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Students Defend Donald Trump

Say president-elect’s message appeals to ‘the people progress forgot’

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun News Editor

Although a majority of Cornellians responded to Donald Trump’s election with dismay with over 1,000 demonstrating on Friday to display their disapproval some students criticized the liberal bias on campus, arguing that the president-elect speaks for constituencies forgotten by previous administrations “ This guy is not stupid,” said Mark Svenjak ’18 “ We’ve basically elected a frat star He was probably the guy who sat in the back of the classroom and copied off his classmates but then got 100 on ever y test ”

While Svenjak called President-elect Donald Trump “probably the biggest bullshitter to grace this earth” he stressed that, at the end of the day, Trump still “holds those American values ”

“[Trump] basically lived the American dream,” he said “He had a little more leeway financially, but he’s a smart man who basically dipped his foot ver y far in ever y industr y This is a guy who’s been on WrestleMania, who’s a reality TV star, on top of being an

extremely successful real estate developer who basically started the gentrification of what is now modern day New York ”

Trump’s Campaign ‘Spoke to’ Voters

John Rutkauskas ’20, a half-Hispanic student from Illinois, said he voted for Trump despite not agreeing with “ ever ything Trump says ” “[Trump] could’ve phrased things differently, he could’ve brought up more statistics, but I truly don’t believe he was tr ying to be racist or biased against Hispanics in any way, ” Rutkauskas said “I think he really cares about this countr y, and I think he wants to provide jobs for ever yone I really don’t think what he said was that over the top ”

Richard Ulbricht ’18, who voted for Trump in New York, agreed, challenging those who say Trump’s comments disparaged the way African Americans live in inner cities, arguing that his statement was mischaracterized “I’m from west Baltimore and I’ll tell you that from people I know back there, people actually living in those communi-

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Grads: CGSU Harasses Students To Gain Members

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Staff Writer

Graduate students say they are being harassed and “emotionally blackmailed” by members of Cornell Graduate Students United, as the group fights to gain the signatures it needs to put unionization to a vote

According to CGSU’s code of conduct agreement with Cornell, the union must obtain authorization cards from 30 percent of the bargaining unit which consists of students like teaching assistants, who are employed directly by the University in accordance with guidelines provided by the National Labor Relations Board

Critics of CGSU say representatives’ visits feel like solicitations by salesmen, as though “ someone [is] tr ying to sell you something that you ’ re not really prepared or interested in at the time,” according to Juan Guzman grad

“ The idea [is] that if you are not signing this, you don’t care enough about other students. Just because you have it good and other people are suffering, you are selfish and that’s why you do not want it.”

Teja Bollu grad

Students said union members have frequently spoken to them at their offices and over the phone Some, like Ruidong Chen grad, were even visited at their homes

“I was going home and as I was going in the door, there was two people asking if you are

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Cornellians Demand Resignation of South Korean President

By ANNA KOOK Sun Staff Writer

Approximately 40 Korean students gathered outside Sheldon Court and marched to Ho Plaza Friday night to peacefully call for the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye The Korean Graduate Student Association organized the protest to mirror a movement in Seoul Friday night, where approximately a million citizens took to the streets to protest Park

About three weeks ago, news emerged that Park has allegedly been taking advice from her lifelong friend, Choi Soon-sil Choi has been accused of leading a cult and was arrested for using her relationship with Park to coerce companies to donate up to $70 million to Choi’s foundations These organizations were later discovered to have embezzled funds for personal gain, according to The Washington Post

Many South Korean citizens are demanding that Park resign immediately

and to hold a re-election for a new administration, but with only a year left in her presidency, Park does not currently have any plans to resign, according to The Guardian Participants in the protest at Cornell held

candles and signs that said, in Korean and English, “Resign President Park”, “You’ve shamed us all,” “Choi Sun-sil must be punished” and “President Park illegally accumulated wealth ” They also shouted in unison,

“Resign President Park,” just as protesters were doing in Seoul that night

“We are here to join the movement happening in Korea right now, to ask President Park to resign,” said Dong-wook Yoon grad

“We are hoping that our message gets heard all the way to Korea ”

Yuna Won grad, an organizer of the protest, stressed that Park’s mistakes are not “just another political corruption” but “ an unconstitutional affair that Park must take responsibility for ”

“It turned out that Choi has exerted her influence on Park and her cabinet the last four years and meddled in most presidential decisions even regarding major appointments and national security without proper knowledge,” she said “This means that the decision making process of Park’s administration was irrational and illegal ” Won explained that South Korea has had some “depressing world records,” including

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Debate Impact of Third-Party Votes

By ALEXA ESKENAZI Sun Staff Writer

The 2016 presidential election’s unprecedented levels of voter dissatisfaction prompted many voters to support third party candidates who would not have gained significant traction in other years

The New York Times exit polls reported that neither major party candidate reached a 50 percent favorability rating; 18 percent of voters did not have a favorable view of either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, according to Fox News exit polls Tellingly, The Times reported that close to four in 10 voters said they would be afraid for the country if Donald Trump was elected; three in 10 were wary of a Clinton presidency

The Cornell Republicans who made headlines in September by breaking party lines to endorse Libertarian candidate Gar y Johnson maintained their support of the candidate despite criticism that said their support swayed the election in Trump’s favor

“Given the outcome in swing states, it would appear that independent voters have become very frustrated with the Washington elites, particularly establishment Democrats,” said David Navadeh ’19, the group ’ s second vice chairman “On Election Day, independent voters banded together with Republicans and many Democrats alike and rejected an essential third term for Obama ”

Cornell Republicans Chair Olivia Corn ’19 added that third-party candidacies were “especially important in this election, where both main party candidates were subpar,” echoing the exit poll findings of voter dissatisfaction

However, in the end leading third-party candidates underperformed Johnson received only three percent of the national popular vote and Green Party candidate Jill Stein earned only one percent

Still, many question the role third-party candidates

played in Donald Trump’s unexpected victory, as swing state elections were so tight Johnson won just two percent of Florida, amounting to 206,007 votes, but Trump topped Clinton by just shy of 120,000 votes

“It is frustrating to learn that the number of votes for Jill Stein made up the difference between Clinton and Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin,” said Kevin Kowalewski ’17, President of Cornell Democrats “In an election as important as this one, we believe that citizens had a responsibility to use their vote to stop Trump ” Considering Clinton won the national popular vote, Kowalewski reasoned that “third party votes further obscured the fact that most voters did not choose Trump ” Navadeh also reasoned that votes for Johnson were cast by more potential Clinton voters than Trump voters

However, Corn said she believes the votes were justified, as many came from “disillusioned Republicans looking for the option that wasn ’ t Donald Trump ”

Cole Stefan ’18, treasurer of Cornell Republicans, pointed out that because third-party voters often say they feel failed by the two major parties, “they might not have voted at all because they would have been forced to choose someone they didn't like ” He also stressed that Clinton only gained 47 percent of the vote in Michigan which swung toward Trump Tuesday night while Obama had 54 percent in 2012

“It was her failure to connect with working class voters in

this state that lost her the election,” Stefan said “These voters went elsewhere Period It doesn't matter if they went to Trump or a third party, all that matters is that they left Hillary ”

Even if third party voters were forced to choose between Trump and Clinton, Navadeh said he “[does not] think it was enough to sway the election, particularly since Trump is far above the 270 threshold by many states ”

Corn agreed, saying it is “dangerous to continue the narrative” that the election outcome might have differed without third-party votes

The exit poll numbers agree Of the voters with unfavorable opinions of both Trump and Clinton, nearly half voted for Trump, according to Fox News

According to additional Fox News exit polls, third-party candidates only captured six percent of the vote of those with unfavorable opinions of Clinton and also six percent of the vote of those with unfavorable opinions of Trump

Gunjan Hooja ’17, vice president of Cornell Democrats, said that third party voting was “ not the only problem,” but that election results can also be attributed to low voter turnout in young voters

“We need to make sure that young people understand just how important it is to participate in the political process, ” Hooja said “With the potential dangers of a Trump presidency, we hope this moment will clarify the urgent need for civic engagement and electoral participation "

Swing State Cornellians Stunned by Trump Victory

By ANNE SNABES Sun Staff Writer

Many Cornellians who hail from swing states expressed disappointment with the results of the 2016 election and made predictions about the future of their divided home states moving forward

Trump won multiple swing states, including Pennsylvania and Florida, by very small margins In Florida, for example, 49 1 percent voted for Trump and 47 8 percent voted for Clinton, according to CNN

“Florida’s gone through a lot of hatred and a lot of divide over this past year, ” said

Lily Garrido ’18, a Latina Florida resident who voted for Clinton “ We had the Orlando shooting, we ’ ve had various bomb threats in schools We’re a state that’s divided, and to vote for someone that seems to want to divide us even more is so hard for me to accept "

Garrido said she anticipates that the election outcome will generate doubt among her friends, teachers and employers and a “lack of trust ” across the nation

“Are the people that I call friends and people that I care about, people that I thought cared for me, are they the ones that believe Trump’s words and side with his

views that are against respecting me as a human being?” Garrido said “Do they see me as a real American citizen or do they see me as some sort of foreigner, or someone that’s below them?”

Garrido said it “hurt” to see Trump win “especially in a state like Florida,” which is known for its racial diversity in its southern regions

“There is a great divide between southern Florida and northern Florida, but even parts of southern Florida voted for Trump, parts that I didn’t expect to vote for him,” she said

Jordan Fuller ’19, also a Florida resident, said even though many people from her high school chose Trump based on his tax plan and abortion stance, she is still concerned that they chose to overlook Trump’s racist comments during his campaign

“A lot of them couldn’t look past Hillary’s emails and Benghazi and cited that as a reason why they chose Trump as well,” she said “I like to think that none of them voted because they were actively racist, however they chose to look past this ”

Fuller also explained how difficult it was for her that her best friend from high school voted for Trump

“When somebody votes for somebody with those views, it’s kind of telling you that she doesn’t respect yours, ” she said “As a person of color, it’s really hard, because she knows what I’ve been through, and it’s just incredible to believe that she understands how racism has hurt me in the past and that she can still vote for a candidate that supports things like that ” Noah Chovanec ’18, a Pennsylvania resident, said he was surprised Pennsylvania which “has been blue in presidential elec-

tions since the 80s” became a red state this year

“I was disappointed by the fact that nobody seemed to see this coming,” he said “A lot of the fault lies on the Democratic National Committee, and I don’t think they did what they needed to do to ensure that Trump wouldn’t get elected ” Ning Ning Sun ’19, an Ohio resident, described the difference between Ohio’s rural regions and its “progressive” metropolitan areas

“There’s a barn with a huge roof and it’s just painted the Confederate flag,” he said “I remember seeing it for the first time when I was seven, not really knowing that there was still racism I was just shocked because I had learned about the Civil War and [it was] just absolutely mind-blowing that people would still stand for a cause that would allow slavery It’s a very different place once you get out past the city ” However, Sun noted that Ohio’s rural regions were not solely responsible for the state turning red this election cycle He said Democratic turnout decreased this year, in part because Clinton was less “exciting and charismatic” than President Barack Obama

“Clinton’s perceived lack of honesty and transparency really hurt her, because it fired up the right to take back control of the presidency, even with Trump’s flaws,” he said “Both are heavily unpopular, but I think that many Ohioans were just sick of the scandals and the political elites running the country and were willing to take a chance on Trump because he was the one who wanted to shake everything up ”

Korean Cornellians: Pres. Park ‘Disappointed the People’

the highest suicide rate and lowest birth rate She said Park’s presidency has not benefitted the people and has actually “divided the country so deeply and disappointed the people so much ”

For example, Park’s administration and the Saenuri Party have been accused of sabotaging the investigation of the Sewol Ferry Disaster, “in which 304 passengers and crew members died, including more than 200 students on their way to a field trip,” according to Won

“I think this nation-wide protest against Park and her administration is the culmination of the people’s frustration and disappointment about the government, ” she said

After seeing tens of thousands of citizens demonstrating against Park’s administration at home, Won said the KGSA grew increasingly sympathetic to the opposition movement

“We wanted to express our support and add our voice in some way, ” she said “So we decided to throw our own rally ”

Won read a statement written by 14 members of KGSA aloud to the group The statement demanded that Park step down, prosecutors thoroughly investigate the scandal and the Saenuri Party make a sincere apology to the people The group also called for the corporations involved in Choi’s illegal accumulation of wealth to face the prosecution’s investigation and the policies and decisions made under Choi’s influence to be reconsidered

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Ruidong because I guess they have a list of people’s pictures and names and addresses,” Chen said “I was surprised that they’re actually going to people’s [houses], going door to door ”

Other graduate students worry that CGSU members adopt an intentionally negative tone during these in-person visits, by initiating encounters with questions such as “Do you have a problem with your advisor?,” according to Siddarth Chandrasekaran grad

These questions are a result of t h e w a y C h a n d r a s e k a r a n s a y s CGSU implies that there is a divide between students and the administration on campus

“I think CGSU has a way of presenting their story in a way w h e re t h e y c a n p o t e n t i a l l y b e polarizing the campus, ” he said Maggie Gustafson, a member of CGSU, defended these in-person solicitations as a normal part

o f t h e u n i o n i z a t i o n p ro c e s s , although she acknowledged that requests may feel uncomfortable to graduate students on both sides of

the table

Joo-hyun Im grad acknowledged that this small-scale protest may not have a significant political impact, but she said the goal was to give people an opportunity to express their personal frustrations

“Personally, I was very angry with my country ’ s administration and I wanted to do anything I could abroad to express that and promote discussion on this issue,” she said “If we do something and something changes, that’s great But if we don’t do anything, nothing’s going to change ” KGSA plans to hold demonstrations every Friday at 6 p m “ at least until the end of the semester ” until Park steps down, according to Won

“ Or g a n i z i n g c a m p a i g n s p u t people out of their comfort zone, both organizers and the people they’re trying to reach,” Gustafson said “I think that discomfort is normal, but it doesn’t mean that the cause and the campaign aren ’ t good and aren ’ t worth it ”

Following their initial meetings with the union, some graduate students have said they feel that opposition or hesitation is not accepted by C G S U m e m b e r s Fo r Te j a Bollu grad, raising concerns about the effectiveness of a union has “always been mischaracterized” by CGSU, which equates it to disdain for the welfare of fellow students

“Characterizing the whole population who has opposition to the union as unconsidered with welfare of their fellow students and ver y narrowly focused on their own self-interests I think [this] is unacceptable,” Bollu said

He a d d e d t h a t t h e p ro c e s s through which union members a t t e m p t t o g a t h e r m e m b e r s h i p cards is an additional point of critique by graduate students has also involved what he calls “emotional blackmail ”

“The idea [is] that if you are not signing this, you don’t care enough about other students,” he said “Just because you have it good and other people are suffering, you are selfish and that’s why you do not want it ”

When Guzman and a fellow graduate student resisted signing membership cards, the union members “ were pretty forceful about asking us the reasons, the discrete reas o n s w h y we d i d n ’ t w a n t t o , ” Guzman said

Ultimately, some students said they signed membership cards so CGSU would leave them alone

Addressing the pressure students may feel during their interactions with the union, Gustafson argued that the decision-making process comes down to the individual

“I don’t think there’s any intent to shame people I think there’s more of an intent to make people aware of what’s happening around them,” she said “It’s up to individuals to decide how much of a part they would like to play or not in our approach to changing that ”

Not all graduate students share this view of their encounters with CGSU Jordan Jochim grad said that he has “found that [CGSU and AFT members] are genuinely invested in the wellbeing of the graduate students here and are really motivated by ensuring adequate working conditions and outlets for shared governance ”

The number of graduate students who have signed membership cards is currently unknown

Because of what she referred to as “strategic” decision, Gustafson, on behalf of the union, declined to comment on the number of membership cards CGSU has collected

A l t h o u g h t h e a g re e m e n t requires this minimum amount of support, “the kind of union we ’ re trying to build, the kind of community we ’ re trying to build, we ’ re not going to vote at 30 percent, ” Gustafson said

She explained that CGSU will initiate the vote at a currently undetermined time, when it feels it has involved the entire community in the process and the movement “really has groundswell support ”

“A big part of our campaign is making sure that everybody has a say and has a voice and gets to participate And we can ’ t do that if we can ’ t talk to people,” Gustafson said “We are trying to build a community and that requires frequent and or constant outreach ”

I Suppose I Have No Choice Now

OnThursday night, I had a conversation with a black graduate student in which he described how he has spent the semester reeling from an endless onslaught of racist bullshit from faculty and colleagues, along with a dreadful display of apathy on the part of his department In response to my friend’s plight, his committee masked a self-preservationist agenda with gallingly tepid concern, conveying in the most unrepentant of terms that the program ’ s reputation superseded a black student’s right to be treated with dignity or humanity

In recounting the events to me, my friend described the rest of the country or, at least, the rest of the country ’ s black people as having finally caught up to his level of silently subdued rage and chronic uneasiness with those who claim to share his values And though he uttered this sentiment in an understated, almost humorous way, it struck me as simultaneously tragic, profound and disquieting

Indeed, I have spent the past few days teetering on the precipice between a renewed commitment to love and a desire to recoil from everyone and everything I walked past a group of staff whom I always go out of my way to acknowledge and when one of them asked me how I was doing, I could manage only a desultory smile

and curt nod before hustling away To engage in any sort of civil dialogue with anyone, even a meaningless greeting, seemed to me an unbearable act after witnessing such a flagrant display of our nation’s love affair with institutionalized privilege and legally sanctioned bigotry

Still, though, I must admit that I am more wary of friends than strangers Sure, there are some people living in our nation with whom I vehemently disagree on a host of issues, but no amount of personal disgust, fear or anxiety will ever preclude me from engaging with them especially since many of these tragically triumphant Americans remain deafeningly oblivious and woefully misguided in a way that brings me great sadness Yet they are not so different from the people who continue to accuse them of driving a pointless skewer into the gaping maw of a wound that already threatens to bleed this nation dry

There are few people to whom I can turn and even fewer whom I can trust, and I write these words with a temperament more resigned than resentful For there is no solace or recourse to be found amongst my peers right now, since so many of them have clearly harbored an earth-shattering amount of ignorance and cowardice themselves, either through their tacit condoning, listless inaction or subconscious

Looking around, pop culture has been shaken I personally blame Donald Trump He’s made the people who make progressive taxation necessary choke a bit on their fruit infused water every time they see his name If you ’ re technologically sound, you might’ve noticed the trend amongst the line of A-list celebrities that recently threatened to leave the country if he managed to win the presidency Bryan Cranston became a man of God Lena Dunham, who’s decided to step away from making black men feel uncomfortable, thought about dipping her toes in Vancouver Cher cheekily said she’d move to Jupiter (That’s not going to happen, but at least Elon can get her to Mars) Neil Young told him to fuck off; YG brought an effigy of him on stage and had people beat it Even Mr Nice Guy, Frank Ocean, got in on the action Point is Donald Trump, among the savants of pop culture, isn’t popular Hillary Clinton didn’t get pop culture, either But she knew how to flex her funds to make it gravitate towards her Her campaign was the politically correct version of Jay Z’s The Blueprint 3: diluted by mainstream trends, imbued with a touch of growing elitism, sponsored by the biggest brand names (Hello, LeBron) and burdened by the shaking sense that its best days was behind it Beyoncé strutted around on stage to throw support towards her; Rae Sremmurd’s suddenly viral, always excellent, “Black Beatles,” hummed along as her team attempted the mannequin challenge Wherever you went, Hillary had shamelessly soaked up whatever commercial appeal there was to attract young voters If I wasn ’ t forced to side with her, I would have called her antics plainly transparent

But the election wasn ’ t decided by star power It was won and lost by the underground, something the Clinton campaign realized too late They’ve admitted as much: Wisconsin, thought to be the load bearing brick in the Democrat’s wall of blue states, fell on Tuesday night So did Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan The odds of Trump winning all four of them were like playing the Powerball, but then again, last November, his odds of winning the presidency was a big fat zero He didn’t just

support Yes, I now understand better than I ever have before, and with a crisp, chilling clarity, exactly how a nation founded on the presumption of universal liberty, respect and justice could demonstrate such hypocrisy from the moment its progenitors set foot on a land they did not own and ravaged its people I can see now how it was that human beings could legally own other human beings for nearly half a millennium without the world so much as blinking an eye I now understand how, once freed, the victims of this horror and their descendants could be hunted, mutilated, murdered, discarded, neglected, abducted and dehumanized tossed into an unending nightmare that so often takes the form of spattered blood, physical entrapment, psychosocial decimation and sobbing, convulsing communities without a destinyaltering uproar from the people who had the power to prevent this all along

private prisons skyrocketed almost soon as the outcome became clear

This has been attributed to an anticipation by the market of increased arrests, which would inevitably arise from a combination of post-election riots and, of course, any subsequent policy shifts in criminal justice all at the expense of the most marginalized lives In other words, the wealthy and privileged in our nation chose to profit from the perceived and warranted outrage of the disenfranchised by hoping that, well, they would stay disenfranchised

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So please, do not tell me this is the beginning of the end, because we have been living in the end forever, even if we continue to find ever more innovative ways to repackage our nation’s oppressive systems so that they seem more humane, more reasonable and more acceptable Consider, for example, that stocks in

William Wang | Willpower

As I wrote before, but feel compelled to reiterate now: the truth about race is that we live in a nation born of, founded in and supported by racism Our money bears the faces of racists, our national anthem was written by a racist and is based off a poem with racist overtures, and our institutions are adorned with the names of racists We have consistently failed to nullify the spastic heartbeat and corrupted soul of this country, and we have gotten what we deserve This is who we are we have affirmed, resoundingly, that we are frightfully unashamed of ourselves Naturally, as a person of color, my first and primary disappointments go towards the vast majority of white people They have failed me, themselves, their nation, their families and the world by not heed-

The One Thing He Has to Do

beat the odds he buried it six feet under, insulted it and then proceeded to build a wall around it that gets 10 feet taller every time someone mentions it

The problem for Clinton (and any poor soul that got trampled in his path I am never going to forget his “Little Marco” quote), was that Trump tapped into the frustrated, rural, white vote I’m not sure it was righteous anger Some of it was blatantly racist, xenophobic and frankly, appalling But it was anger nonetheless Perhaps the most defining moment of the Clinton Campaign was the simple but memorable slogan “Love Trumps Hate ” It was a clever play on words, and casted a rather dichotomous feeling to the whole election Love does trump hate! The problem was that the general electorate never loved Hillary the way she should’ve been Blame it on the emails Blame it on the Clinton Foundation Blame it on the forever smug James Comey But by the end, the people more or less accepted her only because who she opposed, or who had endorsed her A lot of people tolerated her But tolerance is still 70 electoral votes short of love

On the other hand – that guy I’m not sure what else I can say about Donald Trump that hasn’t been said The most dissected, psychoanalyzed, questioned, unpopular, flame inducing candidate in American political history has dominated the year His rise inflamed the Black Lives Matter movement He became a choice target for Colin Kaepernick And, like it was said earlier, he became easy meat for pop culture fixtures John Oliver is the funniest man alive in America, and whenever his comedy dips into the never ending cycle of Trumpism, it becomes must watch TV Frankly, if you haven’t formed an opinion on Donald Trump by now, you must be a converted Movementarian

“The Donald” didn’t rely much on star power For a time, he was the modern John Tyler the man without a party He lashed at those who opposed him, and was denounced by multiple members of the GOP after the tape that was heard ‘round the world was leaked He and Paul Ryan turned politics into performance art, where each took an increasingly passive aggressive dig at each other But he won through the populist

ing the words and pleas of those who begged them to take this election seriously, warning them repeatedly that Trump’s campaign was indicative of a society wrought with division, hatred, mistrust, violence and, of course, oppression The swiftness and almost enviable ease with which many of these same white people have recovered shrugging and insisting that our daily lives (read: their daily lives) will be largely unaffected does not even astound me as much as it should Whether or not they have consigned themselves to this delusion in the core of their hearts remains to be seen, but the myopic nature of their comments shows a willingness to deny the power of symbols Those who convinced themselves that a black president marked the end of racism in America are now faced with a president who has denigrated, disparaged, discriminated against, or otherwise endangered the lives of every group imaginable Yet, fascinatingly, the outcry from these same people has been decidedly muted

Amiri Banks is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He may be reached at abanks@cornellsun com Honest A B appears alternate Mondays this semester

route, the route, frankly, that each party had tossed away in hopes of an elitist utopia He won through social media, he won through soundbites, vicious attacks that were unbecoming of the politicians he faced The level of vitriol he embraced was satirical At some point, his campaign devolved from a ground movement into a constantly whirring, hellacious, unfiltered parody of a parody He did Mel Brooks proud

But something’s changed about him recently In the lead up to the election, his stance softened He quieted down a bit His Twitter became dull (His staff took it away from him) In that moment, he might have realized the rising probability that he would become president I don’t think Donald Trump ever fully wanted the presidency job It’s a stressful job, and unbelievably taxing on the human body He’s an old 71, if not a very angry one But watching him greet President Obama after his election night victory was something spectacularly above irony

The same man who abused Obama through ludicrous suggestions that he wasn ’ t a U S citizen was smiling meekly, outstretching his hand for a shake as Obama beamed and declared they had an “excellent conversation ” Trump declared, to a press corps in disbelief, that it was an “honor” to meet President Obama

Continuing on his victory speech tone, he was nice and respectful, perhaps a bit unsure It would have been less shocking if Vladimir Putin had walked in shirtless with a fly fish rod

But a swath of American could care less about the president elect’s reform And why should they? He’s denigrated Mexicans, bragged about groping women and threatened a Muslim ban

The joy of sect has dissolved The anger at his victory has turned into marching and chanting, Facebook posts that call for unity, tears and frustration, confusion, infighting amongst families

But while that has gotten the media’s attention, a larger, disturbing trend has emerged Minorities, women, victims, have been attacked from the moment of the election Supporters of Trump, extremists yes, criminals also, have been emboldened and inspired by their victory and lashed out at those against them The coincidence isn’t a coincidence; the abstract isn’t abstract Real people are getting hurt You hear stories that crawl up

through the muck of the internet The girl at school who has her hijab yanked off (“I know of at least 50 instances of this happening in the past 48 hours ” Shaun King tweets, who is a reporter for the N Y Daily News) Or maybe it’s at Shasta High School in California where Latino students are given “deportation letters ” It gets worse Students posing next to the Confederate Flag, wearing blackface An Indian guy who is greeted by “Time to get out of this country, Apu!” A Spanish speaking woman, never once harassed in her life, told to speak English when she has the audacity to speak her own language African American men told to pick cotton; cars defaced by slurs Students chanting “Heil Hitler” at local high schools The number of acts keep growing by the day, and it’s hard not to find where the sparkplug is Donald Trump isn’t responsible for all of this He didn’t create appalling human beings, and he didn’t invent racism But his whiplash rhetoric has fueled the growing hate and sexism in this country and led to others following his act His presence has driven a feeding frenzy, and innocent, decent people are suffering because of it It was easy to pass of his words as just that words But we ’ re past that We’re past “Donald Trump can ’ t be serious” or “Donald Trump will never win ” We’re at Donald Trump, future President of the United State of the America Whether you like it or not, some people consider him a role model, so it’s up to him to accept the burden of being the most influential man in the world He must denounce the kind of action that is going on in this country today, and call out his followers who attack others because of their race, gender or beliefs Until he does, people who support him will continue believing their actions are acceptable It isn’t Proclaiming this moral mantle won ’ t solve everything But if he’s committed to the idea of being a president for all American people, then I’d nudge him to this path It’s not the necessary thing to do, or frankly, the practical thing to do It is, however, the right thing to do

William Wang is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He may be reached at wwang@cornellsun com Willpower appears alternate Mondays this semester

Inter Change

Comm en t of the day

b u l l d o g s

M a k e s m e A m e r i c a s i c k f r o m s t a l e v a p o r s

T h e w a y v o m i t m a k e s y o u w a n t t o v o m i t a n d p r a y

Fo r h i m , y o u r n e i g h b o r, a t t h e s a m e t i m e

* Po r t ra i t

A Fo u r t h o f Ju l y b a r b e q u e i n t h e O u t e r B a n k s ,

T h e o i l , t h e t h i r s t , t h e s e a

My b r o t h e r ’ s s h r i e k s o f l a u g h t e r p o u r i n g

Fr o m h i s s m a l l m o u t h , w a t c h i n g t h e c r a b s c u t t l e i n c i r c l e s

A r o u n d i t s e l f l i k e a b r o k e n w i n d u p - u p t o y

Fi r e w o r k s u n s h e l l , k n o c k

T h e w e t n e s s o u t o f m o t h e r s a n d

Fa t h e r s o u t o f d i r t y r e v e r i e –

I m a g e s o f t h e i r n e i g h b o r s d i s s o l v e a n d

P i s s b e g i n s t o f l o w a g a i n

T h e s t a r t l e d c r a b h a l t s a n d m y b r o t h e r q u i e t s a n d T h e y b o t h f o l d t h e i r l e g s , t h e c r a b b e n e a t h i t s d i s c o l o r e d S h e l l , m y b r o t h e r b e n e a t h h i s n a r r o w h i p s , T h e i r b l a c k e y e s s e i z i n g t h e o t h e r I n s i l e n c e , i n t h i r s t , l i k e t h e s e a

Fa t h e r a p p r o a c h e s , t h e c r a b d i s a p p e a r s I n t h e s a n d i n a b l i p i n i t s e l f ; G o d k n o w s , t h e c r a b k n o w s , t h e w a y w e l i v e

My b r o t h e r, m y s o n A s k s m e i f t h e c r a b f o u n d i t s w a y h o m e a l r i g h t ,

S h o r e l y

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B e c a u s e n e w w i n e i s f o r f r e s h s k i n s ,

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b u t h e , a l a w y e r, d e s i r i n g t o j u s t i f y h i m s e l f –

My b r o t h e r, m y s o n

D e s i r i n g t o j u s t i f y m e , p r e t e n d s t o b e a s l e e p

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I f a l l a s l e e p i n A m e r i c a w i t h o n e o f t h o s e b o o k s T h a t m a k e s y o u d r e a m a b o u t a h o u s e

“A n d i t s s o m e w h e r e y o u k n o w, b u t a l t e r e d , Fu l l o f s t r a n g e n e w [ t e r r i f y i n g ] r o o m s ”

T h e f i r e i n t h e h e a r t h o f t h e h o u s e s t a n d s u p

A n d w a l k s a l o n g t h e c a r p e t

Hu n t i n g f o r t h e p o r t r a i t o f m y f a m i l y To p r o v e t h a t f i r e t a k e s b e t t e r t o o i l T h a n w e d o

A s l e e p , I s l i p p e d i n t o t h e w a l l s o f t h e h o u s e , Tr y i n g t o b e t h e n a i l t h a t h o l d s t h e p o r t r a i t I n p l a c e , t h e w a y o n e k i s s e s t h e i r m o t h e r g o o d n i g h t

To d u l l t h e i r f e a r s o f s l e e p i n g a l o n e

I w a k e f a r o u t i n t h e s e a I k n o w, t h e C a r i b b e a n s e a –Mo t h e r, f a t h e r, m y b r o t

A n d I , w a t c h i n g Vo i c e l i q u i d , s u n b u r

“Oh c’mon These Cornell “kids” are amazingly smart And intellectually diverse Thank God they care about the world Thank God Cornell supports an environment of electricity in thought At Harvard, where I live and teach, they watched the results and then turned back to their homework We have so much to be proud of as Cornell alumns and of our current Cornell population Engaged concerned population Agree, disagree, whatever engagement is what matters ”

Re: “Hundreds of Cornellians Walk Out of Class, Protesting Election’s ‘Hate Speech’,” News, October 31, 2016

W h a t t o D o W h e n Yo u K n o w t h e Wo r s t I s C o m i n g

Sanders / Castro 2020 Now that that’s out of the way, I want to make a few points about what just happened I grew up in a rural small town My family was working class, as was everyone else I stuck out a little because of my Middle-Eastern heritage, but for the most part life was great I had friends My best friends we re t h re e brothers who l i ve d o n a l o c a l d a i r y f a r m We were schoolm a t e s , we went to camp together and we s p e n t time at each other’s houses In t h e s u m m e r I w o rk e d w i t h them as a farmhand, which was my first ever job One of the brothers rallied to Trump’s cause very early on T h i s d i d n ’ t b o t h e r m e t o o much, at least not in itself What did bother me were the things he began to post on social media “Nuke the Middle East” is one example “Deport all goatfuckers” is another This is someone I grew up with, someone I respect Someone who is currently in basic train-

especially in the context of what has happened over the past few days

Small acts are always important, but they are especially important in times like this

The Republican party has made a number of disturbing promises to its base, and they have the means to fulfill those promises

A good deal of progress stands

A g o o d d e a l o f p r o g r e s s s t a n d s t o b e u n m a d e . W e h a v e t o b e r e a d y t o m a k e i t a l l a g a i n .

to be unmade We have to be ready to make it all again

The branches of government are closed to us Activism and o r g a n i z a t i o n a re o u r o n l y re c o u r s e , a n d t h i s m o d e o f action is as potent as it is dangerous It rises or falls on the basis of small acts, as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther and Colin Kaepernick clearly show Small acts make movements, but they c a n a l s o u n m a k e t h e m

i n g , p re p a r i n g t o s e r ve h i s country in the armed forces In other words, not a bad person

When I first saw these words, I was confused Didn’t he know

t h a t I w a s Mi d d l e - E a s t e r n ?

When I mentioned the subject to my mom, she chalked his behavior up to “cognitive dissonance ” “He’s just a little off,”

s h e s a i d “ He’s n o t t a l k i n g about you ”

I never took the initiative to confront my childhood friend, even through a Facebook message After a while, his comments upset me less and less They even seemed rather harmless Aren’t I lucky, I thought to myself, that I live in a society where his bigotry hurts him more than it hurts me

I regret that line of thinking,

Perceived hypocrisies or charact e r f l a w s h a ve u n d e r m i n e d many a progressive’s attempts to do good work

Speech is not merely a precursor to action, it is an action in itself I urge people to be extremely careful about what t h e y s a y ove r t h e n e x t f e w m o n t h s C o n s i d e r w h a t Dr King said in response to riots that had broken out among some of his supporters during the civil right movement:

“It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the conting e n t , i n t o l e r a b l e c o n d i t i o n s that exist in our society I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard ”

This par ticular quote has been widely circulated in recent

years “A riot is the language of the unheard” is the popular tagline, but I believe that the real intellectual meat of the passage lies elsewhere “It would be morally irresponsible [to condemn riots],” he says, “without, at the same time, condemning the conditions that exist in our society ” This is an important point for people who hope to make a difference with their speech, their actions, and their e f f o r t s Expressing an idea, even a true idea, can sometimes be morally irresponsible I contend that it is irresponsible, for example, to make too much of the backlash against third party voters It is true that people have the right to vote for the candidate they want, but the fact of the matter is that m u l t i p l e g r o u p s o f p e o p l e stand to be victimized in much more real and profound ways It’s like seeing a drowning man a n d c o m p l a i n i n g a b o u t t h e weather

I contend that it is irresponsible, for much the same reason, to preach patience and togetherness when hate crimes against Mu s l i m - A m e r i c a n s a re u p almost 90 percent It is irresponsible to focus on the outdatedness of the electoral college when much more harmful policies are about to be implemented It is irresponsible to t h row u p yo

n t i

m while the system still has the power to do harm

What is done and said over these next few weeks will shape the anti-Trumpism movement for years to come Let’s start off on the right foot

Ara Hagopian is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences He can be reached at ahagopian@cornell edu Whiny Liberal appears alternate Fridays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

S ew Their Mouths To Prevent Further Sequels

BY TRIP HASTINGS Sun Staff Writer

W h a t d o y o u t h i n k w h e n y o u t h i n k h o r r o r ? A

r a t e d R f l i c k t h a t t r i e s t o s c a re t h e d a y l i g h t s o u t o f

y o u ? Re c e n t l y, r a t e d R h a s b e c o m e a d y i n g a r t

re p l a c e d b y P G - 1 3 , a m u c h b i g g e r a n d m o re p r o fi t a b l e d e m o g r a p h i c Bu t d o e s i t w o r k ? It d o e s i n T h e

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f i l m O u i j a Pe o p l e w e n t t o s e e i t b e c a u s e i t w a s a

O u i j a m ov i e o n H a l l ow e e n , s o , o f c o u r s e , t h e y m a d e

a s e q u e l , o r re a l l y a p re q u e l , O u i j a : O r i g i n o f Ev i l

T h e t r a i l e r s e e m e d p r o m i s i n g e n o u g h , a n d I w a s

h o p e f u l t h a t t h i s f i l m w o u l d w o r k a s a P G - 1 3 f l i c k

Bu t , s h o u l d d i re c t o r Mi k e Fl a n a g a n h a v e m a d e t h e

f i l m a n R r a t i n g ? No t e , I w i l l n o t b e t a l k i n g a b o u t o n e o f t h e p r o d u c e r s Mi c h a e l Ba y, a s h e i s a l re a d y t a l k e d a b o u t s o m u c h I w i l l s a y t h a t t h e re a re n o

e x p l o s i o n s a n d ov e r - s e x u a l i z e d w o m e n I ’l l g i v e t h e f i l m t h i s : t h e e f f e c t s a re d e c e n t , a n d t h e re i s o n e a w e s o m e s c e n e C h a r a c t e r ’ s e y e s f l a w -

l e s s l y c h a n g e t o w h i t e t o s i g n i f y t h a t t h e y b e e n p o s -

s e s s e d T h e d e m o n ’ s a p p e a r a n c e i s re a l i s t i c b u t l o o k s t o o m u c h l i k e Sa u r o n f r o m L o rd o f t h e R i n g s , e s p ec i a l l y w h e n a y e l l ow e y e i s s e e n i n t h e d a r k n e s s o f

s o m e o n e ’ s m o u t h A n d , t h e d e m o n e n t e r i n g t h e m a i n p o s s e s s e d g i r l , Do r i s ( L u l u Wi l s o n ) , l o o k e d

f u n n y w i t h t h e ov e r l y s t re t c h e d m o u t h T h e c h o k i n g m o t i f l e a d s t o i n t e re s t i n g v i s u a l s , s u c h a s w h e n L i n a ’ s m o u t h m u t a t e s u n t i l i t i s s e a l e d s h u t

By f a r, t h e b e s t p a r t o f t h e m ov i e i s a s l ow c l o s eu p o f Do r i s ’ s f a c e a s s h e d e s c r i b e s h ow i t f e e l s t o b e

“ s t r a n g l e d t o d e a t h ” He r m o n o l o g u e i s d o n e i n o n e

t a k e , a n d t h e d e l i v e r y i s i n c re d i b l y u n c a n n y In f a c t ,

Do r i s w a s m y f a v o r i t e c h a r a c t e r b e c a u s e o f h ow

c re e p y s h e w a s , a n d Wi l s o n d i d a g re a t j o b g i v i n g

l i g h t t o t h i s p e c u l i a r k i d c h a r a c t e r I j u s t e n j oy e d

e v e r y t i m e s h e w a s o n s c re e n , a n d I f e l t l i k e t h e re

w a s n ’ t e n o u g h o f h e r T h e re w e re e v e n s c e n e s f o c u s -

i n g o n t h e m o t h e r, A l i c e ( El i z a b e t h Re a s e r ) , a n d

D o r i s ’ s o l d e r s i s t e r, L i n a ( A n n a l i s e B a s s o ) t h a t

i n v o l v e d a n i n - d e p t h c o n v e r s a t i o n w h i l e Do r i s d o e s

f r i g h t e n i n g t h i n g s i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d K e e p t h e c a m -

e r a o n h e r !

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( Pa rk e r Ma c k ) , we re j u s t f l a t s t e re o t y p e s Ta k i n g

Mi k e y o u t o f t h e s t o r y w o u l d c h a n g e n o t h i n g L i n a i s a s t e re o t y p i c a l re b e l l i

e f i l m p rog re s s e d I t h o u g h t s h e w o u l d d e c i d e t o b u y t h e Ou i j a b o a rd o n h e r ow n s i n c e i t m a k e s s e n s e t o h e l p h e r b u s i n e s s Bu t , t h e o n l y re a s o n A l i c e b u y s o n e i s b e c a u s e h e r d a u g h t e r t e l l s h e r i t w o u l d b e a g o o d i d e a I w a n t e d t h e w h o l e f a m i l y t o b e f u n c o n a r t i s t s t h a t e n j oy s c a m m i n g p e op l e , w h i c h w o u l d p l a y n i c e l y o f f o f t h e g h o s t s t a k i n g a d va n t a g e o f t h e m i n t h e e n d In s t e a d , t h e y ’ re g o o d p e o p l e w h o a re j u s t t r y i n g t o g e t ove r t h e i r f a t h e r ’ s d e a t h , s o m e t h i n g ove r l y d i s c u s s e d i n t h e f i l m

I u n d e r s t a n d t h a t k i d s a re a l w a y s v e s s e l s i n t h e s e f i l m s , b u t t h e re h a s t o b e s o m e re a s o n i n g b e h i n d i t

Fo r e x a m p l e , w h e n A l i c e s t a r t s a s k i n g t h e O u i j a

b o a rd q u e s t i o n s , Do r i s i s s o m e h ow a l re a d y u n d e r i t s s p e l l a s s h e a n s w e r s f r o m u p s t a i r s W h y ? Is i t b e c a u s e s h e ’ s t h e y o u n g e s t k i d ? Ev e n l a t e r i n t h e f i l m w h e n

A l i c e y e l l s a t t h e d e m o n t o t a k e h e r i n s t e a d o f h e r d a u g h t e r s , t h e d e m o n s a y s t h a t s h e ’ s n o t a g o o d v e s -

s e l I l a u g h e d o u t l o u d a t t h a t p a r t C a n y o u s o m eh ow o u t g r ow b e i n g a v e s s e l ? T h e f i l m ’ s s c a re s r a n g e f r o m c re e p y t o j u s t p l a i n

s i l l y Do r i s , w h e n p o s s e s s e d b y t h e d e m o n , t a k e s ov e r p e o p l e b y w h i s p e r i n g i n t h e i r e a r, w h i c h p r o d u c e s a c re e p y i m a g e How e v e r, Do r i s w h i s p e r s i n t o L i n a ’ s e a r e a r l i e r i n t h e f i l m , b u t s h e d o e s n ’ t re a c t u n t i l l a t e r

w h e re a s t h e e f f e c t s a re q u i c k e r o n e v e r y o n e e l s e Ju m p s c a re s a re n o t u t i l i z e d e n t i re l y, w h i c h i s n i c e ,

b u t t h e s c a re s c a n b e l a m e Fo r e x a m p l e , t h e re i s o n e s c e n e w h e re t h e g h o s t p u l l s t h e s h e e t s o f f o f L i n a

A n d , b e f o re a n y s u s p e n s e c a n b e b u i l t , i t c u t s t o t h e n e x t d a y T h a t ’ s a b i g

p r o b l e m w i t h t h e f i l m

S c a r y t h i n g s h a p p e n w i t h Do r i s , b u t t h e re ’ s n o b u i l d i n s u s p e n s e T h e f i r s t h a l f f o c u s e s o n

A l i c e , p o s i n g a s a m e d iu m , w h o u t i l i z e s t h e

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Red Wins Another Empire State Bowl

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top to end its five-game losing streak

Hungr y for its first win since Oct 1, the Red pounced on the

L i o n s , p i c k i n g o f f C o l u m b i a quarterback Anders Hill on the first play of the game A few plays later, Walker broke past the l i n e o f s c r i m m a g e o n f o u r t h down and scampered 27 yards into the endzone for his first career score

“It just felt fake,” Walker said of finding the endzone for the first time “It was just so wide open It was fake I came to the s i d e l i n e a n d s a i d , ‘ Wa s t h a t real?’”

If t h e re w a s a n y d o u b t whether the score was real, it disappeared when Walker went on to perform twice more, scoring on 28- and 71-yard runs which looked almost identical to his first touchdown He ended with 230 yards on the ground

Walker’s third touchdown of the game was a 71-yard sprint to the end zone

All season, Walker has been close to breaking out a big run

On Saturday, he finally executed

“It’s just learning,” Walker said about what he was able to do

d i f f e re n t l y t h i s t i m e a ro u n d “ When you get back in the open, make sure to get your feet up I’ve gotten tripped way too many times ”

Walker and Archer both made sure to point out the effort from the offensive line, a group that made Walker’s career day possible

C o l u m b i a a n s we re d r i g h t back with a pair of scores, dropping the Red into a 14-7 deficit in the first quarter

With the ball back, Cornell shot down the field, determined to tie up the game Senior wide receiver Ben Rogers hauled in a perfectly thrown ball from Banks for the touchdown

Banks, after a series of games in which he struggled, looked calm in the pocket, alternating long downfield passes with short, efficient throws He ended with 267 yards on 23-of-37 passing

“He’s such a mature kid for a sophomore you forget that he’s just a sophomore,” Archer said “I probably put too much on his plate in the middle of the year we just tried to scale it back ”

One of Banks’ few imperfections on the day was a pass that was tipped at the line of scrim-

m a g e a n d i n t e rc e p t e d by a Columbia linebacker The Lions would go on to turn the turnover into points, taking a 21-14 lead

The Red tied it back up when Walker ran for his second touchdown of the game, but a field goal from Columbia gave the Lions the halftime lead

“[Trailing an opponent] doesn ’ t scare us, ” said junior safety Nick Gesualdi “ We’re used to playing down, we know that there is always a chance we ’ re going to win and we ’ re never going to stop fighting We fight to the end just like you saw today ” Later in the game, Nolte’s

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wiched by two Columbia field goals, and Cornell led by the narrowest of margins entering the fourth A long, time-killing drive by Cornell culminated in a oneyard run from Banks, putting the Red up eight with under 10 minutes to go

In the past, the Red had seen similar leads dissolve as opponents orchestrate comebacks and send Cornell to stinging defeats

But strong play from all sides of the ball ensured that would not happen

“ We had to take away all the little mistakes and no big plays,”

Gesualdi said “ We thought we we re t h e b e t t e r t e a m We thought we had a better matchup if we keep doing what we practice all week If we stayed technically sound, that we were going to win it ”

Yet, despite the confidence from Cornell, Columbia fired back, marching down the field for a 13-yard touchdown pass The Lions’ two-point conversion attempt came up empty when Ge s u a l d i l o c k e d d ow n Columbia’s ball carrier

Cornell’s lead stood precariously at two with 6:26 left in the game But that was when Walker tacked on one more run, this one the most important of his career

The 71-yard touchdown made the game a two-possession contest with under five minutes to play

An acrobatic Gesualdi interception on the ensuing drive effectively iced the game And when Columbia’s onsides kick came up empty, the Red officially snapped its losing streak

In the locker room after the g a m e , t h e p l a ye r s c h a n t e d , “Empire Bowl!” and passed the trophy as the men celebrated the win

“ We’ve had so many highs and lows this season, ” Archer said “Recently a bunch of lows, and to see them respond, and play like this, as banged up as they are, to come away with a victor y was just a great thing to w a t c h I ’ m j u s t re a l l y, re a l l y proud of them ”

The team had pent-up frustration after a series of recent losses, many of which were close to falling in the Red’s favor, according to Archer

“When you get close and you don’t come away with a victory, it’s really frustrating,” Archer said, “but to see guys just keep coming back and coming back and making plays, it was really cool ” Fraser and the rest of the senior class are inching towards the end of their careers with Cornell A victor y on Saturday was important for the team to get back on the right track as the season ’ s end approaches “ There was a lot of frustration but we pulled it off at the end and it’s an amazing feeling,” Fraser said “ We came in here determined to win We knew [Columbia] was going to come in and play really hard on their senior day At the end of the day we made a lot of big plays and pulled it out ”

Adam Bronfin can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

Team Effort Brings Women to 5-2 on Season

W. HOCKEY

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season Just seven minutes later, Bunton came back charging down the ice for her second goal of the game, assisted by sophomore co-captain Micah Har t

Despite being up 2-0, the Red kept its foot on the pedal the team ended up outshooting the Bears 3114 when the final buzzer rang The Red scored its third goal of the game when faced with a six-on-three situation due to two Cornell penalties and Brown’s goalie pulled

Bunton would later complete her hat trick at the 19:11 mark of the final period after another assist from Har t

“ We just brought it more in the third period,” Boissonnault said “ The first two periods were a bit of a slow star t not our best work but in the third period after talking in the dressing room, we became

more consistent in our plays which successfully gave us a great score at the end ”

On Saturday, three different players for the Red scored their first goals of the season to help the Red skate past Yale 4-2 In Saturday’s contest, Cornell came out with a fast star t, as Sophomore Diana Buckley scored just under five minutes into the first period And six minutes later, Gerace scored a goal of her own to give the Red a 2-0 lead just over halfway through the first frame

The Bulldogs drew the score to within one after a goal five minutes after Gerace’s Yale then tied the game 2-2 in the second period, capitalizing on a power-play oppor tunity

Freshman for ward Grace Graham notched her first career goal at the 17:42 mark of the second, a goal that ended up being the eventual game-winner Graham’s classmate and fellow for ward Kristin O’Neill continued her early-season rampage and added an insurance goal

just 33 seconds into the third period to put the Red up 4-2, her sixth of the season

The Bulldogs came into Saturday’s contest averaging 4 14 goals a game, proving Cornell’s strong focus on defense had paid off by holding Yale to two goals It was only Yale’s third time of the season being held to two goals or less

“Since the star t of the season our team has had a goal to be one of the best defensive teams in the NCAA,” Gerace said “ We knew that Yale was ver y offensive, and we stayed strong defensively and were able to limit their scoring oppor tunities Our defenseman and goaltending was solid in both games ”

The women will travel to Quinnipiac and Princeton this coming weekend to face off against two teams that sandwich Cornell in the ECAC standings at fifth place

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Wild Game Snaps Five-Game Skid

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Sports Editor

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After Saturday’s thrilling 42-40 win over Columbia, he can add game-changing receptions to his repertoire

punter caught a 33-yard pass in the third quarter of Saturday’s game that ed momentum to Cornell, allowing the to knock off the Lions for the fourth year ing by three points early in the second Cornell’s offensive drive stalled, and it

looked like the Red was going to have to give the ball back to Columbia’s offense

That was when special teams coordinator Guido Falbo suggested to head coach David Archer ’05 that the Red try a fake punt The Red had practiced the play throughout the season

required backup quarterback Jake Jatis to throw across the middle Yet time and time again in practice, Fraser, the

open down the sideline and made the catch

Saturday was no different

next play, sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks connected with junior tight end Hayes Nolte in the endzone to put the Red in the lead for good Cornell would add two more scores to keep the Lions at bay and win the Empire State Bowl for the fourth straight year

“You probably won ’ t hear the end of it in practice this week,” joked sophomore running back Chris Walker about the play

“I’m literally thinking to myself ‘I’m going to catch this ball,’” Fraser said “Jake trusted me, he threw it to me and we made a big play and that really helped change the momentum of the game ”

The punter easily made the catch, and, on the very

A year ago, a field goal was enough for Cornell football to come away with its first, and only, victory of the season In that game, a 3-0 win at home, the Red and the Lions played sloppy offense, with neither team assembling a semblance of a strong drive In New York City on Saturday, it would take a lot more than three points for the Red to come out on

Hat Tricks Power Hockey Teams to Weekend Sweeps

Women continue unbeaten streaks against Brown, Yale

By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women ’ s hockey team came away from the weekend with four points as the Red defeated both Brown and Yale at home, continuing double-digit unbeaten streaks against both teams

The last time the Red (5-2-0, 3-2-0 ECAC) lost to the Bears was in 2007 This weekend also marks 16 games undefeated against the Bulldogs

Head coach Doug Derraugh said he believes that this weekend was a confidence booster for a team that came out last weekend with a couple of tough losses against RPI and Colgate

“I think [this weekend] helped our young team to realize that we can find ways to win in the third period,” Derraugh said “That was important after losing a couple of tough games late in the third [period] "

Senior forward Hanna Bunton recorded a hat t r i c k a n d s o p h o m o re g o a l t e n d e r Ma r l e n e Boissonnault recorded a shutout on Friday to help the Red get past the Bears 4-0

The game got off to a slow start, as both teams only combined for nine shots in the first period The second period was also scoreless, but Cornell picked up the pace, outshooting Brown 13-4 in the period

Cornell came out quickly in the third period and scored just over two minutes into the frame off the stick of Bunton for her first goal of the

Primary and secondary scoring total 10 goals for season

By ZACH SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Before the first puck drop of the season against Merrimack, head coach Mike Schafer ’86 laid out a firm goal for his offense: more secondary scoring

Just under half of the team ’ s scoring last season was contained to four forwards, which is not a bad thing as long as the wins are flowing But

towards the end of the season, a hole within the forward lines led the team to into a long winless skid

So far this season, the team has its usual suspects scoring sophomore

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was powered by Vanderlaan’s first career hat trick, the first for Cornell since former Red center Tyler Roeszler ’11 notched one against Colgate in 2011

f o r w a rd s Mi t c h Va n d e r l a a n a n d Anthony Angello sit among the top goal scorers but t h e f o r w a rd s b e yo n d t h e f i r s t line were the diff e re n c e m a k e r s against Brown

The four scorers during Friday’s c o n v i n c i n g 4 - 2 w i n ove r Brow n had only five comb i n e d g o a l s i n their careers enteri n g t h e n i g h t T h a t n u m b e r

b e c a m e n i n e by the time the final buzzer rang

“We are getting offensive contributions from a bunch of people and we need that to continue,” Schafer said On the other hand, the 6-3 win over Yale on Saturday came from the Red’s regular goal scorers The win

“It’s been a while, so I’ve heard,” Vanderlaan said “It was fun, a good team effort tonight Big win for us, so e xc i t e d t o k e e p m ov i n g f o r w a rd with it ”

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t o n a consistent basis, the emergence of scoring depth has made Cornell’s offense a two-headed threat in just five games Sophomore forward Beau Starrett and junior forward Alex Rauter have already surpassed last year ’ s individual goal totals in just five games, although Starrett was sidelined for a majority of