barnes’ unique vocals I thought his voice had more depth and emotion live than it does when recorded, as he transitioned effortlessly between a soothing, nasally mid-tone, impossibly pure and clear high-notes and rattling screams

A defining part of the performance was its continual, eye-popping visuals: Ever y song featured a different projector-screen lightshow of violently bright, pulsating colors, shapes and collages of images some political, most purely for visual effect, that flashed across the stage, the band members and the crowd It was like literally stepping inside of one of their music videos

The performance was also hugely surreal: Driven not just by the lights but also by an array of strange characters that would join the band onstage to dance during songs and interact with the members, changing costumes between songs Costumes included tower-

Throughout the entire show I was hoping they would play a song of theirs that frequently makes it onto my playlists: “ The Past Is A Grotesque Animal ” And they played it as the last song of their encore, which obviously made the night for me While Of Montreal is known for lyrics addressing dark subject matter put to upbeat instrumentals, this song stands out from their repertoire because it is a dark song that sounds exactly how it makes you feel, with lyrics like “It’s so embarrassing to need someone like I do you, ” “At least I author my own disaster ” and “ We want our film to be beautiful, not realistic ” Musically it is a relentlessly tense song, creating a sense of agitation and anxiety with its quick staccato riff that carries you through the entire twelve minutes picking up pace, but never quite coming to the instrumental release you are expecting After a show full of more upbeat, dancing songs and hilarious farcical moments (like Donald Trump’s sneering face flashing on the stage and disappearing just as quickly), it was the perfect song to both showcase their musical power and bring the crowd back down to reality

Katie O’Brien is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun com

Sundas Wiqas

With her cropped electric blue hair and melancholic popelectric sound, it would be easy to write off twenty-year old Halsey as a washed up combination of Lana Del Rey and Lorde, a product of her generation’s obsession with romanticizing sadness and showing a disdain for the ordinary However, to do so would be a mistake, as Halsey brings something much more unique to the table: A raw understanding about the troubles and joys of adolescence

Halsey has made no secret of the fact that she’s had her fair share of struggles, ranging from homelessness and drugs to the trials of being “tri-bi,” meaning biracial, bisexual and bipolar It comes as no surprise, then, that the album, titled Badlands, is described by Halsey as a metaphor for her mental state “Even if the badlands are all you ’ ve ever known,” she explained on her Twitter, “ you can find solace outside them

The album listens like a novel reads: Each song a chapter leaving you wondering what will happen next The opening track, “Castle,” is dark and electrically heavy, giving the listener an insight in Halsey’s current state of mind Through her blunt lyrics such as “I m heading straight for the castle / they wanna make me their queen / but there’s old man sitting on my throne and saying that I probably shouldn’t be so mean, ” Halsey effectively conveys her conflicting feelings of simultaneous confidence and doubt

The next track, “Hold Me Down,” delves deeper into the badlands Halsey sings of selling her soul to a man, likened

to the devil The man, referred to only as a “three-piece,” constantly criticizes her, deepening her self-doubt However, in the end it is she who wins, as she insists that criticism is what she lives for and only motivates her to prove others wrong

From there, Badlands takes a break from storytelling and instead transitions with “New Americana ” This track is without a doubt the most radio ready song of Badlands A generational anthem, it explains the ways in which Gen Y is more open than previous generations; a result of being exposed to different types of people through media and pop culture It’s the type of song that makes you want to forget about your troubles, wrap yourself in an American flag and tell off anyone who criticizes your generation for being obsessed with technology

The positivity of “New Americana” is brought down once again by “Drive:” a smooth and slow track, employing sounds you might hear on an actual drive, pulling the listener in and bringing the story to life On “Drive” and the subsequent track “Hurricane, Halsey truly begins to take notice of the dysfunctional relationships she’s drawn to and warns her partner of her self-destructiveness Here, Halsey begins to show contempt for the badlands she’s in and longs to leave She manages to do just that with “Roman Holiday,” a light and happy track in which she and her lover escape the badlands and embark on an adventure “Roman Holiday” is

Halsey at her happiest and is the turning point of the album

She has left the badlands with no intention of returning

To finish off the story, the following “Chapters,” explains her decision to finally let go of the flawed relationships she has held on to and assert her control and independence As she croons her final lyric, the listener is left with a sense of peace, knowing that she has managed to escape Badlands is everything a concept album should be It brilliantly traces the ups and downs of the singer’s life and relationships, creating a clear picture in the listener s head without boring her with repetition It is, in essence, an audial movie Halsey’s novel use of synth and electric noise distinguish her among her contemporaries

You would think an album dealing with so many heavy and disturbing topics would be depressing However, the catchy choruses and addicting hooks save Badlands from being too melancholy Instead, Badlands is the type of album that makes you want to drive down an empty road late at night with your windows down, singing at the top of your lungs Halsey, it is clear, is determined to carve out her own space in the pop arena and she has succeeded in doing just this So, if you ’ re reading this, take a trip through the Badlands You won ’ t regret it

Sundas Wiqas is a freshman in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations She can be reached at swiqas21@cornell edu

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Cornell to Host C.U. Inaria Cup, Will Face Duquesne, Air Force

By ZACH MANDELL Sun Contributor

During the Cornell men ’ s soccer game against Oregon State on Sunday, junior midfielder Madison Hack saw an opportunity just when his team needed one

“The ball was played across the box, bouncing to me on the top of the 18 [yard line] on the left side,” Hack said

Instead of shooting from the top of the box, Hack sent an arcing pass to other side of the field in hope of connecting with a teammate

“But my cross wasn ’ t good enough,” Hack said

In a match that was closer than the final score would suggest, the Red (0-5-0) lost to Oregon State, 2-0

Tuesday night’s 1-0 loss to next-door rival Binghamton (4-2-0) was similarly dramatic and agonizingly close Hack, a self-critical upperclassman leader, took blame for another crucial missed opportunity that could have tied the score late in the game On a free-kick opportunity, instead of playing one of his teammates, Hack did what he had wished to do against Oregon State he went for the goal

“I missed it far,” Hack said will not get back that chance to t the game ”

Such has been the story for C men ’ s soccer so far this season T low scoring nature of soccer mor generally comes with an emphasis on timely capitalization Because opportunities in soccer are so hard to come by, one botched finish is often a fatal mistake

“We need to execute better,” s Jaro Zawislan “We’ve been creatin and playing well but games have one key play or a few key plays ” However, Zawislan is not fo Rather, he is focused on his ow ments Zawislan would also like t squad the defensive dominance t Cornell last year In 2014, the R shutouts, the highest season total tory

Zawislan says matter of factly, “Every game, our goal is to get a shutout and we haven’t done that yet ”

Even with an 0-5 record, the team has not lowered its aspirations at all

“Our goal is still to win an Ivy League Title and get an NCAA Tournament bid,” Zawislan said

With Ivy League play yet to start, these dreams are still very achievable especially if the team makes the improvements that Zawislan has in mind

“We need to be more clinical with our finishes,” Zawislan said

Hack added, “The team has learned that we need to plug up a few holes and play more as a unit ”

Despite frustration, the team ’ s attitude remains positive and goal-oriented

“After this start, the team could not have any more drive and hunger to turn things around,” said junior midfielder and forward Jack Ferguson “The record we have right now is not representative of the talent we have on this team and we couldn’t be more eager to prove that ”

This weekend, the team will get a chance to show what it’s got Cornell will host the C U Inaria Cup at Berman Field, where the Red will face D 7 i h d Ai

Red to Open Season Against Bucknell

Starts 2015 season on Schoellkopf Field with homecoming game

FOOTBALL

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two weeks since most college football teams ’ seasons began All this waiting around has the team anxious and, with Homecoming on the first game of the season, emotions are running high for Cornell

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“It’s just an awesome experience to have ever yone here and all the different events that are going on for the crowd, and they get all in it,” Hagy said “Our first game is Homecoming so it makes it that much more special ”

Norris, another one of the captains of the team, said that despite the emotions and the excitement, he’s going to tr y to keep a level head going into the game

“It’s the same game we ’ ve been playing since we were four or five years old,” Norris said “It’s at a high level that’s something you can ’ t take for granted but at the end of the day, the coaches do a good job of putting us where we need to be, so it’s about relaxing and playing ”

Archer stresses a “character edge” ever y week during the season to get the team to focus on a particularly facet of the game Archer said this week’s edge is details

“[ When] all those big things happen, you really have to focus in on the small things,” Archer

s a i d a b o u t t h e m u l t i t u d e o f Homecoming events throughout the weekend “So in our preparation, we want to be really detail focused On Saturday, [we want to] let that emotion play and use it our advantage, but not let it overcome us ”

Last year, Cornell fell victim to ner ves when the Red welc o m e d L e h i g h t o It h a c a f o r Homecoming There were early mistakes on both sides of the ball and Cornell found itself in a 17-0 hole after 10 minutes of play

The loss would be one of nine losses the Red would experience last year and, despite topping Columbia, Cornell was picked to finish last in the Ivy League in a preseason poll a couple of weeks ago Hagy said the team uses that as fuel to prove people wrong

“ There’s a lot of people saying we ’ re going to finish eighth,” Hagy said “But they don’t necessarily know what’s going on here We’ve been putting in a lot of hard work and I think that we ’ ve taken great steps as an offense and as a team in general ” Bucknell (1-1) comes to town on Saturday looking to repeat last year ’ s victor y over the Red In its 2014 game, Cornell was tied up with the Bison after one quarter, but Bucknell scored 13 unanswered to win its fourth straight The Bison would go on to finish the season at 8-2, narrowly missing out on winning the Patriot League

D e s p i t e t h e c h a l l e n g e t h a t Bucknell will bring, Archer said he’s excited for the opening game

“It’s like it’s Christmas Day,” Archer said “ This is the best time of year Training camp is finally behind you You have an opponent, you ’ re gonna play The kick is coming at 3 p m on Saturday, and we ’ re ready to go ”

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun com

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Cornell Hopes to Rebound at Homecoming

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Year one was the transition year Year two was the implementation year Year three? It all starts tomorrow

This season marks Cornell football’s third season with head coach David Archer ’05 at the helm Last season was the first chance Archer had to really begin implementing his vision for the team A year later, everything is starting to come together

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“Our first two years [were for] preparation and installation of things we wanted to do on each side of the ball and the kicking game, ” Archer said “Now it’s time to translate that to making plays, winning those plays in the game and that will add up to a win on Saturday From November to now, we ’ ve become a much better football team and I’m excited to see what [it] translates to against our opponents in a very, very tough schedule ”

The team is coming off of a 1-9 record, with the sole victory coming against winless Columbia in the second to last game of the season In 2014, Cornell struggled to find the endzone and similarly struggled to keep opponents from scoring The Red was outscored by an average score of 3416 last year and finished last or second to last in most offensive and defensive categories

“It was a learning year last year, ” said senior running back Luke Hagy “I think everybody is just playing with more confidence this year ”

Hagy, one of the team ’ s four captains, is the only player in Cornell history to have at least 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards He led the Red in rushing yards last season with 734 yards and was the only player above 100 yards on the ground Archer said he expects another huge

year out of the senior

“This is the first time in Luke Hagy’s career that the offense didn’t change during the offseason,” Archer said “Take a kid with his talent and give him an entire 18 to 24 months to learn something and be able to check things, it makes a world of difference offensively ”

Also adding to the turbulence of last season was the quarterback situation Due to injuries and inconsistent play, four different quarterbacks saw play time last year This season, after a position battle throughout the offseason, junior Robert Somborn has emerged as the definitive starting quarterback

“[Somborn] got about 60 percent of the snaps during

training camp and he did nothing but continue to grow and flourish,” Archer said “He’s earned the starting job ” Somborn’s teammates have been similarly impressed by him

“He does a great job,” said junior linebacker Miles Norris “He’s fun to compete against, and I can ’ t wait to compete with him on Saturday ”

Somborn played in five games last year, passing for 1000 yards and nine touchdowns He had two 300 yard passing games and finished the year with just three interceptions Saturday will mark a week since the NFL kicked off and

ELIZABETH GARRETT

Friday, September 18, 2015 THE

President Addresses Issues Facing C.U.

By SUN STAFF

THE S UN: What issues do you see facing Cornell right now, how do you and your administration plan to address those issues, and why do you think they are priorities?

GARRET T: Our priorities are faculty and students Cornell is a spectacular institution, and what we want to do is continue its trajectory so it continues to lead the world in higher education in this century Faculty, of course, are the great foundation of a university Faculty give the university its academic values, and are the strength of a university And we have terrific faculty to support, but we also need to bring more great faculty to Cornell The provost and I will be working with the deans and the faculty to identify great faculty to bring here, to support our faculty who are here and to raise money to support those faculty

The second priority is our student experience, which can always be improved With respect to the graduate residential experience, we’ll be working with students to ensure that it is the best experience possible in the 21st century We will think about how Engaged Cornell is going to shape the undergraduate experience and about how we will encourage students to move across schools and disciplines to tackle problems of importance We’re also focused on making sure that the experience for professional and graduate students is among the best in the country

THE SU N: How do you believe your experiences as a lawyer will inform your decisions and viewpoints as an administrator dealing with issues facing Cornell, ranging from sexual assault and hazing to academic diversity and student discourse?

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react to them as a university professor When I think about issues relating to sexual assault and hazing, I think my first reaction is that of someone who is part of an academic community, where that behavior is not tolerated nor acceptable And I always want to project in the very strongest terms that our community does not tolerate sexual violence, assault, hazing or other kinds of behavior like that I think that we as an institution must always focus on education and make sure that people know what behavior is what unacceptable and under what conditions unacceptable behavior tends to occur We also need to very robustly support bystander education I think of us as part of a community, which means that we take care of each other And if we see one of our community in danger and in a vulnerable position, we need to intervene and protect that person When unacceptable behavior occurs, that behavior needs to be punished And we need to make sure that we have processes in place to find out what happened and then to levy the appropriate discipline

You also talked about academic diversity and discourse I believe that diversity is one of the strengths of American higher education and one of the great strengths of Cornell We want to continue to encourage diversity in all its manifestations, backgrounds, race, ethnicity, perspectives, ideologies and geographic backgrounds What we do at a University is study and try to solve some of the world’s hardest problems And you do that better when you bring people from diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds together T HE SUN: What do you believe the University can do to address the needs of minority student groups and does Cornell

ELIZABETH GARRETT

Presidential Treats: A Dairy Bar Tradition

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Senior Wr ter

Two new ice cream flavors are coming to Cornell Dair y for Homecoming Weekend, in honor of President Elizabeth Garrett’s official inauguration and Touchdown the unofficial mascot

Cornell Dairy hosted a studentvoted contest online and on campus this September to choose a name for the new flavor dedicated to Garrett’s inauguration The contest yielded “24 Garrett Swirl” as the winner, beating out rivals “Garrett’s Chocolate Bar Association” and “Cornelle Chocolate Chunk ”

The flavor will be revealed today at the Cornell Community Picnic taking place on the Ag

Quad from noon to 2 p m , immediately following the 10 a m inauguration ceremony Samples will be available to the public

In addition to 24 Garrett Swirl, Homecoming attendees will be able to sample a new Touchdownthemed flavor on Saturday morning at Teagle Hall, when President Garrett reveals the new Class of 1915 plaza and Touchdown statue

Corey Earle ’07, associate director for student and young alumni programs, said Cornell Dairy ice cream is one part of campus life that brings Cornellians together

“Ice cream is one of those aspects of the Cornell experience that unites generations of Cornellians, so I think there’s a nostalgia factor,” Earle said “When alumni return to campus,

the Dairy Bar is often on their schedule A new ice cream flavor is just one way that Cornell uniquely celebrates momentous occasions,

and it’s no surprise that people get excited about ice cream ” Special flavors have entered the Dairy Bar’s menu over the years to

commemorate historic events and figures at the University, including Clocktower Pumpkin, a pumpkinflavored ice cream named after the 1997 clocktower pumpkin prank According to Earle, the flavor became “ a seasonal favorite for many years ” As an unofficial mascot, Touchdown is not alone in his namesake ice cream flavor either: Cornelia, the Dairy Bar’s mascot, has been immortalized as a “mainstay ” in Cornelia’s Dark Secret

Most recently, Cornell Dairy made news when it revealed a new flavor named Sweet CORNell, dedicated to the University’s sesquicentennial, which included sweet corn kernels and salted caramel The flavor was designed by a group of undergraduate students in Food Science 1101: Science and Technology of Foods that “wanted to connect with Cornell’s histor y, according to Earle

“Corn is a unity crop that connects with Cornell's national and global presence while also tying with Cornell’s agricultural history and Nobel Prize-winning work by Barbara McClintock ’23 M A ’25 Ph D ’27 on corn genetics,” Earle said

Garrett is only the newest in a series of Cornell presidents to be honored by inaugural ice cream flavors According to Earle, when President Emeritus Jeffrey Lehman ’77 took office in 2003, the Dairy Bar served a flavor called “Ezra and Andrew’s World View” to honor Cornell’s global presence The special flavor incorporated an espresso ice cream with fudge swirl, vanilla and cinnamon, hazelnuts and pralines, according to the University In 2006, the Dairy Bar also unveiled “Banana-Berry Skorton” in honor of President Emeritus David Skorton’s inauguration The ice cream featured banana and raspberry swirls in a chocolate ice cream base

Deanna Simons, quality manager and academic programs coordinator for Cornell Dairy, said 24 Garrett Swirl required full attention for two days to produce and prepare Simons said the University expects up to 5,000 guests on the Ag Quad for the Cornell Community Picnic

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun com

Andrew Dickson White 1865 - 1885

Charles Kendall Adams 1885 - 1892

Jacob Gould Schurman 1892 - 1920

Livingston Farrand 1920 - 1937

A Brief History of Cornell’s Past Presidents

By SUN STAFF

“I am sure, ” wrote Deane W Malott, Cornell’s president in 1951, “[that] it is perfectly possible to have an entirely adequate affair without delegates from all over creation, bored visiting presidents and a general ruckus ”

Malott, though not inclined to have a large ceremony, correctly surmised the need for an inauguration

“I suspect [the inauguration] is a peg for some rallying of Cornell spirit,” Malott wrote

Inauguration ceremonies have widely varied in Cornell’s history, from activities on the Slope for Malott to ceremonies at commencement for Dale R Corson

“I don’t think they even had a regular guest list,” former University archivist Elaine Engst said of early inaugurations

Andrew Dickson White, Cornell’s first president, was inaugurated in a smaller ceremony on October 7, 1868

White recruited many of the University’s professors, served as minister to Prussia and later to Russia, donated his entire library in 1891 and nobly refused the University’s offer to be made a trustee for life upon his resignation in 1885 His inaugural speech laid out the ideals behind Ezra Cornell’s university: to “combine practical with liberal education ”

The chief sponsor of the Morrill Land Act, Justin S Morrill, attended Cornell’s second inauguration, that of Charles Kendall Adams The Old Armory, which stood at the current site of the Engineering Quad, was the endpoint of a procession similar to today’s Over three hours of speeches followed, as Adams outlined the need for expansion True to his word, Adams’ tenure saw Barnes, Lincoln, Morse and Boardman Halls built, as well as Uris Library

Jacob Gould Schurman had the longest tenure of any Cornell president, from 1892 to 1920 Like White, Schurman had a diplomatic career, helping to rebuild the University of Heidelberg after the First World War In his inaugural address, Schurman argued for financial support for the University from the State of New York, noting that in other states “the university is the beneficiary of the state; here the state is the beneficiary of the university ”

Schurman also vowed that the University would keep housing relatively inexpensive and would generally “ see to it that Cornell never ceases to be the poor man ’ s university ”

In his 1921 inaugural address, Livingston Farrand urged the University to take responsibility in the “life-and-death struggle to save our democratic ideals [from] the destruction of material, mental and moral values by the war and the economic, political and social

confusion that has ensued ”

Farrand’s inauguration was also the first at Cornell to have delegates from other institutions The University of North Carolina, Har vard, Michigan and Stanford Universities represented colleges from the East, South, Midwest and West, according to the program

Edmund Ezra Day, like presidents White, Adams and Lehman, was once a professor at the University of Michigan

His address harkened back to White’s inaugural speech, noting the need for the University to keep its intellectual and practical blend in turbulent times

Malott came to Cornell with business and academic experience as a former vice president of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company and chancellor of the University of Kansas Malott’s 1951 address warned against allowing the system of government to “sink slowly from the free republic of decentralized government, to the welfare state, to the handout state, to the police state ”

Cornell’s ceremonial mace a crowned javelin-shaped ornament made of silver and gold also dates back to the Malott era Malott directed two professors, George Healey and George Hucker, to research the current state of mace-making Hucker sent letters to the city of Norfolk, Virginia, the provost of Yale, the Brooklyn Museum and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum,

among numerous others After more than a year, a promising lead came from the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths’ Hall, London Cornell then elected to place its faith, and a sizable monetary sum, in Eric Clements, who had never designed a mace Graham Hughes, the art director for Goldsmiths’ Hall, assured Hucker that a modern design, rather than a copy of antique maces, would best serve as “the embodiment of the whole rambling structure, organization and idea of the university ” James A Perkins’ 1963 inaugural speech argued that a modern university must choose among paths for research, with an eye toward driving societal change rather than being “merely a spinning gear ” Perkins oversaw the creation of departments of computer science and biology and the establishment of the Society for the Humanities, as well as the Committee on Special Educational Projects, which greatly increased the number of students of color on campus Perkins resigned following the Straight Takeover

Dale R Corson rose from physics professor to president, taking the reins during a tumultuous time for the University Corson’s tenure saw the completion of the Herbert R Johnson Museum of Art, as well as the establishment of medieval and women ’ s studies programs

According to a memo from Corson’s

office, there was no formal inaugural ceremony “due primarily to the problems of the time period in which he moved from being Acting President to President ” Instead, Corson was inaugurated at the commencement ceremonies in 1970

Nonetheless, protests disrupted the presidential ceremony as two students attempted to speak at the podium The two students were taken away by the police, but not before being struck by the ceremonial mace, wielded by University historian Morris Bishop 1914 The mace has been slightly bent since then, according to Engst

“The mace is made of silver, a relatively soft metal it’s not meant to whack people,” she said

The inauguration of Frank H T Rhodes, in 1977, was a calmer ceremony than that of his predecessor The day before, Prof Carl Sagan, the Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences, moderated a panel entitled “Spaceflight and the Future ” Rhodes outlined his view of the University as “the great reservoir on which the fulfillment of all hopes must draw [and] humankind’s best hope against the stark alternatives of the future ”

Rhodes’ presidency strengthened faculty recruitment, broadened research links with industr y and government, and brought about the Center for Theatre Arts and the Carl A Kroch Library

The inauguration of Hunter R Rawlings III featured a symposium preceding the procession and an evening of student performances Rawlings encouraged Cornellians to pursue the University’s “fundamental reason for being,” that of “the cultivation of the human mind for the sake of the individual, together with its moral improvement for the sake of society ”

The trip Jeffrey S Lehman ’77 took to the Tompkins County Public Library on the morning of his inauguration was a nod to White’s ceremony, which took place in Ezra Cornell’s gift to Ithaca, the Cornell Library, which was demolished in 1960 The inauguration of the first president to have attended Cornell, with proceedings in Qatar and New York City as well as the Ithaca campus, continued the legacy of the University’s inaugural tradition

After the controversy surrounding Lehman’s sudden resignation in 2005, David Skorton’s inauguration was more conservative in scale, with an academic symposium the day prior and reception after the ceremony

Near the tail end of Cornell’s sesquicentennial year, Elizabeth Garrett will be inaugurated today during Homecoming weekend as the 13th and first female president of Cornell

The inauguration of Cornell’s13th president begins at10 a.m. on the Arts Quad.Guests should be seated by 9:45 a.m.

The ceremony will be followed by a community picnic on the Ag Quad from noon to 2 p.m.

President Elizabeth Garrett will moderate an academic panel on inequality and democracy in Bailey Hall at 3 p.m.