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Cornellians May Lead NASA-Funded Project

Space

project nominated as one of two finalists for $1 billion NASA funding

By SARAH SKINNER Sun Staff Writer

A Cornell-led project is one of two finalists contending for nearly one billion dollars of NASA funding for a universe exploration mission to be launched in the mid-2020s

The proposed Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return mission, abbreviated as CAESAR, is a 20-year project that would sample the core of a comet as an astrobiological sample for insight on the formation of Earth as well as the foundations of organic material in the universe

“What we ’ re trying to do is for the first time get a piece of a comet and bring it back to Earth,” said Prof Steven Squyres ’78 Ph D ’81, the James A Weeks Professor of

Physical Sciences “[We’ll] get it into the best laboratories on Earth, and analyze it to help understand both the solar system and the origins of life ”

Squyres pulled together a team of partners, including the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and the Japanese Space Agency and spent three years drafting a detailed proposal outlining the mission The proposal was submitted in April 2017 to NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which funds large-scale universe exploration missions

The typical cost of these missions is about one billion dollars after operational fees, according to Squyres

After months of reviewing 12 total proposals, NASA

Hotel School Rescinds Award After Sexual Misconduct Allegations

By YUICHIRO KAKUTANI Sun Staff Writer

The School of Hotel Administration on Friday rescinded a 2017 award honoring Steve Wynn, a gambling industry mogul and the former finance chair for the Republican National Committee after he was accused of using his position to force sexual favors out of his employees

According to dozens of accusations collected by The Wall Street Journal, Wynn abused his workplace authority to force unwanted sexual encounters Wynn denied all allegations, but resigned Tuesday in response to “ an avalanche of negative publicity ”

Wynn was previously declared the ninth Cornell Hospitality Icon, an award that “honors the lifetime achievements of hospitality and travel industry visionaries for their professional and philanthropic contributions,” according to the award’s website The hotel school retracted the recognition in light of the allegations on Wynn

“We have read with dismay the reports of his sexual misconduct, including the high incidence within his organization,” the hotel school relayed in a statement “We can no longer consider Mr Wynn to be an exem-

SNL Comedians Jost and Villaseñor Perform at Bailey Hall

By SAMANTHA STERN Sun Staff Writer

Cornell University Program Board brought Saturday Night to Ithaca a little early by inviting Saturday Night Live cast members Colin Jost and Melissa Villaseñor for a guest appearance at Bailey Hall on Friday evening

The night of comedy was hosted by the CUPB, who also hosted #MeToo founder Tarana Burke last week and Daily Show comedian Trevor Noah in September

Jost and Villaseñor were “confident” choices for the CUPB, which has been working diligently since last semester to plan the night

“We booked Colin and Melissa last semester after bringing their names to our general body,” said CUPB executive chairperson Daniela Manzano ’19 “We received a really great response and automatically moved forward with booking them ”

Villaseñor, a second-year cast member on SNL, opened for Jost by poking fun at her own voice, saying it sounded like she “ ate

yarn ”

Villasenor also revealed that she wished she had learned Spanish, as she knew that her grandmother was making fun of her but had no idea what she was saying Well known for being the show’s first Latina actress with a talent for impressions, Villasenor ended her routine with singing

impressions of the “airy voices” of pop singers Ellie Goulding and Halsey, which were met by laughs from the audience

“A lot of our shows tend to have smaller names for openers, so getting Melissa Vill eñor as an opener for

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Let’s Meditate: Monday Meditation Series 11:45 a m , B12 West Sibley Hall

Insights Into Titan’s Circulation And Hydrologic Cycle From Model-Data Comparisons

12:15 - 1:15 p m , 105 Space Sciences Building

Communication Colloquim Series

1:30 - 2:50 p m , 175 Warren Hall

Consuming Belief: Han Chinese Practitioners Of Tibetan Buddhism in the PRC 4:30 - 6 p m , G64 Goldwin Smith Hall

What is the Language of Islam?

Translation, Science and Enchantment In Contemporar y Turkey

4:30 - 5:30 p m , 110 White Hall

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Teaching Ancient Greek, Latin And a Few Other Langauges Through the Polis Method

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Tomorrow

Introduction to Blockchain and Discussion on Potential Agricultural/Food Security Applications

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Chemistr y Colloquim - Mechanism-Guided Development of Selective Catalytic Organic Reactions

4:30 - 5:30 p m , 120 Physical Sciences Building

Islamists and Political Protests in Jordan, CMSP Seminar Series 4:30 - 6 p m , 404 Morrill Hall

Equal Opportunity Peacekeeping: Women, Peace, and Security in Post-Conflict States 4:30 p m , 107 Olin Librar y Elettra Stimilli, “Italian Differences Between Politics and Philosophy” 4:30 p m , KG42 Klarman Hall

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A Cappella Groups to Perform for CARE Fund

Performance proceeds go to ease unforseen staff financial hardships

By PENELOPE CAMPOS Sun Staff Writer

All of Cornell’s a cappella groups will perform together to raise funds for Cornell employees in need of financial support on Feb 24 in Call Auditorium

The Emergency Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees Fund provides financial assistance to members of Cornell’s faculty and staff experiencing unexpected financial hardship due to medical complications, domestic violence, unexpected property damage, or other unforeseen circumstances

McKinney said she was delighted to see how both the Cornell and Ithaca communities have stepped up to support the CARE Fund in the last few months

“The best part is the coming together of the Ithaca community, employees and their kids, and Cornell Students [sic] for an entertaining evening with these talented Cornellians,” she said

“The best part is the coming together of the Ithaca community, employees and their kids.”

B e t h M c K i n n e y

This year the Fund’s board has put together A Cappella Cares, a benefit concert featuring all of Cornell’s singing groups where all proceeds go directly to the CARE Fund

Danica Lee ’20 of Hearsay A Cappella, one of Cornell’s all-female groups, expressed her enthusiasm for the upcoming concert She said her group was “excited to showcase our group as part of Cornell’s vibrant a cappella scene while contributing to a meaningful cause ”

Beth McKinney, co-chair of the CARE Fund and director of wellness at Cornell, said preparation for the concert has been in the works since 2016, when the Fund pitched it to the A Cappella Advisory Counsel

The then-president of ACAC, Colton Haney ’17, quickly accepted

McKinney writes of the decision, “ACAC unanimously voted to collaborate, and we are now in our second year working with Liz Mueller, the current ACAC outgoing president ”

The Emergency CARE Fund has also offered Cornell employees to deduct donations from their paychecks until March 6th as an easier way to participate in the fundraising

The donations will automatically enter the employees into a lottery for either a weekend in New York City or a “staycation” in Ithaca, according to the CARE website The Cornell Club, Cornell Transportation, Taverna Banfi and Ithaca’s William Henry Miller Inn all have donated their services for the prizes

With the money raised, the program has the funds to provide transportation to NYC for medical treatment, temporary shelter and supplies for victims of domestic violence and support for families in the wake of property damage

The CARE committee has been responsible for organizing auctions to raise money for employee financial hardship in recent years In 2016, the fundraising committee raised over $5,000, selling 170 items in one night

Tickets for the event are available online for $10 for adults, and $5 for children Cornell students can attend for $8

Wednesday’s Snowfall Did Not Qualify as Shutdown Level

By SHRUTI

Nearly a year after Winter Storm Stella forced the University to shut down campus for an entire day for the first time since 1993, Cornell remained open last Wednesday, despite warnings of up to 10 inches of snow and hazardous travel conditions from the National Weather Service

“You obviously pay attention, but it didn’t seem to get too close to a shutdown level,” Prof Charles Van Loan, dean of faculty, told The Sun

Although the Ithaca City School District canceled all district activities on Wednesday, Cornell does not use local school closings as a “determining factor” in making their decision, according a frequently asked questions page made after Stella

“School districts will build snow days into their calendars, and thus have greater flexibility and lower tolerance for disruptions,” the FAQ website states

However, the “Inclement Weather” FAQ page says that the university does take into account snowfall rates

“Snowfall rates greater than one inch per hour for at least three

hours will usually exceed our ability to remove snow and maintain clear walkways, parking lots, and campus roads,” the website states Rick Burgess, the current vice president of infrastructure properties and planning and member of the Incident Leadership Team, told The Sun that there is a weather Incident Management Team that consistently monitors the weather, taking into account the ability of the University to ensure people’s safety and keep up with factors such as projected snowfall, wind, precipitation, temperature and timing

“They monitored before and during the storm event and were

prepared to make recommendations but did not reach the point where they felt like a closure was indicated,” he said about last week’s weather

The final decision on whether or not to close the university is made by the president or designee based on a recommendation from the Incident Leadership Team which includes senior University leaders such as the executive vice president, senior vice provost, dean of faculty and the Cornell Police Chief

“ You get snow in Ithaca,” Burgess said “In terms of dealing

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Guest Lecturer Examines Polarization in America

“How does a drifter, a hater, an ignorant debater, a man with no knowledge who stiffs kids seeking college come to be a tribune for sixty million, the man of the hour, one lucky break for an awesome power, Party of Lincoln, what were you thinking?’”

Prof Paul Pierson, political science, University of California at Berkeley, rapped a “Hamilton” parody in the first of the six lecture “Difficulty of Democracy” series on Friday When Prof Richard Miller, philosophy, introduced Pierson he pointed out that the Berkeley professor studied processes of “growing inequality and polarization decades ago when Donald Trump’s coming would’ve struck people as a strange, bad joke ”

Pierson, who is the author of the 2016 book “American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper,” mostly avoided a lecture on Trump-ism and focused instead on the polarization of America’s political parties

“Polarization gives you this image of two parties pulling away from each other but what is going on in the United States is asymmetrical,” said Pierson “It is much more a story of change on the Republican side than it is on the Democratic side ”

Republican polarization, according to Pierson, was derived over time from the party ’ s ideological basis, its geo-

graphic edge, the disproportionately conser vative media and perhaps most decisive of all other effects a distinctively anti-government rhetoric

According to Pierson, while the Democratic Party needs “the government to function,” the Republicans consistently use “anti-government rhetoric” to undermine that effort

“ The Republican Party doesn’t need to be liked It just needs you to hate the government, ” Pierson said Pierson identified weaknesses of the Democratic party as well like its lack of a cohesive narrative, its pluralistic media and its equally bankrolled system but the Democrat’s deficiencies, as opposed to the Republican ones, work against polarization and extremism

But despite his understanding of contemporary politics as the product of “deep seated, long term forces at work, he struggles to make sense of recent Trump era developments

“It’s hard these days to make sense of the country that we live in I find myself, like a lot of people, really scrambling to make sense of the last 18 months,” Pierson offered “It’s been a whirlwind, a saga of incredible ambition for power and wealth, brutal partisan warfare, sex scandals, foreign entanglements ”

“I’m talking about the musical Hamilton of course, ” Pierson said

NASA Selects Cornell-Led Project as Finalist

“The science of CAESAR is the Carl Sagan quote: ‘we’re all made of star stuff ’”

a t o r “ I s t a r t e d h e re [ a t C o r n e l l ] a s a n u n d e r g r a d u a t e w o r k i n g f o r [ Sq u y re s ] Now I ’ m b a c k a s f a cu l t y w o r k i n g w i t h h i m , ” s a i d H a y e s How e v e r, t h e m u l t i g e ne r a t i o n a l m o d e l e x t e n d s b e y o n d t h e r o l e o f p r i n c ip a l i n v e s t i g a t o r “ T h e re a re s i m i l a r re l at i o n s h i p s i n o t h e r r o l e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e p r o j e c t , w h e re w e h a v e a y o u n g e r, e a r l yc a r e e r o r m i d - c a r e e r s c i e n t i s t p a i re d w i t h a m o re s e n i o r s c i e nt i s t , w h o ’ s g o i n g t o w o r k w i t h t h e m t h r o u g h t h e d e v e l o p m e n t p h a s e a n d t h e n t r a n s i t i o n t h e

r o l e s , ” s a i d H a y e s T h e p r o j e c t ’ s t i m e l i n e a n t i c ip a t e s s i g n i f i c a n t a d v a n c e m e n t i n t e c h n o l o g y i n t h e 2 0 y e a r s b e f o re t e s t s c a n b e r u n , s a i d

Sq u y re s “ We h a v e t o d e m o n s t r a t e i n o u r p r o p o s a l t h a t t h e t e c h n o l og y o f t o d a y c a n a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s w e ’ r e i n t e r e s t e d i n , b u t w h e n w e a c t u a l l y b r i n g t h e

s a m p l e b a c k w e ' l l b e u s i n g t h e t e c h n o l o g y o f t o m o r r ow, ” s a i d

H a y e s T h e p a r t i c u l a r c o m e t t o b e s a m p l e d w a s a l s o t h e f o c a l p o i n t o f t h e Eu r o p e a n Sp a c e A g e n c y ’ s p r i o r Ro s e t t a m i s s i o n , a n d i s t h e o n l y c o m e t t h a t h a s b e e n s t u d i e d i n d e t a i l b y a s p a c e c r a f t m i s s i o n , a c c o rd i n g t o H a y e s T h i s a l l ow e d t h e p r o j e c t t o c u t c o s t s o n d i a g n o s t i c t e s t s a n d f o c u s o n b r i n g i n g t h e s a m p l e h o m e “ T h i s i s s o m e t h i n g t h a t I t h i n k i s g o i n g t o b e a b i g d e a l f o r C o r n e l l , ” s a i d S q u y r e s “ C o r n e l l h a s b e e n a l e a d i n g i n s t i t u t i o n i n t h e e x p l o r a t i o n o f p l a n e t s g o i n g b a c k d e c a d e s ”

Comedians Give CornellThemed Show

Colin Jost was also a really great opportunity since she’s popular as well,” Manzano said

Jost then took the stage, joking that he did not come up to Cornell to do a show, but to rush the fraternity Zeta Beta Tau The joke, in reference to the recent news that the University placed the fraternity on probationar y recognition after conducting a “pig roast ” contest, was met with laughter and claps from the filled auditorium

Jost has co-anchored the “Weekend Update” segment of SNL since 2014 and was recently named one of the show’s head writers

Jost quipped about some of the differences between his alma mater, Harvard, and Cornell and then took out his phone to read some fun facts that he asked the University to send him He made comments about the Dairy Bar’s ice cream, the invention of the chicken nugget at Cornell and the infamous legend about the statues of Ezra Cornell and A D White on the Arts Quad

Speaking on college culture, Jost talked about his own experiences with smoking marijuana and the ensuing paranoia, sharing the story of when he was so high, he was convinced his mother had poisoned him

He ended his routine by reading a list of ideas he has had for SNL sketches that never came to fruition, including some he pitched for a show hosted by President Trump

Friday night’s performance inspired some students to attend more of the board’s events

“ The stand-up comedy has definitely motivated me to watch the show now, and continue going to see Cornell speakers,” Anna Brecher ’21 said “I really want to take advantage of the cool opportunities here, because when else could you see SNL comedians for $17?”

The CUPB is also looking for ward to their future events

“We are currently searching for our next talent to bring and we are always open to ideas and suggestions,” Manzano said “We want to bring comedians or speakers that Cornell wants, so we’d really love to hear from Cornell Ultimately the decision of who we bring is in all of your hands

Cornell Stays Open Despite Heavy Snowfall

with it and knowing what to do, that’s a pretty finely tuned machine ”

According to the University Statement on Continuity of Service, it is very rare for the campus to deviate from its normal operations due to weather concerns

“I think back to last year, it was a real occasion to learn, to appreciate the complexity of the shutdown process and just to think hard about all our employees who travel these relatively great distances to work here and how dedicated they are, ” he said

“I think back to last year, it was a real occasion to learn, to appreciate the complexity of the shutdown process ”

“Cornell University offices generally remain in operation, classes continue and regular services are provided despite adverse weather conditions,” the statement says “Even in times of inclement weather, university employees are asked to continue meeting the academic, research and student support needs of our community ”

After last year ’ s shutdown caused widespread confusion and cancelled prelims, Van Loan led an initiative to revise Cornell’s inclement weather policy

After an unexpected event like last year ’ s snow day occured, Van Loan said it wasn ’ t a “ r a d i c a l d e c i s i o n ” t o revisit the policy He said that the University now has a much better c o n t i n g e n c y p l a n i n place with the registrar in terms of rescheduling prelims “I wouldn’t say that we ’ re going to make better weather predictions, that’s certainly not going to happen,” he said “It’s just you try to anticipate all [the] little, tiny problems ”

Shruti Juneja can be reached at sjuneja@cornellsun com

Cornell Follows UPenn in Reassessing Wynn’s Legacy

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plar y role model for the industr y and, more importantly, for our students ”

Cornell’s decision follows that of its peer institutions reconside r i n g Wy n n ’ s l e g a c y T h e University of Pennsylvania has also, for the first time in a centur y, revoked the honorar y degree it bestowed on Wynn They also removed Wynn’s name from an outdoor plaza area and a scholarship he created Wynn had received the award in May 2017 as a recognition of his part in “reinvigorat[ing] the Las Vegas tourism scene ” and “creat[ing] some of the world’s most luxurious hotels,” according to Kate Walsh MPS ’90, h o t e l s c h o o l d e a n , w h o w a s quoted in a now-deleted statement put out by Cornell Walsh noted that the work environment of the hospitality industr y creates more opportunities for sexual abuse in an inter view with HOTELS magazine

“ There are many work relat i o n s h i p s i n a h o t e l t h a t a re defined by a power differential, such as between a guest and the housekeeper, or a chef and a ser ver, ” Walsh said “It’s not a t r a d i t i o n a l w o r k e n v i r o n m e n t and can lead to a hotel, and its staff, being forced to react to potentially offensive situations ”

Walsh also said that a good leader is crucial to eliminate sexual harassment incidents in the hospitality industr y

“Human resource department initiatives are helpful but they don’t work unless there’s a full c o m m i t m e n t f r o m t h e t o p, ” Walsh told HOTELS magazine “ You want a leader who will say, ‘I want to make sure, to the d e g r e e w e c a

y employee feels a connection with somebody in a leadership role ’”

Several hotel school students agreed with the decision made by Cornell

“I completely agree with the University’s decision to rescind h i s a w a rd I t h i

unfortunate that a leader does something like that because so many people are working for his industr y and are affected by his actions,” Mauricio Quispe ’19 said

“He’s obviously been in the wrong for a really long time It’s an ethical issue,” John Boyden ’20 said “I feel like rescinding an award is actually in the right ”

recognition is part of a larger

grace Ever since the allegations were made public, Wynn has

Republican National Committee leadership

Yuichiro Kakutani can be reached at ykakutani@cornellsun com

Michael

Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

To Cornell’s Administration, You’re Just a Number

Iam a proud Cornellian As a second-semester senior, I can easily say that I have experienced the roller coaster of ups and downs that vir tually ever y Cornellian before me has felt Regardless of what highs and lows this school has brought me to, I tr uly believe that this school, and the students in it, are a testament to what an elite education can do for both the individual and society as a whole Cornell is, quite simply, a remarkable institution, with brilliant professors and students Unfor tunately, the university’s administration is a great stain on an other wise incredible and noble histor y

backlash to Skor ton ’ s massive yearly increases in tuition) A group of about 100 students marched into Day Hall to protest Skor ton ’ s fee Upon arrival, the president got into the face of a student and screamed, “ The fact that you ’ re pissed off doesn’t change the bottom line of the university ”

I was outraged by the Skor ton comment –– and so was most of the rest of campus Skor ton spent literally billions of dollars of university money in constr ucting ne w buildings and a ne w tech campus, and thre w Cornell an extravagant 150th bir thday par ty that year ( h e c k t h e g u y e v e n renamed Gannett after himself ) Skor ton then had the gall to yell at a student who was, quite naturally, angr y that the

The administration simply keeps urdening students with bills they cannot afford, to pay for projects that are unnecessary and a waste of valuable resources.

In past columns, I have described the problems with the administration’s compulsive spending and inattention to the needs of lower-income students But I never delved into the root of these problems At the hear t of the issues that plague ever yday students is an administration that, quite simply, sees its students as numbers and not as human beings

One of my favorite examples of the hear tless attitude o f D a y H a l l w a s d u r i n g m y f r e s h m a n y e a r T h e University’s president at the time –– David Skor ton, w h o i s n ow t h e Se c re t a r y o f t h e Sm i t h s o n i a n – –announced, out of nowhere, that all students would be forced to pay a $350 health care fee Naturally, students were outraged (oddly enough, however, there was no

Cornell families

Cornell president spit in the face of Cornellians

Pollack did not suppor t an independent audit of the university’s mental health programs Cornell’s mental health programs, which routinely neglect to provide the kind of ser vices necessar y to have a healthy student body, was allowed to remain in the shadows and continue to fail students

Skor ton and Pollack represent threads in a larger fabric of indifference to the real problems that face students In my four years at Cornell, tuition has increased $7,500 –– an increase that hur ts the wallets of ever y all but the wealthiest students across campus There has been no remorse for this decision, no apology, no pledge to work to halt the skyrocketing costs The administration simply keeps burdening students with bills they cannot afford,

Ara Hagopian

| The Whiny Liberal

to pay for projects that are unnecessar y and a waste of valuable resources

One of the great reasons why this tragedy has allowed to continue for years is that there is nothing standing in the way of the administration The Board of Tr ustees has absolutely no stake in the game: they are largely a group of wealthy, well-connected alumni who have absolutely no idea of what it means to be on a budget Their wealth and privilege isolate them from the ver y real problems financial or other wise that face the majority of the student population More impor tantly, there is no reason for them to feel accountable because they are not elected by students and their families They are either elected by each other, or by detached, distant alumni who no longer pay tuition bills and no longer live the daily trials of student life

In the face of this egregiousness, some have done the brave work of standing up to the administration I was shocked when Prof Isaac Kramnick, government and G l e n n A l t s c h u

Education and Summer Sessions, rebuked the administration and the Board of Tr ustees in their address at Cornell’s sesquicentennial celebrations in 2015 Some students have also protested, written columns in The Sun, and have demanded accountability from Day Hall Yet these isolated acts are not enough If Cornell is to improve and be held accountable to the ver y people that fund its operations, students and professors alike must be willing to take a bigger stand against the injustices of the Administration A dialogue should begin, and people should be willing to press the university on its administrative and budgetar y decisions It is only when students stand-up for themselves that Day Hall will no longer look at us as simply numbers in their grander ploy for prestige

Michael Glanzel is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mglanzel@cornellsun com Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Mondays this semester

Don’t Decry the Greek System If You Use It for Your Own

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I’ ve been critical of the Greek system in the past I must admit to feeling somewhat vindicated when I heard about the “pig roast ” competition, but I don’t want to rail against that in this column I’d like to per form the unpleasant but oftnecessar y task of criticizing people who agree with me

I know a fraternity brother who is thoughtful, intelligent, friendly and wellliked A thoroughly capital fellow A real mensch This fraternity brother told me he liked my ar ticles about the Greek system (“Greek Life Should Not Exist” and “Greek Life Should Not Exist, Pt II ”) He even went so far as to say that he admired me for speaking out on such an impor tant issue I appreciated the praise, but I thought to myself, “If you liked it so much, why didn’t you drop out of your fraternity?”

And it’s not just the frat brothers or the sorority sisters It’s the Tr udeaus, as it were; the “woke” people who speak up against harmful systems while suppor ting t h e m w i t h t h e i r a c t i o n s T h e w o r d “woke” needs to disappear from ever y white person ’ s vocabular y I’m glad you woke up; now get off your ass, make your bed and do something

And by “do something,” I don’t mean that you have to become a social justice warrior You don’t have to become an activist, go to a protest or join a philanthropy club on campus We’re millennials

attending an Ivy League school We want resume-ready action, and we want to be leaders I get it But as any leader wor th their salt will tell you, leaders are overrated Their value is in their ability to convince people to do what they should have been doing anyway All due respect to the people working on the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate, but I don’t think some sor t of Justice League is gonna swoop in and save the day It’s humbling when you realize that your most power ful capacity to make a difference lies in your ability to align your ever yday actions with your morals And like many things in life, this realization is both humbling and necessar y

I’m reminded of a stor y that sheds a great deal of light on the subject Back in the days of Yik Yak, I read an anonymous post that was presumably written by a female undergraduate I’m paraphrasing here, but it was something to the effect of “I can be woke and still go to a frat par ty We get the sexist, misogynistic, heteronormative culture of fraternities We’re Iv y L e a g u e w o m e n ” C e r t a i n l y t h i s woman and all women have the right to attend frat par ties at their own possible detriment When she mentions the heteronormative culture of fraternities, however, her statement takes a much darker turn It becomes “I know another group of people is being discriminated against and I don’t care ”

I’m not saying you shouldn’t befriend someone if they’re in Greek life I’m definitely not saying you shouldn’t sleep with someone if they’re in Greek life (if liberalism ever star ts telling people who to sleep with, it will be fully and tr uly doomed) But if you attend a par ty or a formal or a r ush event, just know that you ’ re suppor ting the Greek system in a ver y real and

Ever yone has the right to be complicit in their own oppression, but nobody has the right to be complicit in the oppression of others

Maybe you understand the problems inherent in the Greek system, but you s

events Your closest companions are all in

If you attend a party or a formal or a rush event, just know that you’re supporting the Greek system in a very real and important way. Ara Hagopian is

impor tant way If you ’ re a woman and you ’ re planning to go to a frat par ty, maybe consider not going If not for the sake of your own community, then for the sake of your gay friends If you ’ re gay and you want to go on a wine tour with your in-the-closet frat boyfriend, consider not going If not for the sake of your own community, then for the sake of your female friends If you ’ re in a frat, consider dropping out for the sake of your gay friends or your female friends or your gay f

Greek life, after all Or maybe your significant other is in a sorority, I don’t know Honestly, I can respect prioritizing personal relationships There should be more love and friendship in this world, not less Just do me one favor Please spare me from having to hear about how woke you are

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I was fortunate enough to discover AWOLNATION early, and I continued t o l i s t e n u n t i l t h e i r f i r s t a l b u m , Megalithic Symphony, caught the attention of the masses With this, I abandoned them out of pretentious spite Years later, I am happy to say that Aaron Bruno and company haven't lost their ability to create unique, genre-noncomforming music

If AWOLNATION was a lesser band, they may have simply tried to recreate the sound and success of their smash-hit “Sail ” However, Here Come The Runts sees Bruno dramatically shift his instrumentation, following in the footsteps of ’80s-era rockers This is echoed in the a l b u m ' s t h e m a t i c f o c u s Br u n o ’ s “ runts ” are the successors to Springsteen’s working-class Americans, those that are pushing on despite the stress and struggle of modern America

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experimentation is evident by the end of the first song “Here Come The Runts” which features multiple tempo swings The titular track is followed by “Passion” and “Sound Witness System,” two songs with an overlapping beat written in dedication to finding your passion The first of the aforementioned two incorporates moments of funk and glam rock, and is perhaps the catchiest song from the album, while the second contains an unexpected hip-hop lyricism

“Handyman,” a much softer rock song, is one of the album's more emotional points, with lyrics like “I’m a sinner / Seasoned beginner / Lucky to be alive” and “I’m not brittle / I’m just a riddle / Born of white, blue and red ” Bruno shows a glimpse of his outlook and focus for the album, as evidenced by his optimism and lack of complacency

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e x p e r i e n c e t o w h a t ’ s c u rre n t l y o u t t h e re , ” s a i d T J Hu rd ’ 1 9 , a s s i s t a n t g e n e r a l m a n a g e r o f W V B R , i n r e s p o n s e t o t h e g r o w i n g u n re s t a n d d e s i re f o r s o m et h i n g m o r e “ w i t h t h e t i m e s ” T h e s t a t i o n i s s e e k i n g a s o u n d t h a t c a n c o n n e c t n o t o n l y t o t h e g e n e r a l l i s t e n e r s b u t w i t h t h e l a r g e n u m b e r o f s t u d e n t l i s t e n e r s A n d t h e b o t t o m l i n e i s t h a t a l t e r n a t i v e m u s i c s a t i s f i e s t h e c o l l e g e a g e d e s i re f o r a n g s t , l ove a n d h e a r t b re a k

i o a l b u m i n 1 9 6 8 In a d d i t i o n t o b r a n d c h a n g e , W V B R h a s m ove d t h e i r t r a n s m i s s i o n ove r t o a n e w r a d i o t owe r b u i l t ove r t h e s u m m e r Ac c o rd i n g t o t h e p re s s re l e a s e s t a t e m e n t , “ w i t h a n e w t owe r a n d t r a n s m i t t e r, W V B R n ow t r a n s m i t s a s t ro n g e r a n d c l e a re r s i g n a l , a l l ow i n g t h e s t a t i o n t o b e h e a rd by a l a r g e r l o c a l a u d i e n c e ” T h e f u z z y a l t - w a ve s e v e n h a v e t h e p o t e n t i a l t o r e a c h l i s t e n e r s b e y o n d To m p k i n s C o u n t y Wi t h a l l o f t h e m a j o r m o d i f i c a t i o n s t h a t t h e s t a t i o n i s c u r re n t l y u n d e r g o i n g , o n e m u s t a s k , “ w h e re i s t h e m o n e y c o m i n g f ro m ? ” W BV R re c e i ve s c o n t i n u o u s s u pp o r t n o t o n l y f ro m t h e It h a c a c o m m u n i t y b u t a l s o C o r n e l l a l u m n i R a d i

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Viri Garcia is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at vgarcia@cornellsun com Peter Buonanno is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at pbuonanno@cornellsun com

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This endorsement is also seen in a s h o r t i n t e r l u d e d u r i n g w h i c h Br u n o sings, “all I need is you, a little luck, and a couple of dogs ” While it ser ves as a great transition to the second half of the album, it also manages to convey a great amount of vulnerability

The song following the interlude, “ Table For One,” is my favorite song off of the album In it, Bruno alternates b e t w e e n g e n t l e l o n g i n g a n d r o a r i n g expressions of emotion He sings of struggles with relationships and begs, “Cause I don't want you to leave / I want a day in your dreams / And with a little luck you can stay ” The album's finale, “Stop That Train,” is a six-minute adrenaline rush that can b e i n t e r p re t e d t w o d i f f e re n t w a y s

Consider lines such as “Now I've gotta go court the conductor / And I gotta bleed gold on the track / Breathin' in a choke

hold ” It is easy to see it as a continuation of his reflections on relationships, but it has more depth as an admission of the position his music and his fans have put him in Admittedly, there were a few songs t h a t d i d

“Miracle Man” was too aggressive for my t a s t e a n d n o t e a s

“Cannonball” is fun but not as engaging as others on the album But, for me, these l

AWOLNATION so good; they can never be accused of lazily making a “typical” AWOLNATION song because there is no such thing

Personally, I hope Bruno continues to innovate and follow his own path

Noah Harrelson is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at nmh65@cornell edu

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Cornell Duels to Draw At Clarkson

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m e s remaining, the Red still has a three-point lead over the Golden Knights in the ECAC standings

The teams traded back-andforth chances throughout, but timely blocked shots, excellent goaltending and a tough defensive effort by both squads kept the game scoreless entering the second intermission

“It was a hard-fought game by both sides, plenty of chances,” said senior captain Alex Rauter

“I thought we didn’t start out too hot, but as it got going we started picking up momentum ”

After a first period largely c

Knights, the Red came out firing

Clarkson, 14-11 The third period saw more back-and-forth play and scoring opportunities, but the two goaltenders turned aside all potential tallies

T h e s h u t o u t w a s Ga l a j d a ’ s seventh of the season, tied for best in the countr y with Kielly

“[Kielly’s] good,” Syer said “I mean, he’s just good You got to get a lot of traffic on him And there were times tonight as the game went along we did have traffic and their defense [did] a great job too ” Galajda said he welcomed the opportunity to be part of a goaltender’s battle

“ Whenever you see the other goalie make a big save you want

t o m a k e t h e n e x t b i g s a v e , ” Galajda said

In overtime, the Red went to the power play just 50 seconds in after a Clarkson skater was sent off for slashing, but the visitors couldn’t break the tie despite a few shots on goal

“ We obviously wanted to get a lot of pucks to the net in overtime,” Rauter said “Any shot’s a good shot ”

C o r n e l l s u c c e s s f u l l y k i l l e d three penalties, but was also held 0-for-3 on power plays of its own

With a man advantage late in the second, Cornell nearly broke the tie as Beau Starrett had a chance in Kielly’s crease Seconds later, it was Clarkson nearly netting the game ’ s first goal, as Jack Jacome’s shot hit the crossbar on a shorthanded breakaway

Despite Galajda’s 34 saves, i n c l u d i n g a c o u p l e s p r a w l i n g stops, the pipes helped keep the Golden Knights scoreless on a few occasions

“Obviously you ’ re not happy with a tie, you want to win, but I think to come up here and get out with a tie is good for us, ” Rauter said

Julian Leads Staunch Red Defense to Down Brown

By JOSHUA ZHU

With a wire-to-wire 78-60 victory over Brown, the Cornell men ’ s basketball team welcomed the first painless win of its past four games

Coming off three consecutive single-digit decisions against Columbia, Dartmouth and Harvard, the Red (9-11, 3-4 Ivy) led from the opening tip and never looked back The squad led by 21 at one point, and finished the entire second half without letting the Bears (10-10, 3-4) cut the lead to single digits

“It was all our defense,” said junior forward Steven Julian “The pressure from our defense helped us start [the game 13-0] and led to our offense having easy shots ”

Julian highlighted the Red’s strong defensive night which held Brown to well below its season average of 79 points per game The forward posted 10 points, three rebounds, one block and one steal, while leading the impressive defensive front which held the Bears to just 31 3 percent from the field and 21 1 percent from long range

“We were able to slow them down [and] stop them in the transition which is a big part of their game, ” Julian said “They had to start playing the half-court game and we didn’t give them any easy buckets ”

With the Red pinpointing Brown’s Desmond Cambridge as a key focus point on defense heading into the matchup, the squad was able to restrict the guard’s efficiency on his 26 points to just 38 percent shooting, while holding the rest of his team to no more than eight points

“It was a total group effort,” said head coach Brian Earl “[Brown] like[s] to turn on the speed and get to the rim, but we did a good job keeping them off the line Cambridge did score, but he took a fair amount of shots to get those numbers and we were able to hold the rest [of the Bears] in check ”

Stemming from the early defensive pressure, Cornell was able to kick-start its offense and build a quick double-digit

lead with little resistance Junior forward Stone Gettings finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth doubledouble of the season, and junior guard Matt Morgan added 19 points, seven boards, and three assists

“We’re learning as we go that teams in our league are really focusing on [Gettings and Morgan],” Earl said “They’ve really taken it upon themselves to understand the best ways they’re going to score well ”

Junior guard Jack Gordon also continued easing himself back into the lineup after being sidelined by injury for a few

Poor Free Throws Do In Red At Yale

By JOSHUA ZHU Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Following a wire-to-wire victor y against Brown, the Cornell men ’ s basketball team was well within striking distance all game against Yale, but ultimately did not have enough left in the tank to close at the end, falling in a 74-65 decision

“We were just missing foul shots and [other] silly mistakes,” said head coach Brian Earl “ We did compete hard [and] everyone was locked in on defense [but] we just weren ’ t able to get across the finish line ”

While Yale (11-13, 4-4 Ivy) built an early lead, the Red (9-12, 3-5) was able to claw back from several double digit leads to keep it close throughout the game The improving defense of the team played a large role, as the squad was able to hold some key Bulldogs to single figures, including Alex Copeland and Noah Yates

“Our defense forced [Yale] into tougher shots,” Earl said “We keyed in on a couple of their scorers and made things hard for them They just made a couple of threes down the stretch which is really all it takes in this league when you ’ re on an away court ” Junior forward Steven Julian anchored the Cornell defense for a second consecutive night, posting 10 points, three rebounds and three steals Junior guard Joel Davis also posted a solid allaround effort with eight points, seven rebounds, two blocks and a steal

“[ Julian] is getting more and more comfortable with his role,”

Earl said “He’s been a big part of our defense, especially in the last couple of games We’ve been asking him to do a lot that he hasn’t done before in his basketball career and he’s accepted that ” Despite a strong defensive effort, the Red ultimately did themselves in with another poor night from the line Cornell converted on just 55 percent of its free throws and also struggled from long range, hitting just 25 percent of its tries from three-point land

On the offensive end, the typical trailblazers performed once again for Cornell Junior forward Stone Gettings led the team with 20 points and eight rebounds, and junior guard Matt Morgan added 13 points and seven boards Freshman guard Terrence McBride also added 10 points and three steals to be the Red’s fourth double digit scorer on the night

The Red finishes its weekend

road trip with a split and now heads back home in a tie for fifth place in the Ivy standings The squad also lies just one game behind third place Brown and Yale, and enters a critical final stretch of games which will determine the postseason conference tournament seedings

“We just have to keep doing what we ’ re doing Defensively, we have to continue to be locked in [and] offensively we have to make sure that even when the other teams are locking down Matt and Stone, the rest of our guys are able to be confident and find their shots ”

The Red will tip off at home next Friday, Feb 16 at 8 p m against Princeton and Saturday, Feb 17 at 6:30 p m against Penn

Joshua Zhu can be reached at jzhu@cornellsun com

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Steady offense | Gettings continued a recent uptick in offensive production, leading the Red in points during both wekeend games

games He finished with eight points, five rebounds, and four assists in 21 minutes

“[Gordon] just had a small nagging injury which kept him out a few games, but he’s been able to ease his way back into the lineup,” Earl said “He’s a big part of what we need here and he’s been able to figure out that how he fits into the rotation

Joshua Zhu can be reached at jzhu@cornellsun com

Icers Hold St. Lawrence Scoreless Behind Galajda

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Brey, buried his own rebound “With guys who were playing with energy, we started putting those guys together,” Schafer said of some line reshuffling to start the third “Then maybe missing a few shifts here and there gave some of the other guys some energy ” The first two periods, filled with penalties against both teams, were full of back-andforth play without any grade-A scoring chances

“It was a ho-hum game for the first two periods and then we got our feet going, started working a little harder, started playing a little faster in the third and it shows on the score sheet,” Schafer said

Cornell’s defense, best in the NCAA with 1 4 goals allowed per game, held its ground yet again It was a dominant defensive effort for the Red despite

being shorthanded for much of the contest

Cornell’s penalty kill was a perfect 5-for-5 against the Saints after going 3-for-3 Friday The Red is ninth-best in the nation when down a skater, killing 85 2 percent of its penalties

“I thought we dominated most of the game tonight,” Galajda said “I don’t really think we gave them too much and it’s kind of tough winning those games where you don’t get too many shots, so you just kind of try to focus and try to make the next save ”

Cornell, having already clinched a first-round ECAC playoff bye, returns home for its penultimate regular season series next weekend against Brown and Yale

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Freshman Goalie Leads Red to Undefeated Weekend

Fiegl’s third goal of the season lifts icers over St. Lawrence

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Thanks to Cornell’s nation-best defense and top rookie goaltender, a lone third-period goal was all the squad needed to get past St Lawrence on Saturday night, a day after its offense couldn’t find the back of the net in a grueling 0-0 tie with Clarkson

The Red (20-3-2, 14-2-2 ECAC) skated to a 10 win against the Saints (7-21-2, 3-14-1) in freshman goaltender Matt Galajda’s NCAA-leading eighth shutout Senior forward Jared Fiegl’s third goal of the season 7:56 into the final period the team ’ s first and only tally of the weekend gave Cornell the lead for good and earned the Red three points on a tough North Country road trip

It was yet another gritty, tough performance from Fiegl, who has led a resurgent fourth line and scored three times in four games, all while recovering from a battle with the flu

“Jared’s always worked extremely hard, he had a lot of energy [Friday],” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86, who was back behind the bench on Saturday after being sidelined by illness the previous game “He’s physical and he brought energy again tonight ”

A night after keeping the Red in the game all 65 minutes against the Golden Knights with 34 saves, it was an easier night for Galajda, who stopped all

16 shots that came his way

“We just had to grind through the whole weekend,” Galajda said “It just shows the boys are ready to work and they’re ready to grind out wins ”

In the contest ’ s early going, it was evident the Red had played a grueling game the night before It came out firing in the third period though Junior forward Beau Starrett hit the crossbar 1:30 into the final frame just seconds after junior defenseman Alec McCrea had sent a one-timer toward the net

Cornell was rewarded for its hot start to the third when Fiegl buried his own rebound with 12:04 to play

The alternate captain worked for position in front of the net, got the puck from his classmate and co-alternate Trevor Yates and, after being stopped once by St Lawrence goaltender Arthur

Goaltenders dominate in Clarkson tie

POTSDAM, N Y Two of the nation’s best goaltenders stole the show Friday night in a matchup of the ECAC’s top two teams

In a potential preview of the conference championship, No 3/4 Cornell and No 7 Clarkson fought to a scoreless draw as freshman

Saturday night[’s loss against RPI] ” Syer took the helm behind the bench as head coach Mike Schafer ’86 was under the weather

“[Galajda] just prides himself on being a competitor That’s what he is, he’s done that his entire life.”

In addition to Schafer’s absence, the Red kept pace with the Golden Knights despite being without junior captain Mitch Vanderlaan, who is out for the remainder of the regular season with an injury

Matt Galajda made 34 saves for Cornell (19-3-2, 13-2-2 ECAC) and Jake Kielly made 32 for Clarkson (19-6-4, 11-3-3)

With Colgate’s loss to St Lawrence, the Red clinched a firstround bye in the ECAC playoffs

“[Galajda] just prides himself on being a competitor,” said associate head coach Ben Syer “That’s what he is, he’s done that his entire life, and so I think he wanted to get back in the nets pretty quick after

The acting head coach said he was pleased with the team ’ s effort after a slow first period Clarkson outshot the Red, 13-6 “I didn’t think that we moved our feet exceptionally well when he had open ice [in the first],” Syer said “We have some guys who can skate and we were maybe a little bit tentative and then I thought we started moving our feet a little bit more when we had open ice, which ultimately led us to get more oppor-

See ST LAWRENCE page 19 See CLARKSON page 18

Red Clinches 16th Ivy Straight Title

ing to an 8-1 victory with relative ease

The most impressive streak in Ivy League athletics history has been extended Cornell wrestling attained its 16th straight conference title, the longest run of consecutive titles by any of the Ancient Eight institutions in any sport The title comes following decisive dual-meet victories over Penn and Princeton on Saturday

The Red (11-2, 5-0 Ivy) dominated the Quakers in Philadelphia, 32-9, to guarantee Cornell a share of the Ivy title The team was aided in part by two forfeits and won six of the meet ’ s seven contested bouts

With a 22-0 lead halfway through the meet, the win was never in question

Undoubtedly the dual’s most anticipated match came at 197, when freshman No 3 Ben Darmstadt faced off against Penn’s No 9 Frank Mattiace Darmstadt earned a pair of takedowns in the first period and never looked back, cruis-

Cornell would clinch the conference crown outright just several hours later, after a 33-6 victory at Princeton for its 83rd consecutive conference victory

Standout freshmen Yianni Diakomihalis, Max Dean and Darmstadt continued their dominance for the Red in both matches, winning all five contested matches between them on the day and one by forfeit

The Ivy title comes off the heels of a 22-13 win over Drexel on Friday evening in Philadelphia Late bonus points, including a 1 minute, 22 second fall from Diakomihalis, helped lift the Red over the Dragons

Cornell has one more dual meet against North Carolina on Friday before turning its attention to the EIWA Championships on March 3 in Hempstead, New York The Red has won at that event in 11 straight seasons

Dylan

can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun com