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Cornell Title IX Coordinator

To Depart University in June

By DREW MUSTO Sun Senior Editor

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I.C. President Was Convicted of Sex Abuse

Collado pleaded no contest in 2001

By ANNE SNABES Sun Staff Writer

Do c u m e n t s f ro m a n anonymous source forwarded to The Ithacan have brought to light a case of sexual abuse from 2001, in which Ithaca College President Shirley M Collado was accused of one count of misdemeanor sexual abuse for an encounter with a patient while she was working as a therapist Collado pleaded nolo contendere no contest to the case which was filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia This meant that she did not admit guilt, but was convicted and given a sentence as if she had pleaded guilty

Collado engaged in a sexual relationship with the patient, whose name is not identified in The Ithacan, from May to Oc

when Collado was treating the patient at The Center at the Ps yc

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i n Washington D C Collado denies this claim

“In light of the resurfacing of this legal action, I want to unequivocally state now, as I did then, that the accusations in the court documents are simply not true, ” she wrote in a message to I C students, faculty, staff, parents and alumni Because Collado pleaded no contest, the trial did not occur

See COLLADO page 5

Black Lives Matter Poster Vandalized

By AMINA KILPATRICK

Sun Staff Writer

Cornell Police are searching for a suspect who administrators in the College of Veterinar y Medicine believe yanked a Black Lives Matter sign twice from an employee’s door and then vandalized it when it was replaced Deputy Chief David Honan confirmed that the apparent thefts and vandalism are “under active criminal investigation” and declined to provide any additional information

The small Black Lives Matter poster, which Audrey Z Baker ’09 taped to her door in Schurman Hall, was first removed on Jan 11, according to Baker, an evaluation and assessment specialist in the college Baker said she replaced the sign, which again went missing on Tuesday Using stronger tape, she

replaced it again, but when she returned to her office, Baker said, the sign was scratched out with pen Lorin D Warnick, the dean of the college, said in a letter to staff that the college has “ zero tolerance for defacing of public or private property, hate speech or discrimination ”

“ This sort of behavior performed under the cloak of anonymity threatens the open and inclusive climate we seek to create, ” Warnick said Other signs on Baker’s door, which promote LGBTQ+ rights and women ’ s rights, were not vandalized or pulled and down and remain

In an interview, Baker said she put the signs up to “push the conversation around equity and what it means for public health ”

“I put little stickers on each of [the signs] that said ‘this is public

See BLM page 6

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Parenting: The Hardest Job In the World

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Of Mental Health Code

Parents claim ‘systemic failure’ of policy

By SHRUTI JUNEJA

Staff Writer

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Early Decision Apps Break Record

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun Managing Ed tor

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The percentages of legacy students and athletes admitted fell since last year, while the percentage of students of color increased

Josh Girsky can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com

Judge: Cornell Can Suspend Student Guilty of Sexual Assault

By DREW MUSTO Sun Senior Editor

A C o r n e l l s o p h o m o re w h o t h e University found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman lost a lawsuit against Cornell in December, clearing t h e w a y f o r t h e Un i ve r s i t y t o s u s p e n d the male student for two years, although the student has indicated he is appealing

“Cornell

County ruled in Cornell’s favor on Dec 15, allowing the University to suspend the student and handing Cornell a decisive victor y in a case that lasted nearly five months

substantially complied with its own policies and procedures.”

A University Hearing Panel ruled in May that the male student had sex with a female student who was too intoxicated to consent in August of 2016

The panel recommended that the male student be suspended for two years, and a Cornell Appeal Panel upheld the decision in July

The sophomore student, whose name is withheld in court documents and who is referred to as John Doe, sued Cornell after the Appeal Panel decision in July and a judge halted the two-year suspension while he heard arguments in the case

Judge Eugene Faughnan of the New York State Supreme Court in Tompkins

John Carberr y, Cornell’s senior director of media relations, said in a statement to The Sun that Cornell was “ p l e a s e d w i t h t h e Court’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit for all of the reasons stated in that decision ”

Office’s adherence to the procedures, and the decisions of the Hearing Panel and Appeal Panel were found to be both consistent with and supported by the evidence,” Carberr y said At stake in the court battle was whether Cornell had complied with its own policies throughout its Title IX Office’s invest

e University’s Hearing and Appeal panels had enough evidence to find the student

University’s Title IX Coordinator to Vacate Position

gations under a microscope

and she became the University’s lead Title IX investigator in 2015

“I knew when Sarah accepted the role that she and her husband would be return-

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human resources officer wrote to some employees in October, according to a letter shared by the University after The Sun inquired about a job listing for Affel’s position

“Cornell has benefitted from the wisdom, talent, dedication and professionalism of Sarah Affel,” Opperman said

Affel became a Title

The U S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened six investigations into the Title IX Office at Cornell, responding to claims that the office is not complying with Title IX The OCR has dismissed three of those com-

inquiries do not imply wrongdoing, and

requested data from Cornell, it has not publicly released any findings

“We really think that we’re working in a way that is responsive to what the community’s needs are ”

I X i n ve s t i g a t o r o n e month after a June 2015 report blasted Cornell’s disciplinary system as unfair, confusing and overburdened, and she served on a task force that overhauled Cornell’s sexual misconduct guidelines one year later The task force transformed Policy 6 4 which defines forbidden sexual abuse and behavior on campus and specifies procedures for Title IX case resolution from the one harshly criticized in the 2015 report to one lauded by one campus watchdog as one of the fairest in the nation

S a r a h A f f e l

The task force established a three-member board for sexual violence and harassment investigations that reviews a Title IX investigator’s recommendation, determines guilt and imposes sanctions Previously, an investigator had probed the case, decided responsibility and recommended punishment Student awareness of the services provided by the Title IX coordinator has skyrocketed during Affel’s tenure, more than q

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p occurred during a period in which many colleges beefed up their Title IX offices and journalists and activists put campus investi-

Affel said at a Student

April of last year that her office has “fully cooperated” with the Education Department probes by providing statistics and other information

“We’d love to be heari n g c o n s t r u c t i ve c r i t icism from them if that’s what they have for us, ” she said of the OCR investigators “We really think that we ’ re doing a good job and we also really think that we ’ re working in a way that is responsive to what the community’s needs are ”

Several men accused of sexual misconduct while studying or teaching at Cornell have filed lawsuits against the University since March 2015 claiming that they were treated unfairly

Four of the ten lawsuits specifically criticized Affel’s performance as an investigator or coordinator at Cornell Five more claim mistreatment took place while Affel was lead Title IX investigator or office coordinator

In one case, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that Cornell arbitrarily and capriciously ignored its own policies and ordered the University to investigate its own investigator for bias (Cornell’s attorneys stated in court that the University hired an outside lawyer who cleared the investigator, Elizabeth McGrath, who has since left the University )

Last month, in a separate case, the same

judge, Eugene Faughnan, said Cornell substantially complied with its own policies in finding a student guilty of sexual assault

Some lawsuits have ended in private settlements, according to court documents Two cases are in progress and one is in mediation

Affel, who succeeded Lynette ChappellWilliams as Title IX coordinator, also led the Title IX Office as contradictory directions from the Obama and Trump administrations resulted in more scrutiny of university investigations of sexual violence around the country But the scene on Cornell’s campus had already changed by the time President Donald Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, announced the new rules

In September, DeVos supplanted Title IX instructions from 2011, permitting universities to use a higher burden of proof to find students guilty, allow mediation in cases of sexual assault and grant only one p

Obama-era guidelines, universities had feared losing federal funding if they did any of these things

Cornell has not substantially modified its policies in the wake of the Trump guidelines

At a meeting held by Office for Civil Rights investigators last March on campus, students aired complaints, telling the investigators that the Title IX Office was slow, unresponsive and had a greater interest in deterring litigation than in helping victims pursue justice

Among those who have worked closely with Affel, though, many recognize her skill and dedication

Adebola Olofin J D ’17 formerly led a group of four law students known as judic i a l c o d e c o u n s e l o r s w h o d e f e n d

Cornellians accused of policy violations

He told The Sun in August that he had seen Title IX investigators file inaccurate reports and fail to treat parties equally, which he said harmed his clients, although he declined to describe specific instances

But he also said administrators of the

campus disciplinary system, like Affel, have “students’ best interests at heart ”

“I don’t think that any of what goes on behind the scenes is out of malfeasance,” Olofin said

Prof Kevin Clermont, law, who advises the judicial code counselors and is a frequent critic of campus judicial proceedings, told The Sun last year that an investigation by Affel reached “the stratosphere of injustice” and contained a “litany of procedural abuses by the investigators ” But even w h i l e c

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maintained that Affel is “ an incredibly talented, pleasant person ”

Courts have twice refused to vacate the finding contained in Affel’s report that Clermont criticized, Cornell spokesperson Lindsey Hadlock noted

“As Title IX Coordinator, I have had the privilege of meeting many students, staff, and faculty from across the university’s campuses; have had wonderful support and partnerships from colleagues across the university; and have worked with an excellent Case Manager and excellent Lead Title IX Investigators,” Affel said in her statement, adding that “Ithaca is a beautiful place to live ”

The University has hired a private

& Associates, to search for Affel’s successor, according to an online job posting, and Clermont said the firm reached out to him for advice on Affel’s successor

Clermont said he told the firm to hire a “good lawyer, but preferably one without prior Title IX experience ”

“Serving in this office has a polarizing effect, so it is better to choose someone who does not start with an ideological bent,” he added

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resources, said in her note to employees that Affel will also have a hand in the choice of her successor

Drew Musto can be reached at dmusto@cornellsun com

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SOPHIE page 6

Judge Rules for C.U.

In Title IX Lawsuit

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“I didn’t have the legal resources; I didn’t have the financial resources to, and I didn’t have the emotional wherewithal to really take this on the way I would have preferred,” Collado said in an inter view with The Ithacan “So I took a different route And like many people in this countr y, young people in this countr y, people of color, people who don’t have networks, that was me ”

Collado said her husband committed suicide in 2000, which prompted her to take a leave of

according to the message she sent to the IC community

“And so, I juggled two ver y strong and opposing instincts: to defend myself aggressively against a painful, false accusation or to devote my energy to healing from my loss,” she said in her message “My lawyer recommended pleading no contest to the misdemeanor charge so that I could just end the matter quickly and move on ”

According to The Ithacan, the prosecution said the patient was being treated for post-traumatic stress at The Center as she had experienced sexual abuse in the past Sharon MarcusKurn, the prosecutor for the case, wrote that the patient had been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and bipolar disorder

The patient said she and Collado kissed after most of their therapy meetings The prosecution brought for ward the patient’s claim that on two encounters, Collado “fondled the patient’s buttocks and rubbed her inner thigh and pelvic region,” as stated in The Ithacan

According to the prosecution, the patient said she, Collado and a man had a three-way

Ithacan reported that Collado and the man said this encounter did not occur

According to Collado, the patient started to live in her home in late summer or fall 2000 and left by November of that year Collado dis-

obeyed her contract at The Center by living with the patient, according to The Ithacan

“I, at that point, was sought out by a patient who I had treated before on the unit who really needed my help and was in crisis and didn’t have a place to stay, ” Collado said to The Ithacan

The patient informed Nora Rowny, social ser vices director for The Center, in November 2000 that once she and Collado started living together, they “became more sexually intimate and that she often slept with Dr Collado ”

The Ithacan wrote that William Hickey, Collado’s lawyer, called the allegations made by the patient “reckless and spurious” in the defendant’s Memorandum in Aid of Sentencing Hickey also wrote that the a brain tumor had been identified in the patient and that she had experienced hallucinations

Judge Frederick Dorsey sentenced Collado to a 30-day suspended sentence, an order to keep away from the patient, 18 months of probation and 80 community ser vice hours, The Ithacan reported

Ithaca College’s Board of Trustees discussed the search process in a statement to the IC community on Tuesday

“During the process, we learned of a legal action brought against Dr Collado, nearly 20 years ago, ” the board stated “ We were provided with detailed information regarding this situation, and Dr Collado was extremely forthright in answering all our questions Then, as now, she vehemently denied the allegations that were made against her ”

The IC Board of Trustees maintains its “ support ” of Collado, according to the statement

“As we stated earlier, Dr Collado has our full support, ” the board said in its message “She was the right choice when she was named president of Ithaca College last year, and her first six months in office have only reinforced our belief in what an exceptional person and leader she truly is ”

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when they come back after the break ” Baker said she notified her superiors and submitted a bias repor t after the first incident Faculty and staff were supp

responding by putting up signs of their own, Baker said “A couple of them came to me and said ‘Hey I don’t like to put political things up but now I’m mad, can I have one of those signs?’” Baker said “Now people are posting Black Lives Matter signs all over CVM ”

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transparently release the findings of last fall’s review of Cornell Health and The Skorton Center as well as the Jed Foundation report

They also expressed skepticism about the significance of the seal of approval from the Jed Foundation

“We have great respect for the Jed Foundation and its important work on behalf of student mental health and campus suicide prevention,” they wrote “Jed Campus is an essential program supporting improved mental health on 156 college campuses nationwide But JED Campus’s mandate is to operate in ‘partnership’ with institutions, who pay a $22,000 fee for membership, rather than a robust, fully independent review body ”

Foundation According to the University, the foundation’s assessment said that “Cornell stands out as a leader in campuswide mental health programming This is not unexpected as your institution has been historically at the forefront of mental health services and programming ”

MacLeod said that they found in their research that the number of students seeking counseling at Cornell Health’s Counseling & Psychological Ser vices (CAPS) doubled since 2003 During the same period, according to CAPS figures, the CAPS full-time staff increased by only 24 percent, the parents said

provide adequate attention to students who are already feeling burdened and pressured by their psychological problems and academic and social environments ”

In their letter, MacLeod and Hack said that they were particularly concerned by the university’s “institutional mindset reflecting complacency and defensiveness that appears to prioritize Cornell’s public image over the welfare of students struggling with mental disorders ”

“While we have made great strides and many improvements over the past decade, we can and will do more ”

Greg Eells, the director of Cornell CAPS, is a member of Jed’s Board of Expert Advisors, according to the foundation’s website

In 2013, Cornell received the JedCampus Seal from the Jed

“Students are faced with frustratingly long waiting times for appointments,” the parents ’ letter read “This leads to a failure to

MacLeod said Cornell, in October, participated in a highlevel briefing on the Zero Suicide Model organized by the Sophie Fund for healthcare leaders According to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, the Zero Suicide Model is “based on the realization that suicidal individuals often fall through multiple cracks in a fragmented and sometimes distracted health care system ”

MacLeod said that they asked participants to make a commitment to implement the Zero Suicide model and that “doing so would be a major step in addressing our concerns about institutional accountability ”

The parents originally sent the letter demanding an independent task force to Interim President Hunter R Rawlings III in March 2017, on the anniversar y of Sophie’s death, and forwarded it to Pollack in April after she took over as president

The blog post issued by The Sophie Fund last week noted that when Pollack issued her initial response in May, she thanked MacLeod and Hack for voicing their concerns and told them that the University strives to be open about how it can improve its mental health policies The request for an independent review was not directly addressed

President Pollack ultimately denied the request for an independent task force in an email dated Jan 11

“ We will continue bringing attention to concerns we have in the community at large, including at Cornell,” MacLeod told The Sun “I don’t think this is the end of the road for the Sophie Fund’s efforts to bring attention to the student mental health issues at Cornell or to advocate for improvement

“It’s going to be up to Cornell to decide how and what and when to do things,” MacLeod said “We hope that everybody will try to do the right thing ”

Cornell also received the Active Minds Healthy Campus Award in 2015 from the Active Minds nonprofit This organization “forms peer-run groups on campuses to empower students to speak openly about mental health, educate others and encourage help-seeking,” according to the University

“We know Cornellians struggle, too, ” Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, said in the press release “We take this seriously, and are committed to supporting our students’ mental health and well-being at Cornell While we have made great strides and many improvements over the past decade, we can and will do more, ” Lombardi said

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LAST SEMESTER CORNELL WAS WITNESS to a potential hate crime in Collegetown, continued overzealous behavior by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a display of rank anti-Semitism and the abrupt end to the once-promising political career of a graduate of Cornell in a precursor to the #MeToo movement

We also witnessed the grand opening of a state-of-the-art technology campus in New York City, the completion of a new and improved Cornell Health center, demonstrations of solidarity in the form of occupations, petitions and marches, and the welcoming of displaced students to Cornell from the Universidad de Puerto Rico

As spring semester begins, all eyes will be on the Greek system as Tri-Council implements phase 3 of its “Diversity and Inclusion Plan ” The reformed New Member Orientation program and Tri-Council’s continued conversations with leaders from a multitude of campus communities are the first steps in correcting serious flaws in fraternity and sorority culture

We applaud and support Tri-Council’s proposal for all IFC and MGLC chapters to instate a diversity and inclusion chair on their respective executive boards At a time when universities across the country are cracking down on Greek life, the newly-elected leaders of IFC, Panhellenic Council and MGLC have the opportunity to make Cornell’s system a model for the rest of the nation, and we hope they make the best of it

Down the hill, Ithaca must maintain its resolve against the increasingly brazen ICE agency, which just this month raided a local restaurant and arrested two workers Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 has been admirable in his declaration of Ithaca as a sanctuary city, but Cornell can and should do more: Cornell Law should reinvigorate its Legal Aid clinic to provide services for more Ithaca residents, and the Cornell student body should continue to pressure leaders at all levels of government to speak out against the Trump administration’s heartless immigration policies

Though there is much to improve, there is much to celebrate We hope Cornell Tech flourishes in its new home on Roosevelt Island in New York City, and that the investment Cornell made in that venture pays dividends to all students and faculty, including and especially those in Ithaca

Students in Ithaca should continue speaking up, marching, kneeling and petitioning for what they believe, and the University, including both the administration and the trustees, should make every effort to be as receptive as they can For its part, The Sun will continue to speak on the most important issues of the day In this uncertain time, The Sun remains an independent voice for Cornell, for Ithaca, for New York and beyond

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The Real Cost Of Bitcoin

Bitcoin mining consumed nearly one percent of the United States’ electricity last year Globally, Bitcoin’s estimated yearly power usage is greater than that of Ireland, or 30 times more than that of Tesla vehicles Considering this, one wonders whether the societal benefits of the world’s foremost cryptocurrency offsets its significant energy consumption, which expedites greater, existential risks like irreversible climate change Does Bitcoin justify its power bill?

First, while Bitcoin is often described as an emerging currency, its illiquidity you can ’ t just buy groceries with it makes it as an asset best-likened to gold Throughout his annual shareholder letters, Warren Buffett repeatedly disavows acquiring gold, arguing that it isn’t something he can evaluate as a non-income-generating asset Indeed, as a value investor, Buffett has always been wary of evaluating an asset based on market expectations, which are impossible to predict Despite attempts to calculate Bitcoin’s intrinsic value, the extent to which ambiguous probability governs its future enthusiasm therefore shows Bitcoin has two purposes: being a store of value, and being another volatile asset on which speculators can bet Nobel economics laureate Robert Shiller recently explained in a New York Times article how few people use Bitcoin as a store of value But even then, it still doesn’t offer a unique comparative advantage over other assets Gold’s price offers a similar freedom from monetary policy and, unlike Bitcoin, isn’t susceptible to a cyberattack (If anything, Bitcoin’s value is always compared against fiat currencies, and so demand for it cannot totally escape the impact of monetary policy decisions ) At least the dollar retains value so long as there is public trust in the state And even the currency of prisons, cigarettes, is supported by material utility

but it’s also less efficient The blockchain is cool for being a public log, but as argued, “the hard part is [not] getting money from A to B or keeping a record of what happened In each case, moving money and recording the transaction is actually the cheap, easy, highly-automated part of a much more complex system ” The shared public log stored across multiple “wallets” supposedly safeguards against widespread digital deletion, but the susceptibility of digital infrastructure, including how a Minecraft botnet disrupted the East Coast’s internet service, betrays troubling possibilities In another recent Times article, a cryptocurrency enthusiast described investing in them as “the ultimate short trade,” for “the worse regular civilization does the better crypto does ” The grand irony of Bitcoin as fodder for libertarian distrust is that its existence depends on digital infrastructure as we know it, which, like all infrastructure, is maintained by government regulation or spending At least with gold, you’ll be able to retrieve the bars under your mattress once the apocalypse strikes

College students proudly trading one of the most volatile and unpredictable assets as among their first forays into the financial markets is deeply worrying.

On the other hand, as a speculative instrument, neither does Bitcoin offer a unique advantage If it is Bitcoin’s volatility you love, there are other highly-volatile assets and derivatives on which to speculate, and it is always possible to adjust your portfolio’s volatility by adopting varying degrees of leverage

As in gold, those who dabble in Bitcoin must therefore decide their trades using the questionable methods of technical analysis, or the spectral intuition of market momentum The former is hamstrung by the problem of induction, which holds that what has been observed in the past will give us clues to the future, while the latter isn’t logical in the slightest At least the value investing method of discounting future cash flows to the present, while also similarly inductive, depends more strictly on the rigor of arithmetic (To those unfamiliar with technical analysis, imagine making trading decisions based on literal geometr y: retroactively superimposing “trend lines” on price movements )

Considering the technology behind Bitcoin, some argue the blockchain could transform the way we log transactions in the 21st century However, as argued in a recent long-form piece by Kai Stinchcombe, after years of research and investment, we haven’t yet found an advantage to blockchain over existing technologies besides increasing the ease of illegal transactions Not only is it less safe,

It is fascinating to note who of our fellow classmates have excitedly adopted Bitcoin and its younger sibling Ethereum trading as their next hobby Not too long ago, a Snapchat contact undeleted from freshman orientation posted to his story a large monitor displaying a candlestick chart, with a caption that read “Balling with Bitcoin ” Seeing literal college students proudly trading one of the most volatile and unpredictable assets as among their first forays into the financial markets is deeply worrying Not only do the eagerness and relative inexperience of traders our age (who’ve known nothing but roaring bull markets of the past decade) resemble the shoeshine boys of lore giving stock tips in the lead-up to the 1929 crash, but also reveal the tulip-like mania surrounding Bitcoin’s popularity It’s a fundamentally unpriceable asset, for its value entirely depends on guessing what the next schmuck will pay for it

Currently, knowledge of Bitcoin’s eventual finitude hastens attempts to mine it

But while the amount of Bitcoin that can be supplied is ultimately limited, it isn’t unlikely that there could come a more imminent point at which the pace of its mining outpaces growth in demand for it

There are only so many people in the world with an interest in Nakamoto’s brainchild soon enough, Bitcoin will exhaust the demand of retail traders with enough disposable time and income As liquidity for institutional funds eager to short Bitcoin increases, likely too will downward pressure on the cryptocurrency

And one shouldn’t count on high-frequency trading, for who knows where equilibrium price might fall if momentum in either direction is exacerbated by algorithms, in aggregate, going long or short

At least gold is material, pleasing to behold, and has some use-value in the creation of both electronics and medicine

Other than falsely stimulating libertarian fantasies of a currency free from governmental interference, Bitcoin, as an immaterial experiment, offers little warranting its material cost

Lorenzo Benitez is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at lbenitez@cornellsun

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Being a Cornell Graduate Student in a Weinstein World

One of the greatest days in my life was when I was accepted into a Cornell University graduate program And one of the worst days was when, during spring semester open house weekend, a Cornell professor pressured me into sleeping with him

Being a graduate student at Cornell is a mixed bag

Some grads come in knowing which labs and advisors they’ll be working with, but others, like me, are lost at sea The whole first year is a process of searching for a home and for someone who wants to work with you

You have to possess all the qualities of a golden retriever: smart, charming, enthusiastic, easy to be around, trainable and honest A good egg

And it’s not just your personality, either During first semester prelims, I chirped that I’d put on makeup and looked like a decent human that day a small, feelgood triumph A male associate professor immediately cut me down “Don’t look too nice,” he said, “ or we won ’ t think you ’ re doing enough work ”

The professor actually recited Policy 6 4 before I left his house in shambles, claiming “ we ” did no wrong I felt sick He told me afterwards that he didn’t want to share anything that happened because he didn ’ t want me to be a black sheep in the department It was a Catch 22: sleep with him and feel terrible or don’t sleep with him and risk him wielding his burnt ego against my aspiring academic career I didn’t know what his temperament was like He did not feel the need to introduce who he was

Cornell is not immune to this predatory behavior of men in power.

But being the perfect, “ not looking too nice” golden retriever doesn’t shield you from being harassed at Cornell Unfortunately, there’s no way to protect graduate students Like being an young actress in Hollywood, being an aspiring academic has a lot to do with “who you know” and your reputation Yes, if you are brilliant you should recognized for your achievements, but let’s be honest there’s a lot more that goes into reputation than just your achievements

One of the biggest loopholes at Cornell is that despite a policy that protects students from being entangled with those who directly supervise them, there’s little to no protection against the abuse of other power dynamics

Harvey Weinstein was a big name producer, but he wasn ’ t directing all the women who accuse him of sexual harassment or assault Likewise, the professor who pressured me to sleep with him didn’t supervise me, but he was in my department, and could have influenced my career

The night of the incident I am sure of a few things

What I did know was that this was supposed to be a professional event to meet prospective students and welcome them to Cornell, and to our department

The professor didn’t introduce himself to me I didn’t know his name I didn’t know if he knew the advisor with whom I wanted to work (though I found out later that they were best friends) He didn’t ask me if it was okay before he started touching me under the table at the bar

We had only met two hours prior After he heard about a past failed project of mine, he suggested I take another look into the project using data he might be able to get me through his familial connections I didn ’ t know if he was the dean

He insisted that I stay after all the older graduate students left the bar I didn’t know what he would tell the other professors if I didn’t stay I didn’t know what the other graduate students would whisper about me afterwards I didn’t know he was married

If I didn’t sleep with him, would he lie and tell the professors I had said something inappropriate or that I was a “bad egg”? If he did lie to other professors, how would I know?

Short answer: I wouldn’t

My event with the professor was not a rape He didn’t push me down or physically force me to do anything, so it wasn ’ t Title IX-worthy It wasn ’ t coercion under Title IX because there was no explicit threat and the implicit threat my reputation and academic career being potentially ruined is not under the jurisdiction of 6 4 That being said, I filed a complaint anyways

Paradoxically, I was comforted by the Title IX office that if I had rejected him and then he told other professors something to ruin me (and I had somehow found out about it), then I could file a Title IX case But, let’s be honest how would I have been able to find proof? After six months, the Title IX office found the professor “ not guilty” in my case, even though the dean writing the decision ruled that the professor had used “questionable judgement with students,” that his conduct “clearly fell short of what is expected of faculty members,” and that he “risked compromising Cornell’s reputation ”

As a woman in STEM, these questions and selfcontemplations are not far-fetched paranoias, especially in light of the stream of #MeToo posts over the past month, the headlines coming out of Berklee College of Music and the University of California of professors preying on young female academics, the downfall of members in Hollywood who were preying on aspiring actresses, and the disturbing sex abuse of gold medalists by Olympics doctors Kesha stayed in an abusive work contract out of fear that Dr Luke would sabotage her career otherwise The CEO of Uber had to step down after a federal sexual harassment investigation into his company Even on Capitol Hill, Congress is moving to disclose just how much money they’ve paid out it settlements over the past decade Cornell is not immune to this predatory behavior of men in power Case in point: me

I volunteered to help welcome prospective students to my department I did not volunteer to be picked out of a crowd to be touched I did not volunteer to have older students give me weird “that’s a bit scandalous,” “ are you trying to get brownie points,” and “that’s a bit trashy” looks I did not volunteer to teach my department and professors “what to do” when someone reports one of their own for stepping out of line

I would discuss how much of a clusterfuck my Title IX case was (they lost the tape of my interview and made me redo it, for one), but it is currently under investigation by the Office of Civil Rights

Faculty members, graduate students and undergrads should push for more protections for students If a professor who does not teach you or supervise you in a lab starts to touch you, unless he pins you down, he is not guilty of any crime in the eyes of Cornell’s Policy 6 4 If your advisor’s colleague starts taking off your clothes and you freeze it’s still not a violation of Policy 6 4 And if you freak out and reject them before anything happens? Well, you better hope there’s a paper trail, otherwise Policy 6 4 just isn’t for you

I am not accusing all faculty members of being predators: I will say that the faculty heads of my department were very supportive of me during the process and I am thankful for them

However, there are predators and they need to be put into line

If anyone says the Title IX system works, I would tell them to talk to anyone who has ever tried to file a complaint against a professor

The potential fallout from professor lying to other faculty, an undergrad having a messy breakup with the postdoc running their lab, or a potential employer questioning the integrity of a student’s academic success (did they only win grants because they slept with x or y?) is not protected by Cornell Policy 6 4 is limited and lets the Harvey Weinsteins get away with abusing power This is a problem

Luckily there is solution on the horizon: the upcoming work of a Faculty Senate and GPSA joint endeavor called the Consensual Relationships Policy Committee One of the proposals under discussion is the mandatory disclosure of faculty-student relationships to a confidential point of contact I believe such a policy would have deterred the professor from ever approaching me

A student should never have to feel their academic success will be compromised if they do not sleep with a faculty member And it would be ignorant to believe students never feel this way or that faculty members do not recognize the power they have I know I’m not the first Cornell graduate student who’s been failed by Policy 6 4, and unless it’s changed, I know I won ’ t be the last

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Tell Me About Yourself

On the first few episodes of ABC’s The Bachelor, when the eponymous character needs to quickly get to know a woman during a cocktail party before deciding whether to kick her out of his romance mansion, he often resorts to a routine command: “Tell me about yourself ” It’s an unsettling and somewhat existential prompt, right up there with “What’s a fun fact about yourself?” though not nearly as awful (Thank goodness we ’ ve more or less been removing “fun facts” from the zeitgeist ) And yet, we still have to answer it on interviews, dates, The Bachelor and, worst of all, the first discussion section of the year I recently re-read the email I sent to the list of fellow firstyear spring admits two years ago, where I attempted to sound cool and interesting and ultimately tell these strangers “about myself ” I said I was interested in politics and in my free time I was “usually reading, succumbing to a Netflix binge or excessively snapchatting,” which was all true, I guess, but somewhat grim in retrospect Watching Netflix and using Snapchat does not a particularly interesting person make, and it sure doesn’t tell you anything “about” that person either No braggies, but I do things that are more fulfilling than just watching TV or using social media I’m just extraordinarily embarrassed to announce them to my discussion section or list them in a Twitter bio If I did, the implication, whether I like it or not, is that I’m good at these things, or at least good enough to dare to affix the title to my identity The reality is, I suck at a lot of the things I love to do I especially love to run, and I especially suck at running, but saying that I’m a runner immediately makes expectations bubble up inside the audience, expectations about how good I should be before co-opting the title of “ runner ” I don’t look like a runner I’m not thin or lanky and I audibly mouthbreathe when walking up the slope or walking up the footbridge to the Ag Quad or walking in general If I dare bring up my extremely brief tenure on my high-school track team, the response is almost always something like “Really? I wouldn’t have guessed you ran track,” which now that I write it out I realize is also pretty rude I’m not that good at running either, so I can ’ t really prove my haters wrong I ran a halfmarathon in May (which I’m really proud of!) with a truly mediocre time (still proud, but not anything to write home about) The thing is I don’t really care I love, love, love to run! It’s the most awe-inspiring

way to viscerally feel and understand the capabilities of your own body I am so unbelievably uncoordinated that it’s the only time my limbs can really feel free to move however they please Running is meditative, and, as a viral comic from The Oatmeal puts it, “ when I run, the world grows quiet ”

Insecurity in announcing the things that are important to us no matter how much we suck at them is largely due to our generation’s use of social media and incessant perfectionism Amateurism and beginnerism can ’ t thrive on social media, when the goal is to showcase ourselves, our talents and our obsessions Crafting a web presence means putting your best foot forward, and so when I Instagrammed my marathon picture, I didn’t include the ones with the timer in the background and I made the caption some self-deprecating and relatable joke about being slow Even when I made a now-defunct parody fitness Instagram and cataloged my runs, I would only include the mileage if the run was more than four miles Our desire to share content but also to curate it is a constant, throbbing reminder to keep the things you suck at (even if you love them!) on the down-low

The reality is, I suck at a lot of the things I love to do.

But, as Karen Rinaldi wrote in a popular piece for The New York Times last year, “it’s great to suck at something ” She writes, “Maybe sucking at something where the stakes are low can lead us to a better place Maybe it could be a kind of a medicine for the epidemic cocksureness in our culture,” a cocksureness that at least in its performativity plagues today’s young people especially A study published in the Psychological Bulletin earlier this month suggests that perfectionism in youth has risen over the last 27 years, noting that “this may be because, generally, American, Canadian and British cultures have become more individualistic, materialistic and socially antagonistic over this period, with young people now facing more competitive environments, more unrealistic expectations, and more anxious and controlling parents than generations before ” In other words, the cards are stacked against us, and being awful at something and, well, owning it is such a wonderfully fun way to refuse this system of perfectionism

So, yeah, I’m Pegah, and in my free time I like to crochet, cook and run, and I suck at all three

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plot together in such a brilliant way It’s beyond satisfying that Coco won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, and I look for ward to seeing the work that 2018 brings us

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David Gouldthorpe is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at djg284@cornell edu

BY WLIBERT REN Sun Contributor

Black Mirror: What Would I Do?

For those who haven’t seen the show, Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror paints a universe that takes place in the near future A future near enough that makes me worried about Google Glass and Amazon Echo Therefore, the purpose of this article is to imagine myself in the scenarios Brooker presents the audience in this most recent season and determine whether I will sur vive

“USS Callister”

The technology: A videogame simulation of a Star Trek-esque world where digital clones of people in the real world are stuck as slaves, forced to follow the orders of the game ’ s player

Initially, I think I would be fine in this world I had two different sets of Star Trek Halloween costumes growing up, so yes, I am a fan However, like most other students here at Cornell, I have pondered the question of existence, and would probably go to supreme stages of shock if I was told point black that my life is nothing more than a bunch of digital code There would be no way where I could have the willpower to fight off the dread of living forever in space

“Arka ngel”

The technology: A Big Brother version of parental monitoring software, where mothers can obser ve ever y single action of their children, including watching them make love for the first time and snorting l i n e s o f c o k e w i t h t h e i r d ro p o u t boyfriends

Ephorize CupcakKe’s newest album, does not deliver a message or follow a theme based on the tracklist alone It requires listening, but does not make a chore out of it, as the album is filled with fun and clever bars

CupcakKe, a female rapper from Chicago, has been in the spotlight since her 2016 mixtape, Cum Cake After that, her 2017 album, Queen Elizabitch kept her momentum with its c o n s i s t e n c y a n d u n i q u e n e s s CupcakKe is nothing like Cardi B, Nicki Minaj or any other highly popular female rappers CupcakKe’s lyrics are in a category of their own in that they can be funny, extremely vulgar or introspective She has kept this unique style since her mix-

t a p e , a n d h e r n e w a l b u m Ephorize is her best one yet There has been no change in what CupcakKe is doing She’s still not afraid to rap about what’s on her mind in a witty w a y, h e r s t r u g g l e s o r s e x u a l themes However, Ephorize has a

I have a tiger mom who calls me every three days In high school, she honestly considered the possibility of having me not sign up for driver’s education courses so that she could transport me everywhere and observe my every move Needless to say, I would not be a fan if my mom was there with me during my first kiss, let alone duing sex It might be enough for me to be like Brenna Harding in this episode and hitchhike out of town, considering I barely survived high school in the first place

“Cro co dile”

T h e t e c h n o l o g y : A m e m o r y re c a l l device used by the police and insurance

agencies that can record on video the emotions and visual images seen by the witness

In “Crocodile,” the whole mess gets started when Mia and Rob, driving back from the club, accidently hit a bicyclist and kills him Then, instead of calling the cops, the paranoid couple decide to dispose of the body in a lake Fifteen years later, Mia decides to kill Rob for being a blabbermouth, gets investigated by an insurance agent, displays her memor y of killing Rob and the bicyclist on the screen, decides to kill the insurance agent, goes the insurance agent ’ s home and kills her husband and baby child, and then attends her child’s school musical This was all because of the

distinctly professional, polished sound From the day CupcakKe

u n ve i l e d h e r a l b u m a r t , i t became evident that she was more serious about her success and music than ever before Nevertheless, her music has not lost any of its eccentricity

The first track, “2 Minutes,” lives up to everything the album should be and is well written with positive, encouraging bars about overcoming struggles and being optimistic, such as “But I’m dealing with real shit / My stretch marks really itch / My hair haven’t grown an inch / But I’m still that bitch ” Right away, the listener knows that Ephorize is going to be as real and raw as it gets

“Cartoons,” the second track, was released prior to the album

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recaller If I was in this situation, I would be wishing that my mother went through on her decision on driver’s ed

“Ha ng the D J”

The technology: Tinder meets teenage fiction dystopian society, where the dating algorithm determines if you and the person you swiped right on are compatible based on the number of simulations in which the two of you rebelled against men with tasers

Initially, I was a fan of this My dating life right now is like the real-life version of any Kidz Bop song: it’s a sad joke An app that sorts out the mess of “is she the one ” for me without getting my hands dirty seems great But the idea of me fighting a simulated totalitarian society along with a stranger seems too much I honestly do not think there is anyone who can beat all of the buff bodyguards while I complain the whole time

“B la ck Museum”

The technology: In this episode, there are multiple devices, that can transfer consciousness from one body to another body or inanimate object

I honestly am not ver y worried about this technology Ethical arguments aside, I do not think that anyone would ever want to keep my consciousness after my death My parents would be happy for a finally quiet house, my friends would be glad to get rid of an obnoxious man-child, and I probably wouldn’t have a girlfriend (still)

Wilbert Ren is a sophomore in the College of Engineering He can be reached at wr62@cornell edu

message, but begins to introduce new listeners to the type of artist she is It isn’t until “Duck Duck Go o s e ” t h a t t h e a u d i e n c e i s exposed to signature CupcakKe

One of the four explicit tracks on Ephoriz e, “Duck Duck Goose” is not for the weak To anyone who may be familiar with CupcakKe’s previous work, “Duck Duck Goose” is an improved, catchier version of “Deepthroat” (the title says it all) and has nothing to do with the childhood game I am probably not allowed to write most of the lyrics on this track, as the mildest it gets is “Turn it into a Yeezy shirt when you rip off my top / My box already small, it don't need to be cropped ” The “Duck Duck Goose” music video is full of dildos and CupcakKe in a duck onesie, and is the epitome of her artistic style

Perhaps the catchiest track on Ephorize, “Crayons” is an ode to

“Cartoons” is witty, but still raw CupcakKe best highlist her rapping skills in “Cartoons,” and it’s the track you’ll want to learn how to rap not only because it’s f a s t , b u t b e c a u s e i t ’ s f u n CupcakKe may not deliver a big, m

the LGBTQ community Ever since her 2016 song “LGBT,” it h a s b e e n n o s e c re t t h a t CupcakKe is not afraid to be an ally “Crayons” not only demonstrates CupcakKe’s growth as a writer and artist, but as a person This time around, she shows a better perspective of the community and criticizes problematic stereotypes, such as “Girl on girl, they like ‘ yup’/But when it's man on man they like ‘yuck’ ” She expertly sums up her message on the second verse, “Ain't n o c o n f u s i o n , e ve r y b o d y human/ Get to know people instead of just assumin'/ Yeah, in conclusion, the gays ain't losin'/ Like boomerang ' cause I'm all about the movement ” The eighth track, “Self Interview,” is CupcakKe at her most exposed CupcakKe has been working hard for her music and fame, and in this track, she questions double standards and reminds herself to never change for fame: “I'm hoping I never be that, you know? Never change

for the fame, stay me ” Not many artists show the downside to being famous, and if they did, nobody would want to be a celebrity CupcakKe, however, reveals ugly truths, such as “Most wouldn't comprehend, double standards need to end / It's a list of shit I could name but it ain't enough ink in this pen / Spent three hours on makeup with my face covered like peek-a-boo ” Most rappers have a focus, whether it be identity, culture, sexuality or politics CupcakKe is all about sexual liberation, her struggles and remaining optimistic, which sends the perfect

2018 CupcakKe is not afraid to be herself and show her fans the not-so-glamorous parts of her life, or attack double standards, which is what more rappers female or not should aspire to do

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Men’s Hockey Stuffs

Raiders at Lynah

Between the pipes, freshman Matt Galajda was dominant once

a g a i n A f t e r s e n i o r Ha yd e n Stewart’s return from injury this week, the rookie goaltender kept his spot in net, making his fourth consecutive start Galajda made 24 saves for his fourth career shutout

“It’s game-to-game and weekto-week for us right now, ” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said of the ongoing goalie competition between Galajda and Stewart “I like both of them and Hayden

was going then got hurt Now Matt’s in, and he’s kind of got it rolling ” Galajda stopped a flurry of Colgate opportunities in the first half of the third period after a first two frames controlled mainly by the Red

“Our team played well tonight in front of me and didn’t give them many chances,” Galajda said “It’s pretty comfortable at home here, it’s nice to have the fans back I felt dialed in from the start and pretty confident ”

By ZACHARY SILVER

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watch list Morgan is the only Ivy Leaguer named to the list of 30 Morgan is currently ranked sixth in the nation in scoring at 23 5 points per game, up from 18 1 last year, while maintaining efficient shooting at 49 percent from the field and 38 percent from beyond the arc The guard is coming off his second consecutive Ivy League scoring title and is looking to lead this year ’ s Red to its first Ivy League title since the 2009-2010 season The winner of the 2017-2018 Lute National Player of the Year

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No. 4 Icers Sweep Colgate With Consecutive Shutouts

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

Junior linemates Anthony Angello and Mitch Vanderlaan continued their scoring onslaught on Friday night against C o l g a t e , extending the Red’s unbeaten streak to seven

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(15-2-1, 9-1-1 ECAC) cruised to a 2-0 victory over the No 19 Raiders (10-9-4, 6-4-1) in the front end of a home-and-home series The two teams are set to meet again Saturday night at Colgate

Angello dominated offensively for the Red, scoring two goals to bring his season total to eight

Angello’s first goal of the contest came just 2:40 into the first, and showcased the red-hot “BAM” line of freshman Brendan Locke, Angello and Vanderlaan

The three have combined for 41 points this season Vanderlaan set up the goal by entering the zone in transition near the blue line and drawing three Colgate defenders before finding an open Angello, who drove to the net and flipped the puck past Colgate goaltender Colton Point

“I’ve played with [Vanderlaan] all of freshman year, a lot of last year and then this year, ” Angello said “It’s just one of those things that I know where he’s going to be at all times on the ice It’s just one of those weird connections ”

The Red’s second goal gave them a comfortable lead and ended a power play drought 43 seconds into the second period

Entering Friday’s matchup with zero goals in its last 15 man-advantage chances, the Red was finally able to notch a power play goal when Angello, moving to the slot between the circles, redirected a shot from d e f e n s e m a n Yanni Kaldis to give his team a 2-0 lead Va

n and Angello have combined for 14 points seven goals and seven assists in their last five games Angello has seven goals in his last seven games

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

Freshman goaltender Matt Galajda and the stifling Cornell defense in front of him stole the show again Saturday to complete a sweep of Colgate

G a l a j d a made 23 saves for his second consecutive shutout It’s the first time a Cornell goaltender has recorded back-to-back shutouts since Mitch

Five women’s hockey alumnae selected to Canadian Olympic roster

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Scrivens ’10 one of three goalies on men’s squad

By RAPHY GENDELER Sun Staff Writer

Cornell alumnus and former NHL goaltender Ben Scrivens ’10 will represent his home country on the ice at the upcoming PyeongChang Olympics

Team Canada announced its roster Thursday, which unlike in the past, doesn’t contain any current NHL players The league’s players aren ’ t participating in the 2018 games Scrivens, 31, currently plays for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League in Russia His wife, Jenny Scrivens ’10 was also a Cornell goaltender, making 1,336 career saves Scrivens played four seasons in a Cornell sweater, including three as the starter He recorded a career 1 93 goals against average