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Pollack Spotlights Task Force Amid Diversity Initiatives

Task force still in planning stages as representation is considered

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun Managing Editor

In the past month, residents of the Latino Living Center heard chants to “build a wall” around their residence, a possible hate crime occurred in Collegetown and the N-word was used at a house dinner on West Campus

President Martha Pollack is disgusted and has vowed to take action The University has already taken some steps to increase inclusivity on campus, but Pollack is delegating possibly the most important decisions to the hands of others

In an interview with The Sun, Pollack highlighted the upcoming formation of a Presidential Task Force, a group that she previously said will be “charged with examining and addressing persistent problems of bigotry and intolerance at Cornell” and will recommend how the University can create a more inclusive environment

The task force has become an increasingly important part of Cornell’s efforts for inclusion Its formation was not only included in one of Pollack’s first announcements after the alleged Collegetown assault of a black student, but it was also mentioned in two sets of demands delivered to Pollack in recent weeks

One of those sets came from Black Students United

Delivering its demands just before leading over 300 students in a march from Day Hall to Willard Straight Hall, which it occupied for several hours, the group called for “ a permanent Presidential Task Force for student community leaders to have bi-annual meetings with the current President of the university ”

Pollack Addresses Staff Diversity Concerns

By JOHN YOON Sun Assistant News Editor

President Martha Pollack on Tuesday delivered her first address to Cornell’s staff, lauding them as the “ unsung heroes” of the University, and highlighted their role in the recent and upcoming diversity initiatives on campus

“I can ’ t do my job without

“The mistake that we make all the time is to start by thinking about faculty and students.”

the support of staff and our students can ’ t learn without the support of staff,” Pollack said Reflecting on the inaugural speech she delivered in August, Pollack told the staff that they have a role in carrying out the University’s priorities just as much as the administration, faculty and students do Pollack said one of her priorities in the past six months of being at Cornell has been to meet and speak with faculty,

students and staff a part of her job she said she has enjoyed the most

In that same period, Pollack has also faced a rapidly changing political climate, multiple incidents of apparent racial bias and the arrest of a student charged with hate crime followed by several demands for a strong response by the administration against racism

In her speech, hosted by the Employee Assembly, which represents Cornell’s staff of more than 8,000, Pollack highlighted the focus on strengthening diversity and inclusion on campus not only among students and faculty, but also staff

“The mistake that we make all the time is to start by thinking about faculty and students,” she said “I think the issues of staff are equally important ”

Especially on the topic of professional development and retention among staff of color, Pollack said she would promote policies implemented to increase faculty diversity to be instituted among staff

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In a second set of demands, sent a week later by members of the Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement’s Student Leadership Council, Pollack was urged to increase the size of the task force to 20 members, up from its original proposed size of 10 to 12 Graduate students also demanded that they be able to nominate their own representatives to the task force

Pollack originally intended to convene the task force as soon as possible, the president told The Sun, but the question of who is going to be on the task force is “nuanced and tricky and we want to make sure we get it right ”

“Getting it right is much more important than getting it done We’re dealing with issues that have been around for centuries,” she told The Sun “And an extra week or two to get it right is worth it ”

Pollack has said that the point of the task force will be to examine the ideas that various people bring up including those ideas brought forth in the demands but that the size of the group needs to be small enough to be able to take action

“If you have a cast of thousands you won ’ t get the work done, so we ’ re trying to figure out a way to ensure that there is good representation, representation that does sufficient outreach, but is still a group that can come with actionable recommendations within a reasonable amount of time,” she said

The decision of who exactly will be on the task force to

Former Cornell Prof Wins Nobel Prize

Thaler hailed as ‘pioneer’ of behavioral economics research

By RACHEL WHALEN Sun News Editor

When Prof Richard Thaler, behavioral science and economics, University of Chicago, first stepped onto Cornell’s campus to take on a professorship at the Graduate School of Management, he was already working on material that won him a Nobel prize on Monday

for its emphasis not on humanity, but on the numbers

“In order to do good economics, you have to keep in mind that people are human ”

Thaler took home the prize in what was apparently an overdue win for the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, The New Yorker said Thaler turned economists’ attention to human behavior in a discipline perhaps better known

“In order to do good economics, you have to keep in mind that people are human,” Thaler told The New York Times after his victory was announced Thaler’s genius comes from questioning a simple but precarious assumption: that human behavior is inherently rational Thaler, who has been a long time partner of Princeton psychologist Daniel Kahneman also a Nobel Prize winner questioned this assumption, arguing that people behave in predictably irrational

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Cornell Officially Observes Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Veterans Speak Out Against War on Terror

By BREANNE FLEER

Veterans and community members gathered in Dewitt Park on Friday afternoon, the 16th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, to speak out against the continuation of the War on Terror and American overseas wars

The event, which was organized by Christopher Hanna ’18 and Vietnam-era veteran Louie DeBenedette, was created in response to calls by antiwar leaders for protests in response to the Afghanistan invasion anniversary, according to the event ’ s Facebook page

“As the Senate passes a $700 billion ‘defense’ bill and the ‘ War on Terror’ decimates communities from Yemen to Somalia, it is important that we demand an end to U S involvement in imperialist wars everywhere,” read a post on the event ’ s Facebook page

Hanna emphasized the need to stand against American militarism, which he said has been supported by both political parties but must be challenged particularly in the context of recent escalations of rhetoric by President Donald Trump

“We’re organizing it because Trump is ramping up the U S militar y-industrial complex’s global terrorism against defenseless civilian populations, including the people of Yemen,” Hanna told The Sun “He has indicated his intent to escalate the ‘forever war ’ in Afghanistan and has threatened to wipe out millions of North Koreans This genocidal and militaristic rhetoric needs to be challenged ”

DeBenedette, who recalled being sent to a mental hospital and given medication for questioning the Vietnam War, called the Afghanistan War “another Vietnam ” He explained that the main message he wanted to express was one of community

“To form communities, it is a resistance to all that is going on in the oppressive militarism and racism and so on, ” he told The Sun “Anti-war communities, that was the best way we had during the Vietnam war, was to join other vets, join

other people ”

During the speak-out, DeBenedette symbolically burned his honorable discharge notice from the Vietnam era

“I’ve had it for 50 years, ” he said “I want to burn it There is no honor on their part, that’s for sure ”

The speak-out was attended by around 30 to 40 people, some of whom belonged to cosponsoring organizations that included Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America, Cornell Young Democratic Socialists and Food Not Bombs Ithaca Speakers included DeBenedette, army veteran Harry Pruyne, Ithaca Catholic Workers member Mary Anne Grady Flores and others Flores, who was sentenced to prison after photographing an anti-drone protest outside the Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse in 2013, spoke out against the use of drone warfare and against the white supremacy that she said underlies global problems today

“The fact is, we need to look at what white supremacy is about, because this is all rooted in our white supremacy, ” she said “In order to understand the issues of justice in the world today, including the Black Lives Matter movement, the U S unending war in Afghanistan, the U S drone wars in the Middle East, the Israeli occupation of Palestine and U S global power gone unchecked, it’s based in this deeply held belief ”

Flores says she hopes events like these will help people come together and recognize the courage of anti-war veterans

“I hope that people can reclaim as a community our humanity,” she told The Sun “Hearing from these people that have been in positions of killing others and to have the moral strength to pull back from that is huge It is huge, and we don’t give them enough credit, I think, to stand up for their conscience I get energized by being among them and being with ever ybody here ”

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Pollack to Empower Presidential Task Force

Assembly have passed resolutions urging t h e Un i v e r s i t y A s

represent the community has likely been a cause of the delay in the formation, especially given the stakes

Vice President for University Relations

Joel Malina said in a statement last week that “ While we are all eager to get the effort started, we want to make sure it is structured in a way to maximize its success, ” before announcing that Pollack will have additional meetings before completing the task force

Pollack has not yet revealed what exactly will be within the task force’s pur view, but some demands that have so far gone unsatisfied seem likely to fall into the hands of the group

Among the more prominent issues it could examine is the push to amend the Campus Code of Conduct to ban hate speech Both the Student Assembly and the Graduate and Professional Student

Judicial Committee through which such an amendment would likely have to pass to consider the ban

But the buck could stop with Pollack, who would likely have to approve any such ban before it could go into effect The president has noted that drawing the line on what constitutes hate speech may prove difficult and could even have the opposite effect of what its proponents intend

“ When I look at the histor y of speech suppression, when I look at hate codes, what I see are enormously difficult issues having to do with drawing the lines, and what I see is that almost always it is the case that the ver y people you ’ re tr ying to protect are the ones who get harmed by the speech codes,” Pollack said in the inter view

But she also pointed out that not all speech is free including harassment and speech that incites violence and said

Former Prof Wins Nobel Prize

ways, The Times reported

For example, Thaler argued for making participation in retirement plans or school lunches the default, according to the report As people are far less likely to act than to stay with the status quo, more people would benefit if the status quo were the more wholly beneficial option

Thaler’s field is far from typical in economics His field of behavioral economics, drifting outside the mainstream, made him a less likely recipient of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science’s greatest academic honor

“Everybody knew that he was bright, that he was brilliant,” Kahneman said in an inter view with The New Yorker “But he wasn ’ t doing what they considered to be economic research He wasn ’ t doing anything mathematical His story is the success story of behavioral economics ”

Thaler’s 1980 paper “Toward a Positive Theory

of Consumer Choice” was one of the first instances of his publicly proposing his theor y, according to The New Yorker By the time he found his way to Ithaca, he was maintaining his connection with Kahneman, publishing papers on topics such as loss aversion and the “winner’s curse ” paradox

One of Thaler’s greatest contributions globally is his “nudge” concept, summing up the theory that offering slight adjustments to behavior can have dramatic effects, The Guardian reported, crediting his discoveries for Britain’s decision to make organ donations an “ opt out ” policy

The U S Department of Health, too, has adopted such principles to deter smoking

Though it would be a stretch for Cornell to claim Thaler as its own, he has further ties to upstate New York beyond the Ithaca campus Thaler earned his Ph D in 1974 from the University of Rochester, according to the Wall Street Journal But by 1995, he was on his way to the

University of Chicago and on his way to causing major waves in economic and behavioral research

Though it has been a while since Thaler has had any presence on the Cornell campus, Cornell students may best recognize him from his brief cameo in The Big Short, where he appeared alongside Selena Gomez to explain the hot hand fallacy, or the false belief that when one wins one round, they are more likely to win the next

A New Jersey native, Thaler was hailed as a “pioneer ” by the Nobel committee for his work in making “economics more human,” The Guardian reported “ The most important lesson is that economic agents are humans and that economic models have to incorporate that,” Thaler said to PBS “To do good economics, you have to keep in mind that people are human ”

Rachel Whalen can be reached at rwhalen@cornellsun com

that debating where those lines are is “ a ver y appropriate action for free universities to undertake ”

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thought should happen to students who have shown bias in the last three weeks This issue too disciplinar y repercussions of bias activity may fall into the task force’s hands

“I think that responding to any one example is not going to further the conversation,” she said “I think we need to have these conversations as a community ”

But Pollack and others have already made some decisions that the task force

will not be able to address After a black student was allegedly assaulted by a possibly underground member of Psi Upsilon, the fraternity will not be returning to camp u s In a d d i t

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Panhellenic Council develop “ a meaningful substantive training program that will be implemented before the next rush period,” Pollack told The Sun Greek TriCouncil leaders presented their plan to the Student Assembly several weeks ago

“And beyond that we ’ re simply going to hold the fraternities to an appropriate standard behavior,” she said “An awful lot of Cornell students are fraternity members, it’s an important part of their social life, but the fraternities have to be held accountable for their behavior They have to step up and lead ”

Many at Cornell have emphasized that the initiatives proposed so far are a starting point, and not the last word Who ends up on the task force, and what their exact charge ends up being, could ver y well affect diversity efforts at Cornell for years to come, and may determine the essence of that last word

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

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“If we teach about bias in faculty hiring, we probably should be teaching about implicit bias in staff hiring,” she said “As we create a more welcoming community for our faculty, we shouldn’t think of it just about faculty and students We need to be ver

things we do to staff as well

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pledged in September to gather as a response to “persistent problems of bigotr y and intolerance at Cornell,” are under way

While Pollack had announced on Sept 17 that the task force would be convened within two weeks from that date, Pollack told the staff that she has been working on crafting what the goal and membership of the task force would be

“Getting the charge and the constituency of the committee right is impor tant, ” she said Pollack said the task force would be directed to produce an intermediate repor t in the winter semester and a final repor t evaluating Cornell’s campus code of conduct and the recommendations from the 2013 repor t on the student campus climate written on b e h a l f o f C o r n e l l b y Pr o f S y l v i a Hur tado, education and information studies, UCL A

Besides the task force, Pollack said the administration would work on i n c r e a s i n g d i v e r s i t y a m o n g m e n t a l health counselors, developing training programs to be incorporated in firstyear student orientation and collaborating with the Greek Tri-Council to

Greek houses before the next recr uitment season

Pollack said that she would ensure those initiatives are aimed to make “real institutional change ” She added that “these are deep social problems and we ’ re going to have to keep at this ”

Pollack highlighted in her speech her priority of enhancing and expanding Cornell’s ne w Center for Teaching Innovation, which would play a role in enhancing education for students and faculty Combining exper tise in technology with traditional suppor t for faculty and teaching professionals, she said, the center would provide faculty and staff with more resources to e n h a n c e f

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“ We find that students learn more when in addition to their face-to-face education, they have access to online course material,” Pollack said, adding that the center would provide technologies that help professors gauge student progress

Pollack also addressed some concerns among staff that, with the opening of Cornell Tech, the administration would stop paying attention to Ithaca

“I have two children a daughter and a son five years younger and when my son was born I didn’t stop loving my daughter or nur turing her,” she said She added that the administration would focus on integrating the upstate and downstate campuses, and that “the campuses complement each other and make us better ”

John Yoon can be reached at jyoon@cornellsun com

S.A. Reconsiders Protocol for Public Statements

hate crime The statement included controversial claims, and S A members were only given 15 minutes to vote on it

marily be operating under the same assumptions as [the resolution],” Devatha said

The amendment proposed a procedure that requires any statement published on behalf of Student Assembly be sent to the Executive Committee If approved unanimously by that committee, the statement may be published immediately, according to the amendment If the vote is split, the entire assembly must approve the statement by a two-thirds majority within 36 hours

This procedure was introduced to S A members for discussion, allowing for debate on the parameters of requiring a two-thirds majority to publish a statement as well as a 36-hour window for voting

Many members at the meeting expressed concern about the 36-hour time period, arguing that the responsibility of the assembly is to respond as quickly as possible

“If something happens that requires a statement, it’s important enough for us to drop what we ’ re doing,” said Marco Peralta-Ochoa ’21, S A freshmen representative atlarge “I think those 12 extra hours are unnecessary ”

Other members argued the waiting period would ensure that a statement is more representative of the assembly’s views

“When something is written, it should be certain that it represents the voice of the entire representative body and that body should have a chance to put those words that they want into the exact form they should be in,” said Dale Barbaria ’19, S A vice president of internal operations

Assembly members seemed to agree, however, that there must be some mechanism for issuing statements

A controversial Student Assembly Facebook post written by several of its members prompted the group to pass a resolution last month establishing a protocol for future statements However, that resolution violated the assembly’s own charter

S A discussed in its Thursday meeting an amendment to its bylaws to set up procedures laid out in the resolution

The earlier resolution, passed in September, was in response to a S A statement following the alleged assault of a black student in Collegetown in what could have been a

Without a protocol for voting among members specifically regarding quorum and timeframes for voting

“the whole thing was a mess because we don’t have any specific procedure,” said Sarah Park ’20, S A vice president of external affairs

The resolution also violated the charter of the assembly, said Varun Devatha ’19, S A executive vice president The amendment to the bylaws that the resolution proposed cannot thus be instated unless the charter is changed

But the assembly, through the amendment, “would pri-

“I think in the future that someone needs to be held accountable,” said Mayra Valadez ’18, S A undesignated representative at-large “We should be keeping up with what’s happening and someone needs to be held accountable for making timely statements ”

To conclude this discussion, the Assembly voted to table the resolution, previously passed, indefinitely This allows the assembly to proceed using the guidelines of the amendment and to bring its terms to discussion when necessary, according to Park

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Ara Hagopian | The Whiny Liberal

Greek Life Should Not Exist: Part II

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Im fairly cer tain that one of the Confucian philosophers advised his pupils to learn something from everyone and everything from no one And if Donald Trump has taught me anything, it’s that successful people always double down My last column, “Greek Life Should Not Exist” elicited some negative feedback two Fridays ago I’ve read these opposing viewpoints, I’ve considered them, and I remain convinced that I am right

A 50-year old conservative alumnus sees the world in a profoundly different way than I do I can see why he would disagree with me on this issue, but I was profoundly disappointed by the pushback I got from my fellow liberals People that are socially conscious enough to decry the phrase “ not all white people” turn around and say “ not all fraternities ” People that see the problem with calling protests divisive claim that the debate over Greek life shouldn’t be “ us vs them ” They post paragraphs on Facebook saying that we should “facilitate dialogues and confabulations to foster heterogeneity

of one You pick which; it could be the hazing death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza, the recent assault in Collegetown, or any other despicable under-punished incident that tickles your fancy Now I ask you, o reader, to revisit the evaluation of pros and cons, weighing that one incident against all the brotherhood and male bonding in every fraternity in America Maybe it’s just me, but I think the cons still outweigh the pros And it’s not even close In her letter to the editor entitled “This is not ‘ us versus them’,” Sarah Karkoura writes that “trying to squash the Greek system will only produce alternative social hierarchies with less regulation and more toxicity than their predecessor ” The logic of this statement seems a little suspect, but against my better judgment I will again concede for the sake of the argument that it is valid And I ask you yet again, o esteemed Cornell Daily Sun patron, to bring your mind back to that metaphorical set of oldfashioned brass scales you ’ ve been picturing And I want you to weigh two options On

I do not believe that every member of the Greek system is a terrible person. But a truly good person is willing to give up certain things in their life to benefit others whom they will never meet.

and beget Pan-Hellenic emendation ”

Some of the words in these manifestos might be good to know for scrabble, but otherwise I see no point to them

I’d like to bring your attention to something I call Rule #47 of The Whiny Liberal’s Ad Hoc Rules of Progressivism: when the group with all the power starts complaining about being stereotyped, it’s probably a sign that there’s a turd in the proverbial punch bowl Whatever people like me might say about you, the title of your guest column should never be “The Attacks on Greek Life Have Gone Too Far ” The toxic culture within your institution is literally killing people The fact that you rush to defend your image while these issues persist tells me everything I need to know about where your collective head is Such a thing almost brings to mind oh, I don’t know the president tweeting in defense of himself and his administration during the crisis in Puerto Rico It’s a bad, bad look

Give me one more chance to try and sway you to my side I state my argument as eloquently as I possibly can in the next four paragraphs; if you read them and remain unconvinced, we shall have to agree to disagree

I’m told that some of the pros of Greek life are friendship, fraternal brotherhood, and a sense of community The list of cons includes sexual assault, substance abuse, hazing and discrimination propagated by systemic exclusion and hyper-masculine posturing If you take what I just said to be true, then I’m sure you agree that the cons far outweigh the pros

A commenter on The Sun’s Facebook page said that if I was going to make claims about the negative effects of aspects of Greek Life, I should at least have numbers to back them up In a brilliant and timesaving rhetorical swish-of-the-cape on my part, I say to you that I don’t need statistical evidence Instead, I concede for the sake of the argument that the popular conception of fraternities is indeed nothing more than a stereotype And I assume for the sake of the argument that the number of bias incidents, overdoses and sex crimes attributable to all fraternities everywhere is a grand total

one side, there is the option of letting all fraternities everywhere continue to exist and keeping all that down-home melt-inyour-mouth fraternal brotherhood On the other side, the option of having an outside chance of possibly preventing the next Timothy Piazza It’s not a sure thing (thank you, Sarah), but it’s an outside chance all the same I pick the second option every day of the week and twice on Sunday And just like before, it’s not even close I admit that the above logic doesn’t apply in all cases Some institutions do bad things in order to prevent worse ones There are a great many difficult decisions that have to be made in this world But the decision on fraternities is not one of them They’re social clubs They don’t have to exist What do you think would happen if someone drank themselves to death at a meeting of the Society for Debate in Sciences and Health? They’d be disbanded faster than you can say “cisgenic GMO ” I do not believe that every member of the Greek system is a terrible person But a truly good person is willing to give up certain things in their life to benefit others whom they will never meet I come from a family of very experienced drivers My stepdad is a car savant that races trucks in his spare time, and I spent a great deal of my formative years on the farm driving tractors When I turned 16, I probably could have gotten a few quick lessons from my family and started driving on the road without posing any more of a threat than the average motorist Yet ,I still sat through those god-forsaken rules-of-the-road classes and those guided driving lessons and whatever else I gave up something I valued, in this case my free time, even though I had done nothing wrong I did so because graduated licensing (as my driving instructor called it) reduces accident rates and saves lives The metaphor isn’t perfect, but the point remains Society is built on a people’s willingness to give up small freedoms for the good of their fellow man

Ara Hagopian is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at ahagopia n @ c o r n e l l s u n c o m T h e W h i n y L i b e r a l appears alternate Fridays this semester

Matthew Lam | The Despatch Box

With a Murky North Korean Policy, Coincidences Can Become Catastrophic Once Again

The recent lull in tensions with North Korea is apparently the “calm before the storm, ” according to President Donald Trump When asked to elaborate about “the storm ” by reporters in a White House military dinner, he simply grinned and replied an inexplicable, “You’ll find out!” like a child waiting for his prank to be discovered This ominous reply is perhaps a bluff for his equally unstable North Korean counterpart or just to cause anxiety for the journalists that the president despises If the statement had any effect, it was to disturb one of the “ great military people” standing next to the president, who was struggling to smile for the cameras

stration of U S resolve,” it sent B-1B Lancer bombers to fly over the region quickly after the initial reports Though still outside of North Korean airspace, it was still the farthest north the Air Force has sent its planes in the 21st Century It turns out that the vibrations were in fact of natural origins, according to experts in China and South Korea Regardless, Pyongyang had already threatened to shoot the planes down

But Kim Jong-Un, like his father and ndfather, likes life and the luxury along with it He loves his 200-foot-yacht, his women, $30 million alcohol and the occasional guest from the NBA.

through thoughts of an impending nuclear war

But in international politics, actions are infinitely louder than words, and the quick military actions two weeks ago exemplify this After President Trump gave a speech at the United Nations threatening to destroy completely North Korea, tremors resonated throughout the Asia-Pacific Literally, a day after the speech, there were reports of tremors in the ground from North Korea, prompting speculations of yet another nuclear test in direct response to Trump I remember reading the BBC, which reported of the activity after the U N spectacle, and thinking, “Wow, this guy is really asking for it ” The Pentagon evidently thought so too: in a “demon-

The fourth floor of the Port Authority bus station is never as hectic as the first, so if I’m ever early for my Shor tline I duck my head and speed upstairs to wait in line for the bus This time, my bee line was intercepted by a suited yuppie in his 30s, walking at my speed i n m y d i re c t i o n , a n ove r s i ze d p h o n e between his gaze and mine

To avoid a collision, I hopped to the left, glancing at him as he gathered himself and passed by He was talking at his phone, so I took it for an ill-timed Facetime call until I looked a bit closer and realized the face on his screen was his own He was vlogging

I watched him as he continued on, discussing his day with the kind of gusto you only use when you ’ re telling your best friend the greatest story you know My first thought was that he was famous – some Youtube celebrity I’d be fawning over if I’d been born a few years later But he wasn ’ t, and as he disappeared into a distant gate attracting not even a cursory glance from any other passers-by, I understood what it all symbolized about the internet It’s not just a thing we escape to, but a wonderland where we matter and we can feel famous, look famous, be famous, and still go unnoticed in public

It’s a chance to become a brand, whether

This is not the closest we have been to a global nuclear conflict, not nearly so In 1983, Soviet air force Lt Col Stanislav Petrov prevented such a calamity through his scepticism and quick thinking While on his midnight shift, the satellite detection system reported five intercontinental ballistic missiles originating from the U S hurtling toward the Soviet Union Petrov was suspicious of the warning though, since the computer system was new and it did not make sense to him that Washington would send only a few missiles in a preemptive strike Going with his gut, he decided that it was a false alarm and reported it so, averting a catastrophic Soviet response An investigation later confirmed that the satellite system had mistaken rays of sunlight reflected from clouds for missiles In an eery coincidence given the current North Korean conflict, it was reported that Petrov had recently died, aged 77 Thankfully, military intelligence has improved drastically since the Cold War, and false alarms, like the recent earthquake, can be easily confirmed But with tensions so high, the human error and impulsiveness of our political elite may well put us on a path of no return, where a call of “False Alarm!” is

Paul Russell | Russelling Feathers

Life, in Valencia

you have a consumer base of 1 million Youtube subscribers or of a handful of friends and family members

But Youtube isn’t the premier personal branding platform, not even close And neither is LinkedIn, since most of us only update it after we get a job, which, I guess, defeats the purpose We are content guzzlers where it counts, and it seems to only count in places where our artistic acuity can

s h i n e t h ro u g h Pl a c e s l i k e Instagram

I always hear people complaining about the fact that social media is just a grand invitation to manipulate how p e o p l e p e rc e i ve yo u T h a t everyone puts on their best faces and their best clothes and their best looking friends to such an extent that you can ’ t know who they really are And these people are right – these are the dynamics that exist But I’m convinced this isn’t a bad thing at all Instagram and Facebook and all other similar websites show you who people want to be, and that’s almost as important as who they actually are Sure, we all seek acceptance and use social media as a tool to that end, but being “accepted” looks vastly different depending on who you ask A pic-

ignored The human and economic toll of a military conflict with North Korea would be simply unaffordable by the human race Seoul, the capital of the 11th largest economy in the world, is a mere 45 minutes away from the border with the North and can be devastated by conventional weapons in a matter of hours And even though North Korea does not have the resources to win a war, its nuclear weapons can easily end everything

But Kim Jong-Un, like his father and grandfather, likes life and the luxury along with it He loves his 200-foot-yacht, his women, $30 million alcohol and the occasional guest from the NBA In fact, most analysts say that the nuclear weapons are simply to maintain his regime’s survival via blackmail Trump’s unwillingness to do what his predecessors have done, which is to concede and talk to Pyongyang, is understandable Being blackmailed is not great But have his tough tweets and ominous warnings brought North Korea to even consider ending its nuclear programme? Instead, Trump’s spoken intention to decimate Kim’s dynasty has only incentivized Pyongyang to further refine its project, adding to the probability of a nuclear disaster With each test, their technology, no matter how basic, is only getting better And mixed signals from the White House is most definitely not helping to stop the progression

If there is any comfort to be had, it is that there really is nothing we, as the public, can do In our system, foreign affairs has been largely delegated to the executive branch of government and not the legislative Once the dominoes have been set, we are entirely at the mercy of our leaders’ wits or lack thereof Lt Col Petrov and his common sense saved the last century We would be very lucky if there’s another Petrov to save this one

Matthew Lam is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mlam@cornellsun com The Despatch Box appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

ture can hint to you the audience it was meant for – the group or culture a person wants to fit in with or associate with

And if you know who they want to please, you ’ ve found a pretty profound factor in their own identity

But hey, social media is as frivolous as it gets, so maybe all this blabber isn’t worth-

force; a place where we have control over areas of our lives that were previously paralyzed A place where our words are well thought out and our pictures well staged A place where we own our perception and put our best feet forward

Sure, it’s artificial, but so is every painting you ’ ve ever loved Accuracy and reality

Instagram and Facebook and all other similar websites show you who people want to be, and that’s almost as important as who they actually are.

while

Or maybe it is

As a child, Spy Kids 3D was my favorite movie There’s a scene in it where one of the characters, an older man in a wheelchair, revels in his newfound freedom and power in a virtual reality video game The artificial world is liberating – in it he can walk and jump and fight

As social media becomes more integrated in life and culture, it begins to take the shape of this virtual game Maybe one day we’ll think of the internet as a liberating

are for the rest of our lives A moment of fantasy is no less a moment

So be famous online Care about your personal brand Save the ugly pictures for your finsta or your “recently deleted” folder Life’s too short to not live some of it in Clarendon, or Gingham, or Valencia

Paul Russell is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at prussell@cornellsun com Russelling Feathers appears every other Wednesday this semester

Judah Bellin is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be contacted at jbellin@cornellsun com For Whom the Bellin Tolls appears alternate Mondays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Now, I want to make something ver y clear before I proceed:

I am not, nor have I ever been, a “brony ” That is, I have never been a fan of the My Little Pony series Those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ll give a little refresher In 2010, Hasbro released the newest iteration of its My Little Pony franchise with a show on the Hub

( n ow Di s c ove

s h ow, s p e a r h e a d e d by L a u re n Faust, become wildly popular but not just with its target audience or young girls A group of

teens and young adults, joined the fanbase of the show and inflated its status into a cultural p

their own conventions

I give this little intro here

b e c a u s e My Li t t

T h e Movie is ver y much an extension of the television show The film is directed by Jayson Thiessen, who directed the show for five years He’s joined by a team of writers, several of whom are also veterans of the show Most of the voice actors reprise their roles In a way, it feels like a capstone to a seven-year-long series, which is both an asset and a liability

The whole thing starts with

o u r m a i n c h a r a c t e r, Tw i l i g h t Sparkle, voiced by Tara Strong She’s worried because,

a s t h e Pr i n c e s s o f Friendship, she needs to prepare an upcom-

i n g c e l e b r a t i o n o f friendship Her worries are quickly overshadowed, though, by the arrival of a war fleet of balloons, led by another pony named Tempest Shadow (Emily Blunt) She immediately seizes the entire kingdom in the name of the Storm King, a dist a n t w a r l o rd v o i c e d b y L i e v

stuck out to me first: the animation is really good The entire film uses Toon Boom Harmony software, which combines traditional animation with computer capabilities to create a unique effect Here, the animators wield the software with maximum skill

The camera moves and sweeps around the landscape, and the c h a r a c t e r s a c t

Schreiber When her three fellow princesses are captured, it’s up to Twilight Sparkle and her friends to flee, with only a cr yptic set of instructions, and to seek help

So, I have to start with what

motions Scenes never lay still, there’s always life and movement on the screen No matter what else I may say about this film, know that it carries excellent prod u c t

about the making of this movie, and it shows

The visuals are the movie’s greatest strength Unfortunately,

weakness It all comes down to the sheer volume of characters that the movie tries to stuff into a hundred-minute running time You have Twilight Sparkle and her five friends, and they all get a turn in each scene to do something to build their character

But outside Twilight, I only managed to see each pony as “the Southern one ” or “the q

o n e ” They come across as a group of five quirky but e s s e n t i a l l y s i m i l a r ponies, instead of chara c t e r s w i t h d i f f e re n t value sets Now, I know t h e i r p e r s o n a l i t i e s a re more developed in the show, and I totally get that, but I don’t watch the show Even if I had, the movie needs to stand on its own as a work The film alone just did not fully communicate these characters to me

Then there are the new characters and oh boy, are there a lot We have Taye Diggs voicing a slick cat with a penchant for

street smarts and talking himself o u t o f t r o u b l e ( t h a t d o e s n ’ t remind me of Nick Wilde from Zo o t o p i a a t a l l ) ; Zo e Sa l d a n a voices an avian ship captain who wants to return to her days of piracy; and you have Kristen Chenowith and Uzo Aduba playing princess and queen, respectively, of the hippogriffs (who are now seaponies) Oh, and don’t forget the Storm King himself needs to be there, even if he really only appears in the last ten minutes of the movie

Ever y single one of these characters, except the Storm King, goes through an arc in the stor y Even Tempest gets time devoted to her backstor y, motivation and c h a r a c t e r d e v e l o p m e n t Ad d onto that Twilight Sparkle’s own stor y, and the movie gets overcrowded Nothing really develo p s f u l l y Fo r g i v e n e s s s e e m s doled out on the terms of plot c o n ve n i e n c e Mo t i va t i o n s a l s o feel flimsy at times For example, Tempest is evil because one day she broke her horn, which meant h e r m a g i c w o r k e d s t r a n g e l y, which made her two friends not want to play with her, which drove her on the path to becoming a warlord? I guess for a My Little Pony movie, it works

I haven’t even mentioned the sidekicks There are two sidekicks: one for the heroes and one for the villains The heroes’ sidekick is bearable, but the most I remember him doing is remarking on how he got turned into a pufferfish The villains’ sidekick just makes food jokes throughout the movie, and he just comes across as obnoxious They both just felt unnecessar y in a movie already overfull of characters I’m n o t s a y i n g a n y v o i c e a c t o r s turned in a poor performance here, far from it They all sound really good Instead, nobody really got the time they deser ved

An important note to make is that the movie is a musical, with

five songs The songs themselves are ser viceable, although I can only remember one the day after They are used competently at least, developing character and advancing the plot instead of just p a d d i n g t h e r u n t i m e T h e humor is acceptable Sadly, most of the best jokes ended up in the trailers, but there are still some good ones here and there

So m e j u s t l a n d a w k w a rd l y though, like a piece of dialogue w h e re t h e y ’ re w o r r i e d a b o u t meeting some hippos:

“ They could be hungr y!”

“Hungr y?”

“Hungr y?!”

“Hippos?!”

And wouldn’t you know it, “Hungr y Hungr y Hippos” is in fact a Hasbro trademark Hamfisted references aside (and there are multiple), the movie usually re m a i n s e n e r g e t i c a n d f u n enough to keep you from boredom

My Little Pony: The Movie is exactly what it says on the tin I feel like if you were going to make a My Little Pony movie, this is probably the best possible outcome you could get Against a general standard, I’d peg it as decent enough It didn’t break any barriers, and I don’t see it picking up any new fans At the same time, it tries to send good messages and never devolves into i n c o m p e t e n c y, s o I c a n ’ t g e t angr y at it I’m sure if you ’ re a fan of the show, this will give you exactly what you ’ re looking for And if a child or friend drags you along, it’s a harmless experience It really mirrors my thoughts on the series: it’s much better than I ’d h a ve e x p e c t e d “ My L i t t l e Pony” to be, but still not my cup of tea

BY ZACHARY LEE Sun Staff Writer

Lecrae has always been an artist who does not like boxes, and those who attempt to categorize him into one would be hard-pressed to try Bringing the gospel to hip-hop long before Chance came to the scene, Lecrae’s ability to maneuver between disparate, noninteracting circles served as both his greatest strength and weakness Being a two-time Grammy Award winner and having performed on Jimmy Fallon and Sway in the Morning, he has achieved a level of success unseen by Christian artists His diverse catalogue defies categorization and yet for all these pioneering advancements, it seemed that what he gained came at the cost of personal piety Beginning in 2012 with Church Clothes, its subsequent sequels and his chart-topping 2014 LP Anomaly, he introduced listeners to a more socially-minded Lecrae; the bona-fide rapper was still spitting fierce rhymes, but in his razor-sharp criticism of social injustice he seemed to have lost the vibrancy and passion of articulating his faith, which was a staple of his earlier works When Lecrae announced All Things Work Together, his eighth studio album and his first under Columbia Records, the question, naturally, was not what the album would be about, but who it would be for: the sinner or the saint?

In true Lecrae fashion, the line falls somewhere in the middle Across the album’s four-

Let me just start by saying that I wanted to like this film, I really did As a fan of Salinger’s works and someone who generally enjoys biopics about writers and creative people, Rebel in the Rye seemed to be right up my alley, but unfortunately fell flat in many places

J D Salinger’s 1951 coming-ofage masterpiece, The Catcher in the Rye, is beloved by many as a great classic of American literature With great wit and poignancy, Salinger captures the teenage experience through the eyes of Holden Caulfield, and it is unsurprising that both Caulfield and Salinger still continue to intrigue generations even 66 years after its publication Salinger in particular is a figure shrouded in mystery famously reclusive, the author moved to New Hampshire and isolated himself from the world, shutting down attempts and sequels and film adaptations and surrounding himself with a battalion of lawyers, agents and strict copyright laws

Nevertheless, Rebel in the Rye comes on the heels of films about Salinger, such as the documentary Salinger and 2013’s Coming Through the Rye Based on Kenneth Slawenski’s 2010 biography, J D

teen tracks, the self-proclaimed “righteous and ratchet” emcee delves into a variety of topics, as he addresses critics, touches on social justice issues, delves into personal trauma and reflects on his life journey, all with disarming honesty and fierce passion to match The album is an insider’s look into Lecrae’s multi-faceted character, as one who loves “Jesus, Kanye and K-Dot” and “Martin, Malcolm, and Schaeffer, Mitsubishi, and Maybach” and how the sum of all his life experiences have worked together to form who he is Sonically, it incorporates a variety of sounds, from clobbering trap beats to uplifting gospel melodies, further indicative of his layered complexity and versatility If Anomaly was Lecrae’s bold manifesto describing his outsider status, All Things Work Together is its hard-hitting sequel that sees the Atlanta rapper comfortably embracing that identity and solidifying his stances The album is a testament to idiosyncrasy and complexity, and begs for a nuanced and thoughtprovoking listen Yet, as Lecrae balances these personalities, he never fails to acknowledge that the thing holding it together is God

Lecrae is aware of the controversy surrounding him, which makes his first track, Always Knew,” a humbling and sobering introduction To a backdrop of multi-layered vocals and slow tempo, Lecrae gives thanks to his family and supporters who have been with him since day one He sounds very much like a grizzled veteran of the rap game, reminiscing on his past challenges and doubts (“and I never saw me goin' to college / Higher learning was a different world, I can acknowledge”), imparting music industry knowledge (“I learned that these girls easy like the morning of a Sunday / They don't love you 'til you gone like Harambe”) and in the midst of all his success, still gives the glor y to God (“Listen, I know God did it, can ' t take the credit / Paid off all of my debts, but I still feel so indebted ) As a response to a confused fan base who were not sure of what he stands for, he states “My life story oughta to give y 'all hope,” but with a caveat: “Understanding me ain't for the simple and elementary ” After giving thanks, Lecrae wastes no time

in addressing controversies head-on, with the blunt, monosyllabic “Facts” serving as one of the project’s highlights Over a pounding trap beat, completely drenched with fastidious hi hats, Lecrae comes out guns blazing, challenging preconceived notions “You grew up thinkin' that the Panthers was some terrorists / I grew up hearin' how they fed my momma eggs and grits ” He scoffs at the criticism he’s received, “people wonder is he woke or just a new slave / old religion he just covered it with new chains,” stating “ aw man now they acting like I’m suddenly political” with his frustrations and rapid-fire rebuttals complementing the fiery cadence Commentary from theologian Ekemini Uwan is interspersed throughout the song, with her statements serving as a prelude to what Lecrae goes into in the next verse Lecrae states that for Christians, faith and social justice are not antithetical, and that it is impossible to be silent about injustice: “My Messiah died for the world, not just USA ” In his view, the church should take responsibility for causing racial division in the past, “they say ‘Crae you so divisive, shouldn’t be a black church / I say ‘do the math, segregation started that first ’”

The next four tracks flow in cinematic fashion, all trap records, each with their unique sonic style “Broke” sees Lecrae telling an inverse rags-to-riches story, bragging how being monetarily poor made him rich in character, stating how he had to eat free lunch and wear knock off shoes at school Despite this, he raps, “Never would I trade that, nah, ' cause it made me better, it could have made me bitter / Can't buy that struggle, can ' t name no figure, but it made me richer ” Producer TMinus does a stellar job wrapping the blaring 808s over spectral synths The previously reviewed “Blessings” follows nicely, with Crae and Ty Dolla $ign reminding listeners to count blessings regardless of life situations “Whatchu Mean,” featuring labelmate Aha Gazelle, is a bombastic and electrifying track one of the best examples of Lecrae’s versatility, as his flow and delivery matches the eerie tempo set by producer Go Grizzly Tinged with aggressive chimes and a layer of flutes, the rap duo speak on the freedom they have to pursue their dreams and the importance of blocking haters from their view The Metro Boomin produced “Hammer Time” follows, with up and coming spitter 1K Phew articulating the importance of dedicating time to fully realize one ’ s dreams More soulful tracks make up the latter half

of the album, evoking the same level of authenticity found in “Fear” and “Good Bad Ugly” off of Anomaly Listeners are treated to much more Lecrae, whether he is shamelessly bragging about his wife in “Lucked Up” or apologizing to a former college girlfriend, asking for forgiveness in “Wish You the Best ” It is in these tracks where Lecrae is in his creative element, as he allows the consortium of vocalists he’s assembled to improvise and add small embellishments in the background “Can’t Stop Me Now (Destination)” is perhaps the best example of Lecrae’s raw honesty matched with his disarming vulnerability, as he learns to doubt his own doubts, rather than doubting God

In his tribulations, Lecrae still manages to rejoice, as this is reflected in the moodiness of the beat being offset by convivial lyrics (or vice-versa), which in turn help make his message more palatable and reinforce that this is the attitude one should have through the storms of life Tori Kelly featured I’ll Find You” feels like a pop song, and yet it is an anthem for those who have struggled or are struggling with cancer Lecrae’s hopeful verses gel well with Kelly’s soaring and powerful vocals Likewise, “8:28”, the title track of sorts, alludes to Romans 8:28, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose ” Despite the cards one is dealt in life, “the pain gon make you stronger / that hurt gon ’ make you a leader” and, ultimately, God can use even the worst circumstances of one ’ s life for good, “the Master Artist makes your mess a masterpiece regardless ”

Many would like to think that Lecrae is the prodigal son who left home and needs to return, yet All Things Work Together is proof that Lecrae never left, that at the core he is the same Jesus-loving rebel, even if the way he expresses his faith may be different He has not exhausted the usefulness of sharing his doubts; on the contrary, he expresses the hope found in Christ with just as much conviction, and encourages individuals to not be discouraged by life’s tragedies or to live fearfully, but to know God’s love, a love that casts out all fear The album is a mature and sincere statement from an artist who has not only discovered who he is but is living in that identity joyfully and confidently

Salinger: A Life, the film depicts Salinger’s struggles with his parents, who disapproved of writing as a career and wanted him to work in the meat-importing business instead, his relationship with Whit Burnett (Kevin Spacey), creative writing professor at Columbia and editor of Story magazine, his experience fighting in World War II and his subsequent return to the U S

The film held the most potential in the scenes with Burnett and Salinger (Nicholas Hoult Skins, anyone?), with Spacey bringing to

life the perfect balance of forbidding authority, acerbic wit and paternal friendship in Burnett’s character Hoult’s acting was great, but unfortunately he seemed a little too smooth-faced to be believable as a man who witnessed the horrors Salinger did during the war

Although it is not as if he could’ve done much more with such an underwhelming script, something you probably wouldn’t expect in a film about a writer Especially the dialogue, I found it flat and stilted So, too, were most of the female

characters in the film, who seemed to flit in and out in the blink of an eye, none of them distinctive or memorable, all of them treated as mere accessories to Salinger’s fame Oona O’Neill (Zoey Deutch), for example, the daughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill and woman who left Salinger to marr y Charlie Chapin, is the supposed object of Salinger’s affection, but only has one major scene Salinger’s German wife, however, fares worse with only one line, and then she, too, recedes from memor y Likewise, Claire (Lucy

Boynton), Salinger’s second wife, seems promising but also fades Salinger’s experiences in WWII he was present at some of the most important and harrowing missions, including the invasion of Normandy, all while writing and carrying on his back six chapters of his masterpiece presented the most interesting lens through which to understand his work Disappointingly, however, the film never really dug deeply or believably enough into his PTSD and how it impacted his writing Likewise, too many loose threads were introduced too late in the film and left untied

In the end, I felt that the film did not reveal or add much to what many fans already know about Salinger’s life, and did little to capture that distinctive voice that comes across so clearly in his writing Ultimately, despite some of its high points, the film came across as a little too “Hollywood” and superficial to me and you’ll have to excuse me for taking a leaf out of Holden Caulfield’s book plain phony

Ramya Yandava is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ry86@cornell edu

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red zone is about as good as it gets, especially for a team that allowed nine sacks last week and has been plagued by stalled-out drives

Banks went 11-14 with 117 passing yards and one interception after tossing at least three in every game prior The central focus of the offense in past weeks, Banks took a backseat as Jatis’s role expanded and the effective running back trio of Walker, Coles and Gellatly picked up over 200 yards of offense Walker added 57 receiving yards

“I think we were trying to rely on Chris too much We were asking him and Dalton in the first three games to do too much and we kinda said, you know what, we got some other guys who can help shoulder the load here and they responded to the call,” Archer said “Don’t get me wrong, Dalton Banks and Chris Walker still contributed hugely to this victory today, [but] it’s weird, sometimes in football when you ’ re asked to do less you actually produce more ” Punting to start the fourth quarter, sophomore Nickolas Null pinned the Crimson at its own one-yard line, setting up his team ’ s defense for a key three-and-out stop The Harvard punt gave the Red good field position with a chance to take a lead A 33-yard sprint by Coles set up Zach Mays’

27-yard field goal to give the Red a lead it wouldn’t relinquish thanks to an interception by sophomore linebacker Dylan Otolski on the final Har vard drive With just a kneel left to ice the game, Cornell was well on its way to its first win over Harvard in a dozen years

Both Archer and Banks turned down an offer to play college football for the Crimson, and offensive coordinator Joe Villapiano was a 12-year coach in Cambridge

For them especially, picking up the first win of the year and beating a tough Ivy League opponent is exciting Doing so as the projected last-place team over the forecasted No 1 team, on top of ending a 12-year skid, is particularly sweet for the Red

“It was so cool, just to see how happy the players were Watching them sing ‘Cornell Victorious’ to the fans, jumping around in the locker room It was a great feeling,” Archer said “I told my fiancée, it was the second best day of my life Getting engaged to her was number one, but this is a close number two ”

Winless no longer, Cornell will look to make it two straight when it welcomes Bucknell to Schoellkopf next Saturday for its third of four consecutive home games

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun com

Breakout Freshman Receiver Out for Year

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Sports Editor

Eric Gallman, Cornell football’s breakout freshman wide receiver, will miss the remainder of the 2017 season due to an ankle injury sustained in a Sept 23 loss to Yale, head coach

David Archer ’05 said at media availability last Tuesday

In that game in New Haven, Gallman set the program ’ s freshman record for single-game receiving yards with 97 on nine receptions despite exiting early Through his two games this season for Cornell, the three-time all-state selection out of North Carolina led the team in receptions with 12, averaging 11 1 yards per catch for 133 total yards and a touchdown in the air

Archer has lauded the newcomer as perhaps a rookie on paper but one who “doesn’t play like a freshman ” With his small 5-foot-10 stature, Gallman has utilized his speed to

overpower opposing defensive backs

Even after leaving the Yale game with an injury, Gallman remained upbeat that he would not be out longterm, but he was then kept out of the lineup against Colgate and now will not see action the rest of the year It is not clear whether he intends to try for fifth-year eligibility down the road

Gallman has been a bright spot in an otherwise rough season so far for Cornell’s passing game, which features a receiving corps that returns just one starter from 2016 Despite 825 passing yards in three games just under 100 less at that point last year the team threw 10 interceptions and only three touchdowns in the first three games, both of which are regressions from 2016

“It’s a bummer He’s a great player, but injuries happen in football,” junior quarterback Dalton Banks said about losing

Nolan Awarded Ivy Player of the Week

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Sports Editor

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Zachary Silver can be reached at sportseditor@cornellsun com

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Icers Announce New Captains for 2017-18

By ZACHARY SILVER

With high hopes abound for t h e 2 0 1 7 - 1 8 s e a s o n , C o r n e l l m e n ’ s h o c k e

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Alex Rauter and junior forward

Mitch Vanderlaan will co-captain the squad looking for a return to the ECAC championship and NCAA tournament

T h e t e a m a l s o a n n o u n c e d senior forwards Trevor Yates and Jared Fiegl will serve as alternate captains This year marks the first time since 2010-11 Cornell has gone with the format of a pair of co-captains

R a u t e r, t h e s e n i o r c a p t a i n , enters his final year with the team after a junior season which saw his role increase tremendously

The New Jersey native became one of the Red’s go-to penalty killers while also setting career highs in goals (eight) and assists (nine) He was one of 11 skaters to see the lineup every game last year a list that includes all four c a p t a i n s w h i l e a l t e r n a t i n g between his natural forward position and also defense when called upon due to injuries to the blueline Rauter spent his summer at the San Jose Sharks development camp

Vanderlaan, the only junior of the quartet, is fresh off an All-Ivy second-team campaign which saw him leading the team in goals with 15 and points with 28 The compact, 5-foot-7 forward is the first junior to be named captain since John McCarron ’15 was selected for the post in 2013-14 Immediately since arriving on campus in 2015, Vanderlaan has b e e n a n i m p a c t p l a ye r, n e ve r missing a game in his two seasons so far and currently serving as the program ’ s leading active pointscorer

Like Rauter, Yates enters his senior year following a breakout junior season, which saw him double his career point total with 12 goals and 10 assists the former of which ranked second on the team Yates’ success has come on the power play, as eight of his 12 goals last season came on the man-advantage And as the team got deep in the season last year, so did Yates the Quebec native put up nine points in a 10-game stretch from Feb 3 to March 10

Fi e g l , a d r a f t p i c k o f t h e Phoenix Coyotes, rounds out the group of four selected to lead the team in 2017-18 Not especially known for his point-scoring, Fiegl has instead made his name with his grittiness, earning the team ’ s Iron Man Award last year by battling through injury to appear in all 35 games But while he may not score often, Fiegl makes it count when he does His resume

i n c l u d e s a g a m e - t y i n g g o a l against then-undefeated and No 1 Providence in 2015-16, a game Cornell eventually won in overtime, as well as the first goal in last season ’ s Nov 18 comeback win over Princeton

This quartet of captains will be tasked with leading a nationallyranked No 18 Cornell team, selected by both the coaches and m e d i a t o f i n i s h t h i rd i n t h e ECAC standings, back to the conference championship weekend and the NCAA tournament

The four upperclassmen will get their first chance at donning the C’s and the A’s in two exhibit i o n g a m e s a g a i n s t C a n a d i a n schools this coming weekend

The regular season begins in two weeks, Oct 27-28, with a twog a m e h o m e s e r i e s a g a i n s t Alabama-Huntsville

Zachary Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

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Red Downs Harvard for 1st Time Since ’05

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Wr ter

Winless entering Saturday and picked to finish last in the Ivy League, Cornell football wasn ’ t supposed to even compete with preseason No 1 Harvard

But after seeing Columbia upset Princeton and Dartmouth down Penn last weekend, the Red knew anything could happen in a historic Ivy League rivalry matchup

Cornell scored 17 unanswered points to beat the Crimson for the first time in 12 years, 17-14, behind a dominant defensive effort and strong running game to pick up its first win of the season and improving its league record to 1-1

It also was not exactly a balanced attack that powered the Cornell offense running backs junior Chris Walker, sophomore Harold Coles and senior Jack Gellatly led the way with 59 total rushing attempts, compared to just 18 throws In contrast, Cornell averaged 33 rushes per game and 45 pass attempts per game entering Saturday’s contest

The Red more than doubled its 2017 rush total Saturday, shredding the Harvard defense for 233 yards on the ground behind 93 yards from Walker, 68 from Coles and 49 from Gellatly The trio averaged almost four yards per carry

“It takes a lot to be disappointed and then to have the resolve to go correct them and then play that well.”

“So proud of my kids, so proud of the staff [for] overcoming adversity, overcoming the frustration of not getting games we thought we should’ve [and] having the resolve to go fix things that need to be fixed and show up against a good Harvard team with a victory,” head coach David Archer ’05 said of his team “It takes a lot to be disappointed, to have your mistakes pointed out and then to have the resolve to go correct them and then play that well ”

Cornell’s stifling defense stood tall after giving up 14 first-half points by holding the Crimson scoreless the final 30 minutes, forcing punt after punt and flustering Harvard quarterback Jake Smith The true freshman, who in previous games had split time with senior Joe Viviano, went 8-14 for 161 yards and was sacked five times

“Our advantage was our offensive line in run blocking, we thought [Harvard’s] advantage would be their defensive line on pass plays,” Archer said, explaining his game-strategy “We thought Dalton was getting hit a lot We just kind of wanted to take some pressure off him [and] ask him to do less ”

Harvard’s first half scoring drives of 72 and 55 yards put Cornell, whose offense came up empty on its first three possessions, in serious need of some points Immediately following Harvard’s second score, the offense responded with a 15-play, 87-yard drive in which all the plays but one plays were runs capped off by senior quarterback Jake Jatis’s first of two rushing touchdowns

Down 14-7, the Cornell defense went to work, forcing a quick three-and-out to go into the locker room with some confidence by keeping the deficit to just one touchdown

In the first two games of the season, Cornell’s defense was lost, allowing over 440 yards in each contest But

since, the team allowed just 270 yards to Colgate last weekend the lowest amount given up under Archer and shaved that number down even more by just giving up 223 to Harvard Saturday Crimson running back Charlie Booker III had just 56 yards and no touchdowns

“They were dominant on the line of scrimmage today gritty, tough, hard-nosed, just awesome, ” Archer said of his defense “These guys just swarmed to the ball, they got off blocks, they just bought into [defensive coordinator Jared] Backus’s system and just flew around It was really fun to watch They played their tails off ”

The Red’s offense did just enough in a come-frombehind victory Jatis’s pair of two-yard rushing touchdowns led the way, and the Red took care of the football, committing only one turnover and scoring 17 unanswered points

To start the third quarter, it looked like the Crimson offense had some life as it raced its way to the Cornell 20 after a 27-yard pass and a 30-yard Booker run, the back’s only big play in the game Cornell junior linebacker Reis Seggebruch sacked Smith on third down and Harvard’s Jake McIntryre’s field goal attempt sailed wide left

Though minutes earlier it seemed Harvard was poised to run away with a two-score lead, this momentum swing proved to be the turning point On the ensuing drive, Cornell marched 74 yards, eating up nearly six minutes, as Jatis punched in his second touchdown Junior quarterback Dalton Banks’ key 30-yard completion on 2nd and 18 to sophomore wide receiver Owen Peters set up the score

Two key problems for the offense in its first three games were protecting Banks and failure to punch in points in the red zone Zero sacks and 3-3 in trips to the