Dan Harmon, co-creator of Rick and Morty and executive producer for the show Community, said it was simply “banana peels and stoplights” that led to his success in a sold-out show in Bailey Hall on Friday evening
“ The luck part is time Because luck is something that happens, the hard part is you do nothing,” Harmon joked
“What I think is amazing about it is that anyone can get involved,
you just have to take the first step ”
l a i n i n g h ow s h e ove rc a m e h e r c o n d i t i o n a n d w a s b a c k t o e x e r c i s i n g W h i l e t a l k i n g a b o u t i t s h e s a i d t h e w o rd s “ Yo u m a k e y o u , ” a n d t h e y b o t h k n e w t h a t t h i s s l o g a n w a s s o m e t h i n g t h a t “ n e e d s t o b e s h a re d ” Fl a s h f o r w a rd t h re e ye a r s a n d Yo u Ma k e Yo u i s n o w t h e n a m e o f Tr i o l o ’ s s t a r t u p, w h i c h f o c u s e s o n h a p p i n e s s ,
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s t e p, ” Tr i o l o s a i d “ I h a ve l e a r n e d t h a t a n yo n e ,
He also spoke in-depth on his desire to find “ a ver y simply, almost numerical, instinctive reason ” for what makes a stor y
“If there’s something ingrained in us about stor ytelling, I don’t think it would be attached to ‘and we do that because we love a champion’ or ‘ we saved an underdog’ There shouldn’t be any of that in there,” he said
Rather, he said that he thinks we tell stories because us “talking chimps” are constantly thinking about change
“I do think our cells are a librar y full of stories or one stor y that is simply about how stagnation is your enemy, ” he said “Expect the worst, and when you see the worst coming, overcome your fear of that ”
This seems to be the inspiration behind his stor y circle technique that breaks stor ytelling into different simple quadrants where a character “ enters an unfamiliar situation and has to work their way back
”
While Harmon did not expect any of his writers at Community to follow his method, he has heard of his former writers “spreading the gospel of the circle”
“ There are stories of it going splendidly and t
Harmonites,’” he said In
answered questions from ever ything about how to be a successful filmmaker and writer, his upcoming projects like adapting The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut ’44 and if he preferred chocolate or vanilla cake
Although the event was supposed to end around 8:30 p m , Harmon made sure to answer ever y question until just past 9, poking fun at the event ’ s original cutoff time “ Who makes that rule, big university?” he said to a round of applause “You know what academia wants? Academia wants for you to stay here forever and be a grad student and then be a teacher You can ’ t get out of here! So what’s with the time limit?”
Marin Langlieb can be reached at mlanglieb@cornellsun com
Harmonites | Dan Harmon addressed a sold-out show of devoted fans in Bailey Hall on Friday evening
Alumnus Makes History, Elected Youngest Legislator
By SAMANTHA STERN Sun Staff Writer
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“I know I definitely wouldn’t have been as effective ... without my time at ILR ”
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Fluid Milk Processing Workshop
8 a m - 5 p m , Conference Center, Stocking Hall
Zafer Senocak
Creative Writer and Public Intellectual
LEPP Theory Seminar: Antony Speranza, University of Maryland
2 p m , 438 Physical Sciences Building
Advocating for Science as a Scientist 4 - 5 p m , 120 Physical Sciences Building
Applications of One Health in Javan Rhino Conservation
4 - 5 p m , Lecture Hall 2, College of Veterinary Medicine
Imagining Migration in Contemporary Europe: A Literary Author’s Perspective
4:30 - 6 p m , Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Voices and Visions in Black Media: TreaAndrea Russworm
4:30 p m , Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Writing Home: The Birth of Beyoncé and a Formation Nation
4:30 p m , 142 Goldwin Smith Hall
Wine and Words by Angelique V Nixon: Saltwater Healing and Resistance in Times of Crisis
6 - 8 p m , Hoyt Fuller Room, Africana Studies
Justice League Free Advance Screening 8 - 10 p m , Willard Straight Theatre
Imagining Migration in Contemporary Europe: A Literary Author’s Perspective
November 14, 2017
4:30-6:00 PM Lewis Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall
Reception to follow in A.D White House (6:00pm-7:00pm)
COURTESY OF THE VERGE
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Alarmed by Threats to Women’s Rights, Cornell Alumna Eyes Congress Seat
By MADELINE COHEN Sun Senior Writer
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C h r i s t i e ’ s p o l i c i e s a s t h e “f i r s t g ove r n o r t o d e f u n d p l a n n e d p a re n t h o o d ”
“ Se x u a l l y t r a n s m i t t e d d i s e a s e s a re u p i n t h e s t a t e , by a n a ve r a g e o f 3 5 p e rc e n t , ” s h e s a i d “ T h e re a re ve r y t a n g i b l e c o n s e q u e n c e s f o r d e f u n d i n g p l a n n e d p a re n t h o o d ” Ma n d e l b l a t t c i t e d h e r b e l i e f t h a t m o re w o m e n s h o u l d b e re p re s e n t
Gala Raises Awareness for Food Insecurity Abroad, On-Campus
By MIGUEL SOTO Sun Staff Writer
Centered on the global problem of food insecurity and potential solutions to it, the Global Health Gala raised about $1200 to suppor t a water filtration project in Guatemala
Headed by GlobeMed and its par tner organization, the Association Maya-Mam to Promote Research and Development, the project focused on the town of Comitancillo, Guatemala
GlobeMed provides water filters for families in need, especially women, and works toward “ women ’ s empowerment, efficient agricultural practices, dental hygiene, nutrition and water purity,” Shivani Bahl ’18,
GlobeMed co-president, said
By providing filters to women, AMMID empowers women to attain autonomy over the filters, and they learn to install them so they may later act as leaders when other members of the community acquire a filter
AMMID’s goal is for “100 percent of families that need a filter to have one by 2020,” Sarah Crowe ’18, GlobeMed co-president, said
The event also addressed food insecurity on campus Nicolas Karavolias ’18, director of store commun
Donovan ’18, project coordinator of Anabel’s Grocer y, discussed the store ’ s goal of reducing student food insecurity
“One in five students indicated that they have skipped meals due to financial constraints,” Donovan said, addressing the impor tance of Anabel’s goal
In an attempt to fight this problem, Anabel’s Grocer y offers discounted produce, subsidies for students with low resources, lessons on online cooking classes, and demos to teach students about the food they are buying and how to prepare it
The store is not only meant to ser ve food-insecure students, but the community, “because you ' re supp o r t i n g a m o d e l that is suppor ting your peers who are in a little bit more
n e e d , ” D o n o v a n said
Karavolias had a hopeful vision for the young grocer y store
“ We r e a l l y would like food insecurity [to] no longer exist on this campus and we hope our effor ts can be a par t of that solution,” he said
Prof David Levitsky, nutritional sciences, gave a simple solution to solving the issues of food insecurity
“ There is one impor tant ingredient that is necessar y to fix the problem of malnutrition and hunger and food insecurity And that is empathy,” he said
The decline in empathy was a result of the industrial revolution and the splitting of people into categories of “workers” and “ non workers,” Levitsky said
Levitsky spoke of society's accomplishments, speaking of education, longevity and less war, and was optimistic about the future of food insecurity, saying “today, we are getting better ”
“I’m glad to see so many young people tr ying to make this world a better place,” he said “It’s up to you to keep working ”
Inspired at Cornell | Lisa Mandelblatt ’86 says she first discovered her passion for public service while working as a congressional intern as part of the Cornell in Washington program
Madeline Cohen can be reached at
Programs Help Students Balance Coursework, Startups
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Anu Subramaniam can be reached at asubramaniam@cornellsun com
Alumnus Elected Youngest Legislator on Long Island
“I wanted to have an intern program made up of young people to show young people across Long Island that you are not too young to move the political needle even if you cannot vote, ” Lafazan said “You are not too young to make a difference in your community ”
“I told my [volunteers] on election night that the takeaway from this campaign was that if anyone tells you you ’ re too young to do something, you tell them they’re wrong, ” Lafazan added “And if they still think they’re right, remember what we did here on this night and think again ”
ling the opioid epidemic
He believes that with the help of his young team, he will achieve his goals
“Channeling young people as a political force will make me a really effective legislator,” Lafazan said
“Channeling young people as a political force will make me a really effective legislator.” J
When asked when he first became interested in politics, Lafazan halfjokingly recalls his elementar y school success as a student council representative His time on the first-grade student council taught him what he could do as a representative
employees and inspire hard work from his volunteers
“Cornell taught me all about how to manage individuals,” he said “I know I definitely wouldn’t have been as effective as a candidate or as a manager without my time at ILR ” He also credits his victory partially to his grassroots campaigning He said he and his team worked tirelessly to get his message out to the public from phone calls to knocking on doors
doors ”
“We believe that face to face wins the race always,” Lafazan said “ We knocked on 18,000
Lafazan is no stranger to being the youngest; in 2012, he became the youngest elected official in the state when he was voted onto the Syosset Board of Education as an 18 year-old high school senior His campaign team was also atypically young his volunteers ranged from 14 to 21 years old
As for his general goals now that he is in office, Lafazan a registered independent said he hopes to “ restore a sense of civility to politics” by bringing Republicans and Democrats together to draft and pass effective legislation
Legislatively, Lafazan said he will introduce a bill on his first day setting term limits for legislators His main goal, however, is to introduce a package of bills tack-
“In first grade, when I was elected to the student council, I fell in love with the concept that I could use my voice to lift the voices of my peers, ” he said
Lafazan said he is very grateful for his opportunities, and is looking forward to being sworn into office in January
“I give this job my all because I’m never done saying thank you, ” he said
Samantha Stern can be reached at sbs268@cornell edu
History made | Joshua Lafazan ’16 credits his youth and grassroots campaign for his historic win
WILSON
Letter to the Editor
The importance of keeping the Labor in Industrial and Labor Relations
To t h e Edi t or :
We are writing this letter to express our collective concern in anticipation of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ upcoming curriculum changes, guided by the particular calls for de-emphasizing labor at the ILR town hall and by careful reflection on our own experiences in ILR This concern is situated within the broader of context of the preprofessionalization and corporatization of the university, which equips students with the tools to go far within existing structures, but not to question the legitimacy and efficacy of the very structures they benefit from What is necessary to challenge these structures is the space to hone critical thinking, reading and writing skills, often overlooked in favor of more explicitly “marketable” focuses Sacrificing labor studies and programs not only destroys Irving Ives’ essential vision that the ILR School was founded upon, but also does an extreme disservice to every single student in the School
The need to focus on labor is more important now than ever In the face of globalization, rapidly increasing inequality, and exploitation, it is imperative to counter the myth that the labor movement is a relic of the past and irrelevant to the future The ongoing history of the labor struggle which has given us healthcare, broad free speech protections, the weekend, the eight hour work day and child labor laws has not ended, and we must place ourselves within it We remember that real social change has never come from the top; it has always been won through grassroots struggle, often in the face of tremendous violence Ignorance of this struggle will only serve to disempower today’s students who will soon become, and often already are, workers, facing new chal-
Katy Habr ILR ’18
Julissa Andrade, ILR ’18
Katar yna Restrepo, ILR ’21
Xavi er Eddy, ILR ’19
Car unya Achar, ILR ’18
Adam Davis, ILR ’18
Daniel Kirchner, ILR ’21
Erik Rivas, ILR ’20
Lydia Zheng, ILR ’20
Andrew Crook, MILR ’16
Michelle Zhao, ILR ’19
Vanessa Roga, ILR ’20
Juliet Remi, ILR ’20
Joe Anderson, ILR ’20
EHunter Moskowitz, ILR ’18
Mayra Valadez, ILR ’18
Alexandra Phelps, ILR ’20
Kyle Fri end, ILR ’18
Laura Mar tinez, ILR ’19
Kelly Bouzi, ILR ’18
Hannah Sosenko, ILR ’19
Johannah Mitchell, ILR ’18
Grace Bogdanove, ILR ’18
Michael Mintz, ILR ’17
Keanu Stryker, ILR ’18
Ashley Jones, MILR ’15
Helen Shanahan, ILR ’18
Travis Cabbell, ILR ’18
lenges that need to be fought ILR classes should reflect and analyze the political dynamics that shape the experience of work and labor in today’s world, including globalization, technological advancements, precarity and the evolving ways of organizing Oftentimes, however, this is not the case, and classes such as labor economics are taught as a steadfast doctrine as if economics is an objective science free from sociopolitical influences, such as in its framing of people as either “unskilled” or “skilled” as a means of justifying inequalities in the labor market and class hierarchies in society We lack the space to challenge the often-assumed correctness of these epistemologies, and we do not learn alternative perspectives It is crucial that ILR can not only address these issues, but also give students a way to place and contextualize the movements and struggles happening around the world and in the communities in which they live, such as the fight for a living wage in Tompkins County, the unionization efforts of Cornell’s graduate students and Ithaca College’s adjunct faculty and Cornell’s use of sub-contracted temporary workers to replace unionized staff It is true that labor is under attack but this means we must fight harder than ever
To understand the increasing socioeconomic inequality in the world, we must rigorously examine the intersections between labor and gender, race, class, disability, immigration status and sexual orientation, because these categories shape worker’s lives ILR’s existing labor classes offer a needed perspective, but they are not enough to allow students to engage with the rich political history of labor That students are able to go through their four years in ILR without ever having to engage with the ways in which race, class, gender and other
Nicole Lehman, ILR ’20
Nathanael Cheng, ILR ’20
Katherine Ryan, ILR ’20
Leanna Zilles, ILR ’21
Allison Considine, ILR ’17
Lindsey Fuchs, ILR ’20
Tiffany Fotopoulos, ILR
Alexandra Klein, ILR ’18
Edem Dzodzomenyo, ILR ’20
Omar Cancio, MILR ’14
Jack Nobel, ILR ’17
Cecilia Faringer P , ILR ’18
Hannah Hyams, ILR ’20
Jodaliza Gloder, ILR ’19
Michael Ferrer, ILR ’16
Zach Aleksandur de Stefan, ILR ’18
Karen Li, ILR ’15
Mario Cespedes, ILR ’13
Fiona Boomer, ILR ’18
Sophia May, ILR ’20
Alejandro Flores, ILR ’21
Irving Torres-Lopez, ILR ’18
Hannah Lorenc, ILR ’20
Cuong Pham, ILR ’20
Paul Ahrens, MILR ’17
Daniel Park, ILR ’21
Alexa Irias, ILR ’21
intersectionalities affect and shape experiences in the workplace is indicative of an egregious hole in the curriculum The labor movement and the Left have an extremely rich history of theory that was both formed in and is practiced from the shop floor to the halls of academia, and which encompasses a variety of disciplines not limited to Marxist, anarchist, feminist and postcolonial studies This theory, however, is rarely, if ever, taught in ILR classes, and students are forced to turn to other departments, individual studies and reading groups in order to truly understand the struggle of labor and the working class It is disheartening that classes in other departments discuss the foundations of labor and working class struggles more than those in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations
There are many avenues for students wishing to study business and finance to pursue those interests in the economics department and Cornell’s College of Business, as well as in business schools around the country However, schools that focus on labor are few and far between ILR prides itself on being one of a kind: a unique, comprehensive program meant to advance the world of work and improve working lives We are adamant that labor must be re-centered within the curriculum, and to that end, ask the essential question: what would the School of Industrial and Labor Relations be without Labor?
Our demands can be found in the online version of this letter, at cornellsun com
We also request a meeting with the committee in charge of curriculum changes, including ILR Dean Kevin Hallock, within two weeks of the receipt of this letter We await your response
Juan Guevara, MILR ’17
Br yan Gangemi, MILR ’17
Johnnie Kallas, MILR ’19
Zachar y Cunni ngham, MILR ’15
Shane Lancer, MILR ’16
Christopher Banks, MILR ’14
Adrienne Lee, ILR ’18
Hannah Cho, ILR ’19
Ethan Anderson, ILR ’18
Jehyun Suh, ILR ’20
Cecilia Faringer-Perez, ILR ’18
Our Alienating Alma Mater
arly this semester, I stumbled past Noyes with a friend late one weekend to discover a jubilant group of guys sitting on a ledge Their random shouts echoed over the slope, and, as cliched an expression it is, their relaxed demeanors and comfortable adventurousness truly did betray not a care in the world I remember my friend and I struck up a conversation, over which we learned that these guys were just-arrived sophomore transfers Right before departing, I turned back to one of them and said, considering what we had just discussed: “I remember what it felt like to be new here Best of luck, man ”
Since last January, when I filed an application to transfer out of Cornell, I’ve spent much time ruminating on what makes Cornell unique, for the better or worse
Sometimes I wonder whether the collective sullenness that defines our campus simply stems from the anxiety of young adulthood, but disheartening comparisons to other schools often make me wonder whether I should have accepted the chance to transfer Whether it’s one lecturer’s facetious but purposeful remark that Cornell students “ are so much less happy” than our Stanford counterparts, or a recent Make Cornell Meme Again
post about overhearing a visiting parent on a campus tour mention how “they look like zombies,” the variety of anecdotal evidence suggests alienation is quietly more ubiquitous than we are otherwise led to believe
But its source likely isn’t the reputed rigor of our curriculum, as that doesn’t account for how other schools with similarly dense curricula don’t seem hamstrung by a similar problem Instead we should account for the extent to which our immediate physical environment affects our social interactions, and hence our existence in a lot of respects Unlike universities with robust residential college systems like Yale, or a small, contained campuses like Brown, ours is one where the social experience from sophomore year is outsourced to an amalgam of tradition (Greek life), fierce landlords (off-campus living) or the Hunger Games (the housing lottery)
The other day, I found myself roped into hanging with a group of freshmen, for perhaps the first time in at least a year, in their Dickson quad I was amazed by the variety of individuals within this tight friend group: one was dirty-rushing a prominent house and seemed like a generally fratty guy, whereas the other had long-enough hair to explain
his interest in co-ops Separately, consider how even corporate environments make active attempts to institutionally enculturate interaction: think of the interaction-conducive architecture of Pixar, as encouraged by Steve Jobs, and all of the academic literature connecting one ’ s environment and one ’ s mental framework, and contrast it to how clearly demarcated Cornell’s well-defined social institutions are from each other Anyone who stands at the intersection of these predominant institutions can attest to the sense that it can really seem like an intersection Indeed, this is because of how demarcated the boundaries between them are, and the extent to which physical separation of our school ensures that an undergraduate hotelie living in a house on North Campus may likely never again see an international computer science student living in southernmost Collegetown And the fact that spaces allowing for this interaction don’t extend any further than freshman North is regrettable
This pervasive institutionalization defines more than housing Pre-professionalism primarily by clubs, fraternities, and other responsibilities outsourced to the student body, encouraging the Darwinism of many
Clara Goldrich, ILR ’20
Jaelle Sanon, ILR ’19
Rachel Hidek- ILR ’21
Hannah Simmerman, ILR ’19
Deepa Saharia, ILR ’18
Stephen Santangelo, ILR ’10
Rober t Boehler t, ILR ’18
Janelle Odionu, ILR ’18
Matthew Fischer-Daly, Ph D ’22
Christopher Raymond, Ph D ’23
John Lipki n, MILR ’15
recruitment practice even in this field That Cornell has so many student clubs is a wonderful, quotable fact, but also telling of the striking extent to which formal organizations are held responsible for social interaction And so, considering the clusteredness of Cornell’s institutions, and perhaps the unchangeable geographic scope of our university, we should not be so surprised by the social boundaries that result
Remembering those freshmen and the eclectic variety of their friend group, it seemed worth bemoaning how their interactions will likely diminish come next fall The same could likely be said of those sophomore transfers Before coming to college, I imagine that many of us wrote something about wanting to be exposed to a diversity of different people while at college Despite my cynicism toward the application process as a whole, a lot of people probably wrote this in earnest, which makes the self-segregation encouraged at Cornell all the more regrettable, considering what we were maybe looking for in the first place
Lorenzo Benitez is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at lbenitez@cornellsun com Not a Cop appears alternate Mondays
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A Great Way to Shoot the Hostage
Over the last two weeks, a group of Student Assembly members, supported by several leaders of student organizations, has been on a crusade to cut student funding to the Cornell Cinema This culminated in a joint statement with Provost Michael Kotlikoff on Wednesday committing to “begin a collaborative process to ensure Cornell Cinema does not shut down ” This statement is genuinely encouraging; however, despite this qualified success, the nature of this campaign has been quite concerning In an effort to take a stand, the S A held a valuable institution hostage, and put the livelihoods of its full-time employees in jeopardy Setting aside individual intentions, the tactics that these students have taken, both in public statements and in a letter to the editor this week, have ranged from bizarre to downright reckless The power to
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To be clear, they are probably correct Cornell undoubtedly owes more to the arts, whether in programming or student activities I fully support the University prioritizing meaningful student enrichment over the vast majority of other projects into which it pours resources The University would also likely be a more stable source of funding than the Student Assembly, if for no other reason than that revenue could not be jeopardized by a handful of quixotic students However, using the threat of devastating budget cuts in order to shame the University into action is absolutely irresponsible
The potential consequences of this political stand are very real Setting aside for a moment the harm done to students and faculty who rely on Cornell Cinema as an outlet d just remember human people s are tied to this le the loss of ay not have shut down the ausible to think ployees could seen a reducion in hours and wages
In addition to being a highly risk strategy, this gamesmanship wa not a responsible use of the pow entrusted to our student representatives.
control large organizational budgets carries with it the responsibility to be considered and thoughtful Regardless of the outcome, on this issue, the Student Assembly has not met this responsibility
The reasoning for abruptly cutting 30 percent of the Cinema’s annual budget has evolved quite a bit over time
After spending a few days on the claim that it is simply too expensive and inefficient to ask students to fund, proponents quickly pivoted to a more reasonable argument
Writing in The Sun on Wednesday, a cohort of current and former campus leaders expressed their support for defunding the Cinema by claiming that they were actually trying to save it In an all-out sprint to a moral position, the writers argued that they were trying to force the University administration to fund the Cinema themselves This, they claimed, would be more sustainable, and would not improperly burden students with the cost of supporting a
Even if the theater were only closed for six months, that kind of lost salary can be catastrophic for a family For the Student Assembly to even threaten this kind of measure was just unconscionable
Just as troubling is the apparent lack of any organized advocacy on the part of the S A prior to this week Before this abrupt decision to cut the Cinema’s funding, it does not appear that any members of S A , nor signatories of the letter, arranged meetings with Cornell administration or organized any collective action in support of Cinema funding This was not the culmination of a long-term campaign to secure better University funding for Cornell Cinema If it had been, perhaps such a drastic threat may have been warranted But to my knowledge, there have been no rallies, resolutions, meetings or op-eds in support of this particular issue until just now
This lack of organized effort is also clear in the vague way in which the letter demanded University funding
There is no particular source that was specified, or even an amount of money they sought to see allocated In general, I don’t expect students to have all of this information, nor is expertise in University finance a prerequisite for demanding better services However, if students are going to threaten to cut off a vital source of funding for an organization based on the expectation that the University will make up the deficit, their burden is much higher to know where that money will come from
Moreover, even despite this week’s statement, it is far from certain that the University will fully capitulate to this last-second ultimatum Kotlikoff ’ s initial response, reported Wednesday, was that the University would be unable to make the budget shortfall in 2018 Given how vast and intransigent University budgets are, it is by no means guaranteed that this collaborative process will be successful Given that the S A has now already made a public show of cutting off all student funding to the Cinema, one has to be uneasy about what the future holds
Regardless of how pure its intentions may have been, it was wholly inappropriate for the Student Assembly to hold a gun to the head of such an important program It threatened the passion and work of numerous students and professionals, and lacked a robust plan to follow through This use of the Cornell Cinema as a leverage point treated students and staff like talking points In addition to being a highly risky strategy, this gamesmanship was not a responsible use of the power entrusted to our student representatives
Politics in general, and student politics in particular, has a tendency toward public declarations of virtue We are all predisposed to seek the immediate gratification of something done So, rather than pursue incremental improvements to the Cinema’s funding structure, our Student Assembly opted to take a dramatic step and loudly declare how virtuous it was Yet, as is too often the case, this comes at the expense of the countless people whose lives are profoundly influenced by the decisions our political leaders make Moving forward, I hope the Student Assembly does a better job resisting the politics of self-gratification that led to this callous set of choices The Cornell Cinema deserves better, and so do we
Rubin Danberg Biggs is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at rdanbergbiggs@cornellsun com The Common Table appears alternate Fridays this semester
The Winter of Our Discontent
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After earning the surprise nod to start, Boeheim showed poise playing in his first ever game at the collegiate level Prior to the game, the forward was expected to be a sixth man off the bench
“I was in the first unit in the last few days of practice, but I didn ’ t know I was star ting until [Coach Earl] told me today,” said Boeheim, who was greeted with cheers when announced as a starter “The first few minutes I was a little nervous, but after the first possession, it felt like any other game ”
While it is just any other game, Earl is quick to point out how unique Syracuse is amongst its other opponents In terms of arena, style of play and size of players, the Orange is an outlier
on the Red’s 2017-18 schedule
“Frankly we ’ re not going to be playing another team these like this again, so we’ll try to move past it,” Earl said “ We play Binghamton next and they play a more traditional man-to-man ”
Despite the loss, some praise from the second winningest coach in NCAA Division I men ’ s basketball history should go a long way in helping move past the loss
“I think Cornell is good, I think they’re going to be better than last year, ” the elder Boeheim said “They had trouble with our defense, but their man-to-man offense is very good and difficult to play against ” Cornell makes its home debut against Binghamton this coming Monday, Nov 13
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Undefeated | Junior defenseman Alec McCrea’s goal in the final seconds of the third period gave the Red a dramatic come-from-behind victory over
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LAST-SECOND GOAL PROPELS ICERS PAST HARVARD
Red opens season 6-0 for frst time since 1971 along with a 3-0 shutout of Dartmouth the night before
in 46 years
Alec McCrea was supposed to be scoring goals for Har vard Not against them
Back when McCrea was playing in
j u n i o r s a s a t e e n a g e r,
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white But when things ultimately fell through, Ithaca was the next destination for the blueliner, who, in the purest instance of poetic justice, scored the Red’s game-winner against rival Har vard with 1 4 seconds left on the clock Saturday night to power Cornell to its first 6-0 start
“ That was really emotional for me getting that last goal,” said McCrea, whose tally secured both Cornell’s first win over Har vard since 2015 and a weekend sweep for the Red after Friday’s thrashing of Dartmouth “It was a great effor t from our team this weekend ”
Mc C re a ’ s c l u t c h s c o re , w h i c h
s third power play goal of the year and the second p o i n t o f h i s c a re e r against what was his almost-home, could have easily been for naught In the waning moment of a 5-on-3 after Har vard coach
Ted Donato earned his team a bench minor penalty for arguing a no-call with
the referees, Cornell was gifted a faceoff inside the Har vard zone with 17 seconds to play in the third period
Junior for ward Beau Starrett won the faceoff back to McCrea, who misplayed the puck while seeing Benjamin Solin come out of the Har vard box over his shoulder to end the 5-on-3 opportunity But McCrea was able to regain his composure and keep the puck in the Har vard zone by just a matter of millimeters Then, some strong play by Starrett, freshman Morgan Barron and sophomore Jeff Malott deep in the Har vard end ultimately gave Barron the puck alone, searching for the open man while behind the Har vard net Barron looked up to see a wide-open McCrea creeping toward the goal mount, howling and slamming his
Red Falls Short in Boeheim Battle
Boeheim totaled 11 points and five rebounds His first posses-
basketball an early lead but Syracuse pulled away fast, issuing the Red a 77-45 loss on college basketball’s opening night
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stick on the ice demanding a pass Barron obliged McCrea didn’t miss
“I saw that there was not much time left so I decided to sneak in between the hash marks,” McCrea said “Morgan gave me a great play and I was able to find the space in the low blocker ”
In a game that featured fish, and then a slew of goals, it was the stor ybook ending this game and the sold-out Lynah crowd of 4,267 deser ved It was also Cornell’s first win over Har vard in its last seven tries, with the last win coming back when the team ’ s current seniors were freshmen And like Saturday night, that last win in Januar y of 2015 was a 3-2 decision, with Cornell’s game-winning goal also
Cornell Out of Title Race
With emotions and stakes at all-time highs, Cornell football collapsed against Columbia, 188, on Senior Day Needing a win over the Lions to stay alive in the team ’ s surprising hunt for an Ivy League title, the Red lost to Columbia for the first time in the tenure of head coach David Archer ’05, dashing the team ’ s hopes for an Ivy championship
reached the Lions’ red zone just once “Any time it’s Senior Day when you stand out there and watch them r un on, ” Archer said, “and you can picture the 18-year-old kid you recruited and now they’re a 22-year-old man who has been through so much and has done so much for yo u r p ro g r a m , f o r t h e i r l a s t home game, you want to end on a positive with a win That part really stings ” Se n i o r r u n n i n g b a c k Jo s h Sweet’s fourth-quarter scamper ended Columbia’s shutout bid and helped Cornell avoid its first b a c k - t o - b a c k s h u t o u t s s i n c e 1959 after last week’s blanking at the hands of Dartmouth
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“I feel terrible for the senior class especially, the other guys will get another shot, but [the s e n i o r s ] d o n ’ t , ” A rc h e r s a i d “Guys like [senior linebacker] Kurt Frimel, who have overcome a d ve r s i t y a f t e r a d ve r s i t y a f t e r adversity and keep trudging this thing forward ” On Saturday afternoon, the Red’s offense, which totaled 2 5 7 y a rd s , converted just f o u r o f 1 3 t h i rd d ow n s a n d c o u l d n ’ t sustain drives
In the only Cornell-Columbia matchup in recent memory with t i t l e i m p l i c a t i o n s , C o r n e l l entered Columbia’s half of the field just three times all game With the exception of the Red’s touchdown when the game was already out of reach, Cornell
remain in the hunt of an Ivy title, while Cornell is left hoping for next year C o l u m b i a bounced back f ro m
w o straight losses to remain in the hunt of an Ivy title, while Cornell is left hoping for next year
“They started to shut the run down, and we couldn’t make the plays we needed to the last two
Look, dad! | Freshman forward Jimmy Boeheim sinks a 3-pointer to open the scoring as his father, legendary Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, looks on from the bench in the Red’s loss to the Orange on Friday night
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By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Sports Editor
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