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Cornell Cinema Goal: Survival

By YUICHIRO KAKUTANI Sun Staff Writer

to The Sun on Wednesday that she requested the review and that Pollack “determined that it would not be appropriate for her to intervene ”

“[President Pollack] determined that it would not be appropriate for her to intervene.”

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reviewed Student Assembly’s November vote to eliminate undergraduate funding of the cinema and decided to let the student representative body’s decision stand Mary Fessenden, the cinema director, confirmed

“We have accepted this determination and are now pursuing other avenues in hopes of securing ‘bridge funding’ for the upcoming year that will enable us to continue operating while we restructure the program, ” Fessenden said Cornell Cinema faces an uncertain future following the Student Assembly debate that captured the attention of students for weeks in November and culminated

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ICE Arrests 3rd Ithacan in 2

By NICHOLAS BOGELBURROUGHS Sun City Editor

U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents descended on Ithaca, a

“[Arrests] are part of the Trump Administration’s strategy to divide our comunities.”

sanctuary city, on Tuesday and arrested an “unlawfully present foreign national” as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, the third man arrested by ICE in downtown Ithaca in two weeks

Agents from ICE’s Homeland Security Investigation unit arrest-

ed the man, who has not been identified, around noon on Tuesday, according to ICE spokesperson Khaalid Walls and a local immigrant rights group

The arrest came exactly two weeks after two Thai citizens were arrested by ICE in downtown Ithaca and less than a year after ICE arrested a Mexican citizen residing in Ithaca in a move that brought hundreds of people to the Ithaca Commons to protest the federal action

The Rapid Response Network, a group formed by the Tompkins County Immigrant Rights Coalition to aid people detained by ICE or Customs and Border Patrol agents, responded to downtown Ithaca shortly after Tuesday’s arrest, Ithaca College Prof Patricia Rodriguez, a member of the coalition’s steering committee, told The Sun

“The ICE arrests of immigrants working in Ithaca are part of the Trump Administration’s strategy to divide our communities between those who ‘deserve’ human rights and those who do not, ” the coalition said in a statement sent by Ithaca College Prof Beth Harris late on Wednesday “The Tompkins County Immigrant Rights Coalition calls on our community to deepen our support to those living and working with us, whether or not they have been granted official documentation,” the statement continued Walls said the man is in ICE custody and that the probe by Homeland Security Investigation agents is ongoing Rodriguez declined to identify the man or the exact location of the arrest, citing the request of witnesses at

By NICHOLAS BOGELBURROUGHS Sun City Editor

Ithaca Police arrested an Ithaca man on Wednesday and accused him of committing three armed robberies in and around Ithaca in a one-week period The three stick-ups were among at least seven armed robberies in Tompkins County in less than two months that concerned police and residents Police arrested Curt

Rosenfeld, a 32-year-old Ithaca resident, and charged him with three felony counts of robbery in the first degree The three robberies at Shortstop Deli on Christmas Eve, Byrne Dairy on Dec 19 and Mirabito Convenience Store in Dryden on Dec 17 all involved a white male displaying what appeared to be a gun and fleeing with cash and, in one case, cigarettes “It’s like one after the other,”

See ROBBERY page 5

By EMILY YANG Sun Staff Writer

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“To each of our students who must now fear for their future, please know that Cornell stands with you ”

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D e p t h i n l i n e s | Featuring several artists from the 19th and 20th centuries, Drawing the Line focuses on sketches from European artists whose subjects included landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, allegories and “whimsical” subjects

Fight To the Beginning: The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage in New York

8 a m - 5 p m , Lobby, Mann Librar y

Surface Design in Fashion - Works by Professor Kinor Jiang and Collaborators

8 a m - 8 p m , Jill Stuart Galler y, Human Ecology Building

Drawing the Line: 150 Years of European Artists on Paper 10 a m - 5 p m , Johnson Museum of Art

Strategy and Business Economics Recruiting Seminar: Marcel Preuss 11:15 a m - 12:45 p m , 333 Sage Hall

How to Find an Ocean? 4 p m , 105 Space Sciences Building

Musicology Colloquium: Mozart’s “ Threads Through the Labyrinth” Revisited 4:30 p m , Lincoln Hall

Absolute Beginner’s Tango Workshop 7 p m , Baker Portico, Physical Sciences Building

Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty Seminar 12 p m , 429 Rockefeller Hall

Ezra's Round Table/Systems Seminar: Chris Myers (Cornell Physics) - Dynamics of Infectious Disease Spread Across Populations, Networks, and Landscapes 12:15 p m , 253 Frank H T Rhodes Hall

Cognitive Science Colloquia Series 12:20 p m , 202 Uris Hall

Animal Health Hackathon 1 - 10 p m , eHub Collegetown

Lea Nienhaus - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Chemistry Colloquium"From Imaging Excitons at the Nanoscale to Emerging Device Applications" 4 - 5:30 p m , 120 Physical Sciences Building

Cornell Games Club Weekly Meeting 7 p m , 156-164 Goldwin Smith Hall

Mike Cheng-Yu Lee, Fortepiano: C U Music 8 p m , Auditorium, Barnes Hall

Late Night Breakfast 10 p m - midnight, Okenshields, Willard Straight Hall

By CELINE CHOO Sun Staff Writer

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Choo can be reached at cchoo@cornellsun com

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d a t e t h e c a m p u s t o b e “ b e t t e r, m o r e e f f e c t i v e [ a n d ] m o re s u s t a i n a b l e ” C a r n e y a l s o p l a n s t o r e s t o r e l e g a c y b u i l d i n g s , s u c h a s M c G r a w a n d S i b l e y H a l l , a n d f u r t h e r w o r k o n t h e E n g i n e e r i n g Q u a d , No r t h C a m p u s h o u s i n g a n d t h e C o r n e l l Te c h c a m p u s Sh e i s a l s o t a s k e d w i t h m a n a g i n g t h e a r c h i t e c t s i n v o l v e d w i t h o n - c a m p Su s p r o j e c t s a n d p re s e n t i n g p r o p o s a l s t o t h e B o a rd o f Tr u s t e e s C a r n e y w i l l b e f i l l i n g a p o s t t h a t h a s r e m a i n e d e m p t y f o r a y e a r a f t e r Gi l b e r t D e l g a d o , C o r n e l l’s p re v i o u s u n i v e r s i t y a r c h it e c t , l e f t f o r a p o s i t i o n a t t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f To r o n t o D e l g a d o s e r v e d f r o m Au g u s t 2 0 0 7 t o e a r l y 2 0 1 6 a n d ov e r s a w t h e c o n s t r u ct i o n o f t h e We s t C a m p u s d o r m i t o r i e s a n d Mi l s t e i n H a l l

“More connectivity ... allows for more interdisciplinary interaction among students ” Margaret McFadden Carney ’81

C o l l e g e t o w n h a s “ g r ow n u p ” s i n c e s h e g r a du a t e d f r o m C o r n e l l ’ s C o l l e g e o f A r c h i t e c t u r e , A r t a n d P l a n n i n g , C a r n e y s a i d , a d d i n g t h a t t h e c a mp u s h a s b e c o m e m o r e c o h e s i v e w i t h “ m o re c o nn e c t i v i t y b e t w e e n t h e e a s t a n d w e s t s i d e s o f c a m p u s [ t h a t ] a l l ow s f o r m o re i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y i n t e r a ct i o n a m o n g s t u d e n t s ” C a r n e y h a s b e e n i n v o l v e d i n t h e d e s i g n o f s e v e r a l C o r n e l l f a c i l i t i e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e S c h o e l l k o p f Fi e l d p a r k i n g g

Maryam Zafar can be reached at mzafar@cornellsun com

By JACOB WEXLER Sun Staff Writer

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dents, Manish Raghavan and Justine Zhang, were chosen for Microsoft’s Ph D Fellowship Program for 201819, which accepts only 10 students nationwide each year

Raghavan and Zhang are Cornell’s first recipients of the fellowship since 2015 This year also marked the first year since 2009 that Cornell had more than one student awarded the fellowship, which covers full tuition for two years while providing the stud

$32,000

Cornell’s Ph D program in computer science is consistently ranked as one of the top six such programs in the countr y Students in the program are fully funded by Cornell with t

research assistantships or fellowships

“One of the nice things about being in a Ph D program, especially at a place like Cornell, is that you can b a s i c a l l y w o r k o n w h a t e v e r y o u want You have autonomy to work on what you want to work on, ” Raghavan said Raghavan described the program as “ a good community” with an amicable environment and people

“It feels like people are pretty close together here You see the same people and if those are the people you want to hang out with, what more can you ask for?” Raghavan said

When a Cornell student receives a fellowship, it is also beneficial to o t h e r C o r n e l l s t u d e n t s , R a g h a va n explained

“ The more fellowships that students at Cornell get, the better we ’ re able to handle funding [for] all the students,” Raghavan said

Raghavan is unsure as to what he will do after completing the Ph D p r o g r a m b u t i s l o o

entering academia

Raghavan, who studied computer science as an undergraduate at the Un i

Be rk e l e y chose to come to Cornell largely b e

Cornell faculty member with whom he had worked with over the summer

“ The faculty here are definitely a big draw,” Raghavan added “It’s why a lot of people at Cornell are at Cornell ” Zhang could not be reached for comment

Jacob Wexler can be reached at jwexler@cornellsun com

Federal Immigration Agents Arrest 3rd Man in Ithaca in 2 Weeks

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the scene, but confirmed that the special agents were seen on the Commons on Tuesday

On Jan 9, during a five-day sweep of Western New York, ICE arrested two Thai nationals Somkiat Wandee and Patithan Maiyodklang in Ithaca The

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o s Gutierrez, a health and safety trainer at the Tompkins County Workers’ Center, as saying the two men were working at Taste of Thai at the time of the arrest and that one of the men had missed an appointment with immigra-

Maiyodklang were being held at the Buffalo Federal Detention

Wednesday night The nearest Homeland Security Investigation field office is in Williamsville, near Buffalo

A hostess at Taste of Thai on Tuesday evening told The Sun that the restaurant ’ s owner was currently in Thailand and that she was not authorized to discuss the arrests She declined to say if the man arrested on Tuesday was an employee T

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Homeland Security, of which ICE

Police minutes before the Jan 9 arrest and told Ithaca Police officials that there was going to be a DHS operation in the city, Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said The DHS official did not specify what kind of operation was going to be car-

declined to standby at the location

Williamson, a spokesperson for the department, confirmed that DHS did not contact the department in advance of Tuesday’s arrest and added that the department does not participate in ICE operations

employees including Ithaca Police from inquiring about a p e r s o n ’ s i m m i g r a

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tion status unless it i s n e c e s s a r y t o investigate criminal activity The legislation also prohibits Ithaca Police from providing an immigration agency with access to an individual if the agency ’ s s o l e p u r p o s e i s enforcement of federal immigration law

last thing we want is people being abused and not being able to call local law enforcement.”

which ICE said in a news release that it detained 35 men and 11 women who are foreign nationals ICE said in the release that half of those arrested during the sweep had criminal conv i c t i o n s a n d t h a t the operation “ targeted public safety t h re a t s , ” a l t h o u g h the unsigned release also said it was targeting “other immigration violators” as well

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen recently told a Se n a t e c o m m i t t e e t h a t t h e Department of Justice is exploring “what avenues might be available” to arrest and charge local officials who enact sanctuary legislation Myrick said recently that federal officials would have to put him “under the jail” to stop him from keeping the sanctuary city legislation in place

“I don’t like ICE coming into town, taking someone away, and not explaining who, what or why they did what they did,” Myrick said in a brief phone interview on Wednesday

“The absence of information” after Tuesday’s arrest, Myrick said, “breeds r umors, r umors create f e a r, a n d w h e n p e o p l e a re afraid bad things happen ”

My r i c k e m p h a s i ze d t h a t undocumented Ithacans should not be afraid to contact local police if they are victims of a crime

“No matter what your immigration status is, if you ’ re the victim of a crime or believe you might be, flag down a police officer, because the last thing we want is people being abused and not b e i n g a b l e t o c a l l l o c a l l a w enforcement,” he said

The two arrests earlier this month occurred during a five-day sweep in Western New York in

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national, on Cascadilla Street as he was on his way to work at Saigon Kitchen, The Sun previously reported He pleaded guilty to possessing a fake green card at the time of his arrest and an immigration judge released him o n $ 1 0 , 0 0 0

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Earlier this month, a U S Customs and Border Patrol van was seen in downtown Ithaca near the Ithaca Commons, but was not in the city for any investigative purpose, according to CBP “The CBP canine vehicle was in Ithaca for a veterinar y appointment,” CBP spokesperson David Long told The Sun on Jan 10, when the vehicle was spotted at the Sunoco on the corner of Green and Cayuga streets

The three ICE operations in the City of Ithaca have occurred on Tuesdays, some immigrant

recent days Harris urged “ concerned Ithacans” to join the Rapid Response Network “ to defend immigrants from abuses by gove

expand legal and other resources for arrested immigrants The network runs a hotline that can be reached at 607-358-5119

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nickbogel@gmail com

Pollack Declines to Intervene in Vote to Defund Cinema

stands, “ we do not have 100% confirmation of it or any amount above it at this time ”

in a Nov 30 vote to completely remove the student fee for the next fiscal year This fiscal year, the student fee will provide $150,943 to the cinema, 30 percent of its budget, according to figures from the University Provost’s office

Fessenden declined to share the letter she sent Pollack with The Sun, and in an email to Cornell Cinema staff, specifically urged board members not to share the letter with The Sun

“For those of you who may still have a copy of the letter that was sent to the President, I ask that you not share it with others or with Daily Sun reporters, etc , ” Fessenden wrote, saying the letter was “intended as confidential correspondence and should remain as such ”

Student Assembly’s vote 19 to 5, with three abstaining reduced student byline funding of the cinema from $10 90 per student to zero and was so contentious that it led one student representative to resign

“I devoted every possible moment of time and energy I had to S A and at the end of it, I voted for what I thought was the right thing to do,” Alec Martinez ’18, who voted to eliminate student funding for the Cornell Cinema and resigned shortly after, said in an interview on Wednesday He said his view on the funding “did not correlate” with the students who elected him, leading to his resignation

Hoping to survive after this semester, the cinema intends to rely more heavily on donations from alumni and supporters “ to get us through this transitional and difficult time,” Fessenden said

Provost Michael Kotlikoff, who in November said Cornell does not “have anything in our next year ’ s budget” to replace the student funding, did commit between $36,000 and $40,000 to the cinema for the next byline cycle But Fessenden told The Sun that while she believes the offer still

“It is much too early to know what a restructured Cornell Cinema will look like other than to say it will involve a reduction in programming,” Fessenden said

Deciding against challenging S A ’ s vote, Pollack finalized the assembly’s funding decisions Now, the cinema is forced to replace nearly a third of its revenue with other sources

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, meanwhile, voted to increase its student fee to $11 per student, an increase of 46 cents Graduate students’ activity fee makes up about 16 percent of the cinema’s budget this fiscal year

Gabe Kaufman ’18, S A vice president of finance and chair of the Appropriations Committee, said the Cinema should cut down on staff wages rather than non-staff expenditures

“It’s really the staff wages that are the most problematic,” Kaufman said

Cornell’s Office of the Provost released statistics last year that identified professional staff wages as comprising roughly 70 percent of the cinema’s expenditures, with other expenditures like programming and student wages taking up 30 percent

Yuji Yang ’19, Cornell Cinema’s student advisory board president, said that if the cinema cannot obtain replacement funding, it will have to show fewer movies

“It will certainly be a significantly smaller program ” if the cinema does not receive more funding, Yang said Kaufman said that for him to negotiate with the administration, the cinema must restructure

“If the cinema restructures and wants help to get new funding, new income, after it restructures, I don’t think a single person in the assembly, myself included, would object to helping the organizers, because no one hates the organization,” Kaufman said Kaufman’s indication that he will only negotiate for additional funding if the cine-

ma restructures appears at odds with fellow S A member Varun Devatha ’19, executive vice president of the assembly Devatha said in November, before he voted in favor of defunding the cinema, that he was pledging unqualified support for the Cinema, which was founded nearly 50 years ago “Student Assembly would essentially be providing support by reaching out to alumni for garnering that funding in the short term, ” Devatha said in November “We are essentially looking at generating $150,000 ” In addition to seeking new funding and restructuring itself, the cinema appears to be more cautious of the impact of the tides of public opinion on its organization than it was

last year, according to the email Fessenden sent to cinema staff and board members “I think it's important during this difficult time that we ‘ stay on message ’ as they say, and don't do/say anything that might jeopardize our chances of securing replacement funding in the near or longer term, ” Fessenden wrote in the email “At this point, we need to stay focused on the future and not get (re-)embroiled in what happened last semester (I say this last part mainly as a reminder to myself!)”

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs ’19 contributed reporting to this article

Student Assembly eliminated undergraduate byline funding of the Cornell Cinema last year, removing 30 percent of the cinema s revenue in a 19 to 5 vote, with three members abstaining

Suspect Arrested in String of Robberies

Sgt Matthe w Cowen said on Sunday after the Quik Shoppe gas station on Ithaca’s Nor thside was robbed by a man who police said displayed a gun tucked in his waistband There is no indication as of yet that Rosenfeld is connected to the Sunday robber y, but the string of minor

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Officer Jamie Williamson, a s p o k e s p e r s o n f o r t h e d e p a r tment, said in a statement that p o l i c e re c ove re d a p e l l e t g u n from Rosenfeld’s residence that police believe was used in all three of the robberies Rosenfeld is charged with a Class B felony that makes it a crime to s t e a l p r o p e r t y a n d d i s p l a y “ w h a t appears to be” a firearm Williamson said that clothing and other items relating to the robberies were also recovered during the search

of Rosenfeld’s residence Chief Pete Tyler said he created a task force drawing on law enforcement members from the Cornell University Police Depar tment, Tompkins County

S h e r i f f ’ s O f f i c e , Ne w Yo r k St a t e Police, FBI and Ithaca College public safety depar tment to aid Ithaca Police in the depar tment ’ s investigation

cases and I am glad we all worked together to accomplish the goal of a r r e s t i n g t h e p e r p e t r a t o r o f t h e s e crimes ” R o s e n f e l d w a s a r r a i g n e d i n t h e Town of Dr yden Cour t for the three robberies and is being held at the To m p k i n s C o u n t y Ja i l i n l i e u o f $25,000 bail, a corrections super visor a

“Old-fashioned police work solved these cases and I am glad we all worked together to acomplish the goal.”

“ With resources stretched thin, it's nice to be able to count on area law enforcement to consolidate resources to work more efficiently towards the end result,” Tyler told The Sun on Wednesday night “ Today was a good example of that ” Tyler said in a statement that “oldf a s h i o n e d p o l i c e w o rk

n Wednesday night Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said in a statement that the teamwork of the agencies involved “enabled them to close out these cases ” “It cer tainly is a job well done by ever yone involved,” he said Rosenfeld pleaded guilty last May in Ne w Jersey to charges of providing a false driver’s license number to a law enforcement officer and driving with a suspended license, the Ne w Jersey Herald repor ted l

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“Cornell since its founding has been committed to diversity and inclusion

SOPHIA DENG ’19

DAHLIA WILSON 19

JACOB RUBASHKIN 19

JULIAN OHTA ’19

BRIAN LAPLACA ’18

LEV AKABAS ’19

CHARLES COTTON ’19

KARLY KRASNOW 18

JEREMIAH KIM ’19

MEGAN ROCHE 19

DUSTIN LIU ’19

PHOEBE KELLER ’18

WORKING ON TODAY’S SUN

DESIGN DESKERS Emma Williams 19 Hannah Lee 20 Lei Lei Wu ’21 AD LAYOUT Brian LaPlaca 18 PRODUCTION DESKER Brian LaPlaca 18

EDITORS IN TRAINING

EDITOR IN CHIEF Jacob Rubashkin ’19

MANAGING EDITOR Alisha Gupta 20

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Katie Sims 20

PROJECTS EDITOR Megan Roche 19

DESIGN EDITOR Emma Williams 19 NEWS EDITORS Anu Subramaniam 20 Meredith Liu ’20

SPORTS EDITOR Dylan McDevitt ’19

ARTS EDITORS Lev Akabas 19 Viri Garcia ’20

PRODUCTION DESKER Lauren Woods ’19

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c ke t s Yo u m i g h t g i ve m e a p i t i n m y s t o ma c h e ve r y t i m e I re l o a d Bl a c k b o a rd A n d yo u m i g h t m a k e m e w a n t t o t h row m y i C l i c k e r a c ro s s t h e l e c t u re h a l l Bu t yo u g a ve m e a c h a n c e w h e n I n e e d e d i t m o s t Yo u ’ ve b ro u g h t m e b a c k t o p e o p l e w h o f e e l m o re l i k e f a m i l y t h a n a n yo n e e l s e Yo u b ro u g h t m e b a c k t o b o a rd g a m e s o n t h e c o u c h a n d m ov i e s i n t h e d a rk Yo u b ro u g h t m e b a c k t o n ove l s i n s e m i n a r s a n d d e b a t e s a b o u t p o l i t i c s , t o s c u l p t u re s i n m u s e u m s a n d s t a r i n g a t s t a r s o n t h e A r t s Qu a d Yo u b ro u g h t m e b a c k t o a g ro u p o f b r i g h t , yo u n g m i n d s , w h o , a d m i t t e d l y, a l l

Kelly Song is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ksong@cornellsun com The Songbird Sings runs biweekly

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You ’ re ready to start the new semester!

A beautiful planner you’ll use infrequently? Check! Finally going to tackle the requirement you dread? Check! Cutting your drinking down from four to three days a week? Check!

The perfect sex buddy relationship you ’ re going to ruin by mid-semester? Check!

The beginning of the semester is the perfect time to start a new relationship to which you’ll soon be too stressed to commit I hope to give you all the tools you need to start this new affair: where to meet your partner, how to mix signals and confuse both parties, how to best drag out the crash when you realize you actually kind of hate them

Oh, you don’t have a shortlist of waiting partners yet? Don’t worry, even though you ’ re already behind As long as you put in the work, you won ’ t completely fail (That sounds like what every professor tells you when you switch into a class two weeks into the semester They’re lying I’m not )

There are really two traditional tracks you can take to find the fuck buddy of your most underwhelming dreams

The drunken encounter is the easier option, but it carries a lower success rate Pick your poison: Hideaway, Loco or any fraternity basement Make out with the first willing participant you find chugging a Keystone on the dance floor It is vital that you know their name, so try to find a second to introduce yourself before you move to a non-public, or at least less-public, environment But most importantly, slip them your number by the end of the evening so you don’t have to do the classic Facebook stalk and awkward message

ReykjaDick | Whoreoscopes

Should Only Sleep Other People

n o t h i n g s o t h e p e r s o n o yo u h a s i n g : l e a r nyo u r t r u s t h e y w a n t e d o t e c t t h e i r o r r i b l e p e rn g i n yo u r s i g n i f i c a n t r i e d m y s e l f m p o u n d i n g a l i m a g e o f

c u l t u re b e g s u s t o b o u n c e t o o u r n e x t re l a t i o ns h i p a s q u i c k l y a s h u m a n l y p o s s i b l e , a n d i n f o r m s u s t h a t t h e o n l y w a y t o g e t ove r s o m e o n e i s t o g e t u n d e r s o m e o n e e l s e Ye t , I k n ow t h a t I ’l l n e e d a t l e a s t a d a y, d u r i n g w h i c h I ’l l b i n g e s o m e Ne t f l i x a n d m a y b e w a t c h a h o r ro r m ov i e ( b e c a u s e f o r m e r i g h t n ow, l ove i s d e a d , t h e o n l y e m o t i o n s a re p a i n a n d f e a r ) So c i a l n o r m s t e l l u s n o t t o f e e l p a i n a n d s o r row ove r o u r re l a t i o n s h i p s a n d i n s t e a d t o

This tactic has two main pitfalls Firstly, drunk goggles are real and intoxicated hookups are not always safe hookups

Remember that you don’t need alcohol to feel confident enough to make a move, and always check in every step of the way

Secondly, there is no guarantee you’ll have anything in common Worst case scenario, they’re an engineer Pillow-talk for the rest of the semester will be based on them telling you “You probably won ’ t understand, so I’m not going to try to explain ” Maybe ask them what college they’re in or what their extracurriculars are before you get intimate

The study buddy option typically has a bigger reward but also carries more uncomfortable, and possibly grade-lowering, risks The clear strategy is to come to class as late as possible on the first day, scope the room and sit next to the most attractive person in the room After fifty minutes of the professor explaining why attendance is important and how a curve works, turn to them and say “Wow, this seems super hard Do you want to study together?” Okay, maybe not in so few words (and don’t forget to tell them your name), but that’s all there really is to it

If you ’ re successful, numbers will be exchanged and you’ll be well on your way to mediocre sex

This is where it gets difficult Compared to the instant success of the drunken encounter, the one-to-three week waiting period for the study to sex transition can seem endless Just hang in there! Start by asking them class-related questions only Slowly start to ask them their plans for the weekend or sending them memes only

s a l t w a t e r : d ow n m y e f a c t t h a t He d e c e i ve d a rk f o r h i s n t t o c r y I s c o rc h t h e s c r e a m i n g n o o n e i n i s B e r t h a n a l w h e e l s g r a m c a ps p u r n h i m e n s u re h e s h e h u r t Ju s t t o s u r e t h a t e k n ow s I h a v e l o s t a n a b i l it y t o r e t a i n t r u s t a n d t h a t m y c o n f i d e n c e i n m e n i s s h a t t e re d Ju s t t o e n s u re h e k n ow s h ow f u n d a m e n t a l l y d e c e i t f u l h i s a c t i o n s we re Ye t I w o n ’ t T h e e x - g i r l f r i e n d s p u r n e d by h e r b oy f r i e n d i s a n a c t o r t h a t re q u i re s o n l y m i l d p i t y Sh e c a n n o t d we l l o n i t f o r t o o l o n g t h a t w o u l d m a k e h e r u n a b l e t o b e s t ro n g o r t o b o u n c e b a c k Sh e c a n n o t t e l l e ve r yo n e t h a t h e i s a h o r r i b l e p e r s o n t h a t w o u l d m a k e h e r p e t t y Sh e c a n n o t a s k h i m t o l e a ve C o r n e l l t h a t w o u l d m a k e h e r u n f a i r a n d c r u e l Sh e m u s t m ove o n , g row a n d b e m a t u re Sh e c e r t a i n l y s h o u l d n ’ t e ve n b e w r i t i n g t h i s c o l u m n i n t h e f i r s t p l a c e So I ’l l s m i l e a t h i m w h e n I s e e h i m a ro u n d , a n d m ove o n b e c a u s e yo u c a n o n l y s c re a m yo u

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Finding Your Fuck Buddy

slightly connected to the material you ’ re studying Then, when that first prelim approaches, ask them to meet you at Mann for an hour or two to learn every concept you never tried to understand over the preceding weeks Over a Manndibles coffee invite them to a non-class-related event If you have been putting in the work, they’ll say yes and the rest will be history

The next step in either case is to make this relationship as confusing and awkward as possible Consider not waving to them when you seem them on campus It’ll make them question if they saw someone else, not the person they were sexiling their roommate for at 3 a m last night

Another option, a personal favorite of mine, is to kick them out 15 minutes after you have sex so there is absolutely no chance for you to actually get to know each other Don’t forget that as and then cancellin you ’ re positive there about is a classic ta choose, the key here of the direction in w heading

Don’t forget to d call them every wee ing feelings but inc typos and mispron make it impossible stand This is also option when you ’ tr ying to guard your heart from the strain of rejection

After one to

two months of general confusion, missed signals and passive-aggressive texts, you have to find the perfect way to ruin the relationship Whether you make-out with another person at a party to which you specifically invited your fuck buddy, or ghost them for a few weekends and then hit them with the “Hey” text on a late Wednesday night, make the ending as painful and unclear as the relationship itself If you ’ ve done your job correctly, the “break up ” will take almost as long as the time you actually spent semi-happily hooking up No matter what, second-guess your decision three or four times so you spend almost the whole semester giving the hook up another chance

The Uptight Tart is a student at Cornell University Slutty Endeavors appears monthly this semester

By CATHERINE HORNG Sun Staff Writer

One of the easiest ways to consume a lot of calories without gaining any nutrition is through drinking high-calorie beverages Soda and juice are full of sugar and will ensure that your plans to stay healthy will fall through Tr y to minimize consumption of sug-

instead Coffee, while essential to many students, can be deadly to your resolution when filled with

impossible to cut the much needed caffeine boost out of your life completely, be careful how much sugar and fat you add into it Additionally, avoid order-

or Café Jennie, which

Eating the rainbow ans that your plate of consists of more than rs A variety of color ies a variety of nutrixample, to get green

forced to get a salad To get red, you may have to include apples, strawberries, tomatoes and other fruits Generally if you stick to one or two colors, you will end up forgetting essential nutrients By eating the rainbow, people generally end up filling up on nutrient-rich foods rather than neglecting essential vitamins and minerals Make sure that these foods are naturally c o l o r e d ; a b a g o f Cheetos from Bear Necessities may add a color, but it does not necessarily add any nutrients

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completely bad for you may break your resolutions, and at that point your health streak may be unsalvageable Instead, eat your favorite foods in moderation If you spot something you want in one of the dining halls, don’t be afraid to grab a little, and remember it will most likely show up again another day

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Beauty in the Unfinished: Drawing the Line

BY VARUN BIDDANDA Sun Staff Writer

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rc a t i n g t h e s p a c e w i t h o u t d i sr u p t i n g i t , a n d i t i s t h i s s u b l i m e re s t r a i n t w h i c h t a k e s p l a c e a t t h e h e a r t o f t h e w o rk s ’ e l e g a n c e A s i m i l a r j u x t a p o s i t i o n o f a d r a w i n g w i t h i t s p a i n t i n g i s a p o r t r a i t by Du n c a n Gr a n t o f h i s c o l l e a g u e Mi n a K i r s t e i n Cu r t i s s T h e s k e t c h e m p l oy s c h a rc o a l a n d re d c h a l k a n d i n m a n y w a y s i s d e e p l y m ov i n g T h e s k e t c h d e p i c t s t h e s u b j e c t ’ s w i s t f u l g a ze o f p a i n f u l a c u i t y w h i l e t h e m e d i u m i t s e l f b e t r a y

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Varun Biddanda is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at vdb22@cornell edu

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The Shape of Water Is a Fairytale for Adults

BY LEV AKABAS Sun Staff Writer

The elevator pitch for The Shape of Water is “ a fair ytale for adults,” and the movie doubles down on this concept from the ver y beginning The opening shot, a graceful long take, sweeps through an under water home as if the viewer is swimming in it The image is surreal, especially

c o m b i n e d w i t h A l e x a n d re D e s p l a t ’ s enchanting score and Richard Jenkins’ narration about the “princess without a voice ” Within the first minute, we ’ ve been transported into director Guillermo Del Toro’s fantasy

Del Toro’s vivid imagination brings to life the stor y of a mute woman, Elisa (Sally Hawkins), in the 1960s who works as a janitor in a secret government laborator y in Baltimore The science facility has captured an aquatic, humanoid, referred to as The A s s e t C o l o n e l R i c h a rd St r i c k l a n d (Michael Shannon), a clearly sadistic psychopath, repeatedly tortures the creature and wants to dissect it to possibly gain an advantage over the Soviets in the Cold War Or something

The movie kicks into action when Elisa begins to develop a connection with the creature, which could be a little weird, for sure, but the relationship is handled with the maturity of one between two humans Somehow, this unlikely love stor y feels realistic Perhaps the attachment arises because Elisa, a mute orphan, and the creature, an inhuman, intimidating, blue being, are quickly dismissed by society as “others ” This theme permeates the script, particularly with the character of Elisa’s lonely, gay neighbor, played by Richard Jenkins, who adds a lot of gravitas to the movie through a number of heartfelt conversations with Elisa

In addition to universally fantastic performances, there’s a reason The Shape of Water received a near-record 13 Oscar

nominations, including in almost ever y technical categor y: the movie is one hell of a production Paul D Austerberr y ’ s lavish sets are particularly noteworthy we can practically reach out and touch the slime in the basement of the laborator y and Dan Lausten’s camera allows us to soak it all in

The colors in this movie are vibrant

The deep sea teals of the facility are complemented by the cinnamon hue of Giles’s apartment, both of which allow some of Elisa’s red clothing to pop off the screen

The film excels during the sequences in the facility when it’s riffing off classics like King Kong, ET and Beauty and the Beast Sally Hawkins gives a charming perfor-

mance as Elisa, who brings lunch for the aquatic being and feeds him, plays records for him and teaches him sign language

The work done by the filmmakers to bring the beast to life is remarkable, and Del

To ro m a n a g e s t o d e p i c t h i m a s b o t h imposing and human-like These scenes of love between Elisa and the beast, which I didn’t really expect to work, are some of the strongest in the movie

The third act hits a lot of predictable beats, however, with corny antics like villain monologuing and “shocking” twists

As Elisa tries to protect the creature from the baddies who are after him, the stor y abruptly turns into a classic Hollywood

thriller Maybe this familiarity and simplicity are appropriate for what is in essence a fair y tale, but some of the emotional heft dissipates in the finale Still, Del Toro manages to fittingly cap off the film with a memorable, ethereal closing shot

The Shape of Water isn’t an especially thought-provoking experience, but oh man is it visually sumptuous The film delivers on its promise of being an other worldly fair ytale so thoroughly that we hardly even realize we ’ ve just watched a film about beastiality, fish-human sex scene included

Lev Akabas is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences He can be reached at la286@cornell edu

Films About Mexico Should Stop Focusing on Día de los Muertos and Drugs

When I first saw an ad for Coco, I felt hopeful There aren ’ t very many movies about Mexican people, especially not children and family movies

However, once I watched the trailer, I was massively disappointed Time and time again, movies that focus on Mexicans are about either Día de los Muertos or drugs

I get it Día de los Muertos is cool and “ exotic,” but it definitely isn’t the most meaningful, representative thing about Mexico I also understand that drugs are possibly Mexico’s biggest problem, but why make that define a whole country? The film industry keeps trying to define Mexico based on either a meaningful, beautiful tradition or its unappealing, pressing drug issues

Believe it or not, us Mexican people do

more than celebrate our dead and fight over drugs It’s time more filmmakers delved into Mexican history and culture to paint a more accurate and less embarrassing Mexico

Coco was a good movie It won a Golden Globe and is now nominated for some Academy Awards Even thought it was done so beautifully, the movie still followed the Día de los Muertos trend Mexico can ’ t be molded and chopped to fit into a pretty, flashy box to be sold to audiences The film Traffic revolves around drug crimes, yet it remains as one of the must-see Mexican movies I was born and raised in Mexico and a large portion of my family still lives there, so I often visit The drug war has impacted my family only in minor ways, and I have never been anywhere in Mexico where Día

de los Muertos is a big deal; to me it seems like a decaying tradition All we do is buy pan de muerto (a traditional pastry for the occasion ) and put up an ofrenda (offering for our deceased relatives), or just light a candle next to a picture My family does those things, so I suppose we “celebrate” it, but how does that compare to what filmmakers show everyone? To me, Día de los Muertos was taught more like a routine than the grand celebration it is often portrayed as If the decay of the Día de los Muertos traditions continue, what will be left for the film industr y to r o m a n t i c i z e ? The answer lies in plain sight: Mexican people

Yes, movies about Día de los Muertos (and drug cartels) are about Mexican people, but they’re fake Mexican people Yes, movies are almost always unrealistic, but seeing something you can relate to on screen is worthwhile For instance, in Coco, when Miguel is pushed to eat more tamales, I laughed because it was relatable and true However, the rest of the movie felt like a shiny, far-off fantasy, and it was far less enjoyable

There are certain things that tie Mexican people together, but they can ’ t be learned by repeatedly displaying the same two tired

themes year after year For instance, homophobia is a big issue in Mexico because machismo is a huge part of Mexican culture, and as a start more films could scrutinize this Every Mexican state also has beautiful and unique traditions, such as the voladores de Papantla (Papantla flyers) in Veracruz, and I have not seen nearly enough of those in any mainstream film The 2012 Mexican documentary, Hecho en Mexico, takes the audience on a musical journey throughout Mexico, b e a u t i f u l l y demonstrates the richness that the country has to offer A film like this that isn’t a documentary, that people might view as “boring,” is what is needed now more than ever

All it takes to start steering the film and entertainment industry in a new direction, when it comes to Mexico, is to watch and listen Watch, listen and work with Mexican people who want their cultures shown in film It’s time to get rid of the tiny box of exotic Mexican things when creating films and art, and instead look to the country ’ s heart its people and create something new and Oscar-worthy

Viri Garcia is a sophomore in the college of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at vgarcia@cornellsun com Guest Room runs periodically this semester

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C.U. Just Two Wins Away From Clinching Ancient Eight

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Donato, who will join the U S Olympic Team after this weekend, has 20 goals and centers a dangerous line with Le wis Zer ter-Gossage and Ty PeltonByce, who rank second and third

on the team in points, respectively “ They’re a good team [and] they’ve got a lot of skill up front So we ’ ve got to focus on shutting down their top guys and playing

well defensively,” Galajda said H a r v a r d , w h o s e 1 - 5 - 1 November record sent them in a downward spiral, is 7-1-3 in its last 11 and is 4-0-1 in its last five home tilts

In Hanover, the Red will look to avoid becoming Dar tmouth’s next top-five win The Green downed then-No 1 Denver in December before beating thenNo 2 Clarkson last weekend

“Ever yone wants to be the big dog and take us down and that’s something that we embrace and take in on a daily basis,” Angello said “And we ’ re ready for ever yone ’ s effor t because we ’ re going to bring one heck of [an] effor t of our own ”

Along with its No 2 ranking, Cornell is tied for first in the PairWise rankings, which puts it in position for a No 1 seed in the NCAA tournament But, as conference opponents heat up, Schafer isn’t worried about this ranking with ten games to play

“ There’s one time of the year when PairWise matters That’s when they select the teams for t

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No. 2/4 Icers Hit the Road for Pair of Ivy Contests

Red set for conference rematches, looks to complete season sweeps of league foes Harvard, Dartmouth

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

Cornell men ’ s hockey will take the road to face two of the hottest teams in the conference this weekend all while the Red is riding an eight-game unbeaten streak of

its own

The Red (16-2-1, 10-1-1 ECAC) is coming off a homeand-home sweep of Colgate and will clash with Harvard (9-6-4, 8-3-3) Friday and Dartmouth (8-10-2, 6-6-1)

Saturday The Red can clinch the Ivy League title with a pair of wins

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Red to Host Clarkson, SLU

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Last year, the Cornell women ’ s hockey team took two tough losses in the same week, to the same team, in the same building The first came in the ECAC title game, when the Red fell short of the conference trophy in a gr ueling 1-0 defeat at Clarkson

“These are two very important games with respect to the conference standings.”

Six days later, the Red’s 2016-17 campaign came to a heartbreaking end in the NCAA tournament, falling again to the eventual national champion Golden Knights for a second consecutive game A new season provided no further luck, as Cornell (12-62, 9-4-1 ECAC) returned to the scene of the crime earlier this season only to take a beating at the hands of then-No 2 Clarkson by a score of 6-0

This weekend, the Red will look to finally secure a victory over the Golden Knights (21-3-1, 12-2) in its first home game against the squad in nearly a year

The last time Clarkson made a trip to East Hill was Feb 18 of last year, when the Red lost in an overtime thriller on its annual senior day

not give Clarkson many opportunities to score ”

Cornell’s most recent victor y over Clarkson came during the Jan 20 regular season matchup on the road last year, when the Red ended its conference rival’s 18-game unbeaten streak and handed the Golden Knights their first and only conference loss of the season

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Clarkson presents the more emotional contest of the weekend, the Red will also face a tough matchup against a different team from North Country in No 8 St

Lawrence The Saints will come to town on Saturday for a rematch of the Red’s 30 victory earlier this season

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“They’re going to give us a really good run for our money, ” said junior forward Anthony Angello, who has seven goals in his last eight games “Especially Harvard, playing them on Friday, [after] beating them with two seconds left here at Lynah [Nov 11], I’m sure they’re itching to play ”

The last time Cornell took on the Crimson and the Green was one of the season ’ s most exciting weekends and cemented the Red as a serious threat, both in the ECAC and nationally

The 3-0 win against Dartmouth and the come-frombehind, last-second thriller against Harvard improved the Red’s record to 6-0 to begin the season

Eleven weeks later, up to No 2 in the country in the USCHO rankings and tied for first in the ECAC, this weekend may be the Red’s toughest test yet

“We have a tremendous opportunity and tremendous challenge this weekend playing both Dartmouth and Harvard on the road, two teams that are arguably right behind us as far as how hot they are, ” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86

After freshman goaltender Matt Galajda’s pair of 2-0 shutouts of Colgate last weekend, the Red will set out to maintain its national prominence by taking down two squads who spent last weekend sending seemingly unbeatable Clarkson back to earth

On Friday, Harvard earned a 6-6 tie with the Golden Knights thanks to an extra-attacker goal in the final minute and Dartmouth downed Clarkson, 3-2, the next day The two contests ended Clarkson’s streak of ten straight conference victories to start the season

Harvard is tied with the Red for the country ’ s longest active unbeaten streak Both streaks will be tested in

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“Clarkson is a very strong team both defensively and offensively,” said head coach Doug Derraugh ’91 “We need to be tough defensively [because] you can-

“These are two very important games with respect to the conference standings and the conference tournament, and hopefully getting to the NCAA tournament, ” said freshman defender Kendra Nealey “We’re looking forward to home ice advantage and coming in being the team that’s most determined to win ”

Along with its eight shutouts this season, which are tied for the most in colleg i a t e w o m e n ’ s h o c k e y,

Knights also enjoy the nation’s fourthranked offense, averaging 4 16 goals per game All said, the Red will need to play sound hockey on both ends of the ice if it

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