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Asteri Ithaca Expands Afordable Housing Downtown

By FAITH FISHER Sun Staff Writer

The recently-demolished Green Street Garage in Downtown Ithaca is getting a major upgrade. The old site will soon boast the Asteri Ithaca: a 12-story mixed development building with 217 affordable new housing units, a 55,000 square foot conference center and 350 refurbished parking spots.

The three-pronged project broke ground in September and is part of a larger

rebuilding effort offered by the Green Street Garage to respond to the acute need for affordable housing and spur new growth and development in Ithaca.

According to Gary Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, Ithaca is able to add affordable housing units annually thanks to the work carried out by the Vecino Group — which is developing the building — for-profit developers and the Community Investment Incentive Tax Abatement Program. Even so, there is a severe shortage of affordable housing in the Ithaca area, especially the downtown area.

“There's definitely a need for more housing at every level in Ithaca, but particularly at lower income levels,” said Alderperson Seph Murtagh (D-2nd Ward).

According to Murtagh, gentrification plays a major role in the shortage of affordable housing in Ithaca. Cornell draws students from all over the world who come from very different economic brackets that compete with local residents for housing.

“When somebody is coming here from more expensive housing markets, they can easily afford to outcompete somebody who is a local trying to buy a house,” Murtagh said. “That is the biggest challenge we have.”

Nels Bohen, director of community development for the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency, said the need for affordable housing in Ithaca is “enormous.” Ithaca has a cost-burdened population, with a majority of renters paying 30 percent or more of their income on rent and utilities. Limited land and lack of vacant development sites in the area also makes the affordable housing issue difficult to overcome.

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Climate Justice Cornell Shifts Focus

After years campaigning for divestment, CJC takes on local policies

By ANGELA BUNAY Sun Assistant News Editor

Climate Justice Cornell, a student organization focused on climate action centering social justice, has narrowed their efforts to local political and environmental activism this semester. The group is back on campus since their successful campaign for the University to divest from fossil fuels last year.

Now CJC has broadened its focus to Cornell and Ithaca this semester, according to Leila Reimanis ’24, a coordinator for CJC, and Siobhan Hull ’24, a member of CJC who assists with outreach and member retention.

“We are seeking to strengthen our relationships with the Cornell and Ithaca community,” Hull said.

voice | A student protests on December 6th, 2019, urging C.U. to divest.

CJC, originally named KyotoNOW!, started in 2001 in response to the U.S. rejection of the Kyoto Protocol, an internation al pledge to reduce emis sions. According to Hull, the original student leaders pushed the University to participate in the protocol despite the national rejection.

During the 2016-2017 school year, the orga nization rebranded to CJC because the Paris Climate Accords, an international treaty that aimed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, became more recognizable to students than the Kyoto Protocol.

The name change also reflected a changing climate action movement according to Julia Gonzales ’23, previous trea

surer of the organization and a member of CJC since her freshman year. She said that feeling like part of meaningful climate action is what draws her to the organization.

“Historically, certain groups have benefited from the causes of climate change more than others, and in the future, the impacts of climate change will be unevenly distributed,” Gonzales said. “We think it’s important that the needs of marginalized groups are emphasized in future climate action.”

As part of their move to focusing on local politics, the group promoted an Environmental Rights Rally hosted on the Ithaca Commons by the Environmental Advocates New York, an non-profit organization that fights for environmental protections and healthy, equitable communities on Oct. 12.

The rally involved a number of local activists and elected officials expressing their support for Proposition Two, a bill in the New York state legislature that would add the human right to “clean water, clean air and a healthful environment” to the New York Constitution’s Bill of Rights.

“The rally increased community awareness about the existence of the proposition,” Hull said, “Wore voters will now remember to flip their ballot over in November and vote YES on proposition two.”

Beyond this rally, Gonnzales said that CJC has signed onto several letters to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) regarding state climate change policies, including the Climate and Community Investment Act. Recently, it called on Hochul to adopt a Building Electrification Equity Platform, which would prioritize the investment of funds

Okenshields Opens

To Mixed Reviews Post-Renovations

By AIMEE EICHER Sun Contributor

After closing due to a lack of traffic last fall and merging with the Ivy Room in the spring, Okenshields has finally reopened this semester — with several promised renovations missing.

The original plans for renovation included expanded seating and improved traffic flow through the dining hall. They also promised more pizza toppings and an expansive Build Your Own Bowl station, which would offer mac and cheese, risotto, chili and mashed potato bowls.

Alia Piccini ’25 and Sammy Shea ’25 said that they had not seen many of the proposed new food options in the dining hall this semester.

Kelly Kong ’24 wished the dining hall had implemented more options at the Build Your Own Bowl station.

Cornell Cinema Reopens After Yearlong Closure

By RACHEL KODYSH Sun Contributor

After closing its doors for a year, Cornell Cinema has reopened this semester as a place to relax, unwind and celebrate the world of film.

With many COVID guidelines in place to ensure a safe and comfortable viewing experience, movie attendees are required to wear masks throughout the entirety of the showing, provide a Cornell ID or proof of vaccination and practice respectful distancing. The concessions stand is also closed, as per the University guidelines.

The theater currently operates at 75 percent capacity, filling 255 of its 340 seats.

Anthony Pena ’25 saw the showing of the Spanish movie The Hidden City on Tuesday night, and he expressed comfort with the cinema’s safety precautions.

“Everything was fine,” Pena said. “Everybody was wearing their masks.”

students and local residents — about 75 percent of attendees are affiliated with Cornell, and Ithaca locals make up 15 percent of total attendance. This ratio varies somewhat, however, depending on the film.

Despite the wide range of films, reasonable prices and local venue, sales have been down after the pandemic. In 2019, 6,000 tickets were sold between the start of the semester and the end of October. In 2021, only 5,000 were sold by Oct. 25. Fessenden and moviegoers hope to see greater turnout in the future.

“Being able to actually sit around with people and just enjoy the atmosphere is a true pleasure and what I hope to see in the future,” Pena said.

Mary Fessenden, the cinema’s director of 25 years, aims to bring in attendees with a wide range of movie interests and tastes in the cinema’s offerings. She does so by researching and curating movies with input from cinema staff, Cornell faculty and student clubs. Often, she collaborates with professors to choose titles that interact with course material.

“There are so many ways in which film can be used to deal with history, to deal with contemporary topics, social issues, to represent different cultures,” Fessenden said.

According to Fessenden the theater attracts various

The film schedule is available on the Cornell Cinema website, Campus Groups portal, CU events calendar and through their newsletter.

Tickets are available to purchase online as well as in person, and Fessenden highly encourages students to buy the AllAccess Pass.

The pass allows free entry to unlimited showings per semester, and it costs $10 for graduate students, $20 for undergraduates and $30 for the general public.

This Halloween weekend, the Cinema will feature a horror comedy titled Shaun of the Dead. It will also be giving discounted tickets to those in costumes and will provide treats after the showing.

“It can be such an enriching experience,” said Fessenden. “It’s amazing to me still after all these years working here how profound an experience you can have while watching a film.”

Rachel Kodysh can be reached at rjk243@cornell.edu.

Afordable Housing to Replace Green Street Garage

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There are different levels of affordable housing, which is typically calculated using the area median income. According to New York State Assemblywoman Anna Kelles (D-125th District), a project is affordable if the average area median income across all units falls below 80 percent, which is true of Asteri Ithaca.

The building will offer housing that is affordable to households making 30 to 80 percent of the AMI. Working in partnership with Tompkins County Action, Vecino will dedicate 40 of the units to at-risk populations.

Kelles said that this level of affordability is rare, especially in one of the most expensive parts of the city. Usually, affordable housing is built on the outskirts of cities, so putting the new units in a central location creates more “equity” in the city.

“The people who are living there are being treated like everyone else,” Kelles said, “and have access to all the things that the downtown people would have access to.”

By allowing individuals who work downtown to live close by, affordable housing also eliminates other hidden costs for these individuals, like transportation costs.

“If people are working downtown somewhere, whether in the service sector or hospitality sector, or say as a bank teller, they should be able to afford to live downtown if they want to,” Murtagh said.

Construction on Asteri Ithaca has commenced following a long

collaborative process between many organizations, including the City of Ithaca, the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency and Vecino Group.

The opportunity for the Asteri Ithaca project arose in 2018, when the city provided the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency with the option to acquire the structurally deficient Green Street parking garage. The agency solicited proposals in June 2018 for a redevelopment project meeting the City of Ithaca’s Common Council’s goals: the expansion of public parking, the construction of affordable housing and the incorporation of a conference center.

In December 2018, the Urban Ithaca Renewal Agency selected Asteri Ithaca from four competing proposed projects for the Green Street garage redevelopment.

“I think what stood out strongest was that Vecino proposed the largest number of affordable housing units,” Bohen said, “and agreed that they would work to integrate the conference center into the project.”

In November 2020, the city granted Vecino Group Final Site Plan Approval. During the ensuing approval process, the affordable housing component of the project garnered overwhelming support. The main point of contention with the plan was the conference center, a development that the Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Ithaca Alliance have supported for years.

Some Ithacans expressed concern that the conference center would waste taxpayer dollars. However, the financing scheme for the conference center does not lean heavily on local taxpayers.

Students Share Disappointment With New Okenshields Renovations

Say promised improvements lackluster in practice

DINING

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She had hoped that, after renovations, this station would offer customizable bowls similar to those at The Terrace Restaurant or Trillium.

“We’re learning what works well at the Build Your Own Bowl station,” Paul Muscente, associate director of Cornell Dining, wrote in an email to The Sun.

Renovations did expand the salad bar, wok station and vegan and vegetarian section, according to Muscente.

Vegetarian students like Salma Hazimeh ’24 expressed that the existing changes did not offer sufficient plant-based options.

“The current situation definitely pales when you describe the renovations,” Hazimeh said, “which is really sad, because the food that the renovation was

supposed to add sounds really good.”

However, some students are satisfied with the current food options at Okenshields. Piccinni and Shea mentioned always being able to find food choices that they enjoy.

As the only meal swipe dining hall on central campus, Okenshields diners often face long lines and a lack of seating, especially during lunchtime. “I do think that [dining halls] are much busier than last year when we were in the heart of COVID,” Faith Taylor ’24, a former Cornell Dining student employee, said.

The renovations aimed to solve this problem by using the previous Ivy Room as additional seating for Okenshields. According to Muscente, Cornell Dining rearranged the Ivy Room

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Climate Justice Cornell Takes More Local Focus

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Rather, the cost is split between the city, the county, the developers and hotels in the area, which will source this funding from an added tax to hotel guests.

According to Kelles, the conference center has also garnered support from downtown workers, who see it as a way to stabilize their jobs and spur economic growth in the city. Hotels, restaurants and small businesses in the downtown area have many patrons on Fridays and weekends, but the Monday through Thursday period generally brings a lull in activity. A conference center will bring individuals into the city during this period.

“For hourly wage workers downtown in the gig economy, if there is more consistency in patronage, then there's more consistency in their jobs,” Kelles said. “They'll have more hours for work, better pay and more benefits because the businesses will be able to afford benefits.”

The development of the project has even considered the effect on neighboring businesses. Its budget, for example, accounts for compensation for any interruption of business that may occur.

Throughout the approval process, the developers formed written agreements with each of the neighboring property and business owners to accommodate their needs. Brett Bossard, executive director of the neighboring theater Cinemapolis, expressed gratitude for the attention the city and the developers have paid to their interests, especially after COVID shutdowns.

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into energy efficiency within buildings in disadvantaged communities.

Gonzales said the group has also met with Ithaca’s director of sustainability, Luis AguirreTorres, to discuss implementation avenues for the Ithaca Green New Deal, which the council passed unanimously in June 2019. CJC members held a discussion about climate justice in the Ithaca community, canvassed for the Ithaca Common Council solidarity slate and sent a letter urging the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to deny a request from the Seneca Lake Greenidge power plant to renew their Title IV, acid rain, and Title V, greenhouse gas, air permits.

Going forward, CJC’s Ithaca

Green New Deal action team hopes to host several in-person events designed to renew environmental justice energy within the community and Common Council.

“We have not yet determined whether this will take the form of a rally or some other event, but it is our aim to promote community engagement,” said Hull.

Brandon Restler ’23, CJC’s co-general body coordinator, said that his favorite part of CJC membership is seeing the impact of the organization’s actions on the community.

“While some of our initiatives are more successful than others,” said Restler, “it’s nice to know that it’s possible to make a difference –– however large or small.”

Angela Bunay can be reached at abunay@cornellsun.com.

Dining Guide

An ‘Objective’ Judging Of Chocolate Halloween Candies

By MARGARET CHAN Sun Staff Writer

Halloween season is fully upon us, which means it’s the time of year to stuff our faces with candy and feel no remorse. In our childhood days of trick-or-treating, we all had our favorite candies that we would trade anything for and others that we would gladly give away for free. But which candies are objectively the best? I’ll use the following four metrics to score many of our favorite chocolate based candies (sorry chocolate haters). This will be scored from one to five, with five being the best.

1) Bingeability: How much can you reasonably eat without feeling absolutely terrible?

2) Mouth-Feel: Texture, how enjoyable is it to eat?

3) Popularity: Is it a fan favorite or does it have a niche market?

4) Design: Does the design enhance the experience of eating the candy? Is it unique?

M&Ms

This is an absolute classic fan favorite. You can even keep them in your backpack for weeks and they’ll still be edible! Although every color tastes the same, a fun fact is that the brown M&M is the least abundant.

Bingeability: 5 Mouth-Feel: 4 Popularity: 5 Design: 5

Milky Way

A nougat topped with caramel and covered in chocolate, this is a general crowd pleaser in the U.S. Other places in the world call it a Mars Bar. I’ve never met anyone who said they disliked Milky Ways.

Bingeability: 3 Mouth-Feel: 5

Popularity: 5 Design: 3

3 Musketeers

Fun fact: 3 Musketeers is made by the same company as Milky Way and M&Ms! It’s very similar to a Milky Way bar, but without the caramel. The abundance of nougat makes this candy bar very hard to binge.

Bingeability: 1

Mouth-Feel: 3

Popularity: 4 Design: 2

Twix

Twix had a pretty successful ‘Left Twix, Right Twix’ marketing campaign a few years ago, and they’re still riding its wave. Twix are also made by the same producer as 3 Musketeers, Milky Way and M&Ms. Twix is a shortbread topped with caramel and coated in chocolate. The producer, Mars Inc., sure has an affinity for coating things in chocolate!

Bingeability: 4 Mouth-Feel: 5

Popularity: 5 Design: 4

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Evaluating Chocolate Halloween Candies

Junior Mints

Kit Kat

Milk chocolate covered wafers in a shareable form. Great texture and fun to break apart and eat! Kourtney Kardasian even has a super wacky way to eat it.

Bingeability: 5

Mouth-Feel: 5

Popularity: 5 Design: 5

Crunch

This is a chocolate bar filled with crispy puffed rice balls. The texture of the crispy rice nicely balances out the creaminess of the chocolate.

Bingeability: 3

Mouth-Feel: 5

Popularity: 4 Design: 4

Hersheys

This is your classic American chocolate bar. Largely used in the s’mores making process, this chocolate comes off a bit waxy and is definitely not comparable to artisan or high quality chocolate.

Bingeability: 2

Mouth-Feel: 2

Popularity: 5 Design: 2

Butterfinger

Butterfinger is yet another chocolate coated candy bar. It’s interior is a flaky layered filling of hard sugar candy mixed with peanut butter. While the first few bites are delicious, this filling is simply too rich to binge eat.

Bingeability: 1

Mouth-Feel: 4

Popularity: 3 Design: 3

These chocolate coated, bite-sized mints are seriously the best. Personally, I think keeping them in the fridge makes the minty part taste so much better!

Bingeability: 4

Mouth-Feel: 5

Popularity: 5 Design: 4

Tootsie Roll

Apparently, this chocolate flavored taffy candy does not actually contain any chocolate. That would explain the artificial flavor. Every time I eat a tootsie roll, I get annoyed about how it sticks to my back teeth.

Bingeability: 3

Mouth-Feel: 2

Popularity: 3 Design: 2

Snickers

Out of all candy advertisements, I see the Snickers ones the most by far. There’s really not much to dislike about this candy. A nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, coated in chocolate, it’s a general crowd pleaser (unless you’re allergic to nuts, that is).

Bingeability: 3

Mouth-Feel: 4

Popularity: 5 Design: 3

Reeses

These peanut butter cups are just so good! They’ve really perfected the texture of the peanut butter filling, and the ratio of chocolate to peanut butter is flawless. The only downside I can think of is that these cups melt super easily.

Bingeability: 4

Mouth-Feel: 5

Popularity: 5 Design: 3

Joy

I used to absolutely hate Almond Joys. This is the candy bar I would give away for free to my siblings after a night of trick-or-treating. I think it was just something about the flavor of the coconut filling I didn’t like, but now that my palette has refined itself a little bit, it’s one of my favorite chocolate candies.

Bingeability: 2

Mouth-Feel: 5

Popularity: 1 Design: 3

Winner: Kit Kat

There’s just nothing to dislike about Kit Kats. The crunchy texture of the wafers, combined with the meltin-your-mouth milk chocolate, can’t be beat! The fun experience of breaking off each piece is just the icing on the cake. Kit Kats also come in a variety of yummy flavors, from green tea to white and dark chocolate.

Margaret Chan is a senior in the College of Engineering. She can be reached at myc39@cornell.edu.

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Take Care, Cornell

In the midst of exam season, many college students are reckoning with their mental health in a very real way right now. As a senior, I’ve certainly had my ups and downs over the years, but as I’m listening to the constant state of anxiety emanating from the libraries, I can’t help but think that there’s got to be something we can do about it.

Just listen to the conversations as you walk through Duffield, or get your lunch at Trill;

“I’ve only had coffee today.”

“I spent four hours on that one question and still don’t know the answer.”

“I have to write a ten page paper in the next 24 hours.”

“I got three hours of sleep last night.”

Phrases like this are normalized here, as I’m sure they are on many college campuses. Sure, poor time management, a rigorous course load and procrastination are partially to blame. But not eating, sleeping or just generally not taking care of ourselves is all too common among Cornell students right now, and the general culture among students perpetuates this.

Usually this is in the form of one upping —

“You got five hours of sleep last night? Lucky. I only got three”

Comparison is the downfall of happiness. Pretty much everyone at Cornell is a high-achiever; we’re all smart, capable and talented in our respected fields. Most of us want to do well, almost to the point where it seems like we care too much, sacrificing our health and wellbeing for grades. What’s this all for? Dream internships of course, strategically aligned in order to secure the best job offer possible post-graduation with a ridiculously high starting salary.

at all costs.

There are many resources at Cornell in place to address mental health concerns of the student body; CAPS, EARS, Body Positive, just to name a few. I genuinely think that the school does care and try to support the wellbeing of students. Yet, there still exists an undeniable gap in the mental health system, and many, many students fall through the cracks. It’s easy to try and blame Cornell Health; and while I think, as with any organization, there can definitely be improvements, the issue is more deep-rooted than that.

I too forgot to eat, was so stressed I couldn’t sleep, and still failed exams anyway. It took hitting my own personalized version of rock-bottom burnout for me to realize I needed to change, and luckily I have. Now on the other side of it, I’m wondering, was it all worth it?

Comparison is the downfall of happiness. Pretty much everyone at Cornell is a high-achiever; we’re all smart, capable and talented in our respected fields ... it seems like we care too much, sacrificing our health and wellbeing for grades. What is this all for?

This is definitely a generalization, and not everyone at Cornell is like that, but many, many people are. It’s funny, when people ask me whether Cornell is cutthroat, I’m never quite sure how to answer- in many ways no. The professors, at least in my experience, are incredible, passionate people who want their students to succeed. Yet in many ways, at least among students, yes, there is an underlying “cutthroat culture”. This starts with the individual expectations we have of ourselves, trying to achieve good grades

As I’ve discussed all of this with my friends, a few common questions arose. How do you support a friend that’s struggling? How do you convince someone to take care of themselves, without overstepping? Do you even notice these things happening, or are you just barely scraping by yourself? Mental health is incredibly personal, and many people still are uncomfortable talking about it, for so many reasons. There’s so much more to the issue than just ‘talking about it more’, or demanding more resources from Cornell. Yes, both of these things can and will help, but there’s also a cultural shift that needs to happen. Be cautious of the comparisons. If your friend casually mentions they haven’t eaten at all yet, encourage them to do so. The more we consciously combat the burnout culture at our school within the student body, the more likely change is to happen. At the end of the day, we’re all just doing the best we can. I’ve been that person struggling, and I’ve been that friend on the sidelines, wishing they could just fight the battle themselves. None of this is easy and I feel for you. This is your friendly reminder to look out for yourself right now. Eat, sleep, leave the fluorescent lights of the library behind in favor of some fresh air, and bring your friends along with you. Take care, Cornell.

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I Am Going To Be Small

Red Out-Gunned by Brown in Frenetic Shootout

By WILL BODENMAN and AARON SNYDER Sun Assistant Sports Editors

After scoring 34 points in an offensive reawakening against Colgate last week, Cornell hosted Brown in search of its first conference victory on the season.

With Brown averaging 435.8 yards per game and led by one of the best quarterbacks in the Ivy League in EJ Perry, Saturday’s contest promised to be a high-scoring affair, and that’s exactly what both teams produced. In a shootout, it was ultimately Brown that came out on top, 49-45.

“What a slugfest,” Head Coach David Archer ’05 said. “When you play a very elite quarterback you know you’re going to have to score, and we just came up one score short.”

Finding itself down 35-30 in the fourth quarter of a back-and-forth affair, Cornell (1-5, 0-3 Ivy League) went with freshman quarterback Jameson Wang to catalyze a comeback. Senior wide receiver Thomas Glover drew a long pass interference call to give the Red the ball at the Cornell 40-yard line and proceeded to make a 34-yard grab, bringing the action near the red zone.

Facing pressure on 4th-and-6, Wang delivered in a big way, scrambling out of the pocket and finding senior wide receiver Curtis Raymond III for a 22-yard touchdown pass. The Red successfully completed a two-point conversion on a Wang pass to Glover, giving Cornell a 38-35 lead with 4:17 remaining in the game. The Bears (2-4, 1-2) were quick to respond.

Facing a 3rd and 1, DeLucia broke several tackles en route to a 56-yard touchdown run that put Brown up 42-38 with 2:27 remaining.

It took just three plays for the Red to respond. With fifth-year quarterback Richie Kenney under center, Raymond nabbed a 50-yard juggling catch to bring the ball to the Brown 25-yard line. On the very next play, Kenney found Glover wide open for a 25-yard touchdown pass. The Red led 45-42 with just 1:59 left on the clock.

1:59 proved to be too much time for the Red to give Perry. In just seven plays, Brown took back the lead. After a 13-yard rush up the middle for Perry, he found wide receiver Mark Mahoney for a 22-yard gain. On the next play, Walker caught a 30-yard laser from Perry in the corner of the endzone, giving Brown a 49-45 lead with a mere 29 seconds for the Red response.

Cornell tried to mount a comeback but ultimately fell short. Kenney failed to connect with Raymond on a deep play and was sacked on the next play. On the last play of the game, the Red tried to confuse the Bears with laterals but could not make it work.

Prior to the last-minute frenzy, the Red defense started the game strong, forcing three incomplete passes before junior safety Jalyx Hunt blocked Declan Boyle’s punt and sent the ball through the back of the endzone for a safety to put Cornell up 2-0.

Led by senior quarterback Ben Mays to start the game, Cornell’s offense was unable to gain momentum on their first drive. Although freshman quarterback Jameson Wang was brought in for third-and-long, the Red were forced to punt.

After a long punt return by Brown’s Wes Rockkett, senior strong safety Isaiah Hogan picked off Perry on the first play of Brown’s drive, bringing the ball to the 46-yard line.

“We just had to keep our eyes on [Perry}, make sure we contained him in the box and played him through,” Hogan said.

On the next drive, the Red again utilized a rotation of Mays and Wang, with each making several notable plays. Wang came in to convert a 3rd and 3 on a quarterback rush and Mays later converted a 4th and 11 with a 20-yard pass to fifth-year wide receiver Alex Kuzy. The Red capped off the drive with an eight-yard touchdown run by freshman

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