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J.A. Hopes Outsourcing 6.4 Cases Will Expedite Process

Administrators say they prioritize accuracy over timeliness when handling sexual assault cases

By REBECCA BLAIR

Sun Assistant News Ed tor

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series examining the Cornell disciplinary system For the first part of the series, visit cornellsun com

When Interim Judicial Administrator Jody Kunk-Czaplicki gets a referral, she said her office first performs a basic, brightline analysis to determine whether the alleged misconduct falls under the pur view of University codes If the office decides it does, administrators launch an investigation During this stage, multiple witnesses with competing testimony and unclear pieces of evidence can sometimes make it difficult to resolve the issue

Until last year, the J A was responsible for investigating referrals under both the Code of Conduct and Policy 6 4, which governs cases including sexual assault and sexual violence At the beginning of this year, Policy 6 4 cases were moved to the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations However, as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator, the J A is still involved in those investigations

Promising policy | Cases pertaining to Policy 6 4 were transferred from the J A to the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations at the beginning of this year

While Policy 6 4 cases represent the smallest proportion of total code violations, the Judicial Codes Counselor, a law student charged with representing accused students in J A proceedings, said they are the most

Sandy Berger ’67, Former Clinton Adviser, Dies at 70

By ANNIE BUI Sun Managing Editor

Former national security adviser Sandy Berger ’67 died in Washington, D C Wednesday at the age of 70

He served as the national security adviser for former President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2000 and as deputy national security adviser from 1993 to 1996, according to the University Berger died of cancer, according to a statement released by the Albright Stonebridge Group, a strategy and business advisory firm Berger led with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Berger was born on Oct 28, 1945 in upstate New York During his time as an under-

graduate at Cornell, Berger was president of the Interfraternity Council, an orientation counselor and a member of the Undergraduate Secondary Schools Committee, among other activities Following graduation, he attended Harvard Law School, where he earned his juris doctor degree in 1971

As national security advisor during Clinton’s second term, Berger helped shape foreign policy and played tremendous roles during the Clinton administration’s decision to carry out airstrikes in Kosovo and push for free trade, according to The Associated Press He was also involved in the response to alQaida’s attack of U S embassies BERGER ’67

time-consuming to defend

Are We on Time?

Last year, the J A ’ s office came under fire for taking too long to investigate cases under

both its Code and Policy 6 4 Amanda Minikus J D ’15, who served as JCC for the 2014-15 academic year, said lengthy investigations sometimes resulted in psychological damage to her clients However, KunkCzaplicki said that while her office aims to be efficient, she is primarily concerned with effectiveness

“I will not disrupt or append or minimize the investigation, so the thoroughness of the investigation is critical to our office,” she said

The timeliness of the University’s handling of Policy 6 4 cases was strictly scrutinized last year, when representatives from the JCC’s office publicly alleged that the J A was missing the federally-recommended 60day deadline for the investigation of sexual assault cases In the JCC report, Minikus called the average of seven to eight months she says it takes to resolve Policy 6 4 cases “unacceptable ” Policy 6 4 cases have since been transferred to the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations, so only time will tell whether the new investigative team will be

Common Council Votes to Support Living Wage for Workers in County

By KYLE OEFELEIN Sun Staff Writer

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TCAT Will No Longer Face Potential Cuts

By JENNA RUFOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit will not face budget cuts as the Senate and House have agreed to restore 5340 transit program funding and give Ne w York almost $100 million for its various transit operations

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The provision has been added to a transpor tation bill that will be voted on later in the week Originally, an amendment proposed to the bill would cost Ne w York transpor tation nearly $100 million each year, according to a press release by U S Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N Y )

The proposed amendment would have cut transit funding, costing TCAT $207,000 annually, The Sun previously repor ted Schumer led the fight

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upstate Ne w York in the years to come ”

accounted for 10 6 percent of the TCAT ’ s budget, according to its website The TCAT will now receive that money without much issue, said Patty Poist, communications and marketing manager for TCAT

“So long as we follow federal guidelines, and we do, such as adhering to federal proc

“We are not out of the woods yet as TCAT [ has] many underfunded needs.

provision This provision provides funding to several agencies throughout the state, according to the release

“Our regional transit agencies have been lifelines for our communities and major drivers the Ne w York State economy for a generation,” Schumer said in the release “ This deal will ensure they can continue humming

civil rights law, we receive these funds,” Poist said Without this funding, TCAT would have significantly less funds to cover daily operations and ser-

facility maintenance, Poist said With money from the federal program, the TCAT can continue to focus on its ser vice to the community

Jazz Munitz ’19, who said he uses the TCAT weekly, was relieved to hear that TCAT federal funding was restored

“Compared to other colleges and universities located in r ural areas similar to Ithaca, the ability for us as students to access nearly ever y sector of the 14853 life is an invaluable resource to have,” Munitz said

Poist said she and other TCAT employees have felt the pressure of the economic downturn and appreciate the continued funding “ We are extremely relieved that the funding will be restored, par ticularly at a time when we need more money, not less, especially for capital needs to replace our aging fleet of buses,” Poist said

As time continues, TCAT expressed a desire to acquire more funding, enabling them to improve their ser vice in the area “ We are not out of the woods yet as TCAT, and transit agencies all over the countr y, have many under funded needs,” Poist said “ TCAT has identified that it will need at least $5 million over the next five years for bus replacements and other capital needs ”

Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrufdolsky@cornellsun com

Film by Alumnus Depicts Experiences of the ‘Modern College Student’

By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

Over 150 attendees watched the pre-screening of the independent feature film, Collegetown, at Cornell Cinema Tuesday Hugo Genes ’10, the film’s director, said the creative nonfiction film “depicts the modern college student’s experience with student debt and heavy campus recruitment from the financial industr y ”

Genes, who is a former arts and entertainment editor for The Sun, said he was inspired to write the film four years ago when he revisited Ithaca as an alumus

“ The idea for the film sort of sparked when I visited Cornell as an alumn[us] for the first time

I w a s w a l k i n g a r o u n d

Collegetown during orientation week this time as an outsider,” he said

According to Genes, the film encapsulates his college experience in a nutshell

“I set out to map how did I go from being a 17-year-old kid who didn’t even know what an investment bank was to wanting to dedicate most of my college experience to getting a job on Wall Street,” Genes said “Making this movie is me tr ying to understand how that happened ”

Produced over a 22-month period, the film had a complex production process, as most of the actors also had full-time jobs during production, according to Genes

“It was a lot of work for the actors to come back into their roles,” Genes said

However, Genes said he knew the filming process was successful when he saw that his project was creating a dialogue among those participating in the project

“ M a k i n g t h e f i l m w a s extremely difficult we had no budget by movie standards,” he said The breakthroughs came when people would enter the project and bring new energy I

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“I liked how it really hit close to home, and how accurately he described a lot of the experiences I’ve had at Cornell,” Meg Alzona ’16 said Alzona also said the film reaffirmed the value of liberal arts required courses, even though m a n y s t u d e n t s m a y c o n s i d e r t h

career advancement

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take ver y liberal [arts] classes that [ m a k e ] y o u t h i n k ‘ t h a t ’

n o t going to help you in the future’ but they really teach you these crazy, overarching, highly intelligent, deep ideas that have been around that I have not once learned in a marketing class,” Alzona said “ They teach you how to think, which is the whole point of college ” Kavitha Lobo ’16 agreed, saying she thought the film was “definitely thought provoking ”

“I think it stresses that we ’ re all just so naive in college and that you ’ re going to believe what anyone tells you, ” Lobo said “But at the end of the day, fol-

lowing your heart is going to be the best route regardless of what ever yone else is doing ” Lobo also said she thinks it is important for students to consider the realities of working in the fields they are pursuing “ T h i s f i l m g i v e s m e h o p e because a lot of people are going blindly into jobs and the career fair, and that’s fine, you don’t need to know what you want to do,” Lobo said “But at the ver y core you ’ re going to know what’s right The number one thing is to question Always question ”

Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun com

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T h e S u n ’ s To p 1 0 A l b u m s o f 2 0 15

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar's follow-up to 2012's good kid, m A A d city was perhaps the most anticipated album of the year It seemed impossible that Lamar could equal the accomplishment of his perfect debut Instead, he blew it away in scope, ambition and depth Across 16 tracks and nearly 80 minutes, Lamar burrows into complex issues, using his dexterous voice to produce an astounding variety of tones and emotions, from anger to false bravado to introspection to drunken sobbing The music itself is a history lesson in modern African-American music, blending jazz, funk, soul and classic hiphop into one omnivorous, fluid sound The most important thing about To Pimp a Butterfly, in the end, is Lamar's refusal to settle for easy answers about racial conflict and institutional racism Instead, he raises question after question

Back when Emotion came out, I wrote it a 1700 word, five star review for this section Before that, my critical oeuvre looked about as pretentious as you would expect from some ostentatious college music nerd who thinks that using the word “ oeuvre ” is ever acceptable to describe his own corpus of distended writing: that is, chock full of 12 hour ambient dark metal albums and Bandcamp releases that tens upon tens of people have ever even heard I’m not going to say that Emotion necessarily changed my musical perspective or anything so extreme; but I will say that, for what it’s worth, Emotion was the first true blue pop album I ever enjoyed, start to finish That isn’t to say that it’s the first good pop album I ever listened to, but just that Carly Rae does something irresistible with her music Even if I had tried to hate Emotion (which I did) I wouldn’t have been able to (which I wasn ’t) Which, if my shallow little example of revelation is worth anything at all, should be proof enough that Emotion was, without any shadow of a doubt, the best pop album of 2015; and importantly, it wasn ’ t anything more

Troy Sherman

If you needed proof that rock is not dead, Sleater Kinney delivered some muckraking evidence this winter with No Cities To Love Described by our own Mike Sosnick as “feminist dad rock” No Cities is indeed the product of matured riot grrrls The album is intellectual, grounded and emotionally complex in a way their sound wasn ’ t (and wasn ’ t supposed to be) before their nine-year hiatus, but still captures the potent punk pissed-offness and corporeal moxie that is inherent to their sound As political as it is personal, Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss have delivered an album accessible and energetic: a burning but cooled off story of themselves as a collective, changed and changing

Say what you want about pop music being soulless and stupid You might find Katy Perry saccharine or Pitbull idiotic, but there’s no lack of passion in “Hello ” Its universal appeal, best captured by the SNL sketch in which the song saves Thanksgiving dinner from prying aunts and racist grandparents, is the single’s greatest strength even more so than Adele’s stellar vocal performance Every piece of “Hello” is profoundly moving, from the soaring chorus to the twinkling piano At once a technical showcase for Adele’s stunning range and a guaranteed heartstring-tugger, “Hello” is the non-danceable mainstream pop song of the year, hands down Many maintain that “Someone Like You” remains Adele’s strongest track, but the singer isn’t dwelling in the past “Hello” proves that she’s as relevant at 25 as she was at 21

Shay Collins

Jael Goldfine

Growing from P S Eliot, a project with her twin sister, into Waxahatchee’s first record, Cerulean Salt, Katie Crutchfield’s confidence blossomed exponentially Always confessional, her songs gentle coos tugged at heartstrings in a way that felt, above all, genuine With Ivy Tripp, Crutchfield has taken full control over her sound It’s more powerful now, without relinquishing any of her intimacy and warmth Her maturity projects her contentedly wistful lyrics with just a little more force than before, like “La Loose’s” hyper-self-aware diary entry of a verse Dripping with authenticity, Ivy Tripp feels both immediate and timeless

Mike Sosnick

This gritty widescreen take on SoCal inner-city decay grows in depth and effectiveness with each listen The dark, minimalist production hints at menace without ever becoming ponderous or unsubtle, and Vince’s monotone flow is positively hypnotic The man is a realist with no joy in his music, but that doesn’t rob him of listenability and panache Ultimately, his debut album is lean, spare, austere and engaging You won ’ t find a more concise, powerful metaphor than “I’m stop and popping like a shooting guard” on any record this year

Max Van Zile

9 8 Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Courtney Barnett is as much a raconteur as a singersongwriter on Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Think The album, whose title is simultaneously quite clever and incredibly frustrating to type, reads like a window into Barnett’s life But there is little tender about her delivery; rather, it’s very matter of fact and at ease Instead of baring all and wallowing, she keeps Sometimes I Sit lighthearted and upfront even when discussing an artist’s experience with Melbourne gentrification on “Depreston ” Sometimes I Sit is an easy, welcoming album without any stifling blankets of sadness It wraps you in, but the relationship always feels like a friendship, never smothering Mike Sosnick

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean, by providence impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar? Everything and more has been written about Hamilton and its landmark cast recording Half rap, half classic Broadway, it seamlessly bridges the historically vast gap between theatregoers and hip-hop fans Billboard’s review of the album produced by Questlove and Black Thought of The Roots called the cast recording the best rap album of 2015, ahead of Drake and even Kendrick Lamar A bold claim, but not without merit Tickets for Hamilton are essentially sold-out through the next year, but you can (and should) listen to the album if you have any interest in great rap or great musical theatre Do not throw away your shot

Sean Doolittle

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens made perhaps the best album of his long and varied career by stripping away all of the musical complexity and experimentalism for which he is known Carrie & Lowell is, instead, a beautiful, melancholy 45 minutes of acoustic folk Inspired by the death of his mother, the album meditates on the broadest of themes (life, death, memory), but does so in profoundly intimate, personal terms His delicate fingerpicking, hushed cooing and elegiac melodies come together to create something more than the sum of their simple, unvarnished parts Carrie & Lowell may be an album about Stevens's personal life, but it also feels universal enough that anybody might hear the echoes of themselves in its songs

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Back in January, I’m not sure what exactly I was expecting the genre-spread of the Sun’s Top Ten Albums of 2015 to look like; all I am sure of is that I didn’t foresee myself hailing an album like Ugly Cherries as one of the best of the year And that’s not because it doesn’t fit into my stylistic wheelhouse, or because it was some difficult gem of challenging obscurity that took me listen upon grueling listen to absorb; actually, I loved it from the first note Rather, I wasn ’ t expecting to fall in love with an album like Ugly Cherries because I just wasn ’ t expecting an album like Ugly Cherries It s flagrant while being accessible It s challenging to your conceptions while being agreeable to your ears It’s something you ’ ve never heard, built with all of the tried and true tools that you know can never miss But most importantly, it s unequivocally, unabashedly, unavoidably gay, without it’s gayness being what makes it a great record What makes it a great record is the music the loud, thrashing, tender, thoughtful, brainless, corporeal rock n ’ roll as it was meant to be played Troy Sherman

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

A Guide t o Cornel l Food Courses

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Cornell is renowned for its “ any person, any study” motto, and applies it through a variety of majors and course offerings, including food and culinary courses Today, I will explore some of the food classes offered here that are worth sparing your space in your schedule for

Food Science 2 300:

Chef ’s Chemistry

Offered in the spring, this onecredit weekly food-science based cooking class is offered to only 30 sophomores and freshmen in the departments of Food Science and Nutrition and in the School of Hotel Administration Those who are qualified must also obtain a registration code from the professor to reserve a spot In this night cooking lab class,

students learn the scientific principles behind existing and emerging food trends, and apply techniques learned into making things like liquid nitrogen ice cream, fermented vegetables and toffee Each class includes a presentation-style lecture from culinary professionals like professors in the food science department, graduates from the Culinary Institute of America and chefs from Cornell Dining Interested students should expect a nice meal at the end of every class and prepare for a grand feast of a final For the final lab, groups are assigned different courses to enter into a cooking contest This class challenges students’ knowledge on food pairing, cooking techniques and creativity

Nutritional Sciences 2470: Food for Contemporary Living

Whether you ’ re interested in learning about healthier alterna-

tives to heavy desserts, or just want to enhance your cooking techniques, then this two-credit lab class is for you As one of the few Nutrition courses offered to all majors (though dietetics students preferred) with no pre-requisites, this intensive nutrition lab class emphasizes on understanding the food ingredients and techniques involved in different food groups and applying the learned knowledge to real-life nutritional practices Food science and nutrition principles, food safety, cultural variations on differing food groups and sensory evaluation are integral components of this course The other parts consists of a major meal planning project where students plan a three-course menu that fulfills the Dietar y Guidelines for calorie and nutrient requirements and a comprehensive lab practical exam

Though the class has no prerequisites, it is highly recom-

Nutrition, Health, and Society as

a foundation course

Hot el Administration 2 360: Food Ser vice Management , Theory and Practice

It would be nearly impossible to neglect the School of Hotel Administration when it comes to food and beverage classes Hotel Administration 2360, or what Hotelies call “Hotelie Culinary,” is one of the required courses all Hotelies take, usually during their s o p h o m

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Management, usually freshman year, students attend this combined lab and lecture class in which students are introduced to the practical side of food and beverage operations Students gain experiences in recipe and menu development, production schedules, dining event planning and a five-hour practicum in the Statler

Ho t e l k i t c h e n C o m p a re d t o Nutritional Sciences 2470, this class is more technique- and business-based and well-prepares students who aspire to enter the restaurant industry

Hot el Administration 3350: Rest aurant Management

C o m m o n l y k n ow n a s T h e

Establishment, this renowned student-run restaurant is a juniorl e ve l re s t a u r a n t m a n a g e m e n t course in the School of Hotel

Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n Ac c o rd i n g t o Chris Gaulke, the lecturer of the class, students “take ownership of a night in which they design an aesthetically-themed menu, ” as well as coordinate costs, sources, purchases, marketing and “staff ” (who are all students) In order to e x p e r i e n c e t h e c o m p re h e n s i ve a s p e c t s o f re s t a u r a n t m a n a g ement, students are divided into two groups and rotate between front-of-house and back-of-house t h ro u g h o u t t h e s e m e s t e r T h e

originate from students’ family recipes or hometowns If you ’ re looking for a budget-friendly and c

, Establishment might just ser ve you right

Nutritional Sciences 4880: Applied Diet etics In Food Ser vice Syst ems A

istration 1360: Introduction to

Microbiology, dietetics students can take this senior-level class as t h

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adventures” within the Division of Nutritional Sciences For the

experiential learning labs on West

themed dinners in West Campus dining rooms Through planning and executing these dinners, students develop skills required to operate and manage a foodservice program According to DNS lecturer Emily Gier, R D , “the collaboration with Cornell Dining and West Campus allows students to interact with chefs, administration and customers in a meaningful way In the past semester, stud

themes such as “Farmer’s Market” and “Dining with Dr Seuss” with themed foods that are both delicious and nutritious Everyone is welcome to sample and evaluate these themed dinners, and social media promotion is encouraged!” From fun cooking basics and healthy cooking classes to upscale restaurant management classes, Cornell truly offers a medley of culinary adventures for all types of foodies out there

Family Ties Come Full Circle for Luke Hagy

Senior Cornell football running back nishes college career on same eld on which grandfather played football

By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Ever y game star ts with a conversation

Although the routine changed slightly this season for Cornell football r unning back Luke Hagy due to his team captaincy, he made sure that his pregame ritual happened before ever y single game he played in a Red uniform Hagy ran down to one of the end zones and took a knee By himself, Hagy would talk to his grandfather, Anthony Cugini, who passed away when he was in the fifth grade

“I would just tell him that I miss and that this game was for him,” Hagy said “I ask him to look out for me To keep me safe ”

But for Hagy’s last game in a Cornell football uniform at Franklin Field, the home of the Penn Quakers, the routine held greater significance: Cugini played

George Munger during the 1950s Back then, many regarded the Ivy League as one of the top football conferences in the countr y So for Hagy, playing his last game on t h e s a m e f i

r played meant a great deal to the player whom head coach David Archer ’05 refers to as one of the greatest r unning backs in Cornell football histor y

“It was kind of surreal,” Hagy said ‘There’s a Piece of My Dad With Him’

Karen Hagy sees a lot of her father in Luke, the younger of her two kids There’s

s o m e t h i n g a b o u t t h e way Luke carries himself that evokes memories of her father, Karen said The competitiveness, the athletic ability, the drive to win “I feel like there’s a piece of my dad with him ever y g a m e t h a t h e p l a y s , ”

tify why a maroon car should count as a red car, ” Luke said “I definitely took that competitiveness from him ” In 2002, Cugini and the Hagy family

“He never let me win. It didn’t matter if it was a board game or some athletic activity.”

L u k e H a g y

Karen said “It makes it really special in that regard ” Whenever Luke enters a room, Karen said, he can make people laugh Her dad was exactly the same, she said Luke and Cugini used to play games together “He never let me win,” Luke said “It didn’t matter if it was a board game or some athletic activity, Cugini never let the little Hagy claim victor y The two would sometimes sit on the porch of the house, pick a color of a car and would earn a point anytime a car passed by of that color “It was always me tr ying to jus-

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‘I Told Him That It Was For Him’

“Hagy Nation,” as the family coined their personal cheering section, represents one of the most vocal and passionate sec-

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Armed with vuvuzelas, cow bells and several massive signs, Hagy Nation’s presence at Franklin is more than tangible

On the Red’s last offensive drive of the season, Cornell inched towards the end zone On the 14-yard line, Cornell quarterback Rober t Somborn dropped back and tossed the pigskin to Hagy, who scampered towards the end zone before a big hit Hagy laid on the ground, winded, and was forced to exit the game with 1:18 left o n t h e c l o c k A s

So m b o r n p r e p a r e d t o snap the ball from the Q u a k e r ’ s s e v e n - y a r d line, Penn coach Ray Pr i o r e s p r i n t e d d o w n the field to call a timeout, allowing Hagy to re-enter the game

suppor t Luke at Penn for his last game for the Red Louise met Anthony in high school and became a frequent visitor to Franklin to watch her husband play for the Quakers

Karen describes her father as humble, a quality she sees in Luke “Luke is ver y humble, and that’s another quality that Luke has gotten from him,” Karen said T h e r e w a s s o m e t h i n g , h o w e v e r, t h a t Anthony liked to boast about “[Anthony] told all of his friends that [Luke] was going to be the greatest athlete,” Louise says “He was always bragging and that was even before [Luke] star ted football He just thought that he was going to be good ” Hagy cer tainly made his mark in the Cornell football record books The senior leaves the hill with the sixth-most r ushing yards in school histor y with 2335 r ushing yards, a first team and second team AllIvy selections and 10 receiving touchdowns (10th all-time in Cornell football) among many other accolades and school records He also is the only player in Ivy League histor y to have at least 2000 r ushing yards and 1500 receiving yards

“It’s just surreal, I’ll tell you. [Anthony] would’ve loved to have seen him play.”

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“ This is per fect,” Hagy thought “I’m going back in ” Somborn snapped the ball and tossed Hagy the ball, who zipped into the end zone for a Cornell touchdown on the last play of his collegiate football career Hagy went down on a knee “I told him that it was for him,” Hagy said Louise Cugini sits in the bleachers of Fr a n k l i n Fi e l d , t h e s a m e p l a c e s h e watched her husband play more than 60 years ago Nearly 40 members of the Hagy and Cugini family showed up to

“It’s just surreal, I’ll tell you, ” Louise says “[Anthony] would’ve loved to have seen him play ” Surrounded by family screaming for Hagy and the Red, Louise sits stoically looking at the field, covered by a Penn Quakers blanket Anthony received the blanket as a senior in 1954 and Louise brings it to ever y one of Luke’s games with one caveat “I tell her that she's only allowed to bring it if she only wears it on the red side,” Hagy said “It’s red on one side and blue on the other side ” Louise seems restrained in her emotions as she’s watching Luke carr y the football for the last time in a Cornell uniform Katie Cugini, Hagy’s cousin, turns around to Louise and hands her a phone with pictures of Anthony in h i s h i g h s c h o o l a n d Penn uniforms Louise is left speechless “ Where did you find these?” Louise says as h e r v o i c e b e g i n s t o trembles She looks at the pictures, looks for a handkerchief and wipes away the tears beading up under her eyes “Oh my, ” Louise said “It’s hard to believe that Luke’s playing his last college ball on the same field ” The emotional magnitude of the situation seems to finally dawn on her as she continues to wipe away tears “I wished [Anthony] was here to see him,” Louise said “ That’s the thing I think he does see him ”

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Letter to the Editor

A response to Lee Bender ’84

With all due respect, no one asked for your opinion and, to be frank, we ’ re pretty ashamed of it Although we don’t expect ever y Cornell alumnus to understand today’s campus climate or the experience of students of color at Cornell, we do expect someone who graduated from this prestigious university to approach complex problems like this one with a shred of intellectual curiosity and with an empathy that attempts to accurately understand the real conversation happening on our campus When you accuse students of fighting for “safe spaces, ” you fail to tr y to see what students of color are actually interested in combatting

When students of color are fighting for better graduation rates, the same resources that white students are granted, a faculty composition that represents our diverse university and for a campus free of slurs and derogator y remarks, they are not asking for too much Instead, they are responding to the insidious reality that white privilege dominates this campus As a white, double legacy student, you weren ’ t at a statistical risk to not graduate, no one ever called you the n-word and you were likely connected with alumni, students and faculty when you stepped on to campus in the early 1980s When you spoke with armed campus police, you could be cer tain that they represented your best interests that they were there to keep you safe

You call our generation “coddled, narcissistic, self-absorbed, thin-skinned young people, permanent ‘victims,’ who will be ill-equipped to function effectively in the real world ” This narrative is tired I encourage you to come back to The Hill to see students double and triple majoring at higher rates than your generation, getting involved in more campus activities than ever before and launching their careers in var ying, impressive ways This is all happening while we steadily increase the racial and socioeconomic diversity of our student population and the number of first generation students that attend Not to mention that we also face astronomically higher tuition, rent and food costs than you did, are often asked to work two or three jobs to pay the bills and still graduate with burdensome amounts of student debt

You may notice that ever y signator y on this letter is white This is deliberate It’s impor tant that you understand that students of color are not the only students who believe that change needs to happen We hear with far too much frequency that protesters should stop whining and appreciate the oppor tunity to even attend a university like Cornell Those messages falsely presume that students of color protesting are the only ones who believe that Cornell is broken

We’re not writing today to speak for or to take the microphone away from our peers who are fighting for the same equality that you erroneously assume was secured for ty years ago Rather, we ’ re here to say shame on you for daring to take that microphone away, all the while knowing that those students of color who have bravely grabbed it will keep fighting, talking and holding it no matter what We write in suppor t of their work We are sorr y your ar ticle will continue to spread misinformation with minimal context We don’t say that in pity as they cer tainly don’t need it We say it because during moments like this one, we don't know what else to say

What we do know is that those students have, and will continue to make, this university a more productive place and will leave as the “respectable leaders” that you ask them to be Whether or not they become those leaders in a way that you, or others who share your perspective, find respectable is of no concern to us

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Kevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

Taking the Lead on Climate Change

Accordingto the World Meteorological Association, it is very likely that 2015 will be the warmest year in recorded human history At the same time, carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have now reached 400 parts per million, the highest level they have been in millions of years And they continue to rise rapidly Despite a clear scientific consensus on the existence of anthropogenic climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions have continued at an accelerating rate

These facts give an undeniable urgency to this week’s major climate change conference in Paris, known as COP21 Representatives from 195 countries have come together in hopes of reaching an agreement that might prevent our rapidly approaching climate disaster With each moment of inaction, the planet moves closer to a warmer, inhospitable future For many countries, this future poses a terrifying threat, and they have already caught a glimpse In sub-Saharan Africa, increasingly sporadic rainfall and continued desertification imperil the food supply; in Polynesia, rising sea levels raise fears that entire nations will someday sink beneath the waves

this impending environmental catastrophe

It is a burden that is unfairly placed upon the poor, the young and those who are not yet born Even if this moral argument is not viewed as compelling, self-interest alone should motivate all sides to reach an agreement

It is curious that this debate is often framed as a balance between environmental protection and economic growth Rather, they go hand-in-hand; combating climate change is a necessary step to protect the

But it is a cruel irony that many of those who are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are also the least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions Indeed, any effort to seriously combat climate change must be led by the largest economic and political powers of the world The United States, China, Europe and other leading nations have an obligation to act it is reprehensible to continue creating the conditions of

Ididinvestment in the developing world To be certain, the task of creating a sustainable world is daunting but so was the Industrial Revolution

We do not know the exact details of what type of climate deal might come out of COP21 It will depend on a careful overlay of national interests and complicated priorities However, in this milieu, President Obama has emerged as a strong leader for a comprehensive global agreement Yet, at the same time that he fights to secure commit-

President Obama’s efforts to secure an agreement

a cruel irony that many of those who are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are also the least responsible for reenhouse gas emissions Indeed, any effort to seriously combat climate change must be led by the largest economic and political powers of the world.

health of the future economy If the world continues on our current path, we will be on track for more than four degrees Celsius of warming, triggering what the World Bank has deemed “cataclysmic changes ” On a planet besieged by widespread crop failures and coastal inundation, our current global economy and supply chains may seem a quaint relic of the past Nonetheless, this is not merely a case of staving off a brewing economic calamity There is significant reason to believe that the transition to a low-carbon society will stimulate growth and innovation The rise of green industries may reorganize labor markets across the world, revitalizing post-industrial nations and providing new avenues for

ments and concessions, his ability to negotiate is stymied by a chorus of opposition from back home

Despite the fact that large majorities believe we should reduce emissions, the Republican Party continues to stand vehemently against any form of action Many Republican elected officials deny the existence of climate change altogether This includes Jim Inhofe (R-Okla ), a firm believer that climate change is a hoax, and sadly, the current chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works The Republican Party’s denial of science has cast a shadow over COP21 It would not be an understatement to say that their continued criticism represents an outright sabotage of

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Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

The right has a strong tendency to attack Obama for supposedly failing to demonstrate foreign policy leadership But they would choose to shirk American responsibility on climate change In the middle of an urgent international crisis, they would prefer that the United States stand by and do nothing Jeb Bush has attacked Obama for supposedly having a foreign policy of “American passivity ” Yet, when asked if he would’ve attended COP21, Bush said he was uncertain, leaving open the possibility of allowing the United States to be unrepresented in an urgent meeting of 150 world leaders Who, really, is the passive one? Climate change is an emergency This is not a matter where we can take a “wait-and-see” approach Ever y moment of unabated emissions brings us closer to dangerous tipping points, and soon, it will be too late The United States cannot stand by and allow this to happen President Obama correctly recognizes this but his power is not unilateral At this crucial time, we must stand with him Americans have always risen to meet our greatest challenges, and I am confident that we still can It is merely a question of whether we will If we choose not to, we will face the judgment of history I do not think it will be kind

Kevin Kowalewski is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at krk78@cornell edu Democratic Dialogue appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Jesus and the Politics of December

not grow up in a “religious” home; I was not baptized as a baby, and before I was 16 I had only been to about two or three church services For me, God was an afterthought –– something I rarely considered When confronted with the idea of a deity, I embraced a quasi-agnostic attitude towards the subject of God If there was a God, I thought that He was impossible to discover or understand For me, the concept of a God was hard to accept and even harder to comprehend

In September of my junior year of high school, my aunt invited my family to come to her small, local church The church only had about 30 people; everyone wore jeans and the pastor wore a bright Hawaiian shirt while giving the Sunday message But what struck me was not the casual atmosphere, but rather the simplicity and the clarity of the pastor ’ s message There weren ’ t any strange rituals, meaningless repetitions or Latin sayings Instead, the pastor simply read through a chapter of Matthew and explained the meaning of each verse, one at a time After that, my family –– the same people who wouldn’t be caught dead saying grace before a meal –– started going to church every Sunday

As the months progressed, my agnostic shell began to crack as I began to understand the simplicity, beauty and veracity of the Bible In January 2013, I decided to give my life to Jesus Christ –– a decision that I have never once regretted Now, it seems as if my world –– the world of Christianity –– has gained particular attention as of late via the presidential race and the holiday season Let’s start with the race for the White House

Numbering in the tens of millions, the born-again Christian community is one of the most influential sectors of American society –– and the politicians have taken great note of this From Jerry Falwell’s “Moral Majority” to George W Bush’s evangelism, thousands of politicians, on both sides of the aisle, have invoked the name of the gospel in the political arena

At the Values Voters Summit in September, Donald Trump proudly waved his Bible around, stating: “I’m a good Christian ” Throughout her political career, and especially during her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has invoked the Bible and Christianity as vehicle for “social justice,” stating: “We have to summon up what we believe is morally and ethically and spiritually correct and do the best we can with God's guidance ” The list of politicians who have invoked the name of the gospel during this campaign is extensive –– and yet, I question the motivations behind this invocation

In the gospel of Matthew, Christ warns not to boastfully pray in public, stating: “And when y

When a candidate proudly w a Bible through the air and c that they are “a good Christian,” are those actions for the glory of God or for personal aggrandizement?

you shall not be like the hypocrites For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men ” Instead of this boastful prayer, Jesus commands: “When you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place ” In other words, Jesus said that when one boastfully praises God in the streets, the individual is simply seeking personal aggrandizement Instead, Jesus states that one can truly praise God by worshipping him privately, via a personal relationship with God

With the words of God in mind, I turn back to the politicians When a candidate proudly waves a Bible through the

air and claims that they are “ a good Christian,” are those actions for the glory of God or for personal aggrandizement? Are politicians praising God in a “ secret place,” or are their praises “ on the corners of streets so that they can be seen by men?” In essence, many of today’s political leaders use the Bible as an electoral tool rather than as a message of salvation, love and joy

Turning away from the election, the Christian world has also faced a renewed fight in the “War on Christmas ” In essence, this “ war ” is just as political as the race for the White House Certainly, a few politicians have sought to ban Christmas trees and other holiday decorations on public grounds –– yet these isolated incidents are few in number

Despite the rarity of these cases, many politicians and media leaders have sought to exploit these situations For example, various individuals, including Donald Trump, have recently attacked Starbuck’s decision to have a plain, red cup for the holiday season, stating that there should be a boycott of the company

But I ask this: How many pastors, priests and reverends are praying that Starbucks changes their Christmas cups? How many Christians are praying for Christmas tree displays? In my own experience, the real war on Christmas, and Christianity in general, is in Syria, Iraq, Sudan and elsewhere The prayers of the Christian community are directed towards these war torn lands where the word of Christ is regularly persecuted –– not towards some faux “War on Christmas ” This public outrage over an imagined “ war, ” alongside the consistent use of the gospel to further presidential ambitions, just helps to show how truly disconnected the political world is from the Christian community

Michael Glanzel is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at mg786@cornell edu Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester

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“We usually win most of the events, ” said senior tri-captain Jennifer Zhang “ We’re not focused on points, but on individual swims ” Gallagher said heagrees the emphasis is on individual performance in a nonconference event

“Expectations are high for some fast swims,” he said Zhang pointed out that aside from the Ivy championships, the Bomber Invitational is the only meet of the year that the Red will come into with rest Being in top form after an entire semester of training and being rested lend themselves to the real potential for personal records

“As a team, we ’ ve been training really hard and have been meeting goal times at practice,” Zhang said

“I hope to cap off the first semester with a bunch of lifetimebest swims,” Gallagher said Looking forward into the New Year, Gallagher said he believes the Red can use the Bomber Invitational to improve for league competition

“It helps us prepare for Ivy Championships,” he said

Senior tri-captain Jenna Immormino said she believes mixed team results against Ivy

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competition the last couple of weeks will have no bearing on the weekend to come

“We were facing tough competition,” she said “Our times have been even faster than last year I think we have a good mindset ”

Maintaining that positive mindset during a meet is important To lean on the insight of the late Yogi Berra, [swimming] is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical Immormino believes she has a sideline role to play in helping her teammates perform the best they can

“As a captain, it’s important to pay attention to every single swimmer, ” she said “[I offer] all around support, trying to keep the morale high ”

Indeed, Gallagher believes that a successful weekend will be a motivator for the season ’ s 2016 leg

“I expect come Monday, the team to be excited [for the rest of the season],” he said Immormino is impressed by her teammates ’ character, and said she believes in their ability to perform this weekend

“I’m really confident in our girls,” she said “Out of the pool attitude is really great I’m excited ”

Keith Bollt can be reached at kbollt@cornellsun com

Cornell Prepares for Clarkson, St. Lawrence

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-cially confident in the work her and the team have exhibited

“I think our biggest weapon going into this weekend is that we have established ourselves to be a ‘blue collar’ team, ” Woods said “Every day players are coming in

and working hard, doing what they need to do, and taking steps forward for the team Playing our game for the full 60 minutes being relentless, aggressive and coming wave after wave, will be our biggest weapon ”

Brittany Biggs can be reached at bbiggs@cornellsun com

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Icers Make Team Canada

Poudrier,

Bunton, Hart earn national team honors

By BRITTANY BIGGS and JOON LEE Sun Staff Writer and Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Hockey Canada announced on Wednesday that Cornell women ’ s hockey senior defenseman Cassandra Poudrier, junior forward Hanna Bunton and freshman defenseman Micha Hart will play for Canada’s National Women’s Development Team at the 2016 Nations Cup in Füssen, Germany

Poudrier, Bunton and Hart were among the 22 players named to Canada’s roster that includes 13 for wards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders The trio of Cornell hockey players was selected by a Hockey Canada general manager Melody Davidson, a team or regional scouts and the coaching staff

“We’re looking forward to getting our team together on ice to defend our gold medal.”

“ We’re looking forward to getting our team together on the ice overseas as we aim to defend our gold medal,” said Team Canada head coach Dwayne Gylywoychuk in a press release

“These players have been working incredibly hard to prepare for this event and we believe we ’ ve selected a tremendous group to represent Canada ”

Poudrier brings a decorated resume to

the Canadian team In her previous three years on the hill, Poudrier was named to the ECAC All-Tournament team in 2015, 3rd team All-ECAC Hockey and Ivy League honorable mention in 2014 and the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team in 2013 Poudrier has nine points on three goals and six assists on the season In her first two years for Cornell, Bunton has made a quick impact for the Red The 5foot-9 forward was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and earned ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team honors during her freshman year in 2014 Bunton has been a strong presence offensively for Cornell this season, tallying eight goals and five assists in 12 games this season Hart is the youngest of the Cornell trio and is in her first year playing under head coach Doug Derraugh ’91 Hart played for the Okanagan Hockey Academy in the Junior Women’s Hockey League and spent two years on the Canadian U-18 team, which she captained in 2014-15 to a silver medal at the IIHF U-18 Women’s World Hockey Championship Hart has six points on a goal and five assists this season

The Cornell women ’ s hockey team (5-5-

2, 1-2-2 ECAC) will head to Canton, N Y to play against St Lawrence University in a mid-season match The team will also travel on Saturday to Potsdam, N Y to compete against Clarkson University

“They both have really good teams that compete really hard,” Poudrier said “I think that our biggest weapon is once again our work ethic We have a team that is ready to battle day in and day out, which makes it really hard to play against us The team is excited to be playing league games this weekend ”

With both teams, the Red will place high emphasis on their opponent ’ s aggressiveness

“Both teams are real aggressive,”

Red Ready for Bomber Invitational

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer

Because Cornell requires a swim test, it should come as no surprise to many readers that it was hot and humid at Teagle Pool on Tuesday afternoon Cornell women ’ s swim and dive head

Derraugh said “Usually it’s a real fast-paced game with high-skilled players It is going to be a fairly close matchup ” The team is also looking to see what they can improve on at this point in the season “Striving for consistency,” Derraugh said “I think we have been inconstant in the first half of the season and we are now looking to work on this constancy as we go forward,” Derraugh said “Number of areas we have been working on Special emphasis has been placed on our defense system and special teams ” Senior forward Taylor Woods feels espe-

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Finishing

coach Patrick Gallagher was working with one of his swimmers, freshman Jordan Silbert, fly/IM, before practice when I arrived Walking up and down the length of the pool made for an unusual interview

“What’s the team mindset?”

“ What’s the team mindset, Jordan?” Gallagher joked, “Are you more worried about the meet or finals?”

Gallagher clarified he was only half kidding With finals coming up, it is an awkward time in the semester to have a swim meet Cornell women ’ s swim and dive (2-3, 1-3 Ivy) is set to compete in the Bomber Invitational hosted by cross-town Ithaca College this Friday through Sunday

“We’re fortunate [the meet] is close,” he said

The Bomber Invitational is a non-conference event for the Red LaSalle will be the only other Division I school at the meet, with the rest of the competition being made up of regional Division 2 and Division III colleges As a DI program, Cornell is likely to place near the top of the leaderboard

“I don’t think any of the teams will be able to compete with our depth,” Gallagher said

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This is my last column of the calendar year, and I honestly couldn’t decide what I wanted to talk about So as usual, I think I’ll just go on a rant about a lot of things Oh and seriously, thanks to everybody who

actually reads this And if anybody of you happen to know my man Bill Simmons, make sure you pass this along to him Now to sports

My friend recently sent me the headline of an article about a soccer game that read, “Team dominates but loses 2-0 ”

What’s next, “Cornell football dominates but loses 21-0?” If you lose by two goals in a sport where teams only score once every five games, then you did not dominate I don’t care what the other circumstances were I love a good sugarcoated headline though, and this one was particularly hilarious Kobe Br yant announced that he will be retiring at the Shane Lewis Sportstradamus