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New Era Be gins At Cornell

Elizabeth Garrett outlines vision at 13th inauguration

By DANIEL ZIMMERMAN Sun Staff Writer

Hundreds of students, faculty, University dignitaries, alumni and staff filled the Arts Quad on Friday morning for the installation ceremony of Cornell’s 13th president, Elizabeth Garrett

The ceremony began with a performance by Yamatai Cornell’s taiko drumming group immediately followed by the procession of the undergraduate and graduate colleges and professors

Lehman ’77 and David Skorton were in attendance, as well as Kathleen Hochul, New York Lieutenant Governor and representatives from 84 universities and colleges across the globe

Directly before Garrett’s speech, Robert Harrison ’76, Chair of the Board of Trustees, gave an introductory speech and led the Investiture of The President, a formal presentation of symbols related to the president’s responsibilities

Trustee Ezra Cornell IV ’70, lineal descendant of

Panel Addresses Impacts of U.S. Inequality

By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer

Pre s i d e n t El i z a b e t h Ga r re t t and a panel of five Cornell faculty discussed the effects of different types of inequality and how they could trigger a chain reaction in the American political economy as the concluding event to her inauguration festivities in Bailey

Hall Friday afternoon

The panel, titled “Democracy and Inequality,” began with an i n t ro d u c t o r y ove r v i e w by Gretchen Ritter ’83, the host of the discussion and the Harold Ta n n e r De a n o f A r t s a n d Sciences, followed by Garrett’s own opening remarks

“While we celebrate a historic event in the light of our universi-

ty, with ceremonies, picnics and fireworks, we much also affirm that the primary goal of a university like Cornell is to work to more deeply understand issues facing society and to help shape responses that would improve the quality of life for people in our state, country and the world,” Garrett said Garrett focused on the impact of income inequality and how the wealth gap in the United States today is at an all-time high the c o u n t r y h a s n o t s e e n i n c o m e inequality of this magnitude since the 1920s She then invited her panelists to discuss this problem in the light of their various specialized disciplines Prof Eswar Prasad, trade policy, began with the statistic that on

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decrease is uneven across individual countries and income inequality reflects the unbalanced influence the wealthy have in gover-

Cornell’s founder, symbolically presented Garrett with the Cornell Charter Alan Mittman, the employee-elected trustee, presented Cornell’s seal, and Prof Barbara Baird, chemistry, faculty-elected trustee, presented her with the University mace Garrett then addressed the community on the Arts Quad against the background of a large red square, framing her alongside the statue of founder Ezra Cornell Garrett’s speech, which was tied thematically to the

Students Challenge Garrett On Police Tactics, Labor Issues

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun News Editor

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well as alleged labor rights abuses at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar during the inauguration events on Friday

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Attendees enjoy new ice cream, 24 Garrett Swirl

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Cornell Dairy prepared 450 gallons of the sweet treat ahead of inauguration day.

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Partake in Observatory Stargazing Event

By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Contributor

Dozens of current students and alumni ventured to the Fuertes Observatory for a stargazing event on Friday night as part of Homecoming Weekend, compelled by what they said was a general sense of curiosity for the night sky

The visitors used telescopes provided by the Cornell Astronomical Society, while CAS members pointed out sharp green laser-pointers to indicate various celestial formations in the cloudless sky

“I love [the observatory] so much I just keep coming back,” said Shianne Beer ’08, a former CAS president who was visiting the observatory Beer said she initially returned to campus to see the fireworks alone, but found herself back at the observa-

tory

Coming from a childhood where he spent a lot of time with his dad and a telescope, current CAS president Sam NewmanStonebraker ’17 said that a love of astronomy caused him to wander up the hill from his Mews Hall freshman dormitory and spend the night at Fuertes for the first time

“It has its own unique feel,” Newman-Stonebraker said

According to Ne wmanStonebraker, a significant part of the crowd on public observation nights are not actually Cornellians Of those that were present, very few formally study astronomy Many said they attended to fulfill a more casual curiosity

“I’m not an expert, I just like looking at them,” said SharonRose Alonzo ’19, citing a sense of awe and wonder “It’s like looking at the sunset ”

The Fuertes Observatory has stood on its present ground just north of Beebe Lake since 1917, according to a brief history of the obser vator y written by Prof Phillip David Nicholson, astronomy Cornell Astronomical Society, which hosted the homecoming weekend observation, has been running public observation nights at Fuertes for 40 years, according to CAS members

Though the observatory is no longer the center for scientific research, it now ser ves as a tucked-away refuge for Friday night stargazing Housed inside is a refractor telescope with a pair of 12-inch objective lenses A few smaller reflector telescopes are mounted on the deck outside of the main telescope’s dome housing

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Student Assembly Hopefuls

Face Off at Candidate Forum

Address issues of student diversity, engagement, mental health

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun Contributor

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Activists Challenge Garrett On Police Tactics, Qatar Conditions

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they entered the seating area in the Arts Quad

“Last semester the Cornell Police used threats of jail time and fabricated charges to intimidate students who voiced dissenting speech,” the letter reads “Police, wearing armor and carr ying guns, are a common sight at peaceful political demonstrations on the Cornell campus ”

According to Alec Desbordes ’17, a member of CISU, the letter was written in response to a campus police investigation of student protester Daniel Marshall ’15 in April, in which the police investigator threatened criminal charges against Marshall if he did not cooperate by answering the investigator’s questions

In response to the the police investigation and intimidation, 95 faculty members signed a letter that condemned the University’s actions and called for the administration to “respond meaningfully to the fair and pointed questions being asked of them by the students (and the faculty),” The Sun previously reported

The letter also references a November 2012 incident in which members of Students for Justice in

“We take very seriously the health and well-being and safety of our staff, no matter where they work for us ”

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Palestine and the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee held competing protests on Ho Plaza at the same time In the incident, CUPD evacuated SJP protesters from Ho Plaza due to them not having registered the event beforehand A faculty investigation later revealed that campus police threatened protesters and forced a student to the ground during the evacuation

“President Garrett, as students, we have the right to participate in dissenting speech, discussion and expression,” the letter reads “ We demand that police do not intimidate or harass students engaged in peaceful political activity ”

While Desbordes said the union’s ultimate goal was to making meaningful changes to how shared governance operates at Cornell, he said the distribution of the letter was not meant to disrupt, but rather to inform the attendees of Garrett’s inauguration

“ We are tr ying to set up a level playing field for us to organize more, ” Desbordes said

He continued that the use of police force in protests was a constraining factor in how much change the union could currently affect

T h e l e t t e r c o n c l u d e s by a s k i n g Ga r re t t t o respond to the concerns outlined in the letter regarding past campus police intimidation and future policies on free speech by Sept 28

“If she doesn’t answer, it’ll show something about her administration,” Desbordes said Later in the day, Garrett also moderated a panel, “ D e m o c

During a question and answer session, Allison Considine ’17, a member of Cornell Organization for Labor Action, presented an oversized card to Garrett that congratulated her inauguration and challenged her to address allegations of exploitation and abuse of labor workers at Cornell’s Qatar campus

“In the face of reports that workers on our medical campus in Qatar are facing exploitation and abuse, what are you going to do to remedy this situation and ensure that the promises of democracy and inequality on our campus are occurring at all of our campuses?” Considine asked

Garrett thanked Considine for the card and said she appreciated COLA’s efforts in delivering a letter to her office last Tuesday

“ We take ver y seriously the health and wellbeing and the safety of our staff, no matter where they work for us, ” Garrett said “I am confident that we are treating our staff in Qatar the way we treat our staff here and that we work ver y hard to have labor conditions of which we can be proud no matter where they are ”

While Garrett promised to give a longer response to COLA in the future, she also said she believed it was important for residents of developed countries to question the best ways to affect change in exploitative labor conditions abroad

COLA’s action during the panel is the latest in their Weill Workers Suffer campaign, which kicked off earlier last week when members of COLA delivered a letter to Garrett’s office that outlined their concerns with Cornell’s potential abuses of labor rights in Qatar

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s f o r a University acknowledgement of the alleged abuses and for an independent investigation on WCMC workers’ conditions, COLA also requested that Garrett respond to a 2014 International Trade Union Confederation letter addressed to university presidents by Sept 29

“So far, we haven’t received much of a response from President Garrett,” said Michael Ferrer ’16, a member of COLA “She has assured us, as President [Emeritus David] Skorton did, that the labor conditions in Qatar are up to Cornell standards The initial investigation by the [ITUC], however, says other wise ”

The ITUC letter highlights problems taking place in Education City, Qatar, where WCMC is located, as well as in the greater Qatari labor system, according to COLA’s letter to Garrett

Ferrer added that COLA was optimistic that Garrett would respond to their letter and attend their teach-in on Oct 1, which will aim to educate Cornellians about labor abuses in Qatar

Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun com

At Homecoming Event, Cornellians

Stargaze at Fuertes Observatory

STARGAZING

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The obser vator y ’ s instruments were once used “ to accurately d e t e r m i n e t i m e a n d l o c a t i o n using the stars, ” according to Newman-Stonebraker

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University was once likely kept using a specialized clock kept at the Obser vator y, and the U S Coast and Geodetic Sur vey reference marker for the exact location of Cornell’s campus is found at the northwest corner of the building,” he said

D e s p i t e re c e n t re n ov a t i o n s and fresh coats of paint, the

building has preser ved an endearing mustiness that guests immediately encounter upon entering, a c c o rd i n g t o Ne w m a nStonebraker

“Cornell in general is my home, but this place in particular is the focal point.”

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“I’m glad that Cornell provides things like this for free,” Alonzo said

Though she has been a student at Cornell for only a few weeks, Alonzo said she felt a sense of belonging at the obser vator y, even though she did not know anyone there previously

For many, including Beer, the obser vator y has provided a home during their time at Cornell Beer said she spent many late-nights talking with her friends at Fuertes when she was an undergrad “ C o r n e l l i n g e n e r a l i s m y home, but this place in particular is the focal point,” Beer said “It’s just such a special place ”

Maxwell Dopsch can be reached at myd3@cornell edu

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Amidst the bacchanalia and school spirit, between the darties and the parties, waited Passion Pit At first blush, the Cornell Concert Commission selected the perfect headliner Taking into account their buzzing, adrenaline-stimulating synths, pulsing beats and frontman Michael Angelakos’ trademark falsetto, there are few better bands to get shamelessly sweaty to in a cavernous gymnasium than Passion Pit The group tempers their serious indie roots (Angelakos first recorded Passion Pit songs as a Valentine Day’s gift EP for his girlfriend) with widespread listenability and chart success to boot

Yet, Passion Pit stood to potentially exceed already-soaring expectations amongst the student body In a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone’s Dan Hyman, Angelakos stated, “I’ve always loved smaller shows like 2,500 people ” The Cornell Concert Commission sold over 5,000 tickets for the sold-out show, doubling Angelakos’ target, but still creating a relatively intimate crowd for a band that has played Madison Square Garden Passion Pit is not a polarizing group (save for those who cannot bear Angelakos’ twee falsetto and melodramatic lyrics) As Larry Fitzmaurice writes for Pitchfork, Passion Pit creates music “perfect for placement in a cell phone commercial ” But how well would Passion Pit’s meticulous and heavily-produced indie pop translate to a live performance?

Enthusiastic Californian opener Robert DeLong jumpstarted the night with his all-systems-go EDM DeLong expertly sidestepped the perennial challenge for electronic musicians figuring out how to physically do enough on stage DeLong tilted both of his MIDI controllers towards

the audience and, even when he pranced around the stage to pre-recorded riffs, always carried a modded Wii remote, a simple prop that screamed “I am always in control ” Even when Delong moved to his drum set (the instrument he studied at Azusa State University), slightly delayed cameras transmitted his every move

DeLong anchored his set with the first four tracks off of In The Cards, an album he released just three days ago “In The Cards,” “Don’t Wait Up” and “Long Way Down” all evidence DeLong’s signature melodic, compelling EDM, but “Jealousy” excelled beyond his other tracks as a song that packs in creative chord changes and electronic innovation in less than four minutes DeLong’s set lagged slightly at the middle, and he failed to fully execute his final drop, instead pausing to walk to the drum set, but delivered an otherwise unflagging set for a one man band-and-entertainer package

Passion Pit kicked off their set with “Little Secrets,” a song driven by twangy synths up top and a bubbling, synced bass line and, as Passion Pit tracks go, light lyrical subject matter The band then rushed into new material: “Lifted Up (1985),” the opening track from 2015’s Kindred The track does not feature a signature, unique synth riff like so many Passion Pit songs, but rather a simple, bass-heavy beat still drove in an absorbing chorus Throughout their set, Passion Pit touched on most of their hits from Manners and Gossamer to a consistently pleased crowd, pounding out “Make Light,” “Moth’s Wings,” “The Reeling,” “Let Your Love Grow Tall” and “Cry Like A

Matthew Angelakos currently lists himself as the only member of Passion Pit, but per forms with two utility men who trade-off between keyboards and guitars, and a steady bass and rhythm section Chris Hartz, Passion Pit’s current touring drummer, contributed exceptionally to the band’s performance, oscillating between stolid chor us beats and intricate fills The current touring permutation of Passion Pit is best described as a crew of professionals The group lacked some of the fraternal goofiness and gleeful audience interaction of groups that have been together for longer than a half-tour, but when the audio lapsed for a few seconds coming out of a break during their smash hit “Take A Walk,” the band was unfazed Angelakos provided a requisite amount of on-stage chatter He noted how hot Barton was, he told everyone to get louder; he acknowledged that he’d been to Cornell before For Passion Pit, the minimal chatter worked the group performs viscerally, pacing from end-to-end as Angelakos soaks through his button-down (with matching looselyknotted tie) and pounds through falsetto after falsetto Without fail, Passion Pit filled Barton Hall with sound on every track without becoming cacophonous (I’m looking at you, Modest Mouse) Angelakos nails his soaring falsetto riffs so consistently that it feels ridiculous to slam him for not doing anything but singing Passion Pit didn’t torture the encore process, either The band played out the ritual of walking offstage (They didn’t play their biggest hit or turn the house lights on? Strange), and returned to electrify a seemingly even more energetic crowd with a hit that originated on larval, Valentine’s Day-era Passion Pit’s E P Chunk of Change “Sleepyhead ” In Ian Cohen’s revie w of Passion Pit’s 2009 Manners, he writes, “if you like one Passion Pit song, you’ll probably like them all ” Cohen’s statement does not necessarily mean that once you ’ ve heard one, you ’ ve heard them all Passion Pit excels at writing and arranging room-filling tracks that sound catchy, but not cheesy During Angelakos’ four-album career he has yet to mail in a dud If a group made, say, metal as consistently excellently as Passion Pit makes pop, they would be getting a lot more critical hype Passion Pit’s inoffensive sheen, however, covers an arduous writing and performing process, and matching band member frustrations

that Gossamer’s “I’ll Be Alright” and “Constant Conversations” so well evoke a period of his most painful mania that his fiancée Kristy Mucci “finds the tracks hard to listen to ” How strange it is then, to jam and scream along as Angelakos croons in “Sylvia:” “No one ’ s going to tell you enough’s enough / Enough’s always too tough ” Passion Pit delivered a performance that reached towards a borderline-transcendent realm of great pop Critics often describe Passion Pit’s aura in terms of visceral joy and exultation, a notion that is especially strange given the intensity of many of Angelakos’ lyrics Therein lies the beauty and power of Passion Pit’s performance: the feeling of empowerment as Angelakos’ sings about his family’s financial struggles (“Take A Walk”) or his suicide attempt (“Where We Belong”), not in terms of despair, but rather power, confidence and utter joie-de-vivre Few people exited Barton Hall at the end of Passion Pit’s set (which they concluded by facing the audience, hands clasped in a humble display of gratitude) looking exhausted, but rather like the awake, energetic listeners Passion Pit attracts Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun com

Angelakos has garnered positive but unwanted attention following his description of dealing with bipolar disorder while writing and performing When he discusses touring, he speaks in a notably detached manner “I need to make a living This is what I do,” he told Rolling Stone’s Dan Hyman manner-of-factly When he opened up later in the interview, he projected the stress to others: “Most people shouldn’t really be touring ” Angelakos' reserved manner glosses over months of mental and physical pain that forced him to suspend recording and tour dates Former Passion Pit touring keyboard and guitar player Ian Hultquist spoke more emphatically on the topic: “That lifestyle is not made for [Angelakos] You can see it on his face when he’s not doing well ” Such is the contradiction despite personal and band strife and, at times, utterly tragic lyrics, you can ’ t help but enter the throes of the bubblegum pop sugar rush

While Angelakos’ lyrics tend to evaporate as his falsetto blends in with synthesizers, his words plumb the depths of depression, substance abuse and suicide Fitzmaurice reports

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1911 poem Ithaka by Greek poet C P Cavafy about Odysseus’ journey home, focused on Cornell’s recent expansion through projects including Cornell Tech Garrett referred to Ithaca as a “journey [and] destination, but also a way of perceiving the world ”

“As Cornellians know, Ithaca is not only a place that profoundly affects those who spend time on this campus, but Ithaca Cornell is also a state of mind, both a beginning and a destination for a journey characterized by a rare excitement that stirs the spirit, body and intellect,” she said

Throughout her speech, Garrett referenced not only the poem, but also the words of historic Cornellians including Ezra Cornell and Carl Becker Both Garrett and Harrison made reference to Cornell’s dream of “ an institution where any person could find instruction in any study ”

ation to foster diversity of viewpoints, of experience, of identity, race and gender and of methodology ”

Garrett also focused on what she views as the faculty’s responsibility: preparing students for their futures

“None are more important than our responsibility to our students to send them off on their own journeys to learn and go on learning as they set sail to distant and unknown harbors,” Garrett said

“The activities that have taken place on this idyllic hill in upstate New York have had lasting consequences for the rest of higher education and for the rest of the world.”

Harrison specifically focused on the continuing diversity of Cornell, which he called a “revolutionary, democratic, anti-elitist and quintessentially American institution ”

“The activities that have taken place on this idyllic hill in upstate New York have had lasting consequences for the rest of higher education and for the rest of the world,” Harrison said “It is fitting that we turn the page on our yearlong celebration of the sesquicentennial that we begin the next 150 years with an historic first: for the first time in 150 years, Cornell University has chosen as its president a person from the great state of Oklahoma and also a woman ”

During her speech, Garrett also discussed how a diverse faculty is key to the success of the university

“Our objective with regard to faculty is to strive always for excellence - excellence that is multi-faceted and manifested in a myriad of ways, ” Garrett said “It includes an oblig-

The speech also focused on ways in ways in which Cornell can grow through the its New York City tech campus while simultaneously striving for excellence in Ithaca “ This opportunity [of Cornell Tech] becomes a defining moment for Cornell only if we bring Ithaca to Roosevelt Island and New York City and bring the lessons we learned there, back to faculty, students and staff here,” Garrett said “We cannot allow physical distance to keep us from integrating all that we do in New York City with the long established excellence in Ithaca the campus that will always represent the wellspring of the Cornell spirit ”

Garrett said Cornell is situated as a global university to help solve some of the serious issues facing society today, both locally and internationally

“We must work together to understand difficult problems of our age, among them: sustainability and climate change, new approaches to health and well-being, the challenge of global and domestic income inequality, the influence of technology and the design of effective democratic institutions which revise solutions through interdisciplinary and campus collaboration,” Garrett said

She said some of these issues can be addressed by a constant effort to engage the different campuses towards common goals

“I’ll work with the provosts, deans and faculty to put structures in place that generate and nurture those collabo-

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“ The fundamental issue we need to think about is, ‘ at what point does inequality stop being a sign of a functioning, democratic market economy and becomes a pathology [to the democracy]?’” Prasad said “Once the democratic process becomes frayed, then it becomes difficult to put in place the policies that are necessar y to generate good growth and reduce inequality ”

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“ When people say that there are not a lot of Americans tr ying to take control of things they feel up in arms about, I think that’s not true, ” he said “ The question is, how do you take these local movements and pull them together to make a social movement? We have to join these smaller public movements together [in order to influence the whole system] ”

those already privileged as it maintains the status quo She also cited money in politics as a major cause of inequality, which allows people to essentially “buy out ” candidates with campaign money

“ The question is, ‘why hasn’t the United States re s p o n d e d m o re e f f e c t i ve l y [ t o i n e q u a l i t y ] ? ’ because Americans truly do feel that there should be equality of opportunity,” Mettler said “What's happened over the past few decades is that political parties have become much more polarized and [are] not to giv[ing] an inch for public policy That polarization creates great stalemates and gridlock, and that’s one of the biggest reasons why we ’ re not creating policies to better mitigate inequality ” Prof Nick Salvatore, industrial and labor relations, spoke of Eugene V Debs and the Socialist Party in America He said he believes that if inequality is to be changed in the United States, it must be through an organized movement similar to Debs’ campaign

“The issue becomes one of ‘where is the organized force?’ Where’s the organized approach to dealing with these questions?” Salvatore asked “At one point, people thought Occupy Wall Street was going to be a major event, but Occupy Wall Street never really lasted much beyond Zuccotti Park and it never really invented a kind of program that

In addition to the problem of income inequality, Prof Robert Frank, management and economics, also brought up the issue of consumption inequality He argued that Americans in general have been pushed to spend beyond their means as they watch the rich get richer and set new consumption norms

“ We’ve seen a cascade of spending induced by the higher income spending at the top So now the size of a median house in the U S in 2007 was 2,300 square feet In 1980, it was 1,700 square feet,” Frank said “ The median family isn’t earning significantly more in the later years compared to the earlier ones why are they spending so much more? Because people like them are spending more ”

Alice Rayner ’19, a student who attended the panel, said that while she believes the panel covered the issue of income and political inequality ver y well, she wished the panelists would have spoken more in-depth about the issue of racial inequality

“I think the fact that they even acknowledged the lack of access of opportunity that exists in America where ever yone ’ s supposedly equal, and if you fail, it’s your own fault they did a pretty good job with that,” Rayner said “But the fact that they had an entire panel and only hinted at racial divisions is surprising to me, considering that’s so much of what makes inequality in America unique ”

Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun com

rations, not just internally, but through increasing our ability to obtain external funding from governments, foundations, corporations and philanthropies,” Garrett said “The connections we are forming with outside entities eager to support our entrepreneurial ambitions, made salient by Cornell Tech, must benefit not only our faculty and campus in New York City, but they must reach this campus bringing new possibilities to faculty and students here and creating economic opportunities not just for New York City, but for Ithaca and upstate, as well ”

One of the particular issues she addressed was the negative view and a feeling of college’s declining value in society, saying that she realizes that “higher education in the United States is a subject of great public criticism ”

“Pundits and politicians contend the cost is too great, the value questionable, the experience not sufficiently valuable and the opportunity not fully accessible to all who deserve it,” Garrett said “Certainly, there is room for improvement in any institution of great durability, but it is beyond dispute that an intense residential undergraduate experience at America’s great research universities is one of the very best investments that any family can make ”

Garrett ended her address to the audience by returning to the poetic theme of Ithaca

“Let us conclude with his final words that will comfort us on his journey ahead: ‘Ithaca gave you a marvelous journey / Without her, you wouldn’t have set out Wise as you will have become, so full of experience, / you will have understood by then what these Ithacans mean, ’” Garrett said “I look forward to working with all of the Cornellians: faculty, students, staff, alumni, parents, and supporters to navigate the next page of this remarkable journey travelling to the many diverse Ithacas that await our discovery ”

Following Garrett’s address, Prof Alice Fulton, English, read her set of inaugural poems, and members of the Graduate Assembly and Student Assembly read passages related to Cornell’s history

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Ithaca does not have enough beds The last year has seen an explosion in local media attention to what has been d e s c r i b e d a s a h o u s i n g c r i s i s h e r e

Compared to a nationwide vacancy rate of 9 percent, only 0 5 percent of Ithaca’s rental homes are vacant at any given time

This has meant high rents across the board, a factor that contributed to Ithaca’s recent ranking by Market Watch as the 8th most expensive American city/town in which to raise a family I should say, though, that this does not apply to ever yone In fact, this problem applies conspicuously to Ithaca’s residents who don’t wear a backpack ever y day

There are two populations who face the brunt of the effects of Ithaca’s housing c r i s i s Fi r s t l y, t h e r e a r e l o w - m i d d l e income families and individuals, who face prohibitively expensive rental costs The b e s t a n d m o s t w i d e s p re a d o p t i o n i n Ithaca for low-income housing comes by w a y o f t h e

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THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE Homecoming and Inauguration weekend, President Elizabeth Garrett repeatedly reaffirmed her stances on the future of Cornell While she continued to outline her focus on faculty and academia, areas that she has brought up as prioritizing since arriving at Cornell, Garrett also unveiled her stances on a number of other issues facing Cornell and the rest of higher education moving forward We believe the points made by the newly-inaugurated president this weekend represent a bold vision for the future of Cornell and are optimistic about what her presidency will do for the University

Garrett, who provided small hints as to what her priorities are for both the coming year and the future of the University up until this weekend, began to outline her platform Thursday evening during her inaugural dinner She stressed that Cornell “stands in a crucial point in its history of higher education,” and that seizing the moment is imperative Garrett’s remarks following this, while brief and unspecific, set the tone for the remainder of her public appearances this weekend, which were consistently upbeat and optimistic about the future of Cornell and higher education

Most notably, during her inaugural address Friday, Garrett stood by the merit of higher education, arguing that “it is beyond dispute that an intense residential undergraduate experience at one of America’s research universities is one of the best investments any family can make ” As president, her stance on the future of higher education comes as no surprise; her support of the university experience and her job are intertwined Still, her strong attitude toward the need to innovate and be radical ring true with the traditions set in place by Cornell’s founders While she gave a glimpse into what being a more progressive university might look like, we are confident that her demeanor towards the criticism and issues facing higher education will be well-addressed

Garrett also promised an increased focus on Cornell’s duality between Ithaca and New York City As Cornell continues to expand its presence downstate within the traditional colleges and Cornell Tech, its new graduate campus, setting the tone for how the two campuses will interact will be imperative Although the previous administration alluded to the collaborations that would take place between Cornell’s two hubs, Garrett specifically outlined her priorities in regard to Cornell Tech and New York City First, she challenged each of the existing colleges to develop ways to collaborate with the tech campus She also urged faculty to work to find solutions to common problems in the 21st century and to bring teaching skills developed in New York City to the Ithaca campus By specifically outlining the relationship between Cornell’s campus at home and in New York, President Garrett provided insight as to what roles its New York City campuses will have in Cornell’s future

Throughout the weekend, President Garrett offered strong support for higher education in the 21st century and highlighted what she believed Cornell’s role in the world should be Her vision for Cornell will likely continue to evolve and expand as her presidency does, but what she has presented so far is a bold vision for this university

wealthy student body, and does a reasonably good job of providing its students on financial aid with access to funding for off-campus housing, collegetown landlords rarely have a hard time filling their apartments Additionally, the University has added over 2000 students since 2006 without building any new on-campus housing Cornell has spent $1 2 million over the last six years constructing affordable residential housing units, and recently agreed to offer the same amount over the next six years as well But out of a yearly university budget of $3 6 billion, this number deser ves a participation award rather than a gold star

This is where it gets tricky if you are a student, because we have to live somewhere On-campus housing is guaranteed for half of undergraduates and not for any graduate students, so most students will have to sign a private rental lease at some p o i n t F u r

The dirty truth is that as we creep down the Hill in search of better options, we take opportunities away from those who have nowhere else to go.

i n c o m e u n i t s still often rent at around $1200 a month, a ver y difficult bar for many to meet As a result, many find themselves pressured to relocate to cheaper areas outside of the city, but for those without their own means of transportation, this distance can make holding a job extremely difficult Consider, also, the stress that relying on i n f re q u e n t r u r a l p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t a t i o n places on a family with children Even for those with a car, the added cost of gas itself can be a major challenge

The second group that is most directly harmed is middle-income families seeking market rate housing These are people looking for child-friendly, multi-bedroom homes, which are few and far between

The primar y issue, from a Cornell perspective, is that the search for student h o u s i n g a n d r e s i d e n t i a l h o u s i n g a r e incompatible Developers in the area prefer to build for students than for other Ithaca residents The Residents will never be able to compete with students for housing Quite simply, this is because renting to students is more lucrative and r e q

with two prospective groups to which a landlord can rent it One is a family of three relying on a single parent ’ s income, while the other is a group of three college juniors While the family would usually be able to afford the rate, the landlord can rent the apartment to each of the students for $700 per month The total is a collective price that the family could never afford Fur thermore, students tend to have far lower standards for the spaces t h e y o c c u p y, w h e r e a s f a m

i e s o f t e n expect more from their homes than the hospitality of a fraternity annex

h e r m o r e , there is no active c h o i c e t h a t s t udents have made that has led to the dearth of housing that Ithaca experiences The dirty truth is that as we c r e e p d o w n t h e Hill in search of better options, we take opportunities away from those who have nowhere else to go Our impact, albeit unintentional, is unambiguously negative

At Cornell, we assume that Ithaca is better off with us around We recognize that there are some problems, and perhaps the University could do a bit more to help the town, but Cornell drives the local economy in a diverse and intricate set of ways It is an indispensable force of good for ever yone who benefits This is the attitude many of us take, and it’s a perfectly a reasonable one But if we believe that the presence of the University will ultimately result in good, it makes it ver y difficult to handle those instances when it does not When the simple presence of the college makes it harder for ever yone else to live, it calls into question the role that Cornell plays in the region around it More pressingly, however, is that it directly challenges the way that we view ourselves as a student body and the effect we claim to have

The way in which we interact with the people and the city around us is defined by the impact we perceive that we have on their lives Should students presume that we are incidental benefactors to the rest of the city, we will deser ve the perception we have earned from locals as entitled and unaware Rather, the takeaway is to recognize the flawed relationship that we have, and remember that any positive impacts do no good to a city whose citizens can no longer afford to live in it

Rubin Danberg Biggs is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at red243@cornell edu The Common Table appears alternate Mondays this semester

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wo things can happen after acts of terrorism

S o m e t i m e s , t h e i n n oc e n t v i c t i m s ’ d e a t h s a t t h e

hands of br utal mass murderers can spark declarations of disgust from the media and outpourings of emotional suppor t from the masses The victims’ ghosts can cast an eerie shadow on the land, imploring humanity and society to change as the slaughtered wail in pain from beyond the grave This is the expectation we have for the w o r l d i n t h e w a k e o f s u c h tragedy

Other times, however, we find ourselves quietly unsurprised. A fe w days later, we can w a t c h t h e n e w s a n d s e e “shocked” people, frighteningly oblivious, tr y to explain the killer’s motives away as mental illness A fe w weeks later, the anger and grief tapers off and d i s a p p e a r s f r o m o u r s o c i a l m e d i a f e e d s ( a l t h o u g h , f o r many, the anger and grief had never bothered to appear in the first place ) Three months later, no one talks about the event

A n d , w h e n a n o t h e r e v e n t occurs that bears similarities to D y l a n n R o o f ’ s e s c a p a d e s i n Charleston, we can accept it willingly We have become as desensitized to hate crimes as we are to school shootings

Talking about Dylan Roof will accomplish little. After all, Roof equated white-black relations with man-dog relations, and he was easy to dislike Roof is an obvious villain who cannot ser ve as the catalyst for change He cannot engender a s e r i o u s r e e v a l u a t i o n o f t h e

s t r u c t u r a l r a c i s m ) h a ve b e e n p r i va t i ze d a s i n d i v i d u a l c h a l l e n g e s e a c h p e r s o n m u s t f a c e a n d ove rc o m e T h e re s u l t i n g n a r r at i ve s t a t e s t h a t p ove r t y i s t h e i n d i v i d u a l re s u l t o f i n d i v i d u a l c h o i c e s , t o w h i c h t h e o n l y s o l u t i o n i s i n d i v i d u a l e f f o r t a n d s u cc e s s Wa g e s h a ve n e ve r b e e n a n a c c u r a t e i n d i c a t o r o f o n e ’ s c o n t r i b u t i o n t o s o c i e t y T h e m o s t d a n g e ro u s e r ro r o f t h e n e o l i be r a l m i n d s e t i s t o re d e f i n e t h e i n d i v i d u a l a s a m e re u n i t o f h u m a n c a p i t a l w h o m u s t b e c o n t i n u o u s l y i n c re a s i n g h i s o r h e r f u t u re a n d p re s e n t va l u e W h e n t h e m i n d s e t o f va l u e - e n h a n c e m e n t re p l a c e s t h e d e m o c r a t i c i d e a l o f s e l f - r u l e , o u r f re ed o m d e p e n d s m o re a n d m o re o n u n p red i c t a b l e m a rk e t c o n d u c t R a i s i n g w a g e s w o n ’ t c o r re c t t h e f u n d am e n t a l i n e q u a l i t y o f a m

Emily Hardin is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at enh33@cornell edu Free Lunch appears alternate Mondays this semester

Will You Simply Read and Nod?

world because he was quickly d e e m e d a f r i n g e f a n a t i c Ever yone with a pulse jumped on the oppor tunity to prove their moral caliber by spouting

s u p e r f i c i a l w o r d s , e m p t y o f impact Thus, Roof ’ s identity as an extremist actually created a sle w of false heroes, proving counterproductive to the cause of eradicating hatred

We live in a complex and imper fect world all of the intricacies of which I will not go into here that allows the m e d i a , t h e g ov e r n m e n t a n d society as a whole to openly and courageously denounce the actions of a murderer without s h o w i n g t h a t s a m e l e v e l o f b r a v e r y w h e n a s k e d t o g r a p p l e w i t h t h i s i m m u t a b l e a n d u n c o mfor table question: In what ways have we all each and ever y one of us contributed to the sludge

t h a t f e s t e r e d i n D y l a n Roof ' s soul before boiling ov e r i n t o u n i m a g i n a b l e hatred? Because we all have, t h r o u g h e i t h e r o u r s i l e n c e , i n a c t i o n , f e a r o r i g n o r a n c e , contributed in some way Ever ything star ts and ends w i t h t h e s u b c o n s c i o u s T h e subconscious, without a doubt, i s t h e s i n g l e m o s t d i f f i c u l t aspect of your brain chemistr y to change The subconscious, molded by the actions, observations and experiences of your formative years, informs how you interpret the world By the t i m e y o u h a v e b e c o m e a n a d u l t , a l m o s t n o t h i n g c a n puncture holes in your subcons c i o u s T h o s e t i n y, o f f e n s i v e

biases that arise when you see cer tain types of people are naturally rooted in the subconscious

For so long, I thought I could get people to challenge, question and critically analyze t h e i r o w n s u b c o n s c i o u s through love I would write about empathy, talk about love and tr y my best to demonstrate b o t h t o w a r d s a l l p e o p l e I thought I could eradicate the “isms” of the world by striving to accept and respect all genders, races, sexualities, religions and human beings Yet, lately, I ’ v e g r o w n t i r e d o f w r i t i n g about love and kindness I can still go out there and tr y my

t h e y m a n i f e s t t h e m s e l v e s a s prejudice, oppression and an inability to empathize or listen Mi c ro a g g re s s i o n s re s u l t f ro m suppressed, internalized, subc o n s c i o u s r a c i s m , s e x i s m , h o m o p h o b i a , i s l a m o p h o b i a , etc The invisibility of it all p l a g u e s m e w i t h p a r a n o i a Implicit bias, with its vitriolic t o x i n s a n d u n s e e n t e n d r i l s , subtly invades ever y facet of society, slowly eviscerating us all

best to have some kind of tiny impact on ever y human being I interact with on a daily basis I can keep my conviction that the world will get better, but what I absolutely cannot do is s i t h e r e a n d w r i t e a n o t h e r meaningless column about love and kindness

You see the isms that scare me don’t come in the form of over t acts of terror The isms that scare me come in a far m o r e s i n i s t e r f o r m : Un c e r t a i n t y T h e u n c e r t a i n t y of a million microaggressions, which build up and build up, incubating inside others until

This plague cannot be count e r e d b y i l l u m i n a t i n g t h e hypocrisies of the ignorant or t h e f a l l a c i e s i n t h e i r l o g i c Elegant metaphors, enter taining comics and master ful ar ticles, all exting u i s h i n g t h e foundation of p o o r l y a r t i c ul a t e d a r g um e n t s , s t i l l c a n n o t c h a ll e n g e t h i s p l a g u e Ev i l lurks in us all, f u e l e d b y o u r a b i l i t y t o a d a m a n t l y d e n y, i g n o r e a n d refuse to believe that we possess any evil at all So what’s the solution?

For those groups subject to all manner of nasty assaults on their psyche, identity and confidence: You carr y a burden, but you don’t have to carr y it alone. For with our privilege, we all have the power to lift a tiny bit of that burden off the s h o u l d e r s o f o u r o p p r e s s e d peers For example, if I’m hanging with a fe w of my fellow guy friends and they’re saying some m i s o g y n i s t i c s h i t , e v e n a s a

joke, I can ’ t afford to shirk responsibility and not take it seriously Unfor tunately, many times, I have been a coward

Oftentimes, the “obvious” villains act in a way that has resulted from an absence of anyone to call them out on their hatred no one to suggest they ought to think otherwise Eventually, they get to the point where if you tr y to dismantle their arguments, they will disengage On the other hand, if you focus on their e m o t i o n s a n d

x p e r i e n c e s a s human beings in talking with them, they will be more receptive and this will gradually seep into their actions. I hope. R e m e m b e r t h a t y o u a

change one hundred percent of

think about the implications of

stranger, any acquaintance, any family member, and even any friend you encounter could be

the forces that forged the kind of subconscious and ideology of Dylan Roof, who walked into a church, ranted against a group of people, and shot them cold A man who would have killed a five year old girl had she not played dead I am not exaggerating. We can create monsters with our cowardice Silence is lethal

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Berman ’64 Looks Back Fondly at Time on Slope

American Ideal, which was taught by professor Milton Konvitz, who previously worked under Thurgood Marshall and instructed future Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Under Konvitz’ tutelage, first learned about first amendment law and cases, something that eventually played a heavy role in his desire to pursue law “That’s something I don’t think I would’ve contemplated before,” Berman said

After graduating from law school at New York University, Berman practiced law as an associate for Davis Polk & Waldwell from 1970 to 1974 before becoming the executive assistant to Senator Jacob Javits of New York “That was the greatest job I’ve ever had,” Berman said Working under Javits, Berman began to develop significant experience dealing with the media

When Berman moved on to work as executive vice president at Time Warner Cable, he continued to build experience working with the media, which lead him to lead the media relations committee when he was appointed as a federal judge by Bill Clinton in 1998 “I feel like I’m comfortable with, perhaps more comfortable, because of that experience that I might otherwise might be,” Berman said

But nothing would measure to what Berman would experience with Deflategate

‘Never Ruffled’

In three of his four Super Bowl victories, Tom Brady had to collect his composure, ignore the enormity of the stage and put together game-winning drives late in the fourth quarter For Berman, Deflategate was his Super Bowl

With the amount of media scrutiny and public interest in the case, Berman could do nothing but put in full effort “That means you ’ re more prepared than you otherwise might be and you try to be and appear to be more patient,

Making dough-nuts | A Dunkin Donuts franchise in Maine offered Judge Richard Berman ’64 free coffee for life.

more reflective, more fair,” Berman said “You try to send the message that you are fair and open to both sides ”

From the get go, Berman tried to communicate that message to both the NFL and Brady Chief judge Loretta A Preska labeled Berman as “ a famous settlement judge” to The Associated Press “He’s very good at it He understands people and the pressures on people and he’s always calm himself, never ruffled,” Preska told The AP

Ultimately, the NFL and Brady were unable to reach an agreement on a settlement and Berman issued a decision that vacated Brady’s four-game suspension, which the NFL has since filed motions to appeal “What they did not do was reach a meeting of the minds,” Berman said “It became clear that they were not going to reach an agreement ”

pursue that,” Berman said “I think he saw himself as part of the inner circle at the White House and told him he was getting a little ahead of himself It’s not in the cards, but it’s very flattering ”

The experience of going through the process of going through an accelerated schedule and making a decision on DeflateGate was great, Berman said

“I was enthusiastic about working on the case, both the settlement aspect and the writing of the opinion,” he said “For me, it was a great experience ”

Berman said he was optimistic that both sides could come to an agreement, although he is unable to speak for the mindsets of the NFL and Brady’s respective representation coming into the appeals process “It may have been clear in their minds [whether or not they thought they could agree on a settlement], but in mine, I’m optimistic,” Berman said “We started the process, and I think both sides came to it in good faith and they went as far as they would go, each of them, but it turns out that was not close enough to get to an agreement ”

According to Preska, Berman gives lawyers a pen when they settle cases; the pen contains a quote from civil procedures that reads that rules should be “construed and administered to ensure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action ” For Deflategate, Berman said he tried to do just that

“That is a process that I do in all cases, civil cases, ” Berman said “Most cases in our court, over 90 percent, do settle A lot of the times, they settle with you or without you Sometimes, you ’ re more helpful than in other situations ”

The Reaction to the Decision

After the news of Berman vacating Brady’s suspension was released, New England went into a frenzy Some Patriots fans called for a statue of the judge to be built outside Gillette Stadium Others brought signs to the Patriots games glorifying Berman’s actions He saw the signs All of them

“Oh my god,” Berman said “It’s hard to miss that ”

He saw all of the people in New England telling him to run for President “My first cousin who feels that I outta

a y ’ s p e r f o rm a n c e w a s b e t t e r t h a n a l l o f l a s t y e a r ’ s g a m e s , A r c h e r s a i d : “ I f y o u w a n t t o t a l k re s u l t s , p r o b a b l y n o t I f y o u w a n t t o t a l k p r o c e s s a n d l e a d e rs h i p a n d g r ow t h , i t b l ow s t h e m a l l o u t o f t h e w a t e r I g o t a b u n c h o f s e n i o r s w h o a re re a l l y r a i s i n g t h e b a r i n h ow w e p r a c t i c e a n d h ow w e p rep a re ” “ I ’ m re a l l y p r o u d o f o u r t e a m a n d t h e g r ow t h w e ’ v e h a d , ” H a g y, a c a p t a i n o f t h e t e a m , s a i d “ T h i s i s a n e x t r e m e l y t o u g h l o s s , b u t i n t e r m s o f t h e o f f e n s e , w e m i g h t h a v e o n l y h a d 1 4 p o i n t s , b u t w e m ov e d t h e b a l l I d o n ’ t k n ow i f w e h a d a t h re e a n d o u t t o d a y We g o t a f i r s t d ow n o n a l m o s t e v e r y d r i v e , w h i c h i s h u g e ” In f r o n t o f t h e l a r g e s t c r ow d f o r a f o o t b a l l g a m e a t S c h o e l l k o p f s i n c e 2 0 0 0 , C o r n e l l b r o u g h t e n t h u s i a s m t o t h e g a m e u n l i k e a t a n y p o i n t i n re c e n t m e m o r y “ T h e re w a s a l o t o f e n e r g y o n t h e s i d e l i n e t h a t I h a v e n ’ t s e e n i n t h e p a s t s i n c e I ’ v e b e e n h e r e , ” s a i d s e n i o r c o r n e r b a c k D e l Ba r n e s ‘ I j u s t t h i n k w e w e re i n t h a t

He saw the offer for free coffee for life from the Dunkin Donuts franchise in Lewiston, Maine Mike and Diane Connor, who own the franchise, told Fox Sports that they are completely serious about the gesture “If I’m up in Maine, we usually don’t take gifts, but a cup of coffee, I would certainly stop by there and have a donut and a cup of coffee,” Berman said “She has volunteered to go up there because she [works] closer and may pick up a cup of coffee before I get there ”

He saw all of the letters from Patriots fans One scientist sent Berman a letter, which he read after the trial, that recommended he conduct an experiment where he took four footballs, wrapped them in wet towels and put them in a refrigerator for a certain amount of time and measure the air pressure before and after “Keep up your true American spirit,” one 92-year-old Patriots fan wrote to Berman “You are the real MVP!!” another fan wrote “It was a lot of fun [to see the reaction],” Berman said

Like many other Americans, Berman likes to spend time on Sundays watching football His NFL allegiances, however, remain tight to his chest “I thought it would be best to not say, ” Berman chuckles “If you want to say [Cornell] Big Red, that’s fine ” He seems to know that whatever he said would fuel conspiracy theories, one way or another

Throughout the trial, Berman’s wife, who teaches at Wellesley College three days a week, would come back home to the couple’s apartment in New York and tell Berman about the coverage of the case in the newspaper and sports radio “It’s unbelievable,” she told him People would come up to her around campus and talk to her about her husband’s handling of the case, mostly in jubilation after Berman handed down his decision

“She said that in Boston, I could become a celebrity,” Berman chuckled “Or maybe I already am ”

Not Making Judgements on Patrick Kane’s Legal Situation

woman making the claims against Kane Without the facts, it is not ethical to persecute and invalidate a woman ’ s claims just because they happen to be against your favorite hockey player We cannot defend Kane’s moral compass because we do not know him personally and we cannot vouch for him based off of our enjoyment of watching him on the ice That being saId, the other version of this story, which would be equally tragic, is the possibility that this young woman is using Kane’s celebrity to perhaps benefit herself financially, in which

case this ongoing investigation is bringing unnecessary distress to Kane, his family, his girlfriend (who has oddly been left out of multiple reports on the matter) and the organization

At a news conference this past Thursday, Kane addressed the media, looking understandably stressed, “This has been an incredibly difficult time for many people,” Kane said “I cannot apologize enough for the distraction this has caused my family, my teammates, this incredible organization, and of course, our fans While I have too much respect for the legal process to comment on an on-going matter, I am confident, that once all the facts are brought to light, I will be absolved of having done

nothing wrong ” The worst part about this whole situation is that it is a developing story and us as observers, as well as the media, do not have any of the facts and since it is a private matter, we will never really know what occurred The best that we can hope for is that Kane is innocent of these charges and proven so In these kinds of situations it’s basically impossible to come out unscathed, as it unfortunately sets in a permanent cloud of doubt on everyone involved

How Richard Berman ’64 Decided De ateGate

By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Judge Richard Berman ’64 was completely absorbed by the case Nothing outside of his chambers, let alone the news media, could cross his mind In mid-August, Berman was working on a case determining whether or not the manner in which the Securities and Exchange Commission appointed in-house judges, a case that had wide-reaching implications in a case against a former Standard & Poor’s executive, was constitutional

As Berman worked on his decision in the case, one of his clerks came over to him

“Judge, we ’ ve got the Brady case, ” the clerk said

“ I h a d n o i d e a what he was talking about,” Berman told The Sun “I was really busy ” T h e c a s e , o f course, was over the four-game suspension

Na t i o n a l Fo o t b a l l League commissioner Roger Goodell gave to New England Patriots

q u a r t e r b a c k To m Brady as a result of an alleged ball-deflating scandal prior to the

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But even before he e v e n re a l i z e d t h e implications of what his clerk had just told him, the phones in his chambers started ringing and ringing and ringing as members of the media tried to get ahold of the judge, who has presided over New York City courts since 1995

It w a s n o t j u s t football’s involvement that brought the spotlight on Deflategate

It was the over whelm-

i n g c r i t i c i s m o f Goodell following the m i s h a n d l i n g o f t h e Ray Rice situation last year It was the New England Patriots, the most hated organiza-

t i o n i n p r o f e s s i o n a l

for the proceedings Both the NFL and Brady’s representation agreed to have ever ything wrapped up before Sept 4, a little less than week before the Patriots opened their season in Foxboro against the Pittsburgh Steelers

And suddenly, Berman found himself in a storm of media coverage Coverage of the upcoming legal proceedings in his court were plastered across newspapers and televisions It was ever ywhere

“It captured the public’s imagination,” Berman said “I guess ever ybody is interested in football ” He laughs, seemingly after realizing how much he undersold the popularity of a league that owns a day of the week

sports It was Tom Brady, the league’s picture-perfect cover boy for whom nothing had ever gone wrong, on and off the field It soon became clear to Berman that the case was “unlike anything else I had ever done ” The media coverage The star power The egos Deflategate was more than just an outlier for Berman In its magnitude, it was a monster from another planet

“Ever yone is watching,” Berman said “You need to bring your A-game ” Berman set things in motion quickly, setting a conference for both sides as soon as possible to lay out a schedule

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Everyone is watching. You need to bring your A-game.

Judith, a popular senior on campus, helped Berman get through the first two semesters on campus in Ithaca, an experience he calls overwhelming “If my sister was not there, I don’t know if I would’ve gone [to Cornell] at all,” Berman said “I don’t know if I was mature enough to get through it ” Through increased involvement on campus, Berman slowly began to come out his shell and began to form relationships with people through various activities and his fraternity, Tau Delta Phi

“Cornell was an enormous

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The ‘Socialization Experience’

When Berman got to Cornell University as a freshfaced, “sheltered” 16 year old, he did not how to handle himself Ever y person, it seemed to Berman at the time, was incredibly successful “A lot of them were more advanced than I socially in terms of par tying and dating and drinking,” he said “I don’t know if I had ever had a drink before coming to Cornell It was a big eye opener ”

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An Unanticipated Career Berman served as

president and general counsel for Time Warner Cable before becoming a judge in Qu e e n s C o u n t y Family Court But he never anticipated becoming a judge It was really not something he thought about or expected to be doing during his legal career

So in 1997, when the first high-profile case of his career fell onto his desk involving the police accusations of New York Mets outfielder Carl Everett and his wife abusing their children, Berman said he was not entirely prepared on how to handle the extra eyes on his courtroom

“New York state family court had never seen that kind of high profile media attention I had certainly never seen anything like it,” Berman said “It turns out to have stood me in a very good place for future cases that I would get as a federal judge ”

As a federal judge, Berman ruled on several high-interest cases including a 2008 shooting involving Craigslist, a 2010 case where the son of movie star Michael Douglas pleaded guilty to dealing methamphetamine and a case from 2010-2012 where al-Qaida operative Aafia Siddiqui was charged with shooting American soldiers and FBI agents after her capture in Afghanistan

“The high-profile cases are very different from any other cases you have,” Berman said “Everyone is watching you Everyone is reading about it each step of the way, which is vastly different from the typical case, which nobody ever really hears about unle

Learning About the Law

Before his junior year of college, Berman, like many other college students, didn’t really know what he wanted to do with his life Berman decided to enroll in

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Red Falls in Last-Minute Miracle

Bucknell converts two fourth downs to inch past Cornell in season opener

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

On Cornell football’s first drive of

t h e g a m e o n Sa t u rd a y, t h e t e a m methodically worked down the field Behind strong runs from senior runn

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Bucknell’s 20-yard line A penalty and a couple of miscues later, and the team was forced to attempt a field goal on the 17-yard line The snap was botched and freshman kicker Zach Mays missed the kick wide left

It was that kind of day for Cornell The Red (0-1) was able to put together strong offensive and defensive drives, but mental lapses throughout the game caused the team to fall to Bucknell (21), 19-14

The Red held a 14-10 lead with less than two minutes to go and faced a Bu c k n e l l f o u r t h - a n d - g o a l a t t h e

C o r n e l l 1 0 - y a rd l i n e How e v e r, Bucknell’s quarterback R J Nitti completed a pass to Joey DeFloria as he was b e i n g k n o c k e d d ow n b y C o r n e l l’s defenders for the go-ahead score

After a scoreless first period, Cornell and Bucknell traded touchdowns in the second quarter Following the Bison’s touchdown, junior quarterback Robert Somborn found junior receiver Collin Shaw at the 20-yard line to pick up 41

Head coach David Archer ’05 called the play “miraculous ”

“ I t h o u g h t w e i n t e r c e p t e d i t , ” Archer said “As I saw Nitti going down I thought, ‘ we ’ re winning this football game ’ Then once I realized what happened, I’m still in disbelief ”

The game winning drive was aided by several mistakes from the Cornell defense A missed assignment in the secondar y allowed the Bison to pick up 26 yards on a 3rd-and-17 at Cornell’s

4 0 - y a rd l i n e

A n o t h e r m i s re a d

o n d e f e n s e l e t

Bucknell convert a

4 t h - a n d - f i v e , bringing the Bison in the red zone

“ Me n t a l l a p s e s come with the first game, ” Archer said “I think part of that is first game stuff We’re not the NFL where we get preseason games to kind of work through it It’s unfortunate, but that’s the hand we ’ re dealt We don’t have that margin for error and today it came back to cost

us ”

yards After sophomore running back Josh Sweet was stopped for no game, Somborn handed off the ball to Hagy, who scampered around to the outside

He eluded a defender before jumping into the endzone, tying the game

Hagy finished 114 rushing yards, giving him over 100 yards for the fourth straight time, dating back to last season He also added a reception for 12 yards All game, Hagy seemed to find openings in the defensive line and p i c k e d u p l o n g g a i n s throughout the contest

He averaged almost six yards per carr y Later in the second p e r i o

1 7 with less than a minute

Sophomore Nick Gesualdi and junior James Solomon swarmed the receiver batting the ball into the outstretched hands of senior Rush Imhotep

All game, the secondar y had broken up passes and made it difficult for Nitti to find his receivers The defensive

backs had a number of timely stops and broke up several passes that would have been long gains or touchdowns On the day, Nitti completed just 18 of his 31 passes

The defense as a whole did a much better job containing Bucknell than it did last year The Bison finished with 286 yards of offense, far fewer than last year, when they amassed 420 yards

“ The defense did some really good things out there today,” Archer said “ There’s going to be some plays that we look at and say, ‘I wish we had that one back,’ but there’s a lot of plays we ’ re going to look at and say ‘ wow, we looked a lot better than we used to be in the past ’”

“I thought the defense played great today,” Hagy said “ They picked us up at times when we needed them They got some big stops ” Cornell’s second touchdown came in the fourth quarter when Somborn hit sophomore receiver James Hubbard with a 20-yard pass to give Cornell the lead Hubbard’s three catches were the first of his career and his 60 receiving yards led the team

After Nitti’s touchdown, mistakes plagued Cornell Somborn was intercepted on the first pass of the drive The

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Thereis something very sad when it comes to our favorite sports stars and scandals: people, based on whether or not they love that person as a player, start to make judgments about their personal lives and can skew the public view any which on a situation that they know nothing about

This unfortunately happens a lot in the sports world, and regrettably it seems that nothing can be done that makes it any easier for the players or the fans The Chicago Blackhawks are dealing with a very sensitive case of this nature currently with one of the biggest stars, right winger Patrick Kane

Kane signed with the Blackhawks in 2007 with a three-year contract and soon became a star as the Blackhawks began their rise from complete irrelevance to what some are calling a “modern-day dynasty” franchise His gamewinning goal in the 2010 Stanley Cup final against the Flyers signified the team ’ s rise, and with Kane’s help, the team has won three

Stanley Cups in six years, in 2010, 2013 and 2015

Kane was also a team member for the United States Men’s Ice Hockey team for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, where the team won silver In the summer of 2014, Kane and teammate, Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, both signed an eight-year contract with the Blackhawks, reportedly both worth $84 million It is safe to say that Kane has a big impact on the Chicago team, and that general manager Stan Bowman sees him as a lasting player on the roster

However, none of this matters in the public eye as of now Currently, all that anyone can talk about regarding Patrick Kane is the ongoing investigation in his hometown of Buffalo, N Y , where the police are investigating claims of sexual assault against the player

This is a difficult issue to handle for many reasons, there are fans that are die-hard and refuse to believe that their beloved star player could do anything wrong and who are quick to delegitimize the claims of the woman, but on the other hand, should the claims be true, the Blackhawks could be faced with a difficult decision on their part in regarding what steps to take It would also be a big blow for the image of the franchise, which has rarely had incidents such as these, as well as for the fans and the city

The problem with speculation in this case is that it does no good No charges have been made, but there has been no release of new information either The only recent update on the situation is that Kane is on the roster for the Blackhawks training camp, but there is no news regarding the investigation or the hearing, which was to take place earlier this month, but has been indefinitely postponed

Earlier, it was reported that DNA tests taken from a rape kit conducted on the woman showed no trace of Kane’s DNA on the woman, but authorities are still examining other evidence to try and determine what exactly transpired But in a society where rape has become a forefront issue, there is a big