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By MARYAM ZAFAR

By VICTORIA MOORE Sun Staff Writer

By MEREDITH LIU Sun Staff Writer

a ve o f p ro t e s t s s u r ro u n d i n g g u n c o n t ro l , t h e t we e t s a i d , “ C o r n e l l Un i ve r s i t y va l u e s c i v i c d i s c o u r s e a s e s s e n t i a l t o t h e a c a d e m i c m i s s i o n a n d p ro m o t e s p u b l i c e n g a g e m e n t a s c r i t i c a l t o i n s p i r i n g f u t u re l e a d e r s ” A f t e r t h e Fe b 1 4 s h o o t i n g , s t u d e n t s f r o m M a r j o r y St o n e m a n D o u g l a s H i g h S c h o o l h a ve b e e n a t t h e f o ref ro n t o f t h e n e w l y - re v i ve d g u n c o n t ro l m ove m e n t , m a rk e d by t h e h a s h t a g # Ne v e r A g a i n Hi g h s c h o o l s n a t i o n w i d e h a ve f o l l owe d s u i t , w i t h s t u d e n t s s t a g i n g c l a s s r o o m w a l k o u t s a n d a n a t i o n a l r a l l y p l a n n e d f o r Ma rc h 1 4 , a c c o rd i n g t o a n a r t i c l e i n Re u t e r s So m e h i g h s c h o o l s h a ve p re s s u re d s t u d e n t s n o t t o e n g a g e i n p ro t e s t s d u r i n g s c h o o l h o u r s “ Sh o u l d s t u d e n t s c h o o s e t o d o s o , t h e y w i l l b e s u sp e n d e d f ro m s c h o o l f o r 3 d a y s a n d f a c e a l l t h e c o n s eq u e n c e s t h a t c o m e a l o n g w i t h a n o u t - o f - s c h o o l s u s p e ns i o n , ” w ro t e Cu r t i s R h o d e s , s u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f t h e Ne e d v i l l e In d e p e n d e n t S c h o o l Di s t r i c t i n Te x a s , i n a n ow d e l e t e d Fa c e b o o k p

Religious Practice and Social Justice 10 a m , Anabel Taylor Hall

Economic Crises and the Evolution of Electoral Lefts in Latin America and Southern Europe 12:15 - 1:10 p m , 153 Uris Hall

The Memory Card Phenomenon in India: Vernacular Music and Download Cultures Beyond Internet 12:15 - 1:30 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Geography and Ecology of Diversification in Neotropical Freshwaters 12:20 p m , A106 Corson/Mudd Hall

Filling the Vacuum: Global Climate Prospects Following U S Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement 2:55 - 4:10 p m , 125 Riley-Robb Hall

On the Symbolic Uses of Osama bin Laden: Politics, Consumer Culture, and the Transnational Imagination 4:30 - 6 p m , 404 Morrill Hall

U S Government: Upper-Class Club 4:30 - 6 p m , HEC Auditorium, 132 Goldwin Smith Hall

Athletes and Activism With Etan Thomas 4:30 p m , Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Crossing the Mediterranean: Migration, Death, and Culture 4:30 p m , Guerlac Room, A D White House

Inhabited by Spiders and Ghosts: The Succession Crisis and Japanese Buddhism as Seen from a Sociology of Religion Perspective 4:30 - 6:30 p m , 374 Rockfeller Hall

Backyard Helps Students Develop Ideas

By PENELOPE CAMPOS and KEVIN LAM Sun Staff Writers

Backyard, a Cornell program that assists students with extracurricular projects, was launched at eHub on Feb 23

Tina He ’19 and Maya Frai ’20 founded Backyard to help other Cornell students jumpstart their projects and provide guidance along the way The six-week long program, which requires an application, helps students with side-projects by helping them organize and find resources to create a concrete plan

“ Think of it as a side-project incubator that helps people discover their passion, one that helps your personal a n d p ro

impact,” He said

Having taken on side projects on their own, He and Frai discussed how people often have interests outside of their curricular and extracurricular activities

“ We all have the internal passion that’s not being fulfilled by a lot of things including classes and clubs what I have been passionate about is education, and Backyard is now my side project,” He said

The first three weeks in the program are focused on idealizing, exploring and becoming educated on the idea that the student brings to the table

“Literally the best resources are all online and a lot of people just need a methodology to use those resources, ” He said

During the final three weeks of the program, students

develop their ideas into actionable tasks

Frai and He explained to the audience that their vision is to bring a positive social impact to the Cornell community and beyond They want to achieve this through the projects that come through Backyard

“ There are a lot of struggles we have the responsib

Backyard to address that,” He said

Backyard also puts emphasis on students being a part of a community, in addition to obtaining project experience and guidance

“ We are students, we are all in this together and you are more welcomed to share like a community,” He said “ We are not an incubator, we are here to make something happen, as small as helping someone to start a blog ”

Backyard, according to co-founder Frai, has space to grow beyond eHub Frai and He hope to see Backyard gain a greater presence online and expand well beyond Cornell’s campus to other universities

The program has received over 45 project idea submissions including app development, entertainment content creation and music licensing, according to Frai

“A lot of this is building up emotional support and emotional confidence,” Frai said “I feel like a lot of students with all these unimplemented ideas are unfulfilled even after joining clubs, and that’s part of the reason I started Backyard ”

Campos can be reached at pcampos@cornellsun com Kevin Lam can be reached at yl595@cornell edu

Design Collect to Help Improve Employee Safety in Seneca County

By JULIA CURLEY

Staff Writer

Collect has been selected to help imple-

County to improve the quality of life and safety for employees

The idea for a wellness trail was proposed after the county moved its public health department and its Office for the Aging to a property east of the county ’ s office building The wellness trail will connect the adjacent spaces

Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension selected the group to head the

initiative because of their successful working relationship

“Supporting healthy living is a key miss

Averell Bauder, CCE’s executive director of Seneca County “And having worked with Design Connect on three past projects, it seemed a good fit for their mission and skills ”

Over the course of Fall 2017, Design Connect conducted site visits and community input meetings and utilized the results of a wellness sur vey given to county employees As many local businesses are in the area, employee needs and desires motivated the design

Sara VandenBroek grad led the Design Connect project team and presented her trail plan to the county ’ s board of super visors on Feb 13

“One of the biggest employee concerns was safety,” VandenBroek told the Sun “ There wasn ’ t really a safe place for them to walk during their breaks, during lunch or even just to get from the one building to the other People would just have to walk on the street ”

Through input from likely trail users, VandenBroek designed an outdoor wellness area that includes a dog park, picnic area, meditation space, benches and other amenities along the proposed half-mile route

“As designers, we made use of the natural features in the space, including a few ver y nice ponds,” she said “ We staged the meditation area to give people a nice space to look at the water, enjoy the view and decompress ”

The trail will welcome staff and visitors to exercise, according to Design Connect’s project blog

“Having a trail like this provides a space for inpatients from some of the nearby nursing centers to be able to go outside and walk,” VandenBroek told The Sun “It will allow them to heal better We’re just tr ying to get people outside to enjoy the light and the trees, to calm

become healthier individuals ”

By KATHERINE HEANEY Sun Staff Writer

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gravel pathways include exercise stations, additional trees and a covered pavilion for musical perf o r m a n c e s , a c c o rd i n g t o VandenBroek’s final report A “Friends of the Wellness Trail” group will promote trail usage, manage the community’s garden plots, sponsor events and raise funds for amenities VandenBroek and her team presented an “ideal” budget of $340,579 and an “alternative” budget of $162,448 to county officials on Feb 13 The Greater R o

and M&T Bank both offered

should be completed in phases over the next two years

“We’re just trying to get people outside to enjoy the light and the trees, to calm down to become healthier individuals ”

Future plans could include an extension of the trail through the Waterloo and Seneca Falls communities, possibly connecting to the Cayuga-Seneca Canal Trail and the Empire State Trail For n o w,

Seneca County Board approval According to Bauder, CCE will push the project as a community priority

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New Technology Allows Robot to Co-Design With Human Designers

RoMA was built to understand human designers, to ease the designing process

“I’m excited for the robotic 3-D printer to become smarter The robot will be able to understand.”

Ro M A u s e s t h e s e t w o c o nc e

Former Psi U House Being Renovated into Student Center

According to Lisa Anderson, interim director of facilities for student and campus life, the renovation was set up in phases, each targeting different areas and facilities of the building The first phase is “primarily complete,” while the second will begin in early March

“ The scope of work of the initial phase was focused on renovation of the first floor common spaces, second floor bedrooms and bathrooms, exterior masonr y repairs, creation of an [Americans with Disability Act] accessible entrance to the house, and gener-

a l f i n i s h i m p r ov e m e n t s , ” Anderson said

She added that there is still some masonr y work unfinished due to weather conditions

The second phase, which is expected to be completed by Fall 2018, will address the third floor bedrooms and bathrooms It will also focus on floor, wall, ceiling

a n d l i g h t i n g i m p r ov e m e n t s , Anderson said

While the Psi Upsilon alumni board of governors is currently ov e r s e e i n g t h e re n ov a t i o n , Cornell Student and Campus Life is also “monitoring the cons t r u c t i o n w o rk c l o s e l y, ” Jo h n C

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media relations and News, told The Sun in an email

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n m a d e regarding the future occupants of the former fraternity house or the date of reopening

“Sometime before the house reopens, Cornell will begin a process to explore the future use of the location,” Carberr y said “ That effort that will include input from the campus community ” The decision to shut down the chapter and refurbish the building comes after an alleged hate c r i m e c o m m i t t e d b y a n Ps i Upsilon member in September

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Annihilation Is a New Sci-Fi Classic

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Staff Writer

Last September, a trailer popped up on YouTube that immediately captured my a

,

Annihilation had me hooked with its enigmatic teaser It seemed to ooze all kinds of clever science-fiction goodness The film is directed and written by Alex Garland, the mind behind Ex Machina, and the stor y comes from an acclaimed series of novels by Jeff VanderMeer As time went on, I b

Annihilation’ s release Needless to say, I had ver y high hopes

Annihilation opens with Lena, played by Natalie Portman, being held in a containment unit She is being interrogated about events that have recently occurred, and the rest of the movie happens through flashback Lena is an Army veteran working as a biology professor She's torn up over the recent disappearance of her husband Kane, played by Oscar Isaac, who was an active-duty ser vice member and had disappeared on deployment She knew nothing about where he’d gone or whether he was alive But one day he shows up in their home, disoriented and fragile She tries rushing him to the hospital, only for government agents to detain them both That’s when she ends up at Area X and encounters the phenomenon known as the Shimmer Nobody knows what it is or what it’s doing All they know is that anything that goes in never comes out except for Kane Upon learning that a squad of four scientists are planning on entering, Lena decides to sign on to the expedition

This group of five scientists forms the core of the movie, and it’s a strong core i n d e e d Na t a l i e Po r t m a n i s j o i n e d by

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodrigue z, Tuva Novotny and Tessa Thompson to form the expedition Bolstered by strong performances, all five manage to distinguish themselves over the course of the

movie, instead of being c u t - o u t s o f t h e

a m e c h a r a c t e r s Now, i n thrillers like these, main characters have a tendency to wander into danger

In An n i h i l a t i o n , o u r main characters don’t do that They act with intelligence and tact, but at the same time they’re not perfect robots They have h u m a n e m o t i o n s l i k e fear, and they each have their own way of coping with the extreme danger

T h e y e a c h h a v e t h e i r own personal str uggles that pushed them to taking this mission It’s easy to identify with them

The plot, to be brief, is incredibly fascinating It plays a precarious balancing act A lot of questions come up during the movie, and not all of them receive answers In fact, I’d say that not even most of them get answers Yet the film answers just enough to keep us hooked For example, w e n e v e r f i n d o u t e x a c t l y w h a t t h e

Sh i m m e r i s We d o , h owe ve r, g e t a n answer to what it does, as well as a rough idea of its origin I won ' t give away too much here, but the point is clear

disoriented at the same time that Lena is As for the actual imager y, it’s stunning

During her interrogation, Lena describes the Shimmer as both beautiful and nightmarish Sure enough, the film delivers some ver y awe-inspiring scenes that are elegant and lovely It also descends into horrific scenes that left my mind reeling long after wards

me like that

I have just two criticisms of the film

First, with the setup of Lena explaining the stor y through the interrogation, now and again it does feel like too much “telling” is h

doesn’t always fit There’ll be tense scenes w h e r e t h

BY RAMYA YANDAVA Sun Staff Writer

A f t e r m y m o r n i n g c l a s s t h e

We d n e s d a y b e f o r e Fe b r u a r y b r e a k , I headed straight for the Barnes Hall audi-

t o r i u m , w h e r e o n e o f t h e Mu s i c Depar tment ’ s weekly Midday Music performances was scheduled Midday Music, a concer t series that takes place around l u n c h t i m e ( 1 2 : 3 0 - 1 : 1 5 p m ) o n Wednesdays or Thursdays, offers a chance for students to take a break from their hectic schedules to sit down and enjoy some lovely classical music from students and faculty at Cornell This par ticular per formance was Baroque, with first-year graduate student Mor ton Wan, currently in the Ph D musicology program, per-

f o r m i n g B a c h o n h a r p s i c h o r d a n d Rameau on piano

Wan star ted with Bach’s third English Suite (BWV 808), which Bach composed

It’s easy to answer too little in a stor y and lose your audience’s attention It can come across as lazy That’s not what happ e n s i n An n i h i l a t i o n T h e f i l m g i v e s enough information to let the audience understand why the Shimmer is important and how it relates to the world and the characters It’s rough-hewn to the point where we can understand what we need to k n ow, a n d l e a

i e d

Having so much remain unknown makes

t h e S h i m m e r m o r e i n t i m i d a t i n g a n d haunting

I also have to bring up the visuals; they’re fantastic On an editing front, the film gets cut with skillful craftsmanship It simulates the feeling of the characters for the audience we are left confused and

Midday

That horror is one of the most impressive things I can praise here The Shimmer is unlike anything I’ve seen on film before As soon as our heroes enter, we immediately cut to days later It leaves us confused, just like Lena and the rest of the team are, unable to recall anything since they entered the tree line Right away, we ’ re pushed off kilter, and that’s before t h e y e n c o u n t e r t h e m u t a n t s P l a n t s become more and more radical in their design, the creatures become stranger The fur ther the team progresses, the more e x t r e m e t h e m u t a t i o n s b e c o m e Annihilation builds a powerful set-up, and then hits hard with disturbing imager y and the best psychological horror I’ve seen in years Even when Garland uses a single jump scare, he avoids the cliché of underscoring it with a stinger that sudden blast of music to tr y and scare you The night after I saw Annihilation I had trouble getting to sleep Ver y few movies impact

unknown and then a soft banjo plays a kind of folksy tune It seems to clash Of course, these are minor problems, and t

before, the imager y shows plenty, and the

moments, especially in the climax

If you ’ re in the mood for a heady sci-fi work or a scar y movie night, I’d ver y much recommend Annihilation It absolutely fulfilled my expectations, and it shows off something new, offering lots of intrigue and questions, while only sparingly providing answers It thrilled me, it delighted me, it terrified me Above all though, it left me thinking Should we consider the Shimmer a threatening cancer? An innocent life form tr ying to figure out its place? Is it even intelligent? These are questions that will keep me puzzling

David Gouldthorpe is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at dgouldthorpe@cornellsun com

Respite From Classes

around his Weimar period (1708-17) and is par t of his first major series of harpsichord works before the Well-Tempered Clavier This piece in par ticular demonstrates Bach’s exper t knowledge of dances, such as the Gigue and the Sarabande The harpsichord helps bring out the highlydecorated ornamentation of these pieces and the rich rhythms and textures that inter weave throughout it

While some may prefer the piano to the rather twangy tones of the harpsichord, Wan manages to bring out many of the hidden depths of this instr ument

T h i s c o m e s o u t

Allemande, the simple meter of which presents a stark contrast to the Prélude’s triple meter The simplicity and slower tempo of the Allemande was beautiful,

present in this movement I also especially liked the Gigue for its exciting sense of movement and ornate rhythmic patterns

n t h e n m ove d f ro m t h e h a r p s i -

c h o rd t o t h e p i a n o t o p l a y R a m e a u ’ s No u ve l l e s Su i t e s d e Pi e c e s d e C l a ve c i n

R a m e a u , l i k e Ba c h , b e c a m e a m a j o r c o m -

p o s e r f o r t h e h a r p s i c h o rd a n d t h e n f o r Fre n c h o p e r a , h i s m o s t re c o g n i z a b l e w o rk

p r o b a b l y b e i n g H i p p o l y t e e t A r i c i e He a r i n g t h e s e p e r f o r m e d o n t h e p i a n o

d re w a n i n t e re s t i n g p a r a l l e l w i t h Ba c h’s

h a r p s i c h o r d p i e c e s A n d w h i l e t h e y

s o u n d e d s o m e w h a t m o re m o d e r n , m a n y

o f t h e Ba ro q u e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s we re s t i l l

n o t i c e a b l y p re s e n t L i k e t h e Ba c h s u i t e ,

R a m e a u ’ s a l s o i n c l u d e s s e ve r a l o f t h e t w o -

p a r t d a n c e m ove m e n t s t y p i c a l o f t h e

Ba ro q u e p e r i o d While Bach’s suite may garner the n i c k n a m e “ En g l i s h , ” R a m e

character or genre pieces are distinctive to French instr umental music of the time and skillfully employ broken chords and highly ornamented melodic lines On the piano, an instr ument that, while perhaps not as characteristic of the era as the harp-

sichord, allows more control of volume and thus a greater dynamic range, Wan seemed to flourish Swaying and moving h

Rameau’s pieces, he appeared completely immersed in the music, a hidden world inhabiting the space of 300 years between per former and composer into which we as the audience were allowed a small peek

attendance, more people star ted to filter in throughout the per formance, and the per formance had a relaxed, casual atmosphere that suited the idea of “midday music” well Leaving Barnes, my mood was considerably lighter and, walking to class, the last strains of the piano still echoed in my head, even as I had to transpor t myself back to the harsh reality of the daily grind

Ramya Yandava is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at r y86@cornell edu

The Oscars Matter. They Suck, but They Matter.

Withthe Oscars approaching, I’ve committed myself to watch every Best Picture nominee I’ve already watched six I’ll happily make it through the next two on my list The Shape of Water and Phantom Thread and force myself through The Post No knock on Steven Spielberg and his cast I just tend to have a hard time getting into historical films

Many viewers seem to regard awards shows with something between amusement and derision, and with good reason The worst award show the Grammys is downright out-of-touch at this point

I spent a lot of winter break driving around and listening to sports talk radio One day, a broadcaster stated that he wouldn’t be watching the Oscars He loved Insidious 3, he reported, and it wasn ’ t up for any awards As such, the Oscars weren ’ t worth watching

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Other critics think that idea of award shows itself is strange Pitting works of art against each other doesn't make much sense

While I reveled in its spectacle, I also long felt that watching the Oscars was a pointless exercise Does “Best Picture” mean the best directed movie? (There’s a separate Oscar for that ) Does it refer to the movie with the best cinematography? (There’s an Oscar for that too ) I threw up my hands, decided that taste is subjective anyway and watched the show to feel in the loop

Recently, a post on forum site Quora changed my think-

ing A user asked if the 2017 Best Picture snafu hurt winner Moonlight or La La Land

more Commenter Jonathan Brill replied, pointing to the Oscars’ economic impact

“If I’m the producer of distributor of Moonlight, I’m calling up Pwc [sic] and the Academy and asking for a blowout ad budget to get back some of the roughly $50m in publicity it just lost,” Brill wrote

Many people could care less what awards a movie wins Others myself now included will go out and see a movie if its producers hoist a golden trophy That viewership, as Brill points out, can amount to a good chunk of change

There is another, more important reason

Oscars The show mirrors our cultural values, either reflecting or distorting them For some, nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri depicts the supposed redemption of a racist cop For others, the movie is a high-energy offering from a talented director and cast For still others, the answer lies somewhere in the middle

narrative of Moonlight’ s win Critics later noted that La La Land technically wasn ’ t the “ runner-up ” as far as we know given that the Academy doesn’t release voting numbers

Sam Rockwell could likely win an Oscar for his role as that police officer Jason Dickson Will he win because of his skillful portrayal of a difficult, detestable character? Or because Oscar voters want to think that everyone is worthy of redemption?

Last year ’ s Oscars presented a made-for-television faceoff A small-budget, intimate story of repressed love Moonlight faced off against a glitzy (and Oscar-baiting, if you ’ re cynical) ode to Hollywood La La Land At least, that was how many people viewed the Best Picture category Never mind that seven other movies were in the running

The mix-up only cemented the David versus Goliath

Still, the image of La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz holding up the winning card for Moonlight will be seared in movie fans’ minds for years to come It was a movie-worthy moment in its own right: “This is not a joke Moonlight has won Best Picture ” In the words of punk greats Jawbreaker, “it gets so easy to narrow these eyes ” But I encourage viewers to keep an open mind and watch the Oscars this year, and not just to hope that their favorite film wins Best Picture (I’m already salty that my personal favorite, Call Me by Your Name, has poor odds to win any awards ) In the end, each and every Oscar winner tells us something about our cultural and aesthetic values

Shay Collins is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences Morning Bowl of Surreal appears alternate Mondays this semester He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun com

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IWilliam Wang | Willpower

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always thought the greatest superpower anyone could wish for was the ability to speak the right words at the right time Its potential would be substantial Businessmen could use it to swing negotiations; socialites could use it attract the attention of others; politicians could use it to push their agenda across

And I? Well, I could use it to get me and my friends to calm down a bit At Cornell, first- and secondhand stress is always lurking And speaking the wrong word when someone is desperately seeking comfort is as damaging of a mistake as you can make Words matter, even if we toss them around too loosely at times

It’s partially why I decided to join Cornell Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service’s counseling program this

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difficult in a largely rural area wait times can be frustratingly long and I’ve heard professionals are often over worked It’s why I think passively leaving the care of the mental health of students to the administration isn’t such a good idea Whether out of misplaced well intentioned actions or large indifference, the administration hasn’t delivered the services fit for a population as large and diverse as Cornell’s Luckily, even as much of the resentment lingers from President Marth Pollack’s denial of the Sophie’s Fund pleas to create an independent task health force to review the mental health policies at Cornell, other student groups are mobilizing to fill in the empty patches left by CAPS

It’s perhaps now more important than ever for the EARS program to expand its current reach.

services It runs seven days a week, with counseling sessions held in the afternoon to the late night at its office in 213 Willard Straight Hall by student counselors

As a trainee, I learn the ins and outs of what makes an effective EARS counselor, and the steps I have to take to become one Admittedly, I’ve only been there for a few sessions, but there’s a common undercurrent running under each session We’re often asked to split into small groups, where we split even further into trios One becomes a counselor, the other the issuegiver, and the third the obser ver Some nights, I might be the counselor, listening in as a trainee vents; the other, I might be the one taking notes on the counselor and issue-giver, making marks for improvement for both It’s an odd thing to watch people spill their hearts out, but it’s familiar Whether you ’ re an EARS counselor or not, we ’ ve all been pseudo-counselors at some point

And as we come to practice it, listening is anything but a passive act We’re taught to make eye contact, because it establishes a basic level of empathy We come to understand that leaning in while listening shows engagement; leaning back shows apathy We’re given a list of words that l o o k s u s p i c i o u s l y l i k e S AT w o rd s , designed to capture a feeling that someone may be struggling to put together Slowly, over the course of a two semester training program, students become adept at listening, giving feedback, showing empathy and applying the EARS counseling model to various situations

There was also another reason I joined In light of recent events, it’s perhaps now more important than ever for the EARS program to expand its current reach As Cornell University has twisted and turned under a furious gale of criticism for its less than stellar mental health ser vices (with criticism ranging from month long wait t i m e s f o r C o u n s e l i n g a n d Ps yc h i a t r i c

Ser vices, to brutal takedown columns criticizing the larger indifference from the administration regarding the issue), the viability of a current system has been called into question

It’s not that I think Cornell’s quality of service is poor Even detractors who complain about the inefficiencies of the system admit that the ser vices are staffed by quality professionals who do a well-rounded, excellent job when given the chance But because of chronic understaffing in the services at a student assembly meeting last month, CAPS director Gregor y Ells made a good point that recruiting and retaining an appropriately sized staff was

There’s Cornell Minds Matter, which seeks to host events designed to reduce stress amongst students, while reducing the stigma of mental health on campus

(For example, for our first member meeting, each of us were given a bright green wristband labeled “Stamp out Stigma!”) It’s a large organization, but one still growing This semester, the club has sought to expand even more to raise awareness of mental health on campus

There’s also the Cornell mental health task force, which is a brand new student group designed to independently (and e m p i r i c a l l y ) re v i e w C o r n e l l’s m e n t a l health program and policies through evidence collection, and then make recommendations to the administration based on its findings It’s an incredibly intriguing idea, with ambitious plans and promising potential, even if it’s too soon to tell if it’ll work out

A big part of this will also have to come from EARS The program is moderately sized now; there are perhaps 50 counselors currently, but as the University attempts to find a feasible but satisfactor y solution to its mental health problems, more students will come to rely on EARS as they become frustrated with wait times EARS should not be a direct substitute to CAPS the professionals have received more training, and can handle more severe cases beyond the scope of EARS Rather, it should be a complement

In the future, it’s almost certain we’ll see more changes regarding the state of mental health services at Cornell But waiting for the administration to right the ship while other students plod along isn’t something the campus can afford any longer

I encourage students who are interested in making a positive impact on this issues to join clubs with the mission of combating mental health and anxiety issues Even if these student programs don’t quite have the capabilities and qualifications of the CAPS program, a student community that is more proactive on this front through petitioning and advising the student administration to student counseling groups is one that can help makes the voices of students heard Together, both administration and students can deliver the kind of support for mental health that has been lacking for these past few years At the very least, it’s an idea worth hearing out

William Wang is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and

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d e l i g h t f u l l y o r i g i n a l c o m e d y a b o u t a patient of a psychiatrist who believes he’s the psychiatrist The rest of them are nearly as good, albeit a deal more serious “ The Silent Child” tells the stor y of a deaf girl whose parents fail to get her the help she needs, while “ Watu Wote” addresses C h r i s t i a n - Mu s l i m c o n f l i c t s i n A f r i c a

These serious films are so unabashedly serious that they almost come across as narrative-based public ser vice announcements; each credit sequence is peppered with statistics, authentic footage and calls to action I remain somewhat troubled by these nobly-intentioned solicitations

I can ’ t shake the feeling that the rich folks are laughing all the way to the bank

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e s p o n s i b l e , b u t t h a t t h e y a l s o t h r e a t e n e d A m e r i c a n e c o n o m i c s e c u r i t y T h u s , d e s p i t e h i s p ro m i s e n o t t o r a i s e t a xe s , Bu s h p u s h e d f o rw a rd a n d d i d w h a t w a s n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e g o o d o f t h e c o u n t r y T h o u g h h e p a i d a n e n o r m o u s l y h i g h p r i c e f o r t h e d e c is i o n – – t h e C l i n t o n c a m p a i g n ro u t i n e l y ro a s t e d t h e p re s i d e n t f o r h i s t a x p o l i c y – – Bu s h m a d e t h e r i g h t c h o i c e f o r t h e c o u n t r y On e o f t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t l a s t i n g e f f e c t s o f t h e Bu s h ye a r s i s t h e p re s i d e n t ’ s m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e c o l l a p s e o f t h e Sov i e t Un i o n In t h e w a k e o f t h e d e c l i n e o f a g re a t p owe r, i t i s o f t e n t h e c a s e t h a t t h e n a t i o n w i l l l a s h o u t v i o l e n t l y i n a l a s t a t t e m p t t o re g a i n a f o o t h o l d Bu s h a n d h i s f o re i g n p o l i c y t e a m we re k e e n l y a w a re o f t h i s f a c t , a n d we re d e t e r m i n e d t o s e e t h a t t h e Sov i e t Un i o n we n t o u t “ w i t h a w h i m p e r a n d n o t a b a n g ” Un d e r Bu s h’s l e a d e r s h i p, t h e U S a n d i t s N ATO a l l i e s c a re f u l l y w o rk e d t o m a n a g e t h e c o l l a p s e o f t h e Be r l i n Wa l l , t h e b re a k - u p o f t h e Wa r s a w Pa c t , a n d t h e u l t i m a t e d i s s o l u t i o n o f t h e U S S R Bu s h w a s n o t d a n ci n g o n t o p o f t h e r u b b l e o f t h e Be r l i n Wa l l a t i t s d e c o ns t r u c t i o n , a n d h e w a s n o t l a u d i n g h i s g re a t n e s s i n t h e w a k e o f t h e Sov i e t s ’ d e m i s e Bu s h u n d e r s t o o d t h a t a c a re f u l a n d p e a c e f u l t r a n s i t i o n o f p owe r w a s m o re i m p o r t a n t t h a t s a t i s f y i n g h i s e g o ( i t i s d i s a p p o i n t i n g t o n o t e t h a t o u r c u r re n t p re s i d e n t w o u l d l i k e l y n o t h a ve f o l l owe d t h e s a m e p o l i c y ) T h e l a s t t r i u m p h o f t h e Bu s h ye a r s t h a t I w i l l m e nt i o n h e re i s t h e s u c

Panther is just what it is A Mar vel superhero movie and a purely capitalist venture all that money is going into the p o c k

re *cough* predominantly white men ” It’s the same thing with fair trade coffee; we ’ re told that the beans are grown by a single small farm in Colombia, so we pay a little more for our mocha java It’s the commodification of morality, or more precisely, the commodification of anti-capitalism

Now representation is more complicated than coffee because it involves subjectivity The fair-trade phenomenon, as a p r i m a r i l y e c o n o m i c m e a s u

numerically analyzed and straightfor wardly declared to be bogus It lines the pockets of big business, and it does ver y little to help small farmers If you’ll forgive my capitalist phraseology, it simply isn’t worth it How do you measure the impact of Black Panther on the psyches and ambitions of black children? Is it dehumanizing to even tr y? These are questions I don’t know the answer to And at any rate, I’m not the right person to comment on the value of Black Panther because I’m not

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black and I don’t fully understand the black experience But someone has to look into it

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c o n s i d e r t h e m t o b e c r u d e i m p e r s o na t i o n s t h a t t u r n w o m e n i n t o t h e b u t t o f a j o k e T h e s e d i s a g r e e m e n t s o f t e n d e vo l ve i n t o a p h e n o m e n o n d e r i s i ve l y k n ow n a s t h e “ o p p re s s i o n Ol y m p i c s , ”

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p o l i t i c a l f a c t i o n n e e d t o s t o p t r y i n g t o m a k e e ve r y b o d y h a p p y Either drag queens do more harm than good, or they don’t Either a superhero movie is worth cementing our dependence on the capitalists,

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Icers Avenge Earlier Season Loss

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“[Haiskanen] has been working so hard,” Smith said “He’s so good at cutting to the net, we knew one was going to come eventually ” When all was said and done, the Red’s victory put a five-point cushion between itself and second-place Union with just one game to play, securing the team ’ s place in first and the 2018 Cleary Cup

As winners of the regular-season title, the Red earned the No 1 overall seed in the ECAC playoffs, having already earned itself a first-round bye

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“[Union] looked like a team that got their ass chewed out last night for half an hour,” Schafer said “I knew that they were obviously unhappy with how they played [against Colgate] ”

Halfway through the final period of play, Union’s Brett Supinski trickled the winning shot behind senior goalie Hayden Stewart on his glove side to hand the Red its fourth loss on the season Stewart made his first appearance since Jan 5

“I thought I’d give [Stewart] an opportunity,” Schafer said “As a senior I wanted to give Hayden at least one start here in the second half ”

Cornell were too much, and the Dutchmen came out on top

“[ We had] no attention to detail throughout the course of the night, which was disappointing,” Schafer said

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Stewart learned last night that he would play in place of freshman standout Matt Galajda, whose tremendous rookie season so far has him among the nation’s best goaltenders

“Obviously a frustrating game, ” Stewart said “I would have liked to make a couple more saves for us ”

The Dutchmen got off to a hot start, rifling 13 shots at Stewart in the game ’ s first 12 minutes The Red was able to put the puck on net just once in that time span, and it looked as though Union was taking command of the game

But the Red held steady, with Stewart standing strong between the pipes Eventually, Cornell struck first courtesy of sophomore defenseman Yanni Kaldis, who buried a floating rebound past Union netminder Jake Kupsky

“I thought [Union] came out in the first part of the game [with] a little more intensity than us, ” Stewart said “After that, I thought we picked it up ” The momentum continued to tilt back and forth thereafter, but in the end, the four goals conceded by

The Red’s achilles heel on Saturday was the penalty kill, which was unsuccessful in preventing a Union score in all three chances In Cornell’s last 46 penalty kill chances, it has given up just seven goals, but five tallies to Union alone, including two from the teams ’ previous matchup Feb 2 at Lynah Rink

“On the first [penalty kill] we didn’t pick our sticks up around the net, ” Schafer said “Second one we didn’t squash down low and [Union’s Cole Maier] made a great play from behind the net, and on the third one our goaltender has to make the save ”

The game presented a potential preview of a matchup that could be seen deep into the ECAC playoffs If the two teams meet again, it will be on neutral olympic ice at Lake Placid in the conference championship game

“There’s a lot of hockey to be played,” Schafer said “We look forward to whoever we play ”

The top-seeded Red has this weekend off before a quarterfinal playoff series at Lynah in two weeks against the lowest remaining seed after this coming weekend’s first round

Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun com

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com

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digit scorer for Cornell with 10

“We’re turning a corner where all the guys are producing, not just Matt and Stone,” Earl said “Tonight [the team] did everything offensively and defensively as well ”

Following Columbia’s conference loss against Yale, Cornell is now tied with the Lions for fourth place in the Ivy standings The Red will look for a sweep next weekend on the road against Harvard and Dartmouth as each game becomes a must-win for Ivy tournament

qualification

“Being on the other side of things, I’m starting to realize how important this tournament is,” Earl said, referring to his former tenure at Princeton “It keeps guys motivated and all we can do right now is practice and play hard ” Cornell tips off on the road against Har vard next Friday, March 2 at 7 p m and against Dartmouth on Saturday, March 3 at 7 p m

Joshua Zhu can be reached at jzhu@cornellsun com

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Icers Win First Cleary Cup Since 2005

Red earns top playoff seed with RPI victory

By DYLAN MCDEVITT Sun Staff Writer

TROY, N Y In the final weekend of a season already marked by the dusting off of decades-old achievements, Cornell men ’ s hockey clinched the Cleary Cup on Friday as the ECAC’s regular season champions for the first time since 2005

The Red (23-3-2, 17-2-2 ECAC) secured its title with a 4-2 victory over Rensselaer (5-24-4, 4-15-2) at Houston Field House in Troy, where it was able to exact revenge on the team that knocked it off the top of the national rankings on Feb 3

“I think [the Feb 3 loss] left a bad taste in our mouth,” said associate head coach Ben Syer “We certainly wanted to play a little harder here tonight ”

After an even first period that saw the Red look sloppy at times, Cornell took control in the second and third, imposing its will on the second-to-last-place RPI

“I thought we were probably a little slow out of the gate here tonight,” Syer said “We got things going a little bit in the second period and continued that into the third ”

Syer had to take the helm behind the bench early in the third period after head coach Mike Schafer ’86 took a stick to the head and was helped off the bench According to Syer, Schafer will not miss any more time

“He’s all good now, ” Syer said “He’s a tough cat ”

Junior defenseman Brendan Smith was injured in the previous matchup against the Engineers, but returned for Friday’s matchup In seemly fashion, Smith was the first to light the lamp, notching one past RPI netminder Linden Marshall a minute and a half into the second period

“I felt that [the time off ] was kind of a break for my body, to look at it from a positive standpoint,” Smith said “The first couple of shifts took me a little to get back into it, but it’s really easy to get back into it

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like [junior] Alec McCrea ” McCrea, Smith’s classmate and linemate, also returned tonight after being injured in last Friday’s matchup against Brown and missing the following day’s game against Yale The pair of Smith and McCrea is one of the Red’s best on the blue line, and the injury-depleted defensive corps therefore received some much-needed relief Friday

“It’s nice to have those two guys back, they log a lot of minutes, ” Syer said “They play well together By the second they really started moving pucks together well ”

Eighteen game seconds after Smith’s tally, RPI’s Jacob Hayhurst tied it up on what seemed to be a defensive lapse for Cornell

push back I mean, Hayhurst is a dynamite player for them ” After the Hayhurst goal, Cornell scored three unanswered to all but ice the game One of those tallies came from freshman forward Morgan Barron whose only point in the last 12 games was an assist on Feb 2 against Union Barron had previously earned 12 points in the team ’ s first 15 contests, including a point in seven straight to start his Cornell career

Cornell falls short in regular season finale against Union

By DYLAN MCDEVITT and JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer and Sun Assistant Sports Editor

SCHENECTADY, N Y A night after one of the program ’ s biggest moments in 13 years, Cornell men ’ s hockey ended a successful and exciting 201718 regular season with a tough 4-3 loss to Union

“We looked like a team that clinched first place last night,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 of his team ’ s effort “I felt it all day, that we had clinched first place, couldn’t go up and couldn’t go down ” As the Red was busy clinching the Cleary Cup with a 4-2 victory over RPI in Troy Friday, Union (21-13-2, 16-5-1) skated to a lackluster 1-1 tie against CORNELL @ RPI

“We had a couple of missed assignments, ” Syer said “We knew they’d

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“I think [inconsistency] is part of every season, ” Barron said “I’ve been just trying to play my same hockey and stick to the process [Tonight] I got lucky and one squeezed through the five-hole ” Barron would later add another point, assisting on freshman defense-

Despite a one-goal margin, the Red (23-4-2, 17-32 ECAC) was unable to match its opponent ’ s power from start to finish, mustering only 24 shots on goal to Union’s 36

Ivy Tournament Hopes Kept Alive With Brown Win

y JOSHUA ZHU un Assistant Sports Editor

In a complete turn from the previous day’s heartbreaker against Yale, the Cornell men ’ s basketball team had a perfect lategame execution to secure a crucial 73-68 Saturday night win over Brown

The Red (11-14, 5-7 Ivy) gained control of the lead midway through the second half and fought off several runs by Brown (11-14, 4-8) to hold onto the win Free throws proved tical once again, as Cornell

was able to sink clutch free throws in crunch time while the Bears struggled to convert from the line

“Down the stretch, we managed to stand our ground much better than against Yale,” said head coach Brian Earl “We were also able to pack it in against the team and didn’t turn the ball over as many times down the stretch ”

Cornell’s win came in unexpected fashion as several players on both ends of the court found themselves in foul trouble early on Junior for ward Stone Gettings, as well as Brown’s star guards Desmond Cambridge and Zach Hunsaker all saw their ways to the bench midway through the

first half With a lack of offense on both sides of the floor, the match quickly turned into a gritty defensive showcase

“One of the keys going into this game after Yale [was defense],” said junior guard Matt Morgan “Even with both me and Stone on the bench I think the focus on defense was amazing ” Running a full court press on nearly every inbounds play, the Red was certainly rewarded for its defensive pressure on the statbooks The squad held Brown to 34 percent shooting from the field, and just 20 percent from downtown Junior guard Steven Julian had another solid all-

around game to lead the Red’s defensive effort, finishing the night with eight points, seven rebounds, four blocks and three steals

“We always know we have to focus on defense, [especially] when we know we can score on any team, ” Julian said “Tonight, it was all about getting stops ” On the offensive end, Morgan once again led the Red with 17 points and eight rebounds Gettings put in solid work in the second half to finish with 12 points and freshman Terrence McBride was the third double

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