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BSU to Hold Rally at University Assembly

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

After declaring a “ state emergency for black students” following the assault of a black Cornell junior in Collegetown on Friday, Black Students United is encouraging students to wear black in support on Tuesday and said the group will be “interrupting” Tuesday’s University Assembly meeting

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h e University Assembly was responsible for creating the Campus Code of Conduct, which the group said “is a key instrument in protecting white supremacists from receiving consequences for using hate speech by declaring their words as an exercise of their freedom of speech ” The group said it “will be difficult to change” the Code, but that “with the help of the entire community, we can

attend the meeting and make a solid effort in securing the safety of black students on campus ” More than 60 students had indicated on Facebook that they were interested in attending the rally by press time on Monday evening

“We want people to show up in support of [BSU] to hold the administration accountable ”

“We want people to show up in support of Black Students United as we continue to hold the administration accountable,” Delmar Fears ’19, a co-chair of BSU, told The Sun Fears declined to elaborate on the group ’ s plans for the U A meeting

BSU Executive Board members said in an interview over the weekend that they were considering attempting to add lan-

speech ” Some members were frustrated by a meeting with Vijay Pendakur, the dean of students, they said, in part because Pendakur emphasized that the University

Was the C-Town Beating of a Black Student a Hate Crime?

By DREW MUSTO Sun Senior Editor

In the days after Ithaca Police arrested a Cornell student for misdemeanor assault following a black student’s report that he was assaulted and called the N-word in Collegetown on Friday night, many students have questioned why the arrested student has not been charged with a hate crime

The arrested student is 19years-old and white, The New York Times reported The student who said he was assaulted, who spoke to The Sun on the condition of anonymity, is black and is

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was a hate crime,” Delmar Fears ’19, co-chair of Black Students United, told The Sun on Monday

Ivies Stand With BSU After Assault

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun News Editor

In response to the assault Friday evening in which a Cornell student said he was attacked and called the N-word, black student organizations around the Ivy League h

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The Harvard Black Students Association, the Black Student Union at Brown and the Black Student Alliance of Yale University all posted statements of solidarity with Cornell BSU and called for action from Cornell University in response to Friday’s events

“During a time in which we continue to

“We’re hoping that Cornell does see merit in our argument [and] that they reform ”

see the lives of people of color neglected and ignored, we hope to see significant action from Cornell to promote healing and reconciliation among the student and Ithaca communities,” Yale BSA’s statement read “We also call on our campus, Yale University, to put forth as many resources and educational programs as possible to ensure that such actions never take place on our campus ” Black Student Union at Brown posted the statement from BSU at Cornell and said that it “stands in solidarity with the student who was attacked as well as the Black Students United at Cornell University,” in its statement

For Hasani Hayden ’19, president of Harvard BSA, publishing a statement of solidarity was “the only responsible thing as another black organization at a similar uni-

Facebook Statement After Assault Divides S.A.

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun News Editor

Student Assembly issued a statement on Saturday evening meant to rally Cornellians together following an assault in Collegetown on Friday possibly motivated by racism, but the statement divided some assemblymembers themselves

The statement the result of nearly seven hours of deliberation among some S A members recalled Cornell’s history, fraught with racial tension despite the University’s “ any person, any study” creed

But it also included some additional lines, such as the declaration that “Cornell Tech was

built with the support of an institution that has led to the loss of thousands of lives in the Palestine-Israel Conflict ”

S A , in the statement, also called upon “the members of

“The statement was literally passed without the support of even [a] bare majority ”

color on the executive board of the [Interfraternity Council] to explain and justify the existence of an institution that perpetuates

racism, elitism, and sexual violence, and whose monetary influence silences the administration ” At the conclusion, the statement exhorted the administration “ to explain and justify the prioritization of white supremacy through the existence of fraternities over the safety of their students ”

Shortly after its Facebook publication, however, backlash within the S A began, and the group posted a new statement changing some of the more controversial lines

Gabe Kaufman ’18, vice president of finance, who was not among the members who wrote the statement Saturday, said he

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A Black Student Was Assaulted, but Was It a Hate Crime?

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Drew Musto can be reached at dmusto@cornellsun com

Backlash Following Statement About Friday Assault

saw two major problems with the statement Kaufman said he was opposed to the inclusion of the final paragraph, which condemned Cornell Tech for its partnership with Technion Israel Institute of Technology a portion that he said essentially accused Israel and the Technion “for being responsible for thousands of deaths ”

S A President Jung Won Kim ’18 said the authors’ intent was “ not to bring in outside politics into this,” but rather “ to cite historical instances where Cornell might have put money before people ”

The phrase calling on students of color on the IFC was revised in the second statement to read: “the Student Assembly calls upon IFC and the Panhellenic Council ”

Alec Martinez ’18, who Kaufman said managed the Google Doc while the statement was being drafted, said the statement was not intended “ to injure or alienate any community on campus, nor was it to take a side ”

“It was a necessary introduction to conversations that we need to have,” he said late on Monday night

Martinez said he has met with Cornell Hillel since the statement was posted

“I think there’s plenty of room for them to be sad or angry or confused,” he said, adding that talking about the issues raised by the first statement is still important “We’re not trying to alienate anyone These are tough conversations that we have to have ”

Kim, the president, said the controversy served as “ a reminder to every representative ”

“We know the gravity of our words,” he said, “but it was a striking reminder to be extremely, extremely careful because of the message it sends ”

For Kaufman, the conflict originated leading up to the publication of the statement Assemblymembers who did not write the statement were given 15 minutes to vote on its publication, Kaufman and Assemblymember TJ Ball ’19 said

“Because there was no real process, the statement was posted about 15 minutes after it was introduced to the general membership of the Student Assembly, which meant that the statement which was posted though extremely valuable and [important] lacked nuance in some areas and left some individuals and constituencies feeling confused, attacked, betrayed,” Ball said in a message

With just 15 minutes to make any changes to the statement before voting closed, Kaufman said the resolution passed with a vote of 10-3, despite the fact that 12 members are usually required to pass S A legislation

“A really key point is that this statement was literally passed without the support of even [a] bare majority of the Student Assembly,” Kaufman said “So on account of that, it’s not a reflection of the Student Assembly, it’s not a reflection of the student body The way I see it, it’s illegitimate and should be taken down immediately ”

Looking ahead, Ball said the S A is “working on fixing our official statement policy to ensure that future statements have more firm support of the entire Assembly in the future ”

In order to amend the official policy, Kaufman said the executive committee has recommended a new amendment for how S A will handle its social media accounts Kaufman said this resolution will be introduced at the assembly’s meeting on Thursday

This procedure would entail that any assemblymember could draft a statement for S A ’ s Facebook page, but in order for the statement to be published, it would need the unanimous consent of the executive committee

If even one person on the executive committee disagrees, under the proposed bylaw, the statement would require a two-thirds vote of the S A to advance, Kim said Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs ’19 contributed reporting to this article

could not punish students for “hate speech ” Gabriel Kaufman ’18, chair of the U A , said he looked forward to hearing the concerns of BSU members and other students at the meeting at 4:30 p m in 701 Clark Hall on Tuesday

“We’re delighted that the community has taken an interest in our business and we look forward to a productive discussion with members of the community tomorrow, ” Kaufman said, adding that the assembly had allotted time on its agenda to hear students’ concerns related to the Friday morning assault

A Cornell student has been arrested relating to the assault, in which a black student said he was called the N-word and repeatedly punched by a group of four or five white men The arrested student is 19 years old

and white, The New York Times reported Police have not yet released his identity Some Cornell students questioned why the student has not been charged with a hate crime

The student who said he was assaulted a member of Kappa Sigma spoke to The Sun on Friday from a local hospital, where he was being checked for a possible concussion and broken nose Both of those tests were negative

President Martha Pollack on Sunday released a series of steps meant to improve the campus climate, including creating a task force “charged with examining and addressing persistent problems of bigotry and intolerance at Cornell ”

Pollack also said that Cornell “will not consider Psi Upsilon’s reinstatement as an affiliated fraternity ” Several campus groups have implicated members of the unaffiliated fraternity in the assault, a claim the fraternity’s alumni associa-

tion categorically denied in a statement to The Sun

BSU, in its statement, said community members met in Ujamaa Residential College and reflected after the assault

“There were a number of different emotions, but the one common factor was fear,” BSU said

“Fear of not knowing what is next to come for black students at Cornell Fear of another racialized attack on one of our brothers and sisters ”

The group said in the statement that it is planning additional actions for Wednesday

More details will be released soon, BSU said “The end goals are to receive justice for the black man who was brutally attacked, improve race relations on this campus, and to see overall positive change,” the group said

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nbogelburroughs@cornellsun com

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For nearly two decades, my generation has been asked to use our memor y of 9/11 as a tool to build our national identity In a nation increasingly torn apart by anger and mistrust, so rarely willing to deem any experience collective, such a tool is absolutely critical Yet my memor y of that day is a counterfeit It’s just one stillframe, blurr y behind the familiar haze of early childhood, and that has never been sufficient I am of a narrow and specific cohort of people who have been taught to tell their stor y as Americans based on a day that we cannot really remember This alone is not wrong, but we have never been given a clear roadmap for understanding how to do so Instead, I fear, in many ways we have adopted the memories of an older generation to tell our own stor y For something so impor tant, this is not good enough

I remember sitting on a bare wooden floor, maybe in a living room The televi-

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sion was on, I was five years old, and my parents were in the next room speaking the garbled language of grown-up secrets As for the time of day, it would have been any t i m e a f t e r 8 : 4 6 i n t h e m o r n i n g , b u t beyond that it’s hard to say It falls apart with just a little introspection, though The living room was in a home I had left months earlier and surely I was in kindergarten on a Tuesday morning No, I don’t really remember that day

But I can explain what I remember in a way that makes just enough sense to satisfy the question when it’s asked And it was a l w a y s a s k e d In s c h o o l , l e s s o n p l a n s invariably included a personal account of the teacher’s that day My 6th grade social studies teacher was at home, my 8th grade English teacher was at work and my 11th grade histor y teacher was at the store Then it would be our turn to share what we remembered six, eight, 11 years earlier Ever ywhere else, the question hung unspoken in the air When parents or elders tried to explain, to give my childhood mind some kind of context, they started with w h e re t h e y we re a n d h ow t h e y f e l t Certainly, the politics surrounding that day and its memor y have always been intensely personal as well No point is proven, no argument made, without the stor y Anchors, pundits and politicians pivot to the personal during any conversation in which it might be relevant

This is because 9/11 sits in limbo between a collective and personal experience The language and ritual through which we discuss the attack encourages us to consider the how we, personally, went through it In many ways, it has also shaped some of the most fundamental pillars of our identity as American citizens Whether we will it or not, that attack will continue to define much of our collective and personal identities well into the future It will shape the way in which we relate to each other, and the evolution of our national outlook and choices

The effect on a child growing up in the shadow of the attack was to make one thing clear: it is something that happened to each one of us, personally, and it matters that we remember it that way So a memor y grew to fit the space that expectations left for it There is no conscious part of me

that wants a memor y that isn’t mine, but when faced with repeated requests for information, my brain found something that worked The weight of collective implication triggered something in my mind It’s based on a handful of likely scenarios and things I heard from others, stitched together into a version of what probably happened

However it isn’t just the literal recollection of events that makes my memor y counterfeit, but ever ything else that goes into the way we remember that day Our memor y of 9/11 is shaped by ever y ounce o f m e

American, I have been taught over the past 16 years to imbue my personal memor y of that day with colossal meaning It has contributed to my sense of belonging to this countr y, relationship to the world, and my understanding of elemental experiences like terror and courage Put simply, for my entire conscious life, it has always been

there, and always been hugely important But without a pre-existing sense of self, I had no context for experiencing something so fundamental For those older than me, throughout that day and in the years that followed, memories formed that combined events with self-created meaning These, I think, are crucial to the development of a fully formed, truly personal understanding of 9/11 For me, though, both have come largely from outside input I reached for narrative from family, media, pop culture and ever y other other source of meaning that was available The result was shallow and insincere It was based on a trauma I did not experience, because the world 9/11 disrupted is not one I’ve ever known For those that did, that disruption will always be central to the way the attack is remembered in addition to tragedy, it was disruption, chaos and change But for me, such a narrative makes ver y little sense In many ways, 9/11 w a

Americans, and our memor y needs to match that fact

My life has been spent tracing the scars of a day I don’t remember They’re etched in the hearts of ever y adult I know, and in the politics of the society in which I’ve come of age Therefore, if I am to think of 9/11 as something that happened to me, personally, then I have to play the tape in reverse For me it’s grade-school moments o f

annual tears, and unrivaled patriotic compassion It’s meant a sense of duty and belonging that I find unique and indispensable It’s also, at times, been a frightening rallying cr y for jingoism and hate It’s a war whose start I can ’ t remember, and bin Laden’s assassination, the announcement of which I’ll never forget So, as a generation, we have to be willing to remember 9/11 in a way that reconciles the totality of our personal experience For us, it cannot be a single event, set aside from the rest of histor y, but one long, ongoing memor y, played in reverse again and

Majelia Ampadu | Guest Room

Fraternity Is Not for Everyone

Regardless of what the Interfraternity Council wants you to believe, fraternity is not for all Most of us live in varying degrees of denial of this fact, but repeating "Greek life is bad" over and over dulls the message to those who need to hear it, and prevents us from discussing the deeper issues

The first fraternities were made up of wealthy white men who had enough free time to sit around and come up with elitist group names It is and always has been exclusionary Everyone loves to shit on Greek life, but we are all components of the system It’s the conflict of loving the benefits and simultaneously suffering from the many shortcomings Frat parties wouldn't exist if in no one showed up You can ' t distance yourself because you ' re unaffiliated

As recent events remind us, everyone has the capacity to be hurt by the Greek system, but those most affected are in marginalized groups The Greek system upholds privilege It is a microcosm of the many issues inherent to American society It protects wealthy white men from the consequences of committing hate crimes It allows their wealthy white girlfriends to bail them out before they can make it to jail It protects their names and their faces to bypass character assassination and preserve their bright futures Greeks, the system doesn't need you to protect it It was not built in a day I promise your alcohol and affordable housing will live another year

Thus, a white fraternity can be kicked off campus for invalidating and enacting violence against women, safely reorganize 5 minutes from Ho Plaza without being called a gang and commit a hate crime, but Black Students United can ' t comment on the crime without being reported and silenced

I chose to be in Greek life, but membership is a privilege and a strain The intersections of my identity often lead certain types of people to think I speak for entire groups I am expected to be an expert on “wokeness” and patient enough to answer invasive questions with kindness In spite of my discomfort, I have spearheaded discussions on race, religion, LGBTQIA+ issues and more, because there are no institutional systems in place to promote diversity and inclusion I put in the work to make the lives of marginalized Greek members a little easier Unfortunately, closeness to Greek life does not equate to safety or comfort, and my white counterparts do not put in the same efforts to promote change It is not the responsibility of oppressed groups to end their oppression it’s the job of those perpetuating and benefiting from discriminatory systems to change their behavior

It may be easier for you to stomach, like and share the usual "Greek life is bad" mantra, but that superficial thinking won ' t help those who need it most Instead, share news articles and uplift the voices of marginalized groups without talking over them Use your privilege to elevate those who are silenced and underrepresented

If the administration actually cared, they would realize that kicking Greek organizations off campus is never enough Maybe they could put some of their endowment and that ambiguous student activities fee toward mandator y diversity and inclusion programs Maybe they could hold criminals accountable If not, the same people will exist in the same social circles with the same viewpoints and the same apathy towards change Greek life can ' t be dismissed, it must be dismantled

TDongYeon (Margaret) Lee | Here, There and Everywhere

Corporate Cornell

he Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City held a grand opening last week, marking a new era for both Cornell and New York City In recent years, Cornell has invested substantially in the growing realm of technology and innovation embodied by the 2014 opening of the $60 million Bill and Melinda Gates Hall dedicated to computing and information science New York City’s hopes of upsizing its tech presence was the perfect match for Cornell’s hunger to expand into tech and the city

I am thrilled to see that Cornell is becoming more involved with technology research and application in America’s most vibrant and dynamic city It’s great that Cornell has widened its presence in New York City, especially since the Ithaca campus location is not the most appealing to investors and students alike Yet I can ’ t help but note that while it continues to expand in various ways, Cornell also neglects to improve existing practices and policies

Despite it being a private university, Cornell prides itself in being an institution for “ any person, any study” As overused as this mantra is, Cornell aims to stay true to its values of accessibility and diversity through its need-blind financial aid (for American citizens) and accommodation policies However, Cornell lacks inclusionary policies for middle class students who are neither as eligible for benefits nor as able to easily support their education

For one thing, basic necessities are sold at higher prices than off campus Sanitary supplies such as toiletries or pads are sold at a price nearly 50 percent higher than at supermarkets Of course, Cornell’s supply chain is much smaller than that of bigger stores, but I still don’t understand why necessities cannot be subsidized to be much more affordable for students No other rural or suburban campus store that I’ve been to makes their products so expensive

The list could go on about the different ways in which Cornell seems to make itself a corporation more so than an educational institution As students learn when they move off campus, it’s impossible to get BRBs without enrolling in some type of meal plan There appears to be no other good reason why than that Cornell Dining is simply one of the many chan-

Kankanhalli | Matters of Fact

nels through which Cornell makes profit Instead of providing affordable, healthy food options for students, Cornell is more focused on creating a business out of students Long-term profitability is important, but to the degree at which Cornell prices its salads at $10+, it is simply difficult to understand Oh, and then there’s housing To secure off-campus housing for the 2018-2019 school year, we need to look for housing and sign leases now, 12 months before we move in No other Ivy League school has such a problem, especially considering that students at Harvard or Princeton are guaranteed housing for all four years of their undergraduate experience The difficulty of finding housing in itself doesn’t necessarily tie into how monetized Cornell is, but the fact that Cornell admits a greater number of students than can actually fit on campus, as evidenced by “forced triples” where three students are put into lofted beds in what is essentially a double, is nothing short of absurd

Students are also forced to move out of their dorms for the winter and summer breaks I understand that this is a time for any necessary maintenance repairs, but Cornell charges its students at a rate of nearly $30 per hour if they don’t leave their room by a specified time If students don’t leave before the exact minute, they will immediately be billed

Yes, Cornell University is a private institution that needs to monetize certain areas and I completely respect that However, it really is the small things that add up to create a reputation of Cornell being more of a corporation Instead of merely focusing on Cornell’s place in the rankings and potential areas of expansion, it is much more important to first fix the internal perceptions Any institution that is viewed in such a way by its own members cannot foster a welcoming space, no matter how hard it tries to vouch for diversity and accessibility I sincerely hope that Cornell will stop trying to empty out the pockets of 20-somethings and focus its efforts on cultivating a better community from within

DongYeon (Margaret) Lee is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations She can be reached at margaretlee@cornellsun com Here, There and Everywhere appears alternate Tuesdays

Brotherhood Inverted

It is sometimes tempting and often convenient to claim that all fraternities recruit and produce insincere, pompous, self-serving men, but this is as accurate as claiming that all foreigners are terrorists There must be an alternate explanation Why is brotherhood, so harmless and so inviting, so often laced with destruction and loss?

In employing humiliation, degradation and pain as the gatekeepers of their brotherhoods, fraternities stray from the very essence of family that they strive to mimic Times were much simpler when laughable bouts of sibling rivalry did not result in emotional scarring, physical abuse or death Admittedly, families fortify their bonds by sharing heartache, troubles and worries, but these adversities are natural Rarely does the archetype of a healthy family include intentionallyinflicted hardship, and rarer still do misfortune (in the form of hazing) and fortune (in the form of unity) follow a rigid succession

A fraternity’s pledging process, in contrast, is designed manually; it is deliberately perverse and grueling so as to forge a group bound together by liability It is a valiant effort, certainly, at creating camaraderie, but the breed of camaraderie that fraternities manufacture is dangerously fierce, dulling the individual’s moral compass to accommodate the incessant loyalty that is so central to the contract, augmenting the chances of mishaps, egotism and cruelty I am not privy to the affairs of the fraternity kitchen, but if it is a tough-love recipe that fraternities intend to serve to their eager pledges, I fear the ratio of toughness to love is botched The pinch of affection is obliterated by the heaping spoonful of brutality

Yet a variety of men, with distinct

temperaments and distinct volitions, submit themselves readily to the thralls of fraternity life It is wrong, then, to reprimand many for the misconduct of few, and it is folly to allow one to corrupt or be corrupted by many No fraternity purports to make murderers or corpses out of men at least, not openly In theory, it is inspiring that men with brilliant minds, ambition and endless potential congregate to enhance each other’s strengths and diminish each other’s weaknesses, and maybe even contribute to society It is less inspiring when these congregations ser ve as platforms for internal and external abuse, racism, misogyny or any of several sentiments facilitated by like-mindedness

Even passive affiliations have a price In many arenas religion and ethnicity among them affiliation costs dearly: faithful Muslims are persecuted for the evils of radical political agendas; African Americans are regularly stereotyped and racially profiled The victims and the crooks are frequently interchanged; the privileged are rescued and the rest are discarded Muslims and African Americans do not simply opt in or out of their affiliations, quite unlike the fraternity system, in which members consciously decide to participate Brothers consciously decide to associate themselves with hatred and elitism This element of choice alone justifies the skepticism and scrutiny surrounding fraternities and sororities

The institutions themselves are not wicked It is the brazen discrepancy between the culture an individual craves and the culture with which he is instead inseminated, likely without his own awareness, that raises the copious charges against fraternities and encourages overindulgence and insolence On occa-

sion, college is lonely enough for the snapping jaws of fraternities to appear in the guise of a pup ’ s soft muzzle It is never plainly publicized that the pup is rigorously trained to chew any non-conforming or opposing force to a pulp

Considering the swelling list of crimes and injustices committed by fraternity members, we are obligated to educate the organizations that inadvertently sponsor such calamities The lifestyle of habitual excess seldom proves fatal, but to any of those exploited, there is no consolation in the infrequency of similar suffering

There is no happiness left in the pride or purpose that fraternities claim to provide For the victims, there is only grief, and for us, there is only discipline and prevention An appeal to the spirit of accidents is futile offenders are thoroughly culpable, bystanders are more desensitized than ever and affiliates are guilty of fueling the indifference

Remarkably, fraternities defy the perishable nature of most relationships For many members, affiliations live on past college, into adulthood and beyond This is the charm, but this is also the challenge Fraternities tend to be docile enterprises upon vacating the undergraduate premises; they are not so thirsty for scandal as they were in their adolescence Life evolves to include a greater set of concerns, and recklessness makes way for responsibility With conditioning, opposition makes way for acceptance Brothers apply themselves and pursue new goals We grow up So, time will hurt and time will heal, but only if we are alive to let it

Priya Kankanhalli is a junior in the College of Arts and Scences She

Dara Brown ’13 & Dustin Liu | Trustee Viewpoint

You Are Not Alone

These are turbulent times on The Hill It’s times like these that we benefit from looking into our past to question how our community has deviated so far from the caring one we strive for

This past week a black student was verbally and physically assaulted in Collegetown One week prior, a student chanted “Let’s build a wall” outside of the Latino Living Center In 1993, art crafted by Latinx artists was vandalized and defaced with messages such as “white pride ” In 1969, a cross was burned on the lawn of Wanawake Wa Wari house

While these acts of bigotry, racism or even hate are not unprecedented, they do not represent who we are at Cornell And for the students who are understandably doubtful of this sentiment, please note that these acts do not represent who we strive to be here at Cornell

This weekend reminded us that racism remains alive on The Hill

We can ’ t deny it The evidence is here Importantly, last week’s events serve as a reminder of our failure to ensure the safety and inclusion of all students on our campus To remind us that repeatedly saying “Any Person, Any Study” doesn’t mean we are living up to it

Diversity is a strength here at Cornell It is a benefit and should not come at the cost of marginalized students Diversity, however, requires inclusion, and the definition of inclusion needs to be clear Inclusion goes beyond describing the unintentional moments that students feel accepted It trumps superficial examples, such as cursory programming once a year Inclusion dictates a group ’ s intentional commitment to push against systemic forms of discrimination, endeavoring to successfully create an inclusive climate This naturally prompts the question, who is to lead this change? Who is to take the burden of individual, structural and systemic forms of discrimination and reform the way we engage across difference?

So far, the answer has been students When the same students, however, attend the events to discuss how to foster diversity and inclusion, how does the community on the

whole become accountable for safeguarding the “ any person ” portion of our university’s motto?

We must keep in mind the shocking realization that student leaders are human Student leaders are students first Students are here to receive an education and should not be expected to carry the emotional burden that come from these incidents

For those of us fighting, what we can say is this: we are not alone, you are not alone

Yesterday, we both attended an inspiring gathering of students committed to pushing back against hate speech on our campus This weekend, we were humbled by the leadership of marginalized individuals providing support and advocacy for their community, tackling the deep structural issues

feel safe Do not be complacent Show your outrage Time and time again we see history repeat itself, and it is not until we ensure the commitment of all members within our community that we will begin to see hope for change It is troubling to us both that we see history repeating itself We need each and every individual to make a conscious effort to fight against hate

Consider this a call to action Utilize your privilege as a tool to uplift voices that are being so clearly oppressed in our community Keep in mind other student communities who are also facing threats right now Look out for one another, self care and never lose sight of the impact we can make on the trajectory of the Cornell experience

History will repeat itself if we do not acknowledge our past History will repeat itself if we are not calling upon those who have not spoken up in the past Hate will stay if we do not commit a valiant effort, if we do not work within our community, if we do not support one another and if we do not engage across differences

embedded within our university Today, we continue to meet with leaders of the Tri-Council, administrators, members of the greater Ithaca community and alumni We know that alumni are hearing your struggles They are paying attention to your words President Pollack’s message serves as an indication of the administration’s commitment to the cause but we realize that these words must result in real and concrete actions

Thank you to those whose voices have elevated this issue to the surface Thank you to marginalized individuals who have carried emotional burden this week Thank you to student leaders who have spent countless hours mobilizing their communities Thank you for your commitment to creating a better campus climate

To those who have not contributed to this dialogue, reevaluate your role on this campus Open your eyes and understand that there are students of color here who do not

Donald A. Noveau ’70 | Guest Room

If we have anything to do with it, this is the last time that history repeats itself No longer will hate be tolerated or treated with a “slap on the wrist ” Each incident that occurs affects the security of our fellow students and propagates immoral values we hope to end

The Cornell experience is invaluable Cornell brings together some of the top talent from around the world and allows us to live and learn together It is not only a privilege, but a responsibility to use this opportunity to shape and change the future leaders of the world While it is easy to see Cornell as a mere segment in the grand scheme of a lifetime, this is a setting for change Failure is another student experiencing hate, another community further oppressed failure is simply not an option

Dara Brown 13 and Dustin Liu currently serve as student-elected trustees on the Cornell Board of Trustees Brown is a second-year student at Cornell Law School and Liu is a junior in the ILR school

Defning the Cornell Community Through Residential Living and Learning

Housing options for undergraduate students, after their first year, may seem endless But they are about to increase

Finding good living arrangements while learning at Cornell is harder than grabbing an apartment near your first job after graduation As the sociologist Karl Mannheim noted, “free choice of personal companionship in private life, the inviolability of family life and tradition and the right of free association should be protected from all interference ” For independent-minded and self-reliant personalities, the choice of undergraduate housing can make or b re a k a n e n t i re u n d e r g r a d u a t e c a re e r

Some Cornell housing options encourage self-reliance; others do not

I can only refer to my own experience as an undergraduate (1966-1970) and my current experience as president of the educational foundation of an international legacy fraternity, and as president of an educational foundation associated with one of Cornell’s fraternities In that local role, my organization has a huge old house that can accommodate up to 55 persons, and we need “heads in beds” to pay insurance, real estate tax, utilities and for constant upgrades and repairs I guess that puts a slant on my point of view, but here are some facts:

For now, Cornell needs Greek housing The University’s housing stock, on campus, can accommodate about 3,000 students The rest live off campus in Collegetown, Downtown or further afield (One semester, I lived in a trailer near

Greek Peak The night skiing was great )

Upperclass students can opt for University housing, but many do not Cornell now has a Master Plan to build a “sophomore village” on the (far) North Campus, to house sophomores in one section and other upperclass students, in as many as 20 new residences This new construction will be funded by debt, secured by the approximately 275 additional students to be admitted to the University each year, starting in 2020 Cornell, I am told, estimates t h e c o s t o f t h i s n e w h o u s i n g t o b e $160,000 per bed I guess you could build some nice residence halls for $44 million, each year, but somehow, I think it will cost more than expected and the construction may take longer to get started

For the time being, this leaves rising sophomores with the old dilemma of what type of off-campus housing to choose, or to tr y for an on-campus room, usually with a room mate

As part of the University’s research for its Master Plan, an undergraduate sur vey was taken in spring of 2016 (Cornell Residential Housing Master Plan Sur vey Results, Spring 2016) Cornell found that students living off campus were more satisfied with their accommodations than those living on campus Two reasons cited were: there is no super vision, and usually there is no room mate As an early, and steady resistor of the principle of In loco p a re n t i s , I a m h e a r t e n e d How e v e r, according to its student housing website, Cornell is offering something valuable that needs to be considered The current West

Campus Residential House project, as well as the proposed North Campus housing, offer “live-in staff support, ” or Residential Advisors, some live-in faculty, and even visiting Frank T Rhodes professors These i

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s Granted, it could be helpful to create relationships with these University representatives, and to partake of the on-going educational programming they offer, but one wonders, is there ever a break? Is there ever a place and time for an undergraduate to figure out her personal life through direct experience, such as paying monthly rent and other expenses? Dealing with ever yday things in a responsible way? I think that’s the draw of unsuper vised off campus housing

Some students want that off-campus housing life, but also want to be close to campus, and to have more organized meal plans and social (not to say, also educational) activities Greek housing comes into consideration

The program houses and multicultural fraternal organizations also offer self governance and small group intimacy Hopefully, the new North Campus developments will provide distinct and substantial housing for MGLC, LGBTQ groups and other small organizations that see housing as a crucial element in their efforts to find haven, general recognition and a way to create networks of undergraduates and alumni

When healthy, and not compromised by personal agendas, Cornell’s fraternities

and sororities are self-governed in the manner proposed by historian Carl Becker i n h i s a d d re s s , Fre e d o m a n d Responsibility: with an inner sense of responsibility, a sense of decency and fair play and, indeed, a mere selfish-impulse to justify themselves, as well as fidelity to all who compose the Cornell community

The Greek system cer tainly has its detractors, and there is a never ending list of dangerous or obnoxious practices that 18 to 24-year-old invincible people can create Yet, these societies sur vive, some for over 150 years, because they offer that one thing no other housing solution has: genuine, diverse, small group relationships t h a t c a n c o n n e c t o n a g l o b a l s c a l e

Referring back to my own experience, to suggest that these relationships are still limited to a particular class in society is incorrect There are fraternities and sororities that emphasize diversity; I am part of one of them

The Cornell community can be a harsh place Students in competition with each other, horrible weather and ultra-rigorous academics are factors that need to be managed Small residential groups provide a respite from them The University knows this, and has committed to a plan that portends to offer the same small group living experience But somehow, off campus, self-devised small group living, with strong networking capabilities, seems to be a more enticing educational experience

Donald A Noveau ’70 is a graduate of Cornell University

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Back in May, K-Pop boy band BTS (Beyond the Scene is their full name but it is rarely ever used) made a huge splash in America when they won the Billboard Social Ar tist award with a total of over 321 million votes, while r unner-up Justin Bieber garnered only 23 million K-Pop has never been a par t of mainstream music, but shor tly after the Billboard

TMusic Awards, BTS became a nationwide sensation

Without a doubt, BTS has become one of the world’s hottest bands and now

Yourself, the third

to their album saga

Moment in Life, all about youth They have released four different versions of Love Yourself: L, O, V and E While they all contain the same album and music, each version has its own set of concept photos L version has simple yet beautiful pictures with a light theme and the boys dressed in gentle pastel colors O version, which I foresee will become the most

theme in which the boys pose among clouds and flowers Versions V and E are ver y alike, which makes O version stand out even more

As far as the music goes, once more BTS has created a masterpiece full of emotion and musicality that can ’ t be paralleled by any American or Korean act

The intro “Serendipity,” is a tender, loving melody full of vocal line member Jimin’s surreal singing The second track, “DNA,” is upbeat and full of energy It h

around, BTS is tr ying to achieve a sound

closer to pop while keeping their own signature sounds, which to me seemed hard for them to achieve However, “DNA” has once more proven BTS’s ability to create music like no other ar tist

The “DNA” music video, just as their last two music videos “Spring Day” and “Not Today,” strays away from the dark theme of their last album, Wings While the theme in Wings revolved around the novel Demian and was all about “Boy vs Evil,” BTS is now exploring a more colorful theme, which can be seen in their more recent music videos In the opening o f “ D N A , ” t h e y o u n g e s t m e m b e r Jungkook is seen whistling the song ’ s melodic motif All seven members are seen wearing color ful clothes and dance in front of vibrant backgrounds While this concept may seem simple, it becomes obvious that ever ything was well thought out and coordinated to per fection As with any BTS music video, the dancing is well-executed

The album’s third track, “Best of Me,” i s a c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h T h e

Chainsmokers While it has become a popular opinion that anything by or featuring The Chainsmokers becomes tired and monotonous, BTS has managed to make this collaboration fresh and catchy without making someone feel like tearing their hair out after listening to it more than five times The Chainsmokers’ usual electronic beats can be heard throughout the track, but the elements that BTS adds to the track fuse per fectly, creating an energetic track that already sounds fun as

heck to dance and sing along to As usual, in the middle of the album, BTS adds an interlude In this case, they h

Monster (Kim Namjoon) thanks ARMYs (their fans), talks about how honored they all feel to be at the Billboard Awards with so many of the ar tists they have looked up to since they debuted and finally tell ARMYs “love yourself ”

The next two tracks, “MIC Drop” and “ G

towards hip hop than pop, but never theless retain the quality of the rest of the album BTS has always leaned towards hip hop However, more recent albums such as Wings and You Never Walk Alone

while keeping fe w that could be considered hip hop The outro, “Her,” also leans towards hip hop and features smooth b

album’s tender, dedicative theme Overall, Love Yourself has proven to be

amazing music video and concept ar t BTS has opened the door for K-pop in America It is obvious that they have put a tremendous amount of work into this album, but it is also impor tant to keep their previous work and success in mind, as they should not be considered “ ne w ar tists,” just as K-pop is not a ne w genre

Viri Garcia is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at vgarcia@cornellsun com

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here’s a moment about halfway through Andrés Muschietti’s ne w f i l m It , a n a d a p t a t i o n o f t h e Stephen King novel of the same name, where the band of kids (“ The Losers”) are discussing the monster that’s been haunting them The monster is a being that takes various shapes but prefers that of a demonic clown, and the kids realize as they listen to each other that it has been appearing in the form of whatever they f e a r t h e m o s t M i k e , w h o s e p a r e n t s burned to death, sees their charred arms str uggling to get past a door; Eddie is a hypochondriac due to his mother’s emotional manipulation, so he’s stalked by a leper; Beverley, who has a sexually abusive father and is

a f r a i d o f h o w t h e arrival of her

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c h a l l e n g e h e r f a t h e r ’ s insistence on h e r r e m a i ning “daddy’s l i t t l e g i r l , ” faces a sink er upting in a fountain of blood Finally, Richie, the comic relief of the group, is asked what he is most afraid of In response, he pushes his glasses up his nose, shivers and mutters, “Clowns ” Rough luck, Richie This response is different from the rest for two reasons The first is obvious: Richie’s primar y fear is exactly the same shape that the monster prefers However, Richie’s fear also stands in contrast to the other children’s fears: Richie’s is a general and some what irrational fear, while the other children are terrified of their own experiences In fact, most of The Losers’ fears

stem from adult misbehavior or absence I read the monolithic novel back in junior high, and although the filmmakers stick pretty closely to its plot, they did make some judicious cuts by excising the metaphysical backstor y of the monster

scene Something I had forgotten from the book is that the monster is not the only source of evil in the town Many of the inhabitants of the town the pack of bullies that are the Losers’ adversaries, Eddie’s mother and Beverley’s father are monsters of much more recognizable types Racism, violence, and sexual and

scene, the group of bullies are about to cut up one

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ble not to think about the racist assault in C o l l e g e t o w n l a s t Fr i d a y m o r n i n g , allegedly by members of Psi Upsilon fraternity This fraternity was originally suspended by the university because of a ver y public sexual assault case, after which the members created 2016 Slope Day tanks that read “ Too Big to Fail ”

the administration to make our school an exception and an example

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dow at the boys as they glide by without braking

Whether the adults’ neglect and abuse is a spell stemming from the monster or simply human ugliness, it is a recognizable evil that ser ves as a reminder to the audience that, for some, “ terror ” is not of nightmarish beasts but of the person who wants to hur t you because of the color of your skin, and of the person who ignores you when you tell them to stop touching you

Watching the scenes of sexual and racist violence in the film, it was impossi-

While the administration has been more forceful and clear in its condemnation of Psi Upsilon this time around, I can ’ t help but feel that something is still missing In It, hatred and violence r un r a m p a n t i n t h e c o m m u n i t y n o t o n l y because of a supernatural being, but also because the adults who might make a difference do not acknowledge that there is something wrong in their town, and with t h e y w a y t h a t p e o p l e i n t h e i r t o w n behave Despite dealing with a murder rate that is inexplicably far above the national average, the residents of Derr y, Maine convince themselves that they live in normal, small-town America I see a parallel to the way that several administrations during my time here have chosen to ignore the problem that Greek life inherently creates on campus, instead t re a t i n g c a s e s l i k e t h e s e a s i n d i v i d u a l errors by individual members Sure, not all fraternity brothers are rapists or racists But I am convinced that fraternity culture naturally aids and shields behavior that would other wise be punished, and that the administration is complicit in this shielding Like the adults in Derr y, I think that those r unning the university those whose job it is to make this place a safe and liveable space for all of its students need to take a look at where they live, and acknowledge that something is ver y, ver y wrong And the fact that this is not only a Cornell problem but a problem nationwide should only encourage

I don’t know or understand much about the laws or university policy that apply to the Greek system as far as I can tell, the university avoids dealing about as much as possible with what actually happens inside frat houses What I do know is possible is a statement from the administration that makes clear that it does not see Friday’s assault and the many sexual assault cases that it deals with as individual acts

President Mar tha Pollack sent an email on Sunday evening that proposes several steps to address the circumstances that a l l o w e d a n d c r e a t e d

Inter fraternity and Panhellenic Councils to “develop a substantive and meaning ful education program for all their mem-

acknowledges that Friday’s assault is not a single incident but par t of a larger problem that needs addressing in the Greek community But implicit criticism is not

acknowledge something that I think it must know by now, and that much of the student body cer tainly knows that fraternity culture in and of itself allows and causes horrible things to happen, and that by nature of its alumni funding and its group-defense strategies it is allowed to r un itself with a degree of freedom that no other group on campus has, despite the fact that no other group has a monster at work in it quite like the one in fraternities ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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By JOSHUA ZHU Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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By MARY BARGER Sun Staff Writer

C o r n e l l w o m e n ’ s s o c c e r d e f e a t e d t h e Un i ve r s i t y o f Ma i n e t h i s p a s t Sa t u rd a y, 1 - 0 , t o c l a i m i t s f i r s t v i ct o r y o n Be r m a n Fi e l d t h i s s e a s o n a n d t h e f i r s t h o m e - f i e l d w i n f o r h e a d c o a c h D w i g h t Ho r n i b ro o k i n h i s n e w p o s i t i o n a t t h e h e l m o f t h e t e a m Ho r n i b ro o k l e d t h e Re d ( 2 - 3 ) t h ro u g h 9 0 m i n u t e s o f u n c o m f o r ta b l y w a r m c o m p e t i t i o n o n Sa t u rd a y It w a s a n u n s e a s o n a b l y w a r m d a y i n It h a c a , w i t h t e m p e r a t u re s p e a k i n g a ro u n d 8 0 d e g re e s d u r i n g g a m et i m e i n m i d - Se p t e m b e r T h e t e a m ’ s e a r l y - s e a s o n f i t n e s s w a s a p p a r e n t i n t h e h e a t , a s i t re f u s e d t o l e t u p o n Ma i n e ( 2 - 5 - 1 ) d e f e n s i ve l y, n o t a l l ow i n g a s i n g l e s h o t f ro m t h e Bl a c k Be a r s t o h i t t h e n e t a l l g a m e “ I t h i n k o b v i o u s l y d e f e n s i v e p o s i t i o n i n g w a s a re a l l y i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f [ o u r s u c c e s s ] , ” Ho r n i b ro o k

s a i d “ W i n n i n g t a c k l e s , w i n n i n g h e a d e r s , c o m p e t i n g f o r e ve r y b a l l i n t h e i r p e n a l t y a re a , w i n n i n g a l l t h e d e f e n s i ve b a t t l e s i n o u r b ox w a s re a l l y i m p o r t a n t t o u s Fro m s t a r t t o f i n i s h , I t h o u g h t d e f e n s i v e l y w e we re j u s t re a l l y a c c o u n t a b l e , a n d w o rk e d ve r y h a rd ” Se n i o r c a p t a i n K a y l e e Fi t z g e r a l d h e l d t o g e t h e r t h e b a c k l i n e , a l o n g w i t h j u n i o r g o a l k e e p e r Me g h a n Ke n n e d y a n d s o p h o m o re d e f e n d e r K a i l i Gre g o r y, w h o s c o re d t h e l o n e g o a l o f t h e g a m e o f f a p e n a l t y k i c k T h e s h o t c a m e a f t e r s e n i o r m i d f i e l de r K a t We i k e r t w a s t a k e n d ow n i n t h e 1 8 - y a rd b ox i n t h e 1 6 t h m i n u t e We i k e r t w a s a k e y p l a ye r o f f e ns i ve l y f o r t h e Re d t h ro u g h o u t t h e g a m e , d e m o n s t r a t i n g t h e k i n d o f c o m p e t i t i ve g r i t Ho r n i b ro o k h o p e s t o d r a w o u t o f a l l o f h i s p l a ye r s “ I t h o u g h t K a t We i k e r t w a s t re m e n d o u s f ro m s t a r t t o f i n i s h , ” Ho r n i b ro o k s a i d “ T h e o n l y re a s o n s h e c a m e o u t o f t h e g a m e w a s b e c a u s e s h e h a d a b l o o d y n o s e , w h i c h , a s a c o a c h , i s a g o o d s i g n ” We i k e r t a n d t h e re s t o f t h e o f f e ns i ve l i n e we re ve r y a c t i ve t h ro u g h o u t t h e g a m e w i t h 2 2 s h o t s o n g o a l c o m p a re d t o Ma i n e ’ s s e ve n De s p i t e t h e o f f e n s i ve o n s l a u g h t , t h e o n l y g o a l s c o re d c a m e f ro m Gre g o r y ’ s p e n a l t y k i c k Ho r n i b ro o k d e s c r i b e d t h i s l a c k o f n e t c o n t a c t a s s i m p l y “ u n l u c k y ” a n d m ov i n g f o r w a rd h e i s f o c u s e d m o r e i n t e n t l y o n i m p r ov i n g t h e t e a m ’ s d e f e n s i ve l i n e “ We’ve g o t t o c o n t i n u e t o b e b e tt e r d e f e n s i ve l y, ” h e s a i d “ T h e re a re

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The Fall Blues of a Cornell Sports Fan

Last Friday, I stood in a crowd of 100 sweaty 20year-olds at the State Theatre of Ithaca to enjoy a performance by one of my favorite bands, Two Door Cinema Club A long wait between the opener and the main act had left the crowd antsy, and as the build up was about to culminate in the band’s arrival onstage, I felt an urge to yell something “Let’s! Go! Red!” I yelled at the top of my lungs into the hot and sticky air of the concert venue At that moment –– as if I was the cue –– the crowd roared, the lights went out and the concert was underway

Perhaps my exclamations were just fortuitously well-timed, but I nonetheless felt the same fire and energy in my bones that I feel whenever I hear those words It had been ages since I spoke them so enthusiastically, and it left me with a hankering for more school spirit As a sports fan and proud Cornellian, I often lament that it isn’t easier to find some school spirit around here

When I applied as a high school student, they told me Cornell was “ an Ivy League school with a Big Ten heart ” Surely a reference to the size of Cornell’s undergraduate population compared to the rest of the Ivy League, this saying does not carry much weight when it comes to Cornell Athletics It is most noticeably off the mark during the fall season, when the dearth of quality sports teams is most evident

Cornell boasts strong programs in the winter ––men ’ s and women ’ s hockey are some of the best programs the nation has to offer, each making an appearance in the ECAC Championship Game and NCAA Tournament last season Cornell wrestling is a powerhouse in the sport and a perennial contender for national titles Even the spring puts successful programs on display in men ’ s and women ’ s lacrosse, both tennis teams and lightweight rowing

Dylan McDevitt

But the lineup of Fall teams leaves much to be desired, headlined by a football team that has struggled to win more than a couple of games per season

This is where that “Big Ten heart” saying seems to really be a misnomer How can the student body be expected to embody that same spirit when the football team has finished with a winning record in just three of its last 21 seasons?

I, like many other sports fans at Cornell, genuinely want this to change Put simply, if the football teams won games, students would show up And the onus is on the athletics department to make that happen Cornell is a school with a vast and successful alumni network; garnering support for a football team isn’t supposed to be difficult

And this is not to say that the program lacks character; this would be far from the truth Head coach David Archer’s ’05 op-ed last week puts that character on display, as he asks us to follow his team on a “journey ” I respect Archer’s position, and I mostly agree But Cornell should have the resources to put a winning product on the field, both in football and in other programs, too The fact is football is a popular sport, and Cornell is a large and unique school, so the formula to produce something special seems to be there

There are hundreds of Cornell sports fans like me out there, who do little except sit around until the middle of October, waiting and waiting for hockey season to finally get underway We are a penetrable market: sports fans eager for something to cling to year-round Sports are our great distraction from rigorous academics and campus commitments And while many of us cherish the time we spend watching football on Sundays, we desperately want to cherish watching it on Saturdays, too