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C.U. Moves Closer to Fencing Gorge Tunnel

Cornell and Ithaca moved one step closer on Wednesday to blocking access to the gorge above Ithaca Falls, which has long served as a local swimming hole but has also been the site of three students’ drowning deaths in the last seven years

Ithaca’s Planning Committee, in a 3 to 1 vote, sent a resolution to Common Council that, if passed next month, would authorize the city make a deal with Cornell in which the University would pay to design and build a fence restricting access to the Fall Creek Gorge

Cornell, under the agreement, would pay for all aspects of creating the gate in front of Ezra’s Tunnel and would then turn the gate over to the City of Ithaca, which would retain “sole ownership” of the barrier

The gate would be required to include access for emergency and maintenance personnel

Ezra’s Tunnel is roughly 16 5 feet tall and 14 feet wide and was constructed by Ezra Cornell in the early 1830s to divert water from the falls to help power a mill Now, the tunnel is the primary accessway for students and locals, hundreds of whom swim illegally at the Fall Creek Gorge and gawk at the city below each summer

But the site is also a dangerous locale, particularly for Cornell students who are often

not as familiar as Ithacans with the drowning risks posed by the flowing falls Ithaca Police Officer Jamie Williamson, the department’s spokesman, said in August that officers respond to all of the gorges “about once a week during the summer months for some type of medical emergency ” In August of this year, a 17year-old in Cornell’s prefreshman summer program, Winston S Perez-Ventura ’22, drowned at Fall Creek Gorge, the area that the University is now attempting to shutter In July of 2011, Nathaniel Rand

GOP Tax Plan Could Cost C.U. Millions

After the unveiling of the Republican tax bill Thursday, university presidents across the country were quick to publicly rebuke the bill for its proposed taxes on endowments and potential repeal of a tax exemption for graduate students Among these presidents was Cornell’s very own Martha E Pollack

The proposed bill includes a 1 4 percent excise tax, section 4969 of H R 1, on endowment income for colleges and universities with at least 500 students and

assets of $250,000 or more per full-time student The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities estimate this tax would affect 70 colleges Cornell, with a reported full-

time enrollment of 23,016 in 2017 and endowment value of roughly $295,000 per student, would be subject to the tax Pollack, in an interview with The New York Times, estimated the cost to the University would be $10 5 million annually

A loss in endowment value

would likely result in “less money to spend on institutional aid, research, new libraries and other campus buildings and facilities,” according to Karin Johns, director of tax policy at NAICU She warned that students may see “ a lower aid package as a result ”

However, while Prof Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations, said the University “would have to decide where cuts should be made” in order to accommodate a smaller budget, he deemed it unlikely that cuts would be made from aid packages

Liz Clark M S ’00, director of federal affairs at NACUBO, emphasized that the endowment fund is necessary for maintaining the stability of a university in the event of market fluctuations Carefully managed to support current students and students in perpetuity, endowments are not

The Student Assembly and Provost Michael Kotlikoff came to a mutual understanding that they would begin a collaborative process to ensure Cornell Cinema does not shut down, said a statement released Wednesday night and signed jointly by the provost and members of S A

“We hope to bring all of the stakeholders together to develop an appropriate funding plan that will continue support for Cornell Cinema and develop a long-term funding model that recognizes the role that the Cinema plays as a student activity, and also appropriately funds academic activities from academic budgets,” said the statement

“This progress will result in a motion to table the current S A resolution to zero out funding for Cornell Cinema,” continued the statement signed by the provost, Jung Won Kim ’18, S A president, Gabriel Kaufman ’18, chair of the S A Appropriations Committee and Dustin Liu ’19, undergraduate student trustee

Jäelle Sanon ’19, S A first generation student representative at-large and member of the Appropriations Committee, said that she would “gladly table” that vote once the motion is raised but added that tabling the vote indefinitely would be “problematic ”

“Cornell Cinema is not something we are putting to the side, but we are investigating it seriously,” she said “We will do anything in our power to make sure that Cornell Cinema is sustainable, and if that leads to tabling the vote, we will gladly table the vote ”

In the unlikely event the assembly is unable to officially agree upon a new amount to allocate to the Cinema, according to the S A char-

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ILR Senior Elected Youngest Active Town Supervisor

By LUCY XU Sun Contributor

As balloons and “I Voted” buttons celebrated election night across the state, Alex Hammond ‘18 unfolded a torn-up piece of paper that would determine the next four years of his life It read, “Alex: 465 Sandy: 387 ”

For the past four months, Hammond, an ILR senior, had been campaigning in his hometown of Waddington, New York for the position of town super visor After a spontaneous decision to run for office, Hammond dedicated his final fall semester to knocking on door after door, engaging Waddington voters while raising awareness about his goals and run for office

On Tuesday night, Hammond’s campaigning ended with the news that he won

Admittedly anxious and excited about his town supervisorship to come, Hammond has gained confidence since his victor y

“ We went door to door, we gave our message out and w e d r ov e t h a t m e s s a g e h o m e A n d t h e p e o p l e o f Waddington have spoken by electing me, ” Hammond said

Slated to take office this coming Januar y, Hammond, at the age of 21, will become the youngest active town super visor in New York histor y, tying only with Nicky B Woerner of Ulster, New York who also ser ved as town super visor from 2005-09

And how will he take on his town super visorship while finishing his last semester at Cornell?

Hammond has a plan: he will only take classes between Monday and Wednesday in the upcoming semester so that he can dedicate the rest of the week to Waddington

Although Hammond anticipates challenges arising in the future as a result of his youth, he is prepared to take on the leadership role with the hurdles that will accompa-

ny it

One of the difficulties Hammond anticipates will be leading the town board and its older members However, Hammond believes that collaboration is still possible while maintaining his credibility

“I want it to be a collaborative board that works together but at the end of the day, the buck does stop here I was elected town super visor and I have to take super visor y roles but I think we can work together and listen to each other,” he said

However, just as Hammond recognizes that his age and

Explorer Premieres New Web Series

Series suggests humans can adapt to climate change

By PENELOPE CAMPOS Sun Contributor

Not every dialogue surrounding climate change has to question the end of the world, said National Geographic explorer Alizé Carrère

Instead the narrative can push us to consider what we may be doing right when it comes to adapting to climate change, as Carrère has attempted to show through her soon-to-be-released web series on what it truly means to be an adaptable species

De t a i l i n g t h re e c a s e s t u d i e s , C a r r è re

s p o k e a b o u t h e r w o rk a s a Na t i o n a l Geographic Explorer at a lecture Wednesday night

Carrère studies how local populations have adapted to the effects of climate change This work has launched into a web series, s o o n t o b e re l e a s e d o n t h e Na t i o n a l Geographic channel

Carrère gave the audience an advanced s c re e n i n g o f t h e p i l o t e p i s o d e , s e t i n Bangladesh and focusing on the development of floating farms, and to a greater extent of floating communities Because of rising sea levels in the greatly-at risk area, m i l l i o n s o f Ba n g l a d e s h re s i d e n t s , s h e

explained, are expected to be climate change refugees in the years to come

For Carrère, an Ithaca native, this interest in nature and adaptative behaviors that spurred her career with National Geographic stemmed from her childhood experiences

Growing up in what she describes as a quasi-treehouse on the lake, Carrère said her earliest memories were colored with the natural landscape of Ithaca

Shortly after earning her bachelor’s from McGill University, Carrère received the National Geographic Young Explorer Grant

From this grant, she traveled to Madagascar to study how local farmers had adapted to mass deforestation

C a r r è re s a i d t h e f a r m e r s h a ve t a k e n advantage of erosional gullies, “lavakas” a gaping hole in the ground formed as a result of deforestation to create a hyper-efficient method of subsistence farming

Because nutrients become concentrated in these “holes,” they become prime growing spots and push the tree growth upwards Farmers can then plant in the soil under these trees

political inexperience may pose challenges, he also thinks that they offer him a single, unique advantage: a fresh perspective

“I’m going to go in there, keep an open mind and bring a new perspective a different generation’s perspective,” Hammond said

In fact, he believes that perspective will be a strategic key in accomplishing his main goals for office

Namely, he wants promote Waddington’s economic growth and development by rebranding Waddington's image, thus attracting college students from nearby universities and new businesses to invest in the town

“People my age still live in the town, people who are under 30 still live in the town How do we get more people people like myself to Waddington, to reinvest in the community?” he said

By

Waddington’s beautiful water front and environment, Hammond hopes to advertise Waddington as the place for students to get together, a move that he believes will also attract businesses to the area

“Businesses that are in Canton and Potsdam, where those four colleges are, if they move to Waddington, they’d be paying a third of their current rent so if we can bring the same kids who buy that stuff here, we also bring the businesses ”

In just two months, Hammond will take office and will look to deliver on his promise of a more open, inclusive and active leadership

“I ran on the factor of being open, being honest and bringing that new perspective and I intend on it,” he said “I want to be ver y active in the community, to talk to people, to make Waddington a place that can help ever yone ”

Female Student Reports Being Photographed in Hans Bethe Bathroom

Cornell University Police is seeking information for a report of unlawful surveillance in a residence hall on West Campus, the department announced on Wednesday

The incident occurred on Sunday at approximately 11 p m when a female student notified CUPD that she believed she had been photographed or videotaped by an unknown person while she showered in a gender-neutral bathroom, said a CUPD release The student is a resident of Hans Bethe House on West Campus, where the incident is reported to have occurred

At this point, the identity of the suspect is unknown However, CUPD is asking for any information regarding this incident or any similar incidents on campus

Anna Delwiche ’19

Kotlikoff, S.A. Members to Work Together to Fund Cornell Cinema

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ter, “the applicable Student Activity Fee will default to the amount and allocation currently in effect during the fee-setting year ” If the S A fails to decide how much byline funding to allocate to Cornell Cinema by the last day of classes this semester, the Cinema would continue to receive $10 90 from student activity funds, said TJ Ball ’19, S A undesignated at-large representative Cornell Cinema members did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the statement

The collaboration would result in a long-term funding model for the Cinema “that recognizes the role that the Cinema plays as a student activity,” the statement wrote

In an open letter released Tuesday, members of Cornell Cinema said Kotlikoff told them, if S A upheld the recommendation to allocate $0, he would like to hear arguments that Cornell Cinema is “ not a significant student activity on campus, ” The Sun previously reported

The statement added that the collaboratively-devised funding model would

pay “academic activities from academic budgets ”

The provost agreed that it would work with S A on an alternative plan to keep Cornell Cinema in business by agreeing to either continue the byline allocations, draw on University funds, or share the costs Kim told The Sun

Prior to this meeting, it appeared that Cornell Cinema could potentially go out of business if members of S A voted to stop allocating undergraduate funding to the Cinema in the next byline cycle, The Sun previously reported If S A approved the Appropriations Committee’s recommendation to allocate $0 to Cornell Cinema, the Cinema could have run a deficit of more than $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 3 0 p e rc e n t o f t h e Cinema’s current operating budget a

Committee

Before Cornell Cinema first received funding from the Student Assembly, it had been funded by the administration, but after the S A was given authority over the student activity fees in 2004, the Student Assembly was the one that approached the Cinema to take them under the byline funding structure, Kim

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After Student Deaths, Tunnel May Be Fenced Provost, S.A. Agree to Fund C.U. Cinema

’12 drowned while swimming in the same area, and in May of 2011, Kendrick Castro ’11 drowned there the day after receiving his Cornell degree

Seph Murtagh ’09, chair of the Planning Committee, was adamant that the tunnel should be closed off and that the decision could save lives Murtagh said he has taught the pre-freshman program at Cornell that Perez-Ventura was a part of and has given warnings about not swimming at the gorges that he worried would go unheeded

“You tell [students] that the gorges are dangerous, you tell them to not swim in the gorges, but the truth is they’re excited,” he said ”You’ve got to put yourself in the shoes of a 17-year-old kid coming from the Bronx, never been around anything like this before, and it’s an attraction ”

“Maybe they get some bureaucratic warning about swimming in the gorges, but they’re curious, they’re around their friends who are talking about it, and suddenly they don’t know what they’re doing and they get injured or they get killed,” he continued “ That’s the situation here That’s what we ’ re talking about ”

Those opposed to the fence, including several Cornell students and at least one professor, said the dangers of the falls come hand in hand with living in a beautiful, natural region, and that closing off Ezra’s Tunnel is an excessive measure and would result in the closure of more natural areas

“I’m completely opposed to it,” Prof Stephen Winans, microbiology, said in an inter view after he addressed the committee “I think that access to Fall Creek [Gorge] is important for students at Cornell and the residents of Ithaca It’s a place as beautiful as any state parks, with an astonishing sunset, and we should not deny that to people ”

Alderperson Cynthia Brock, who represents the First Ward and is on the Planning Committee, said she was concerned the fence would be a “ ver y slipper y slope ”

The danger, she said, “is the cost of living around a natural area ”

“How much are we going to dumb down our environment?”

Brock said “Is our job as a municipality to create bumpers or barriers around anything that could possibly result in an injur y? I don’t think that is our role I wouldn’t want to live in [that] community ”

Todd Bittner, director of natural areas at Cornell Botanic Gardens, represented the University at the meeting on Wednesday and said the area is “the most dangerous waterfall and plunge pool in the entire Finger Lakes region ”

Bittner rattled off the names of students who had died at the Fall Creek Gorge and said the University wants to encourage the use of safe, natural spaces, arguing that the area above Ithaca Falls is both dangerous and “ not a natural area ”

“It’s an industrial remnant from a different era, ” he said “ There’s broken, cut metal fences, industrial scrap metal, graffiti, trash It’s not a natural area, it’s not a beautiful space It’s a neglected, dangerous space ” “ The risk isn’t just to the people that go out there, it’s also to the emergency responders who then have to rescue people who find themselves, too late, in jeopardy,” Bittner said Winans, the Cornell professor, said enforcing existing laws against swimming and increasing education of the area ’ s dangers could encourage safe use of the locale “It can be made safe,” he said “ There’s already a $250 fine for anyone found swimming There could be more signs warning people as well as signs explaining the important histor y of this area ” Kr ystof J Hochlewicz ’21 said he had “ never been educated on gorge safety” by the University, and that enjoying the gorge area should be treated like using alcohol, noting that Cornell had required him to complete alcohol safety education training before he arrived at campus this fall

“ We can ’ t block ever ything,” he said “ This is absurd ”

Ezra Cornell, co-founder of the University, first arrived in Ithaca in 1828 when he was hired as a mechanic and carpenter He created the tunnel later dubbed Ezra Cornell’s Tunnel by bursting through 200 feet of solid rock to carr y water to the mills downtown

“ The summer of 1830 I blasted the tunnel through the rock to take water from the dam above the falls for the mill,” Ezra said in 1861 “In 1831 we lowered the tunnel four feet, and built a new dam across the creek ”

Alderperson Michael Decatur, who represents the Fifth Ward, ultimately ended up voting in favor of sending the fence proposition to Common Council, but was war y of adding more fences as part of what he called an “increasing trend of blocking off natural space ” “ Where does individual responsibility come into play?” he asked “ We can ’ t fence our way through ever y aspect of our lives ”

Several members of the committee said they would prefer a way for students and Ithacans to safely access the area, but ultimately agreed with Alderperson Rob Gearhart, who represents the Third Ward and said, “I don’t really see us doing better than this right now ”

Gearhart proposed that, after the fence was built, Ithaca or Cornell could potentially offer “guided, safety-led explorations once in a while ”

The final decision on allowing Cornell to build the gate will be up to the 10-member Common Council, on Dec 6 at 6 p m at City Hall

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nbogelburroughs@cornellsun com Hnin Ei Wai Lwin can be reached at hwailwin@cornellsun com

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told The Sun

But last Monday, the Committee voted to defund the Cinema in 201820 partially on the grounds that it is using byline funding to pay staff wages, The Sun previously reported

The Cinema has used S A funds inappropriately to pay staff wages and benefits, Kaufman said According to Cornell Cinema, byline funds have helped support its five professional staff members’ wages but the Cinema has committed to cease this practice in 2018 In 2017, student activity funds covered 10 59 percent ($37,495) of the Cinema’s total expenses on staff wages and benefits ($354,059)

The earliest records of Cornell Cinema receiving S A funding date back to 2006 more than 10 years ago, according to the Student Assembly website

“I personally think that was a mistake,” Kim said “The undergraduate students’ money should not be paying salaries ”

Varun Devatha ’19, S A executive vice president, agreed with this view

“It’s almost unethical to place the decision of funding full-time employees and part time employees in the hands of students,” he said

John Yoon can be reached at jyoon@cornellsun com Yuichiro Kakutani can be reached at ykakutani@cornellsun com Drew Musto can be reached at dmusto@cornellsun com

Pollack Argues Tax Plan Will Have ‘Perverse Effect’ on Education

simply a “rainy day fund,” she said Because colleges and universities

expensive while reducing our ability to provide quality education for economically disadvantaged students, conduct research for the public good and undertake public engagement ser vices that are critical to our

their donation could end up in the pockets of the federal government because of this tax, Clark said the tax could make alumni pause before donating Admitting this is an “abstract” effect, k said the tax “is a step toward the e r n m

u t re donors choose to direct their charie giving ” The second effect would be that the bill eliminates itemized tax deductions for ations, which reduces the appeal for ntial donors to give

according to The New York Times

Beyond the tax bill’s proposed tax on university endowments and elimination of tax deductions for donations, some graduate students feared the potential effect of the GOP bill when they file for taxes annually

Currently, when graduate students file t a xe s , t h e m o n e y re c e i ve d f ro m

h e i r respective universities that covers tuition expenses is not considered taxable income under the qualified tuition reduction, section 117(d) of the tax bill

However, the GOP Tax Bill repeals section 117(d) in such a case that “if [it] goes through, the pursuit of knowledge in the US will collapse for a generation,” Anna Waymack, grad, said in a message Monday afternoon

NACUBO estimates that charitable d be substantially affected by this al, Clark said, because “charitable uction will no longer be an option for e than 90 percent of taxpayers ”

The effects of potential limited donas could be dramatic, as charitable givis not used only to support endowts for institutions as non-profit orgations but “ a significant amount of itable giving goes into the annual budof colleges and universities,” Clark said However, supporters of the proposal, including Rep Tom Reed (RN Y ) whose district includes Cornell, argue the tax will raise three billion for the federal government over the next 10 years,

Because Cornell does not rely on this section for funding graduate students rather students receive qualified scholarships through other sections of the current tax code the proposed repeal will not have an impact on the tuition for Cornell’s graduate students, Knuth said in her statement Monday

But, not all universities’ graduate students will be so safe The effects of the appeal are still to be determined for students across the countr y

“ The only beneficiar y of this plan its only impact will be more revenue for the U S Treasur y, ” Johns said “ We continue to believe that it is fundamentally flawed and should be eliminated ”

Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun com Alisha Gupta can be reached at agupta@cornellsun com

DAHLIA WILSON ’19 Business Manager

Letter to the Editor

JACOB RUBASHKIN ’19 Associate Editor

JOSHUA GIRSKY ’19 Managing Editor LYDIA KIM ’18

WORKING ON TODAY’S SUN

ZACHARY SILVER ’19

Campus leaders call for administrative support for Cornell Cinema

To t h e Edi t or :

We believe the Cornell Cinema is an essential organization, resource, and space on our campus In order to ensure that the Cinema can sustain its contributions to the Cornell community and the arts for years to come, we support the Appropriation Committee’s decision to fund them at $0 00 for the 2018-2020 byline cycle

Currently, the Cornell Cinema receives 25 percent of its budget from the Undergraduate Student Activity Fee Student Activity Fees are directly charged to current undergraduate students and allocations are intended to be used primarily for the benefit of those students and to support organizations that are student run and led While Cornell Cinema undoubtedly has a significant impact on the campus community, it is the only organization that funds staff wages and salaries through its SAF allocation Byline funding (the process by which the Student Assembly sets the SAF), and the income generated by its programming, is neither a sustainable, nor an appropriate source of funding for wages

The idea that “if you truly support something, you’d fund it” is fallacious It would be wrong to simply fund an entity

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Bthrough the Student Activity Fee just because we support its existence Rather, we would work tirelessly to ensure that said entity receives fair funding For example, the Student Assembly supported Cornell United Religious Work and the creation of Muslim and Hindu chaplaincies, however neither the Student Assembly nor the Student Activity Fee provided funding for the position because we recognize that the responsibility belongs to the administration, not student programming funds Instead, the Assembly worked with the Dean of Students Office as well as CURW to launch a task force to explore additional chaplaincies

We contend that the Cornell administration’s obvious lack of investment in the arts is deeply wrong The requirement of SAF funding for the financing of Cinema staff is a symptom of that unjust treatment of arts programs and initiatives As an entity housed under the College of Arts and Sciences and used for academic purposes by professors across all undergraduate colleges, Cornell’s central administration must ensure that the Cinema is funded, and it is absolutely their responsibility if they are threatening to close it They should not shift the financial burden directly onto students

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It’s digestible nostalgia, and it tastes like bad TV movies and entire Saturdays spent in t-shirts and plaid pajama pants I remember waking up on long summer days back home, during the glory days of tweenhood when I was too young to work and too old to watch shows listed as TV-G I had chores to do and summer reading books to read and probably some practice or lesson for something on the schedule, but none of that was enough to keep me “busy” in any sense of the word I had a lot of time and maybe the occasional burden, but never any responsibilities Nothing I felt accountable for I have a friend who refers to his peers not as guys and girls but as men and women, at least when the person in question identifies as one of the two

He’ll tell you about the men he lives with, and if you aren ’ t accustomed to it you’ll assume he spends all his time with 30-year-olds When he first said it in reference to me, I sat up a little straighter and held my head a little higher

Your friends tell you you ’ re an adult on your 18th birthday, and then they push it back to your 21st, and then to graduation

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day, but as we continually move the threshold, it is refreshing to hear someone who was satisfied with the first one Because to some extent I still feel like the kid in pajamas with popcorn

But this isn’t a column about adulthood or childhood or any other ‘hood for that

The Student Assembly has historically worked with administrative entities to ensure funding for programs and has a long track record of success We aim to utilize those experiences to ensure that the Cornell Cinema is funded and we hope can be a step forward in ensuring that arts are as valued as sciences

We know that acquiring financial support and prompting administrative restructuring of this magnitude is hard work The administrative standpoint on the record thus far claims that this is a student enterprise, and while by some definitions that may be the case, we cannot continue to finance something that uses student activity fee money for financing elements that are not the intended use of the Student Activity Fee We are accepting that challenge with the goal of improving the scope of financial resources for the Cinema

The onus for financing this is not nearly as narrow as the administration claims it should be: it should not be limited to the College of Arts and Sciences, and Student and Campus Life

We have galvanized to save the Cinema and demand the administration sustainably pay its employees who make Cornell Cinema a valuable part of campus

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stands what it is can describe it No matter how much you actually feel love, you gotta manage its use, keep it valuable like it’s some sort of currency

matter It’s about words and the ways the subtleties they carry mean more than we often comprehend

I met my first “girlfriend” in fifth grade biology class She wrote me a letter on crumpled-up composition book paper and I felt like I’d be mean to not date her after the hard work she put into the relationship The next day she said “I Love You” and I’d had enough and we ’ ve had a hard time talking to each other ever since

It’s funny how dangerous the word “Love” is We put so much weight on it If you say it too early, you either must not know what it is or you ’ ve fallen too hard Nevermind that no one who really under-

Love and happiness and a good chunk of the other words we hold close are also odd because we struggle to define them t using synonyms To hem down into a few elements always feels oversimplification I ’ s because we don’t only guage to describe things we understand, but to make sense of what we don’t to categorize the world around us

Some words are labels but others are like buckets, and it means something when we decide to put our feelings into certain buckets If I feel a connection to someone and happiness around them, it could either go into the “friendship” bucket or the “ romance ” bucket and the practical difference between the factors that determine which are sometimes hard to describe But the bucket I decide impacts how I respond to those feelings Romance, however, is an obvious example

Some of the most intriguing research in this area comes from behavioral economist

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Keith Chen, a professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management In a paper published in 2013, Prof Chen describes his findings that individuals who speak languages that don’t distinguish between present and future tense tend to have higher savings One of his major theoretical explanations for this trend is the fact that the words we use have such power over the way we interact with the world If you aren ’ t used to categorizing the future you and the present you differently, you might be more likely to invest in your future as much as you support yourself in present day

It’s no secret that the words we use to describe people impact the way we interact with them, but I fear that we often only think about this fact when someone ’ s using racist or sexist or homophobic language We describe people with the hope of not offending them, but not always an intent to edify them

Maybe referring to peers as adults is a small gesture, but when I heard my friend call me a man, it changed the rest of my day If even the subtlest changes in word use can do that, maybe I should pay a bit more attention to what I say And maybe you should too

Sarah Lieberman | Blueberries for Sal

Forgiveness Pt. 2: On Chris Brown, R. Kelly and Kevin Spacey

Two weeks ago, I wrote a column on forgiveness On how after retribution, rehabilitation and a really long time,we as a society should progress enough to provide prisoners with a certain type of humanity In case you missed my last piece, it focused on Michelle Jones a h after years of physical

abhorrent He took an anti-death penalty position, which I share His column was seeped with empathy in a context where it’s hardest to give I really only have one bone to pick with Hagopian: the title The title is the only place where Kevin Spacey was mentioned For the following reasons, it never should’ve been brought up at all

I expected [as much] from e Whiny Liberal, or even a mention the capital Spacey possessed that will largely absolve him of his crimes in our current society.

abuse, became pregnant from rape She abused this child, who ended up dying after she left him in her apartment for days He was four years old So, Jones went to prison She did her time She reformed It’s the story we all want to hear: a convict emerges from the prison system as a citizen who repented and is now ready to contribute to society Jones is now pursuing a PhD at NYU after having her acceptance from Harvard rescinded on the basis of her supposed un-forgive-ability

Time passes and more stories snatch up the spotlight Kevin Spacey has now been accused by 13 victims/survivors of attempted rape and sexual harassment Actor Anthony Rapp was the first to come forward, describing an assault that occurred when he was only 14 years old Spacey has been greatly vilified, dropped from Netflix’s House of Cards series, and generally, rightfully, berated by the public for his horrific behavior Making worse of a bad situation, Spacey also took the opportunity to come out as a gay man among these accusations, adding to false and harmful stereotypes of gay men having “inappropriate” sexual conduct

My fellow columnist Ara Hagopian tackled this issue last week I respect much of his work, and I’ve enjoyed reading his columns on Greek life, which took a firm stance that I myself avoided I found his pieces laudable In a way, he said all the right things, writing about how discussions of abuse should be victim-centric and how pedophilia is

1) Spacey is currently facing no judicial punishment let alone the prospect of the death penalty There will always be internet trolls declaring perp e t r a t o r s “deserve to be shot ” I haven’t heard this argument put forth in the exact context of Spacey, but I don’t doubt that it has been I just doubt that anyone in a position of power would deem it legitimate

2) Spacey is rich, white and cisgender History gives us every reason to believe that when all is said and done, he will be okay He will not be sent to any electric chair, and he will probably get a deal for a reality television show or tell-all documentary within five years Just a prediction

3) There are currently so many people who actually are facing the death penalty, who actually lack substantial defense or the resources to procure such There are actual people who deserve empathy by the same system of ethics Hagopian applies There are people in this position at intersections of race, gender and class that are historically marginalized These are the people who need our empathy most of all I expected this from The Whiny Liberal, or even a mention of the capital Spacey possessed that will largely absolve him of his crimes in our current society I expected some acknowledgment of intersectionality I didn’t get it So, I wonder, what exactly are we learning from Kevin Spacey? That powerful men are forgivable? That they aren ’ t monsters even when they act like them? That they don’t deserve the death penalty?

If you ’ re making an argument for universal justice, start at the most marginalized community If Kevin Spacey is the person teaching us how to treat perpetrators, I don’t

Gaby Leung | Serendipitous Musings

When I was in elementary school, I remember how excited I got about Scholastic book fairs I don’t know when they happened, or for how long I only remember entering the auditorium I usually hated going to it reminded me of long lectures by the principal on useless topics such as, “You must stay on the playground during recess or else,” or “Chocolate milk won ’ t be available for lunch anymore don’t ask” and browsing through the dozens of new, glossy books selected for us And the little bits they sold; I went crazy for them The tiny, c o l o r f u l e r a s e r s a n d w a l l - s i ze d p o s t e r s seemed like the coolest things at the time I looked forward to these book fairs as much as I look forward to ordering soup from Zeus now

I don’t know when this craze ended It could have been the lack of excitement for reading that occurred at the start of high school Maybe it was the book fairs they stopped holding because they thought we grew out of it It could’ve been being forced to read The Scarlet Letter and making Hester Prynne out to be the worst human being to exist just because she committed adultery after she thought her husband had died

This isn’t a criticism of how we ’ re taught in English classes (even though I can already think of a list of improvements that could allow students to better learn and understand what they’re given to read) Just as our creativity is squeezed out of us as we grow older, our excitement for reading (any

that we had to begin with, as I know some s t u d e n t s we re n e ve r e xc i t e d a b o u t Scholastic book fairs something I won ’ t ever understand, but will acknowledge) was pushed to the side I’ve heard my friends complain about how they never have enough time to read “for fun,” so I made it my mission this semester to do just that Before my statistics class on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I plant myself on the windowsill next to the pots of jade plants (this location is imperative it distracts me from the impending doom of one hour and 15 minutes of meaningless numbers and words) and read for around half an hour It is pure time I set out for myself I refuse to feel guilty about it, for I have purposefully allotted time out of my day to read and only read

As we grow older, we slowly push away things we used to derive pleasure from In a New Yorker article, “Do Teens Read Seriously Anymore?” the author writes that young people read “ scraps, excerpts, articles, parts of articles, pieces of information from everywhere and from nowhere ” With examples of this so readily available on Snapchat and other social media platforms, it’s no wonder people don’t reach for a book when everything seems given to us

Maybe we think we don’t deserve to i n d u l g e i n s o m e t h i n g t h a t , we re we younger, we wouldn’t have given a second thought about Aside from people who have never enjoyed reading, there are always those who complain that they wished they had time to or that they feel

think our society will progress all that much Cismen celebrities will continue to get away with things they’ve always gotten away with, whether we think they deserve to or not

If you need evidence of this, Chris Brown released a collaboration with R Kelly this week You know, the Chris Brown who confessed to beating Rihanna in his 2017 documentary, which was rated positively by 92 percent of Google users You know, the R Kelly that created a sex cult through which he manipulated much younger women, physically emotionally and sexually The R Kelly who was found “ not guilty” after a sex tape with a minor surfaced, accompanied by 14 counts of child pornography There was also Charlie Sheen, a famous man who assaulted his wife and spent no time in jail Justin Bieber repeatedly commits dangerous driving offenses and has yet to suffer serious consequences So, yeah Rich powerful people get away with crimes Maybe use someone seen less favorably by modern society to begin with when attempting to tackle issues of empathy or death penalty Maybe don’t draw attention to an issue that you clearly, clearly care about when it’s only contextually relevant to the public because of a rich, white man, who we know won ’ t serve serious jail time I do believe in forgiveness I believe in reconciliation and reformation However, I don’t believe in applying this system of ethics only to those at the highest social strata those who never face the severest consequences of their actions Jones served her time, she repented I have not seen Spacey do the same I don’t feel the need to jump to the defense of this man I wish Hagopian had used his platform to actually make the conversation victim-centric, rather than simply stressing the importance of doing so This is an issue of sensitivity and timing This argument in defense of Spacey, saying we have no right to call him a “ monster, ” came without time for healing, without evidence of repentance I was cautious about defending Jones, even after her 20 years in jail, in order to respect the victim I admire Hagopian’s arguments, but I am repelled by its context Now was not the time to make victimhood, empathy or the death penalty about Spacey

Sarah Lieberman is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at slieberman@cornellsun com Blueberries for Sal appears alternate Thursdays this semester

guilty when they do, for they could be reading for their classes instead That comment always confuses me: it’s about priorities Instead of spending time aimlessly scrolling through Instagram or checking

Snap stories that, at the end of the day, are meaningless and forgettable, it might be more fulfilling to pick up a book and read

I miss the little, wholesome girl who couldn’t sit still in her class because she wanted to go to the book fair But it’s not too far off from the excitement I get when I f i n d m y s e l f i n

Strand Bookstore, perusing the shelves, drawn to the endless interesting title names and covers Or how I look forward to finding The New Yorker magazine tucked in my small mailbox slot when I come back from class It’s more of that almost-tangible nostalgia I have for physical books that I keep coming back to and want everyone to appreciate I want everyone to find something between the pages of a book not information about organic chemistry or statistics or history, but something that makes us think a little deeper and feel more S c h o l a s t i c N o s t a l g i a

An NPR article similarly blames the digital age for the decrease in pleasure reading I’m hesitant to place all the fault on technology, however It feels like the easy answer, an accessible outlet to place blame I think it’s more of what we deem to be the most important things in our lives And at this stage, getting our work done while having a social life already takes enough time and effort that going out of the way to read a book when it isn’t even assigned seems entirely unnecessar y And so when we want to take our minds off of school work, watching a movie or a TV show is effortless and easy

Gaby Leung is a junior in the College of Arts and Sceinces She can be reached at gleung@cornellsun com Serendipitous Musings appears every other Thursday this semester I m i s s t h e l i t t l e , w h o l e s o m

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Seeing the World From Ground Level

A conversation with No-Comply

BY ISABELLA YORK Sun Staff Writer

The summer of their junior year of high school, David Cabuenas ’19 and his friend Matt Valdez established the band No-Comply in their hometown of Queens The band represented a crossover of interests in fashion, music and art Once at Cornell, the band grew to include Charles Chatman ’19 and has evolved significantly Looking back on those years, Cabuenas sees them as “ an incubation period

In conversation with David Cabuenas, I learned more about the No-Comply’s overall vision and how the sound has grown since coming to Ithaca Cabuenas stated: “I learned a lot here in Ithaca, in terms of expanding my taste palate and taking what I learned in the music scene and the community here Mixing some of their sounds to what is native for us ” He touched on how Chatman’s addition to the band added more texture and complexity to the overall sound: “Charles helps as he is a musical encyclopedia That man will give me the most obscure things and I try to incorporate what I learn from him, from techniques to sounds ” It is the overall amalgamation that gives No-Comply such a unique sound

Cabuenas expressed the band’s desire to communicate with the public from a position of “humility and humbleness ” NoComply’s use of projections and graphic design during performances is impressive and compelling

Cabuenas continued to explain that everything No-Comply produces is self-made All the songs are written by them, Tshirts are printed by them, projections are crafted by them, and websites are formated by them Cabuenas stated: “ we just want to give back what we are taking in from the world We are trying to represent the world as we see it from the ground level ” Cabuenas stated: “ we do everything I’m saying this to say that some people have it handed to them We really raise our own money to do things We don’t just mess around with art, but we really are at ground level and living and doing the things that we talk about It is more of an honest perspective It comes from a position of humility and humbleness I don’t want to be like a mural, I want to be like a window ”

Quoting his bandmate Chatman, he stated that “ art is multi-meaning ” Moreover, “the visual elements of what we are putting out is a manifestation of what we have seen What we express vocally and sonically through our music Whatever frustrations we vent out through the music ” The music, pro-

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jections and graphics act as an outlet for what Cabuenas and his bandmates take in from the world

Cabuenas added more about his vision for and what NoComply means to him: “I want to add to the narrative of our generation Things that I have learned at Cornell and from New York There is a lot that you can learn from the cultural dialogue from some people and in culturally dense areas like New York We can give each other stories and learn from our stories No-Comply is that vocal part of that while there are other visual arts ”

Cabuenas described a recent art collective that he is working on with a friend called “Pa’lante,” which is Puerto Rican slang for “forward ” He stated: “it is an art collective of people of color, queer people and more I am collecting stories from class struggles and trying to tell their story ot the world Anyone that has a forward look on things, like running on it We want to find what is going on in our community ”

No-Comply is working with the New York art collective “Aint wet ” to raise money for disaster relief efforts in Puerto

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Cornell Cinema three times this weekend There are showings Friday at 7 and 9:20 p m , and Saturday at 9:25 p m

The critically acclaimed film has been praised for its cinematography and CGI Criticisms include a lack of character development, but the masterful visual stor ytelling can largely overshadow those concerns Tickets are $5 50 for students

Rico They will be printing a Statue of Liberty with the Puerto Rican flag and 100 percent profits to go to Puerto Rico

On Oct 13, No Comply performed at Cornell’s Just About Music Program House The performance was powerful and fresh The ability to consolidate the song ’ s meaning through visual projections and graphics added to the band s allure Cabuenas had the ability to capture the interest of the audience with his outgoing persona Every other song he would jump into the crowd and make sure that his interaction added to the compelling and forceful performance His ability to give eye contact to individual audience members and maintain high energy throughout was impressive Similarly, Valdez presented a confident persona and strong vocals Although Valdez does not go to Cornell, he seemed to grow comfortable with the new setting Chatman demonstrated his skillset and brought texture and rhythm to the set

Isabella York is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences

She can be reached at iy42@cornell edu

Hamlet The play was writted by Syrian poet-playwright Mamduh Adwan and t

Cornell Cinema is also showing The Creature From the Black Lagoon (in 3-D), Le Doulos, Born in China and The Teacher this weekend

Ha m l e t Wa k e s Up L a t e @ S c h w a r t z C e n t e r “

rehearsals, Hamlet fails to notice the rise o f a b r u t a l p l u t o c r a t i c d i c t

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Boston University The play description lists a “Fight Coreographer” and “ a spec

Cornell Fencing Team,” so it’s sure to be exciting

Tickets are $8 for students, seniors, faculty, staff and alumni; $15 for general a d u l t a d m i s s

Performances run Nov 10-18

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Drumline this past year has revealed how drastically the culture of an organization can evolve how rapidly the musicality of a percussion section can improve and how close drummers from near and far can possibly become We ve had such an amazing year, such a thrilling season, and we swear this was the most hype we ve ever seen the line All thanks to the work and love we ve all contributed to the drumline family Your Democratic Monarchy King Theo and Queen Julie

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And now presenting Rank Z: the zaniest zippiest, zaddiest rank in the Ivy League!

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Hockey Hopes to Continue Winning Ways at Home

HOCKEY Continued from page 16

weekend of ECAC play, Cornell is in a fine spot, sporting its best start since the 2006-07 season Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 believes all of that goes out the window for this matchup

“The aura [of the rivalry] is more around Harvard and Cornell and the game because it doesn’t matter what our records are, it doesn’t matter who’s playing in it,” Schafer said “The aura of that game is two rivals playing They are usually great hockey games ”

This will be the Crimson’s first road trip of the season following a weekend split featuring a 5-2 upset loss to Yale (22, 2-2) And while Harvard graduated key players from its ECAC Championship squad, the team still features All-

ECAC Preseason Team selections in forward Ryan Donato, defenseman Adam Fox and goaltender Merrick Madsen

Nevertheless, Cornell needs to continue what it has been doing, and that is playing solid all-around hockey, and specifically on defense, where the team faltered a bit against Princeton

“It doesn’t matter who you play,” Schafer said “Our guys have got to be consistent, and they’ve got to block shots, and they’ve got to work That’s all they’ve got to do But it’s not different for Harvard We will face this all year ”

Cornell would enjoy nothing more than to bring the magic back to Lynah with a win against the Crimson But first, the Red will have to play Dartmouth (2-2, 2-1) on Friday evening, a game that can be easy to neglect with Harvard looming the next night

“One of the hardest things is to not overlook Dartmouth

because they’re a good team and we just have to forget about Harvard for now and focus on ourselves this week getting better and what we do,” Yates said

Following a weekend sweep of Yale and Brown (1-3, 13), forwards Kevan Kilistoff and Daniel Warpecha are leading Dartmouth in scoring with three goals apiece so far in 2017-18 Playing together on the same line, the offensive pair will be a formidable challenge for the Cornell defense

The Green has defeated the Red in seven straight matchups, including the last four on East Hill History shows that this will not be an easy weekend for the home team in both games

Yet in the few games it has played, the Red has shown it can handle quality teams and fight back when the going gets tough After falling behind by two goals to Princeton, Cornell managed to quell a rolling Tiger squad for the remaining two-thirds of the contest and come back to win

“It was definitely a good test of our character,” Rauter said “It was huge to get everything going and get the ball rolling especially going into this weekend ”

From what Schafer has seen from his players so far, he is confident they can continue their winning ways against Dartmouth and Harvard

“I was pretty happy with the way they responded [against Princeton],” Schafer said “But don’t kid yourself, Princeton’s got just as good forwards as Harvard I don’t know if [Princeton has] the depth, but their top end guys are just as good as the Harvard guys ”

“It’s definitely a more intense weekend than a regular weekend during the season, ” Yates added “It almost has a playoff feel as it matters a little bit more to us ”

Puck drop is set for 7 p m Friday against Dartmouth and 7:30 Saturday against Harvard

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com

Red to Honor Seniors Before Pivotal Matchup With Columbia

of drive that you get from every senior ”

has implications for the conference crown

“We always have a different mindset when we play Columbia,” said sophomore running back Harold Coles, “but now that it’s for something, everybody is a little bit more focused ”

For the seniors, who stuck with the program through a pair of 1-9 seasons early in their career, this game holds particular significance

“Those guys didn’t quit,” fifth-year head coach David Archer ’05 said of his first recruiting class “They’ve put Cornell in a position we haven’t been in almost two decades They’ve just done an unbelievable job and I’m so proud of them and more is yet to come, I really feel that ”

As freshmen and sophomores on the one-win teams, many of the current seniors were once forced to play when they were not ready, since there was little depth above them Now as seniors, they have improved to a level where Cornell does not need to start underclassmen

The younger guys see this senior class as a source of inspiration

“It’s really cool because they’ve come from a program that was struggling,” Coles said “To see them and the work that they put in and the dedication they show in the offseason to get to the point where we ’ ve gotten to is really cool It’s just an extra bit

Despite struggles early on, the senior class has always found success against Columbia Cornell has not lost to the Lions since the seniors were in high school Last year, the Red triumphed over Columbia in a 42-40 thrilling shootout in New York City to once again claim the Empire State Bowl

Yet despite recent victories over the Lions, the men of Cornell football have tried to solely focus on this year ’ s contest

“We never really try to compare teams from past years, ” said senior captain and safety Nick Gesualdi “I feel like people do that to us and look what happened this year We don't want to underestimate them at all ”

In the game last year, then-sophomore running back Chris Walker starred for Cornell, scampering his way to 178 yards and a trio of touchdowns, his only three rushing scores of the year But with Walker now out for the year with a knee injury, Cornell will have to try to replicate his production in other ways, a task that proved difficult in last week’s shutout loss to Dartmouth in which the Red accumulated just 52 yards on the ground

“Chris is a special player so not one person can do what he does,” Coles said “He can catch the ball, he can run the ball Not one person can fill the role as big as him, but I think we all know that we can put it together and still come back ”

Coles pointed out that, while Walker missed the end of the Princeton game,

Cornell was still able to orchestrate the shocking upset, presenting Coles and his team an encouraging sign heading into the home stretch

“We didn’t even have Chris at the end of the Princeton game and we were able to come back,” Coles said “We just know we got to be even more of a team ”

With the running game struggling last week, the entire offense was largely ineffective and failed to score against Dartmouth’s stout defense Archer said he knows, after the stinging loss, the offense is ready to bounce back

“Any time you get shutout, it doesn’t feel good,” the head coach said “And so these offensive guys especially are ready to get to practice, that’s for sure ”

Emotions are running high entering the game: it’s effectively an elimination game for

contention for the Ivy title; it’s senior day for the class of 2018; it’s the Empire State Bowl featuring the only two Ivy League schools that share a state

That being said, despite all the storylines, Archer said he hopes his team will lock in by the time the game starts

“I’m hoping around kickoff we just kind of get all that aside and focus on our task at hand, because there should be no shortage of emotion,” Archer said

The action against Columbia kicks off at 1:30 p m Saturday at Schoellkopf and will also be broadcast by SNY The team ’ s 25 seniors will be honored in a ceremony before the game

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun com

For C.U. Sports Fans, Harvard Game is Biggest Night of Year

sleeves, and hurl them onto the ice

This is certainly a fun tradition, but it is one that comes with expectations from the players and coaches

“It’s a great tradition,” said Schafer, who, as a former player for Cornell, knows how enjoyable it can be to watch those in the crimson and white get pelted by deceased sea-dwelling creatures

“But I don’t like when the fans throw goldfish or Swedish Fish or tuna cans ”

It’s important for the Faithful to heed Schafer’s advice The Har vard game is a great event for us to celebrate as students and fans together, but the excitement should never be such that it i n t e r f e re s w i t h o u r b e l ov e d t e a m ’ s chance of success on the ice

Thus, be sure not to throw any Swedish Fish, tuna cans or any other fish-like item that could damage the ice

o r p o t e n t i a l l y h a r m a p l a ye r A n d

despite the Red’s nearly-perfect penalty kill, resist the temptation to throw fish during the actual game, something that could put the team at risk of a delay of game penalty

Above all, don’t lose sight of what makes the Harvard game so special In some ways, though we might not like to admit it, Cornell is inferior to Harvard

This is something that many of us have accepted and in some cases embraced But the ice is the ultimate equalizer

This is the one day a year where Har vard comes to our house, on our terms For 60 minutes, six Har vard students at a time have no choice but to h e a r i t f r o m u s w i t h o u t re p r i e v e , regardless of what the scoreboard, or any other objective measure, has to say about it McDEVITT Continued from page 16 FOOTBALL Continued from page 16

Dylan McDevitt is a junior in the ILR School He can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun com Letters from Lynah appears weekly this semester

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

By MICHELLE SHIN

Ifood waste were a country, it

would be the world’s thirdlargest emitter of greenhouse gases, behind the U S & China ” Roff Smith, National Geographic

My mom always told me to clear my plate, and more so out of habit than environmental consciousness, I would do my best to not leave anything on my plate

When I first heard this statistic two years ago from the National Geographic article, I was quick to dismiss the significance of it It had been a long day, and I just did not have the energy to wrap my head around this reality

But it is becoming more evident that this is an issue that cannot be ignored After watching documentaries like Just Eat It and personally observing food being thrown out by our local Wegmans, I saw the reality play out in front of my eyes

Just a couple weeks ago, I attended a conference where Paul Hawken, the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, presented the empirical evidence that showed that “reduced food waste ” is the number three solution to reverse (yes, reverse!) climate change This only motivated more to look deeper into the food waste issue here at Cornell

Sure, reducing food waste sounds great, but how does this apply to our everyday lives? Does that little bit of food I leave on my plate actually matter?

The truth is, it does And I am here to present you my case, and to perhaps motivate you to be more mindful of your own food waste by informing you of Cornell Dining’s initiatives to curb it

Since 2014, Cornell Dining’s Student Sustainability Coordinators have been conducting personal food waste studies in dining halls on both North and West Campus You may have noticed them as you were headed to the dish racks after your dinner at one of the dining halls The SSCs usually approach students to ask questions regarding the food left or not left on their plate Some of these questions include whether or not this is the normal amount of food you leave on your plate and, if not, what factors contributed to the abnormal amount of food left on your plate They also ask if students can recall encountering previous food waste studies They then measure the amount of food left on your plate, excluding inedible fruit rinds, bones and beverages, and compile data to present to the Cornell Dining Senior Staff at the end of the year

By conducting these studies, SSCs have been able to work with Cornell Dining to pre-portion protein dishes, such as the General Tso’s chicken served at RPCC for Monday dinners

During the 2016-2017 school years, the SSCs conducted food waste studies on North Campus, at Robert Purcell Marketplace Eatery

and North Star Their aim was to analyze food waste patterns among freshmen Their results showed that freshmen wasted an average of 3 70 ounces per plate in Fall 2016, and freshmen wasted an average of 3 04 ounces per student in Spring 2017

The school year ’ s average was 3 37 ounces per student

The study’s most recent data so far from this fall semester found that students from both North and West Campuses wasted an average of 3 00 ounces per student, more or less the same amount as last semester Out of the students who responded that they wasted an abnormal amount of food, 53 4 percent of them reasoned “ taste ” as the main issue, 23 9 percent as food quality, 11 4 percent took too much and 9 1 percent were in a hurry

Three ounces of food waste per person may not sound very significant, but this translates into nearly a full plate of food that is wasted Multiply that by three meals per day, and that totals around nine ounces of food wasted every day for every student, totaling 5 25 pounds of food per week Considering that thousands of students eat on-campus, the problem soon adds up to look very, very serious

As mentioned in my previous article, Cornell Dining works hard to maximize the use of food, even food scraps The vegetable broth from Trillium’s ramen made from inedible stems and shoots of vegetables and banana breads in dining halls and newly offered acai bowls in Cafe Jennie are made using slightly bruised or overripe fruits

And in case you didn’t know, Cornell has its own compost facility operated by Cornell Farm Services According to its website, anywhere from 5,000 to 7,000 tons of organic waste are turned into “high quality compost ” every year

Eight hundred tons 11 percent to 16 percent of this organic waste comes from kitchen waste

When I visited the Cornell compost facility last month, the sheer size and efficient management of the site blew me away I used to be part of the crew who criticized Cornell Dining for not being “sustainable,” but the more I investigate what is happening behind the scenes, the more evident it is that Cornell Dining d o e s c a re a b o u t m i n i m i z i n g waste Dining halls even have climate-controlled rooms dedicated to preser ving kitchen compost until it is picked up by Farm

Services

The short answer is, yes, it could But not by itself The somewhat outdated signage and lack of uniformity in waste bins leave even the most eco-minded ones to feel overwhelmed and dump everything in the trash bin I too am guilty of that

Cornell Dining has tried various interventions such as changing bin layout, updating signage, having compost monitors and planting a garden in front of Trillium, yet the high turnover of students and the constant changes in products have made it difficult to continue sustainable initiatives But the main barrier holding back the operation

from being even more sustainable is its consumers Sure, we Cornellians all empathize with each other’s stressful, busy lives I often see students (including myself ) frantically staring down at study guides while chowing down whatever food is in front of them Tasting our food alone is a task, so how could we be expected to mind our food waste? Next thing we know, we toss whatever food we could not finish in time or did not calculate quite correctly, and down the bin goes more methane and carbon dioxide to be released into our air

The true way to tackle this issue lies with collaboration among every student Even the slightest bit of contamination in compost and in recycling creates challenges along the entire waste management chain, from the janitor to Cornell Farm Services

The simultaneously sad and hopeful realization I have come to is this: Reducing food waste is up to the daily (or hourly) actions of every individual To ask for just half of a dish, to ask to sample the food first or to just ask yourself to finish that last bit of food on your plate is all that it takes There are so many issues in this world that seem too difficult to solve, but reducing food waste has such a blatant solution

The more we individually and collectively recognize the weight of this matter, the less weight of food wasted and the less weight of climate change burden on our planet

No. 12/14 Icers Set for Harvard, Dartmouth

Red welcomes biggest rival to Lynah in highly anticipated weekend

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Off to its best start in over 10 years, No 12/14 Cornell men ’ s hockey returns home to play a pair of tough Ivy League matchups against archrival No 5 Harvard and Dartmouth On top of the historic rivalry, the Red has yet to defeat either of these teams in multiple seasons, making this weekend all the more exciting

“It doesn’t matter what our records are. ... The aura of that game is two rivals playing They are usually great hockey games.” H e a d C o a c h M i k e S c h a f e r ’ 8 6

In the standings, a win against No 5 Harvard (2-1, 2-1 ECAC) will count the same as a win against any other conference opponent But to these players, a win against Harvard is no ordinary feat

“It’s only two points, but it feels like 100 when you win,” said senior Trevor Yates

However, the majority of this team does not know that feeling The last time the Red defeated the Crimson was back during the 2014-15 season, when the current seniors were freshmen, and Eric Freschi ’17 scored a game-winner with 41 seconds remaining

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Senior Editor

Each time a friend from home asks to come visit for Slope Day, I give him the same advice Slope Day is overrated Come for the Harvard game Nothing shows the character and spirit of Cornell students like the atmosphere in Lynah Rink when the Crimson come to town

The Lynah Faithful is getting a fall semester treat this year; the Red has typically played Harvard at home in the spring Regardless of its place on the calendar, this Saturday’s contest represents an opportunity for Cornell fans to flock to Lynah and show their true colors

The building will be loud, and upwards of 4,000 students, faculty and townies will line the bleachers at Lynah, donning sweaters, scarves and bomber hats that light up the building in the carnelian and white Most of the chants that echo through the rafters will be the same ones that always do But for those of us who spend our weekends at Lynah from October until March, there will be a little more passion, and a little more volume in the words as they emanate from the seats this Saturday night

After a road sweep of No 16 Quinnipiac and Princeton in its opening

See HOCKEY page 14

“That was the loudest I’ve ever heard a building,” said senior captain Alex Rauter “It was crazy ” But while the magic of winning the fabled rivalr y has disappeared from Lynah Rink in recent years, this Cornell team is poised to come out on top against Harvard in a rematch of the 2017 ECAC Finals

Dylan McDevitt

In recent decades, Har vard has been Cornell’s biggest hockey rival This is common knowledge among the student body, even those who know little about the school’s athletic programs The teams meet twice each year in the regular season, but given each program ’ s status as a conference powerhouse, postseason meetings have also been frequent Most recently, the Crimson bested the Red in the ECAC championship game last year

While that may add fuel to the fire of this year ’ s matchup, head coach Mike Schafer ’86 does not exactly have retribution on his mind

“Losing the championship game was disappointing,” Schafer said, “[but] the motivation of wanting to win is so much greater than revenge ”

Revenge might not be on Schafer’s mind, but it is certainly on mine and the rest of the fans who travelled to Lake Placid for the conference final last season A rivalry with postseason history is one that is by nature intense all year round, and hockey is the ultimate spectator sport These two inescapable facts are what combine to make the Harvard game one of the most special days of the year on this campus

The Harvard game represents something special for the players, too Playing a tough rival is always a challenge athletes are keen to undertake But doing so in front of the beloved home fans is what makes all the difference

“The Lynah Faithful, they’re our seventh skater,” said senior forward and co-captain Alex Rauter “Especially in a big game like Harvard, that’s going to be our extra momentum ”

The Harvard game is a crazy atmosphere, and the Faithful will be there on Saturday to show their support in what is sure to be an arena teaming with energy and cacophony

But Lynah will be full of something else, too: fish Hundreds of fans will sneak fish in their pant legs, sweatshirt pockets and jacket