8-23-18 entire issue hi res

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

East Ave. Construction Nears Completion

Project aims to improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians

By MIGUEL SOTO Sun Staff Writer

The last of the construction on East Avenue between Tower Road and Campus Road that began on April 2 is scheduled to be completed on Monday.

The final touches include installing road pavement, placing raised road crosswalks, applying road striping, adding two bus shelters and “landscaping touch up as needed,” said Alex Chevallard, the project manager overseeing the rehabilitation.

Chevallard told The Sun the project was undertaken to “improve safety, visibility and accessibility for pedestrians.” Aside from addressing safety concerns, the project also sought to address utilities that “required immediate replacement or modification.”

There have been incidents in the past of pedestrians being struck by vehicles on East Avenue.

Most recently, The Sun previously reported that a college-aged woman was struck on the crosswalk in front of

the Statler Hotel by a white Honda CR-V last August. She was taken to Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania, for treatment.

Other pedestrian accidents occurred in 2011 and 2009 in incidents related to alleged failure of drivers to yield the right of way.

Chevallard detailed many of the changes made to East Avenue over the summer. At the intersection of Campus Road and East Avenue, an “improved” turning radius for ease of turning and new traffic signals have been installed. The right-hand turn lane was removed to allow for a bus pull-off.

A new traffic control system has been added which “will be monitored and adjusted to provide for safe and efficient movement of people and vehicles,” the website of the University’s Special Conditions Information said.

Among the new installments is a new bus pull-off across Statler Hall, which includes a bus shelter with new lighting

See CONSTRUCTION page 4

Student Aims to Diversify Design Community With Creative Agency

By AMINA KILPATRICK

Sun Staff Writer

Mpamaugo ’20,

Through the creative agency,

Taking initiative | Mpamaugo said she wanted to document the black community because “Cornell doesn’t do it for us.”

Mpamaugo will deliver creative services to her clients in the form of video production, photography and graphic design work as well as promotional material and marketing campaigns.

Emmy-Winning Activist to Discuss Environment at C.U.

By SAMANTHA STERN Sun Staff Writer

Josh Fox, an Oscar nominee and Emmy Awardwinning filmmaker, will bring his discussion of environmental issues to Bailey Hall Friday night with a solo monologue, The Truth Has Changed

The performance, hosted by the Cornell Environmental Collaborative and Climate Justice Cornell, will cover important environmental and political issues ranging from Sept. 11, 2001, to Hurricane Sandy, to Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign in 2016.

Fox is best known for his 2010 film Gasland, which received an Academy Award nomination in Best Documentary Feature. The movie “made fracking a household word,” according to the Facebook event page for Friday’s event, and launched a worldwide anti-fracking movement.

Fox now travels around the country to meet with people and voice his concerns about critical environmental issues such as water quality, climate change and political engagement, according to the CEC in

eHub Restricts Access to Non-Members

New rules limit membership only to students currently participating in projects

By KEVIN LAM Sun Staff Writer

ing or checking of students’ ID cards even after 6 p.m. as they “trust” the students but added that non-members will not be able re-enter eHub upon leaving during member-only hours.

“I was creating a space for myself where there wasn’t a space for myself because I didn’t fit in anywhere,” she told

After interning at a design studio in Bangkok, Thailand

Starting this fall, eHub will allow only its members to enter its Collegetown and Kennedy Hall locations in the evening and on weekends, in an effort to avoid overcrowding.

Peter Cortle, eHub Director, said any Cornell student is welcome to use the eHub spaces from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday. However, access will be limited to eHub members after 6 p.m. on weekdays and all day on the weekends, he said.

According to Cortle, eHub is also making changes to its membership policy, restricting membership to those who can provide information about a current entrepreneurial project.

“Largely [the policy] is going to affect students utilizing the Collegetown space.”

Peter Cortle

Cortle said that there will be no polic-

Previously, information about entrepreneurial activities was only required if members wanted to reserve eHub conference spaces. Under the new policy, all who want to join eHub will be required complete the “Venture/Project URL” field in the application, Cortle said. He also added that current eHub membership holders who did not share their entrepreneurial activities before will be asked to

See EHUB page 5

Thursday, August 23, 2018

A LISTING OF FREE CAMPUS EVENTS

Today

Luce Scholarship Information Session Noon, 103 Barnes Hall

Energy Engineering Seminar: David Hammer

12:20 - 1:10 p.m., 203 Phillips Hall

Neurobiology and Behavior Seminar

12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Morrison Room, 215 Tower Rd.

Arts & Sciences Cookies & Careers

1 - 4 p.m., 172 Goldwin Smith Hall

Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series 4 p.m., B11 Kimball Hall

Dyson Students of Color Coalition Launch Party 4:30 p.m., 401 Warren Hall

Infinity and beyond | Morgan Gendel, author of Star Trek: The Next Generation discusses inspiration for the show.

C.U. Jazz Auditions: Rhythm Section 4:40 p.m., B21 Lincoln Hall

Sorority & Fraternity EMG & Risk Management Training 6 - 7:30 p.m., G64 Goldwin Smith Hall

Tomorrow

Ezra’s Roundtable 12:15 p.m., 253 Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall

Department of Psychology Collouim Series 12:20 p.m., 202 Uris Hall

Finding Your Way: Maps 101

2 p.m., Olin Library, Lower Level

Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquim 3:30 p.m., 655 Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall

Graduate Student and Postdoc Seminar 3:30 p.m., 622 Space Sceinces Building

New Graduate Student Mix and Mingle 3:30 p.m., Big Red Barn

Bienvenidos BBQ 6 p.m., Anna Comstock Hall (Latino Living Center)

The Inner Light - Star Trek: The Next Generation 7 p.m., G01 Uris Hall

The Truth Has Changed by Josh Fox 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall

Cornell Student Arrested During Romania Protest

By VALE LEWIS Sun Staff Writer

Cornell student Radu Pârvulescu was beaten and arrested following his participation in a peaceful protest in Bucharest against corruption in the Romanian government on Aug. 10. Pârvulescu, a Ph.D. candidate in the sociology department who is currently doing research in Romania on the evolution of Romanian parliament, reported in a letter he sent to the Canadian Consulate that he was “handcuffed, kicked, insulted, and had [his] head stepped on by a big military boot” when he was taken by police after “calmly staying [his] ground” at the protest.

Though there have been consistent protests in Romania since early 2017, Pârvulescu explained that this specific protest was led by Romanians of the diaspora, people like him who have left Romania to work or study abroad.

“We were called to come back and protest the systemic corruption and mismanagement which has made us leave in the first place,” Pârvulescu told The Sun.

He explained that several Romanian party chiefs have been accused of corruption, nepotism and election fraud. However, in February 2017, the Romanian government passed an emergency decree which “would have changed the criminal code so that a bunch of bribery and influence peddling offenses would no longer be offenses,” he said.

This decree — now repealed and under parliamentary consideration following protests — would have liberated these head party chiefs and allowed them to continue to influence democratic institutions by taking huge bribes, according to Pârvulescu.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis condemned the manner in which riot police handled the protest and called their actions “brutal,” according to The Washington Post.

Pârvulescu also said that protesting “wasn’t new to him” as he has been involved in protests where police showed force before, as a student at McGill University during the 2012 student protests against tuition hikes in Montreal.

Since being beaten and arrested by police, Pârvulescu said he, along with at least 360 others, has filed common suit against the police

See ROMANIA page 4

Non-Proft Organization Helps Students

Build Startups Trough Summer Incubator

Students attend workshops and receive funding for their projects

By AMANDA CRONIN Sun Staff Writer

This summer, the annual Summer Incubator Program and pitch summit of the Life Changing Labs at Cornell elevated eight student startup companies to the next level through industry professional-led workshops, lectures, mentorships and seed funding.

LCL is a non-profit organization that offers several initiatives and mentorships to “support Cornell’s top entrepreneurially minded minded students,” according to their website.

According to Auston Li grad, president of LCL, the lab’s summer incubator aims to guide students through the adjustment period of their products and company directions during the summer.

“Our goal ... is to allow student founders to leverage the invaluable resources we provide them, and allow them to grow and develop as companies,” Li said.

At the outset of the program, each of the selected companies — such as Response, UniVRsity, and Suna Breakfast — receive up to $3,000 in funding to buoy their pursuits.

work to incorporate the knowledge they gained during the summer — such as key performance indicators, customer discovery and branding — into day-to-day operations while also learning from each other.

“[The founders] love to get up early and start working away,” Li told The Sun. “The companies will interact with each other, helping each other out.”

tionship development.

“They helped us with our product design strategy and how to position ourselves.”

Pedro Bobrow ’20

Keivan Shahida ’20, one of the participating founders in the summer incubator, created Response with hopes to increase transparency and efficiency in charity operations.

“Our goal ... is to allow student founders to leverage the invaluable resources we provide them.”

Auston Li grad

Over the course of the eight-week program, founders of these startups

“Currently, when a charity wants to purchase supplies they don’t have on hand, they have to rely on a paper and email-based system that slows down the entire response process,” Shahida said. “Our objective at Response is to help charities operate more efficiently, so that aid can be delivered faster.”

After winning LCL’s summer pitch competition, the Response team plans on using the $1,000 prize money towards continuing customer rela -

Team of Graduate Students Wins Fifth Place in Dairy Products Competition

By MATTHEW McGOWEN Sun Senior Editor

A team of three Cornell graduate students won fifth place and $1,000 at the 2018 Idaho Milk Processors Association Conference Dairy Products Innovation Competition on Aug. 11 in Sun Valley, Idaho, with a self-developed savory pancake and dipping sauce snack.

The competition compared and judged new dairy-based

products developed by teams from colleges across the country. Among the products presented were spreadable dairy jam substitutes, carbonated ice creams and savory snacks. Many made use of dairy byproducts usually thought of as waste.

The team from Brigham Young University won the competition and a $10,000 prize with Sparkling Scoops, a hardpack ice cream sold in single-serve, pull-top cans. Second place was awarded to Utah State

University for a high-protein ice cream made with the byproduct whey phospholipid protein concentrate.

The Cornell team’s snack, called Whey2Go, is made of Yogurt Acid Whey, a byproduct of the dairy industry that has drawn interest from scientists in recent years as an untapped resource for anything from food to fuel, according to DairyReporter.

See DAIRY page 5

Pedro Bobrow ’20 and Christophe Gerlach ’20 got their startup idea from their growling stomachs. Having observed student athletes’ dissatisfaction with their rushed protein bar breakfasts, Bobrow and Gerlach cooked up Suna Breakfast, a food delivery service where breakfast can be ordered the night before and delivered to customers’ doors the next morning before class. Bobrow said that with the help of the LCL program, Suna was able to expand its reach to a wider Cornell campus and to advance its practices in time for their forthcoming launch.

“They helped us with our product design strategy and how to position ourselves. They also helped us with [customer relationship management], logistics, building the technology, and establishing the business as a legal entity,” Bobrow told The Sun in an email.

Upcoming events hosted by LCL include the Cornell Entrepreneurship Kickoff on Aug. 29 and a Meet & Greet and Q&A panel with the student founders from the LCL 2018 Summer Cohort on Sept. 10.

Amanda Cronin can be reached at acronin@cornellsun.com.

East Avenue to Reopen Monday Following 4-Month Construction

CONSTRUCTION

Continued from page 1

and “NextBus technology” — which displays continuously-updated arrival information on a monitor — and ramps that adhere to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The crosswalks have been raised in two locations to aid drivers in pedestrian visibility and increase accessibility. The raised crosswalks also help lower driver speeds to decrease the risk of collisions.

Work was also undertaken to improve areas surrounding the roadway itself. Sidewalks were widened on both sides of the streets from six feet to eight feet to help the flow of pedestrians, and trees were replaced with “improved soils for tree growth.”

Other changes include better lighting for pedestrians on both sides of the street that match other gothic lighting fixtures on campus and other infrastructure improvements.

East Avenue and crosswalks from Tower Road to Campus Road were opened partially from Aug. 17-19 to facilitate the flow of traffic during fall opening.

According to the website of Cornell University’s Special Conditions Information, “the roadway, crosswalks, bus pull offs, and bus shelters will re-open on Monday, August 27.”

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit buses whose original routes include East Avenue will still use the detours for routes through August, according to the TCAT website.

Miguel Soto can be reached at msoto@cornellsun.com.

Filmmaker Josh Fox to Deliever Monologue at C.U.

FOX

Continued from page 1

an email to The Sun.

The five-act performance will be filmed on Friday night for Fox’s upcoming feature film for HBO, which is set to be released in 2019.

After local activists protested alongside Fox against the storage of gas under Seneca Lake — which they argued jeopardized the character of the scenic lake as well as posed a risk in case of a gas leak — they contacted student organizations from the University to bring his solo performance to Ithaca. The performance garnered the support of 37 co-sponsors from Cornell and the local community.

“Climate and environmental justice are issues that impact everyone worldwide — and we believe this event will offer students, staff, faculty and our local community with an opportunity to connect and discuss these issues in a new way,” the CEC told The Sun.

One of the co-sponsors, The F Word — a student organization that works to end sexism and discrimination, according to their Facebook Page — hopes to bring awareness to the Cornell community.

“The F Word’s e-board chose to sponsor this event because

we think environmental and climate justice is just as important as political justice and social justice,” F Word president Shannan Moore ’19 said in an email. “People need to be more aware of the world and the harms (and benefits) we bring to the world that we are living in.”

The CEC hopes that this performance will encourage the Cornell community to become more active on important environmental and political issues.

“We hope the audience will leave hopeful and inspired to take action on these important issues,” the CEC said. “The ‘third act’ of the performance will cover ways that people can get involved right here on campus and within the local community.”

In addition to the performance, tables will be set up in the lobby of Bailey Hall to help and encourage people to register to vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

The CEC expects a full house on Friday night. Free student tickets became available beginning on Wednesday at the Willard Straight Hall ticket desk. While community tickets have already sold out, remaining student tickets will be made available to the public on Thursday.

Samantha Stern can be reached at sstern@cornellsun.com.

Student Arrested for Protesting in Romania Has No Regret

ROMANIA

Continued from page 3

force for alleged human rights violations against their rights to association and peaceful assembly.

When he returns to Cornell in late September, Pârvulescu hopes to “continue keeping these things public and visible” and fighting against the centralization of power and resources.

He also sees parallels between the “corruption” in Romania and corruption in the United States, “in terms of police brutality, and more fundamentally in

terms of people with money and oligarchs trying to get more and more power … and the various ways in which corruption is legalized,” he said.

“My experience in Romania made me more convinced that it was good that I came to protest. I would do it again in a heartbeat.”

Pârvulescu said he wants Cornell students who protest corruption to understand that they are part of a “big global movement.” He also hopes that Americans who do not face repression of peaceful protests like Romanians do can

realize “how good they have it and they have to really fight to keep it because it can go away any second.”

Radu Pârvulescu grad

“My experience in Romania made me more convinced that it was good that I came to protest. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I have no regrets about it,” he said.

Vale Lewis can be reached at vlewis@cornellsun.com.

Student Uses Creative Skills to Build Her Own Agency

this summer, Mpamaugo received the final push she needed to take the leap and start her own company in July, something she has always wanted to do.

“The biggest struggle has been ignorance. My parents didn’t teach me to be business savvy; they aren’t businesspeople. I am not a business major or minor,” Mpamaugo said. “I am still learning and making mistakes.”

Mpamaugo first narrowed in on digital art after taking a class her freshman year at Cornell with former visiting faculty Prof. Stephanie Owens, art and digital media. While Mpamaugo always had a passion for art, most of her free time in high school was spent playing sports.

“I came from playing basketball at a top five high school,” she said. “That’s where all my time went in high school, so I didn’t have the time I needed to explore and figure out exactly what I wanted to do until I got to Cornell.”

The art class with Owens inspired Kelechi to explore digital art and to practice industry standard skills in programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Mpamaugo estimated that she has invested 4,000 hours worth of design work into perfecting her craft.

Mpamaugo began her on-campus business by chance however, after shooting photos and videos at an Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity party in November 2016. She was already taking videos and pictures of the night when she learned that it was the birthday of one of the members, Nicolas Earley ’17, an upperclassmen whom she respected.

“I started making a birthday reel for him: taking videos of

the party, pictures of the party, pictures of the Alphas [and] taking videos of people giving shoutouts to him,” she said. “I made the video and he loved it.”

After the birthday video’s positive response, Alpha Phi Alpha hired Mpamaugo for a Christmas photoshoot that year. Soon, other sororities and fraternities took note of her talent and began requesting her services. In 2017, she documented the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and the Omega Psi Phi fraternity probates, events that introduce new members.

Mpamaugo has since done photoshoot campaigns, been a staple at events within the black community and showcased her work on her personal website, kelechimp.com.

After going for a semester abroad however, she noticed a dearth of creative people documenting the black community back on campus.

“When I was gone last semester I recognized there was no one really doing or carrying on the work I was doing [before],” she said. “Documenting the black community, taking pictures, creating fliers, creating videos, capturing our experience because no one is going to do it for us. Cornell doesn’t do it for us.”

While she notes there are emerging creatives within the black community at Cornell, she hopes to inspire and recruit more through her creative agency. Mpamaugo told The Sun that she is curating a group of creative people for her agency to begin work in the next two semesters.

As a first-generation Nigerian-American, Mpamaugo has also felt the pressure from her parents and society to choose a career in the more “traditional three” career paths of law, medicine and engineering. She told The Sun that she often hears questions about what she will do with a fine

arts degree.

However, Cornell allowed Mpamaugo to explore the possibility of a creative career and realize that it was feasible for her. She turned down top art and design schools like Rhode Island School of Design and Pratt Institute because of the liberal arts education, prestige and network Cornell offers, she said.

“Cornell has allowed that freedom to be creative and that freedom to think by providing good opportunities so I can sustain myself and grow as a creator,” she said.

Through Cornell, Mpamaugo has been able to work with the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She has also conducted research as a Hunter Rawlings III Presidential Research Scholar.

“I think that Cornell providing what I needed, providing opportunities for this to be a lucrative dream of mine, has definitely given me the confidence to continue to work,” she said. “The reality is if I had been doing this all this time and not seeing any money, then I probably would have quit a long time ago.”

Despite outside pressures, Mpamaugo has been able to realize her true passions in art and design, stating that her main goals are to be happy and build a legacy for other first-generation and minority students.

“It’s very hard to have a meaningful life without doing meaningful work,” she said.

Amina

eHub Restricts Access to Spaces in Response to Member Feedback

do so soon.

Members will still enjoy 24-hour access to the eHub spaces, Cortle told The Sun. He also expects the new policy to have an impact mostly in the Collegetown location.

“In terms of Kennedy Hall, because it’s on campus, the building access is dependent on the building, so largely it (the policy) is going to affect students utilizing the Collegetown space,” Cortle said.

Cortle explained that the new policy is necessary as eHub received members’ feedback expressing the problem that “the space is too crowded,” and some members have even “stopped utilizing eHub for entrepreneurial activities.”

Cortle noted that “not everyone is going to be happy about this

change.” But he also believed that “if [students] have the right information” and understand the reasons behind the changes, they will be able to understand why the changes were made.

“Especially if they ever pursue something entrepreneurial, I think they will fully understand and perhaps appreciate that,” he said.

The Sun spoke with Cornellians studying at the eHub space in Collegetown on July 29.

“I think Cornell should have their services open to everyone, ” Julia Zell ’19 said, “but I didn’t know that [eHub is dedicated for entrepreneurship], but I guess it makes more sense.”

Jamie Lai ’20, Sun design staffer, told The Sun that she might simply do her schoolwork at the library instead.

Another student expressed that

Dairy Team Takes Fifth Place

tion to showcase what we have each been working on in the lab,” Flinois said in an email to The Sun.

The team members, Julie Flinois grad, Pedro Menchik grad and Ashton Yoon grad have a combined total of six years experience working with YAW, according to Flinois, and work with faculty advisor Prof. Carmen Moraru, food science.

YAW mainly comes of Greek yogurt, which has seen a 20-fold increase in consumption in the past 10 years, the team remarks in a report provided to The Sun. This sharp growth has “resulted in the production of vast amounts of YAW, which can present a huge environmental impact if disposed improperly,” the team writes.

Flinois focuses on product development and sensory and consumer science in the food science department, and decided to reach out to Menchik and Yoon to collaborate based on their common experience with YAW.

“We decided to apply all our personal work and knowledge on preparing a product for the competi-

According to the report, the current use of YAW is limited to “irrigation, animal feed, and energy production in wastewater treatment,” which inspired the team to explore new and “delicious” ways to utilize YAW.

“As a good source of protein and lower in fat, sodium, and calories per gram than its competitors, Whey2Go is a dairy -based snack that can deliver flavor, nutrition, and satiety,” according to the report.

When asked about the future of YAW and other opportunities for application, Flinois cited ongoing research at Cornell to further investigate its use in food.

“Implementation of using acid whey in products is being worked on ... Julie is also still working on the use of acid whey as an ingredient in value added food products,” Flinois said in an email to The Sun.

non-entrepreneurial students’ use of the eHub Collegetown space reflects a need for more study locations in Collegetown in general.

“The issue is not restricting people” from entering eHub, but the need for additional spaces for students to study in Collegetown,

Alexandra Farhangui ’20 told The Sun. “I know that it was built for entrepreneurship but people just come here now,” she said.

The 5,300 square foot eHub space in Collegetown opened in 2013, and provides collaborative and meeting spaces for students interest-

ed in developing a start-up business. According to Cortle, total eHub membership exceeded 5,000 people as of last semester and is expected to grow gradually.

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

JOHN McKIM MILLER ’20

JACOB

S. KARASIK RUBASHKIN ’19 Editor in Chief

Business Manager

KATIE SIMS ’20

Associate Editor

VARUN IYENGAR ’21

Web Editor

MEGAN ROCHE ’19

Projects Editor

EMMA WILLIAMS ’19

Design Editor

JEREMIAH KIM ’19

Blogs Editor

AMOL RAJESH ’20

Science Editor

BREANNE FLEER ’20

News Editor

YUICHIRO KAKUTANI ’19

News Editor

NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS ’19

City Editor

LEV AKABAS ’19

Arts & Entertainment Editor

SARAH SKINNER ’21

Assistant News Editor

ANNE SNABES ’19

Assistant News Editor

JOHNATHAN STIMPSON ’21

Assistant Sports Editor

EDEM DZODZOMENYO ’20

Assistant Photography Editor

PETER BUONANNO ’21

Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

CHENAB KHAKH ’20

Assistant Science Editor

JULIAN ROBISON ’20

Layout Editor

GIRISHA ARORA ’20 Managing Editor

HEIDI MYUNG ’19

Advertising Manager

ALISHA GUPTA ’20

Assistant Managing Editor

DYLAN McDEVITT ’19 Sports Editor

MICHAEL LI ’20 Photography Editor

GRIFFIN SMITH-NICHOLS ’19 Blogs Editor

JACQUELINE QUACH ’19 Dining Editor

SHRUTI JUNEJA ’20 News Editor

ANU SUBRAMANIAM ’20 News Editor

JUSTIN J. PARK ’19

Multimedia Editor

PARIS GHAZI ’21

Assistant News Editor

MEREDITH LIU ’20

Assistant News Editor

JACK KANTOR ’19

Assistant Sports Editor

RAPHY GENDLER ’21

Assistant Sports Editor

BORIS TSANG ’21

Assistant Photography Editor

VIRI GARCIA ’20

CATHERINE HORNG ’21 Assistant Dining Editor

LIZ CANTLEBARY ’21

Working on Today’s Sun

Ad Layout Emma Williams ’19

Krystal Yang ’21

Design Deskers Julian Robison ’20

Lei Lei Wu ’21

Carolyn Shi ’19

Emma Williams ’19

Megan Roche ’19

News Deskers BreAnne Fleer ’20 Meredith Liu ’20

Arts Desker Peter Buonanno ’21

Photography Desker Michael Li ’20

Production Deskers Emma Williams ’19

Megan Roche ’19

Editorial

Te Case of the Vanishing Insurance Waivers

FOR MOST CORNELL STUDENTS, OPTING OUT of the Student Health Plan is an afterthought, just another item on an endless list of pre-arrival summer tasks. Last year, for instance, 10,695 out of 11,224 SHP waiver applications, or 95 percent, were approved without issue. This year, however, an estimated 2000 more students than normal were denied insurance waivers, and were told to pay $2,800 for the SHP, instead of the $370 opt-out fee. Many of those students had previously secured waivers without issue, and were frustrated to find themselves owing thousands of dollars they had not planned for. Their frustration is merited — it was the University that bungled this year’s waiver process.

The explanation for the spike in waiver denials is fairly simple. In order to secure a waiver, a student must show that their personal health insurance plan meets four criteria: active in the United States, no policy maximum, active throughout the student’s academic year and reimburse coverage in Ithaca for at least 70 percent of charges. As it turns out, in previous years the University, through its contractor Gallagher Student Health, had been granting waivers for plans that didn’t actually meet the fourth criteria. That changed this year, when Gallagher finally began to audit for 70 percent coverage, causing the spike in rejections.

“So what?” you might say, “it’s not like they changed the rules! They’re just paying attention to them now!” Well, yes and no. It is perfectly reasonable for the University to set minimum requirements for students’ health coverage. In fact, it’s a good thing that their interested in making sure every student has adequate coverage, should they need medical attention (a University committee is currently reviewing the 70 percent standard). And it’s quite alright for the University to enforce the rules that they set out.

What is inappropriate is altering the process by introducing the audit without notifying students. It is unreasonable to believe that a student whose plan had previously been accepted, and had not changed, would suddenly recognize in their junior or senior year that it had been inadequate all along. Furthermore, many students remain on their parents’ insurance plans and do not possess the technical knowledge to evaluate those plans on the basis of Cornell’s criteria.

If the University was aware that the introduction of the 70 percent coverage audit would result in an increase in waiver denials (and it most likely did, seeing as the Student Health Benefits website states that for many, “the denial comes as a surprise”), it should have clearly advertised as such, instead of burying any mention in the FAQ section.

The University cannot afford such a lack of transparency, especially when it comes to student health.

Letters to the Editor

Regarding Confederate imagery at Cornell-affliated county fairs

To the Editor:

We the undersigned students write to you to express our frustrations regarding some of Cornell’s institutional practices in rural communities across New York State. Though the Cornell Cooperative Extensions, the 4-H program and other university initiatives across the state undoubtedly do much good, some of their work risks undermining Cornell’s ostensibly progressive values.

Cornell is a key sponsor of a massive annual fair in Delaware County, a rural community separated from Pennsylvania by the Delaware River. For the past few years, tens of thousands of fair-goers have found themselves in the shadows of massive, prominently positioned Confederate flags — an American symbol that embodies racial terror, violence and hatred. To add insult to injury, the Cornell-sponsored fair allows vendors to freely sell the flag and other hate symbols.

As far as we know, the Delaware event is just one of several Cornell-affiliated county affairs that allows the morally untenable circulation of racist images and products. An environment imbued with racist and fascist imagery is obviously one that is both unwelcoming and deeply dangerous for folks of color.

We reiterate the publicly stated demands of the “Fair for All” coalition initiated by concerned residents of Delaware County. If the university has even a speck of integrity during this political moment of intensified bigotry, it will publicly oppose the sale and display of racist symbols at county fairs affiliated with CCE, 4-H and Cornell at large.

Anything less than concrete steps to stamp out these practices amounts to institutional cowardice, if not tacit support for the malignant resurgence of white nationalist and neo-Confederate sympathies across the country.

Shivani Parikh ’19

Christopher Hanna ’18

Nadia Muhammad ’19

Chris Arce ’19

Very angry letter to Te Sun

To the Editor:

Good evening, This is my angry letter. I am sorry for wasting your time; I’m really trying to do as many of the 161 things as possible.

Thank you!

Editor’s Response:

Best regards, Noella Moon

We are sufficiently outraged by your furious response to our coverage, and are shocked that you would take up such a vicious tone. We hope you had a chance to complete the other 160, and that the graduated life is treating you well. Cheers!

Daddy. Long gone are the days when I can call home on a Sunday evening and say, “Hi Daddy!” to my father without feeling like I yakked and must swallow it again. The word “daddy’” has become a word that I moan into the ear of some twenty-something boy as he utterly rails me.

I use the word ~daddy~ sexually, but ironically. I’ll shoot off a flirty text message at 2 a.m., “Hey daddy, you up?” Or when a spicey man brushes by me on the street, I’ll think to myself, “Hello DA-DDY!” The word daddy often makes my sexual partners squirm, but in 100 percent of the cases, deep down, I think men get off to it. For better or worse, I am a heavy user— maybe abuser — of the catch-all term daddy. I’ve referred to my girlfriends, best friends, hot Chipotle workers, TAs and even George Washington as daddy, and more than once.

Flash forward. College party. Dance floor. I was drunk-ish (read: shart-faced). As I spun in a whirl of colors and loud trap music I locked eyes with my perfect man. He was dangerously tall, rugged, and muscular with a charming lopsided smile and a tussle of dirty blonde curls. As if we were two sex magnets, we were pulled to each other from across the sticky, beer-soaked floor. We met in the center of the crowded room and when we first touched: electricity. My heart leaped into my throat and I was overcome with an all-consuming fire of lust. The party around

Te Big O

While ratios get calculated, you get in anywhere because the frat guys on the porch thought your boobs looked hot, and you feel flattered. Now inside, you quickly realize the temperature is as hot as the steam room at your favorite spa, only instead of eucalyptus, the bitter scent of spilled beer and sweaty armpits embraces you like a soggy hug. After a couple of refreshing Keystone Lights, you feel confident enough to make eye contact with a cute junior twice, and miraculously, you end up making out by the stairs blocking everyone’s way to the pong table.

The Experienced

With a year or two of wisdom, you know better than to arrive at a party too early, so you pregame the pregame with your close friends then head over to a pre-arranged mixer with your Greek family. There, you encounter some past hook-ups and wonder if it’s the Svedka shots you took earlier or if they actually look hotter this semester. Either way, you make small talk in a crowded annex and perhaps sneak in a slightly more discreet makeout session than last year’s before proceeding to the next house where the process repeats itself. By the end of the night, you set yourself up for success with a couple of late night booty call options. Emboldened by drinks and lust, you send a “WYD” text at 2:23AM and with luck, you have sweaty, toe-curling sex next to unpacked suitcases on a barely-made bed.

The Last

As they say, all good things must cum to an end, so as you pregame with your roommates in Collegetown, a pang of nostalgia

Goddess Horny | Sex in the Stacks

Daddy Issues

us dissolved and dropped away; we danced as one person that night, his hands were curious and exploring. Together we were dirty, conspiring and alive. When I turned my head, his salty-sweet kiss met me. As he pushed me against the wall still kissing me, he whispered in my ear “Want to go up to my room?” I was a little nervous; fucking guys on night one wasn’t my go-to move, but this felt right. “Sure, daddy,” I responded coyly.

We made our way up the stairs winding through rogue party-goers. He opened the door to his room, and the first thing I noticed was how fucking neat it was. The bed was impeccably made, and his notebooks symmetrically lined his desk. Only a few moments later, his bed was no longer impeccable. Because we. were. fucking. We were fucking like I’ve never fucked before. We couldn’t take our clothes off fast enough, and he touched my body as if he owned its secret map. I went wild. It was the kind of sex that when he entered me, my eyes rolled back and my back arched like it was separate from my being. That sex was transcendent, supernatural. I left him that night with a kiss on his scruffy cheek and a note slipped into his back pocket with my number that read, “Daddy, call me.”

involvement with your parent of the opposite sex. Oh Daddy Freud, what a cruel joke you’ve played on me.

If you’re not uncomfortable reading this yet, get ready to be. In a horrible, karmic twist of fate, I fell tits over clit for this salty-sweet man... So where’s the catch? My perfect man is deathly similar to my own flesh-and-blood father. I didn’t realize the likeness of the two until long after my lust turned into love. When I realized my boy-toy loved toast and butter, just like my father, was impeccably clean, just like my father, and was obsessed with working out, just like my father, I felt so disgusted that I could’ve showered for a week and still felt disgusting. Routine-based? Check. Introverted? Check. Outdoorsy? Check. Mind-blowingly intelligent? Check. The person you take your bike to when it’s broken? Check.

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t like this. I don’t find it funny or cute that my lover reminds me of my father. I did not seek this out. It disgusts me.

taints the excitement of O-Week. You savor every sip of Franzia and realize this is one of the last nights you dance under clumsily-arranged twinkle lights on the back porch of your Collegetown fixer-upper. You feel free from the corporate world that suffocated you during your junior summer internship and assert your place at the top of the food-chain as you shout out to the freshmen upon their arrival in Collegetown. Making your way through the crowd of familiar faces, you shoot your shot with the one you’ve fantasized about for the past couple of years because who even cares — it’s your senior year and you’re horny. It’s easier than you think and before you know it, you’re in bed with the hot boy from your Intro to Microeconomics section. With three years of O-Week experience, he finally knows what a clit is and you moan in intoxicated pleasure as he goes down on you, promising yourself you won’t get attached (especially since you have three more nights left).

...all in all, I concur, O-Week is among the sexiest weeks at Cornell. With the pulsing anticipation of lips you haven’t savored for two whole months, and the hot, summer night sky concealing the sins of O-Weeks Past, these are the days Cornellians fantasize about when the temperature dips below freezing and prelims crush your libido to the point of no return. So put on your sexiest LeBron James jerseys and apply your most sweat-proof mascara to fully embrace the hot, humid, sinfest that is O-Week!

that I felt uncomfortable that he reminded me of my father and yet I still felt strong sexual pulls toward him. He reminded me that the features I saw and loved in him: his work ethic, his intellect and his down to earth nature, were features of all the people I surround myself with. I can love these two important men in my life differently and separately. My sandy hair man may be my daddy, but he’s NOT my father. Veuve Cliq-Hoe

As a scholar at Cornell, you may be familiar with the theory of the Oedipus complex. Sigmund Freud introduced the concept in his Interpretation of Dreams. The Oedipus complex: a desire for sexual

When I first put two and two together, I even considered ending it. Instead, I sat down with him and told him how I felt. I told him

Keep Ithaca beautiful. Please recycle this paper.

Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once. Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name. (Rules from wikipedia.org/wiki/ Sudoku)

Simulated Basement

by Jeffrey Sondike ’19

312 College Ave Collegetown’s Best Address Now leasing for 2018-19. Superior Studio, 1, 2, 3 Bedroom Apartments. Fitness facility, theater, and meeting space. Free high-speed internet. Exclusive resident parking. Overnight concierge. Package delivery. 312collegeave.com 607-273-9777

ARTS& ENTERTAINMENT

Fallen Kingdom Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

BY ZACH LEE Sun Staff Writer

To appropriate Ian Malcolm’s (Jeff Goldblum) famous line from 1993’s Jurassic Park, Universal Studios’ executives were so preoccupied with whether or not they could make a sequel series to Steven Spielberg’s hit dino film that they never stopped to think about whether they should have. Yet in Hollywood, when there are more explanations for why a film bombs at the box office than why it exists in the first place, even a sacred fossil like the Jurassic Park franchise is not allowed a graceful passing. In 2015, the nostalgic yet predictable Jurassic World was released, and roaring into screens three years later is Fallen Kingdom. Thanks to director J.A. Bayona’s chilling oversight (if there was ever to be a horror movie with dinos to be made, this would be the one) and a fresh setting to ground the monstrous conflict (the saga has finally moved on from malfunctioning theme parks and their clueless supervisors), this sequel is a marked improvement over its predecessor.

However, like its featured hybrid dinosaur the Indoraptor, Fallen Kingdom’ s 128 minute runtime is unevenly split amongst the goals it sets out to achieve, and its attempts at complexity and multi-layering come off as convoluted. By trying to set-up 2021’s Jurassic World 3, comment on how cloning will replace nuclear weapons and be a moral inquisition into the ways the depth of our own greed will destroy us, it is unable to stitch together those compo-

Where should we, as listeners, mainstream media consumers and socially minded citizens, stand on Kanye West? It is a question that, in today’s world, flickers in our minds about as often as “what’s for dinner tonight?.”

With every concert hall rant, tweet and piece of Kardashianrelated gossip, that spotlight has only grown brighter. Often, his career as an artist is only examined superficially, as if it is second to his worldwide image as an erratic pop star.

This summer, following his support for Trump on Twitter and preposterous statement that 400 years of slavery “sounds like a choice,” Kanye released his G.O.O.D. Music series consisting of five albums.

So where do these five albums fall on the stage of Kardashian gossip, tweets and rant? Is it fair to evaluate Kanye’s music without the context of his personality and erratic behavior? While these answers are complex, we can try to find answers briefly in the music.

Pusha T — Daytona

On Daytona, the first of the five albums, Kanye equips Pusha T with an array of samples and dry cut beats. Most noticeably, as demonstrated in tracks like “Come Back Baby,” Kanye morphs 60s and 70s soul samples with bassy

nents to form something

cohesive. While it certainly has more bite than bark, it merely nibbles at the topics it so clearly wishes to chew on more thoroughly. For the few questions it answers definitively, the conclusions leave you wondering whether your enjoyment of this flick is as unethical as the acts depicted on screen.

Nonetheless, encomium is due for the innovative steps that Fallen Kingdom takes plotwise. In past installments, narrative sequences, like how a Tyrannosaurus Rex’s presence was heralded by its water-glass rattling footsteps, could be seen from miles away. In Fallen Kingdom, screenwriters Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly cleverly subvert expectations, while following them initially. After a volcano on Isla Nublar threatens to destroy the last living dinosaurs, a dinosaur protection group led by a thankfully high-heel-less Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) attempts to save them. She recruits Owen (Chris Pratt) to specifically rescue Blue, the sole Velociraptor. Despite initial obstacles, including molten lava, a hungry Baryonyx and a Deus ex Tyrannosaurus, Claire’s team escapes the island before it is destroyed by the volcano. Not too long after, they uncover a plot by a rival corporation to sell the creatures to the highest bidders, effectively releasing the prehistoric monsters into the human population.

This is where the story gets interesting and the film is at its strongest narratively, thematically and stylistically. Whereas the first half of the film draws parallels between Claire’s crusade to save the dinosaurs and modern day efforts of animal preservation (and the hypoc-

risy of how people can ultimately care more about the life of animals than their fellow human beings), it is in the dinosaur-auction sequences that Bayona shows the consequences of creativity without discipline and science without ethics first-hand. By creating endlessly and playing God without taking a seventh day of rest to reflect and consider the consequences of their heinous actions, human beings have engineered the one thing they never thought they would: their own destruction at the hands of these prehistoric beats. We can no longer cover our guilt with the leaves of despair but must reap our consequential harvest. A post-script of sorts from the grizzled Ian Malcolm reflects on these dismal conclusions and asks: is such an ending poetic? Deserved? Unfair, because society’s ultimate fate is determined by the few educated and wealthy? The seeds for such questions are planted, but sadly few answers are gleaned and reaped.

Indoraptor is as ferocious as it is devilishly cunning, and you can almost imagine it cackling inwardly as it hunts and destroys its prey. The final showdown takes place in a mostly-abandoned mansion and it screams of gothic horror, as Bayona uses shadows and lighting to great effect.

The film’s ending seems to preach that childlike wonder and curiosity with biological power can be just as damaging to society as those who maliciously use it. These despondent themes are further amplified by Bayona’s creepy presentation. The

Before presenting the Indoraptor to the greedy buyers, Scientist Dr. Henry Wu (B.D. Wong) warns Eli Mills (Rafe Spall) that the dinosaur not for sale as it is not the final version, saying that in its current form it is purely a creature of rage, lacking the necessary components that give it personality and empathy. Likewise, while on the surface, it has the workings of something deep, sophisticated, and layered, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom still feels largely like a set-up for the next installment, complete with its own MCU-style post-credits tease. Perhaps next time, Universal Studios and Jurassic World 3 director Trevorrow ought to more fully explore the themes and let this creature feature be, or else leave the franchise in the dust where it belongs.

Zachary Lee is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zjl4@ cornell.edu.

The Most Beautiful Thoughts

electronic kicks. Here, a sonic space is created for Pusha T to boast colorfully about his road to stardom.

Pusha’s flow is often times dry, repetitive and overly dramatic. On one hand, the simplicity of “King Push’s” humble brags and their collaboration with diverse and thick sampling allows for the collection of tracks to feel high, mighty and fierce. On the other hand, Pusha T makes no symbolic use of Kanye’s samples. “Come Back Baby’s” use of the intro to “The truth shall make you free,” which is a devotion to drug addicts, leads into another ruthless bragging session by Pusha.

The production, at times, almost seems corrective to the drab sound of Pusha T’s voice. The constant fluctuation and grandiose sound produced in this album by Kanye fits very well with his varied yet ego-centered personality.

Kanye West — Ye

With the album artwork being a photograph of the Teton Mountains dropped behind neon

letters which read “I hate being Bi-Polar, it’s awesome.,” we expected Ye to bring us some closure to Kanye’s antics.

Many of our first thoughts were that Kanye would admit that any of his erroneous statements were made during times of mental instability. But instead, Kanye did something more jarring. The production of this album is much richer than that of Daytona — fewer samples and a more varied use of voice.

On Ye, Kanye demonstrates an unwillingness to repent. He acknowledges his vulnerabilities and his disorder, but explains them as a super-power. Although setting Kanye’s thoughts in deep, harmonic instrumentation allows us to question the way we perceive mental illness and freedom of speech, it is clear that West shows no remorse for those he has offended.

Kanye West and Kid Cudi — Kids See Ghosts

The most unconventional within the collection, Kids See Ghosts, is a rock-rap fusion collaboration between West and Kid Cudi, both of whom have struggled with mental health in the past. We start with a booming, stimulus heavy sound in “Feeling the Love,”

which continues in “Fire” and “4th Dimension.”

However, some kind of catharsis is reached in the heavy metal-reminiscent track “Free.” Cudi remarks: “nothing hurts me anymore, guess what babe, I feel free.” After that, the mood changes to slow and reflective, yet constant. The diverse range of emotion expressed through melody and layering is very unique to this album. The album ends with “Cudi Montage,” on which Kanye acts as a civil rights activist. This album overall is reminiscent of the Kanye we knew, and frankly liked much more, on The Life of Pablo — emotionally aware and making music to help someone other than himself.

Nas— Nasir

Kanye and Nas have a musical relationship spanning 20 years. But never before has Kanye been the sole producer on a Nas album. This may have been the most highly anticipated project of all of the Wyoming Sessions, but, unfortunately, it may be the least interesting. Due to Nas’ status as a hip hop legend, high expectations may be working to his disadvantage. There will never be another Illmatic. The album starts with a sample of “Hymn for Red October,” a dramatic church choral piece. Nas then begins to preach about his own success and the oppression suffered by the black community in America.

Nas’ biggest strength has always been to bring the little known experiences of a few to the eyes of many. But here he seems to do so less inventively than in his past works. Kanye donates some interesting beats, but many of them (apart from that on “Adam and Eve”) lack the jazz swing that is essential to Nas’ swift, swag-heavy flow. Still, there are a few very memorable tracks. Utilizing samples from Slick Rick and a Richard Pryor comedy routine, “Cops Shot the Kid,” is an aggressive piece discussing police brutality.

Teyana Taylor — K.T.S.E.

The title is perfectly fitting: K.T.S.E. (Keep the Same Vibe). Whether you are in love, have loved or have lost someone you that you love, this record will speak to you. It is 8 tracks of romance, conflict, resolution and sex.

We often judge Kanye for his most superficial media antics. While is important to recognize the harm that West has caused through his recent antics, it still may be important to appreciate his art. Why should we only examine the darkness?

Adam Kanwal is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology. He can be reached at ask272@cornell. edu. Guest Room runs periodically this semester.

New Hockey Players To Join Red for 2018-19

HOCKEY CLASS

Continued from page 19

wards have a history of producing points at the junior level, and they provide a nice mixture of size and speed,” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said in a press release. “Having graduating four forwards in addition to Anthony Angello signing an NHL contract, this group will be looked upon to contribute in different ways — just like the freshmen from last year did.”

“On defense, we have two guys that have size and can skate. They will be looking to break into a defensive corps that brings back everyone from last year,” Schafer added. “And Nate McDonald continues our tradition of strong goaltenders here. He has size and great athletic ability, and we look forward to him transitioning to college hockey.”

Below is a breakdown of the incoming class by player and position, as well as analysis of what their incoming roles may be.

#15 Max Andreev, Forward

6’, 174 pounds — Moscow, Russia — Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL)

Andreev is the first Cornell player in history to have been born in Russia, but he enters with a few years of hockey on American soil under his belt. A left-shooting center by trade, he spent one year in Tier I juniors with the USHL’s Flying Aces and put up 43 points in 55 games there. For two years prior to that, Andreev put up consistent numbers for one season each with the New Jersey Junior Titans and New York Bobcats in Tier II and Tier III juniors, respectively.

#17 Zach Bramwell, Forward

6’1”, 176 pounds — Hamilton, Ontario — Oakville Blades (OJHL)

Bramwell comes from a family of hockey players, as his brother, Connor, is set to join the University of Guelph this season, which Cornell will take on in its second exhibition game this year. At Oakville in the OJHL, a Junior “A” league in Canada, the Toronto-area native Bramwell dropped 41 points in his rookie season and 14 more in the playoffs. Bramwell turned enough heads to be invited to try out for Team Canada East at the World Junior A Challenge.

#23 Liam Motley, Forward 6’4”, 185 pounds — Calgary, Alberta — Whitecourt Wolverines (AJHL)

The 21-year-old forward who played his Junior “A” hockey in his home province of Alberta. Motley is the tallest member of his class, adding some height to a Cornell squad that is already on the larger side as the second tallest and 10th heaviest in 201718. As an alternate captain with the Wolverines, he collected 51 points in 61 games to lead his team.

#19 Michael Regush, Forward 6’, 205 pounds — Surrey, British Columbia — Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)

A big-bodied, right-shooting center, Regush was tied for the team lead in plus-minus in his first season with the Phantoms while scoring 48 points in 58 games. Regush hails from the Vancouver metro area and from the same hometown as former Cornell defenseman Reece Willcox ’16, now with the Philadelphia Flyers’ AHL affiliate.

#21 Chase Brakel, Forward 5’11”, 185 pounds — Winnipeg, Manitoba — Portage Terriers (MJHL)

Rounding out the offensive skaters, Brakel is a former Junior “A” all-star in the MJHL, having averaged more than a point per game over the last three seasons. The Manitoba native brings a resume of offensive production to a team that has built both its historical and its recent success on defensive prowess and seldom sports a point-per-game scorer.

#18 Misha Song, Defenseman

6’1”, 181 pounds — Beijing, China — Madison Capitols (USHL)

The defense that built the nation’s most successful statistical resume last season is now the beneficiary of perhaps the most intriguing recruit to the Cornell program and perhaps in all of college hockey. Song, a New York Islanders draft pick, is the first-ever Chinese-born player to be drafted into the NHL. Song has spent 100 games in Tier I juniors and also served as the captain for the Chinese team at the IIHF World U18 Division 2B Championships in 2015.

“Being the first Chinese player [drafted] is a lot of pressure from the people back home,” Song told the media after being drafted. “I hope that will motivate me to become a better player and make them proud.”

#4 Joe Leahy, Defenseman

6’3”, 201 pounds — Waterloo, Ontario — Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)

It’s hard to tell where Leahy and his classmate Song will fit into the very deep defensive unit that Cornell enjoys. In any event, the nephew of two members of the Hockey Hall of Fame (Bobby Bauer and David Bauer) and brother of two female collegiate hockey players, brings to the table a large frame and distinguished record, having won a pair of league championships in his time through the juniors system.

#33 Nate McDonald, Goaltender

6’2”, 195 pounds — North Bay, Ontario — Markham Royals (OJHL)

Barring any sort of injury to the standout rising-sophomore goaltender Matt Galajda, it’s unlikely McDonald sees very much ice time at all in his first season. The 18-year-old true freshman hails from Northern Ontario and earned some playoff experience last season in the OJHL, where he posted a 2.38 goals against average.

Zachary Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun.com. Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun.com

Morgan Gears Up for Final Season at Cornell

MORGAN

Continued from page 20

tough,” Morgan said. “He was an All-Ivy player, but we have a next-man-up mentality. We have talented [junior college] transfers and incoming freshmen. We will have most of our guys that played major minutes back while

adding [incoming senior] Troy Whiteside [back from injury] as well.”

Morgan dominated the Ivy League last season, dropping 22.4 points per game. He said the pieces are in place for the Red to improve on last season’s fourth-place Ivy finish.

“We have more than enough talent to not only be competitive but to win a lot of games if we play the right way,” Morgan added. “We

are all excited about the upcoming season. It’s a new challenge for us and we are going to put the work in this offseason to come back better than last year.”

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun.com.

C.U. to Play ASU, NMU

SCHEDULE

Continued from page 20

All-time record: 2-4-1

Cornell and Michigan State will face off for the first time since 2005, which was also Cornell’s season opener, and it resulted in a split series. That year, the Spartans went 28-128, and it was one of just four times between 1982 and 2008 that MSU did not qualify for the NCAA tournament.

Since 2008, Michigan State has been in a downswing, reaching the NCAA tournament only once (in 2012), and failing to win at least 20 games in each season since their last appearance.

That said, the Spartans won a small handful of games against NCAA qualifiers last year (Michigan, Notre Dame and Ohio State) and will have several regular-season contests under their belt before Cornell opens its season against them.

Nov. 2: ECAC/Ivy Opener vs. Yale 2017-18 record: 1-0-1

All-time record: 84-60-8

Cornell will have the luxury of opening its ECAC slate at home this season against Yale, a sub-average team from 2017-18 that gave the Red fits in both meetings. Cornell tied in only two games last season — once against Clarkson, and the other with Yale. The second meeting between the Red and Bulldogs resulted in a 3-2 comefrom-behind win for Cornell. In both games last season, Cornell conceded the first goal, and Yale scored in the final minute of game one to force the tie on home ice. After Yale scored first on the power play again in game two, Cornell responded with a power play goal of its own, then scored two unanswered goals for the win after Yale took a temporary 2-1 lead. Read more at cornellsun.com

Zachary Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun.com. Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun.com

Hoopers Add Six New Players

Red sees new faces in push to Ivy Madness

HOOPS CLASS

Continued from page 19

state honors and was named group, conference and county player of the year. Noll was also named the Courier Post and Burlington County Times’ Basketball Player of the Year as a Senior.

In his senior season, Noll broke his school’s single-season scoring record notching 737 points. Noll finished his high-school career having scored 1,588 points.

Max Samberg, Guard, Rye High School (N.Y.)

What Earl Says: “Max is a versatile player on both ends of the floor. He has an incredible feel for the game and is a superb passer. We are excited to add those qualities to the backcourt and to our program.”

Max Samberg, a six-footthree, 190-pound guard, rounds out the recruiting class for the Red. Samberg played his high school ball at Rye High School in Rye, New York where he captained his team to a league championship in his senior season.

In his final year at Rye, Samberg was named allleague, all-conference and all-section in addition to being to named to the Lower Hudson Basketball Coaches Association All-Star team. Samberg also earned the Court of Excellence Award for Basketball, Academics and Community Service as a Senior.

Josh Zhu can be reached at jzhu@cornellsun.com. Jonathan Harris can be reached at jharris@cornellsun.

Hoopers Anounce Freshmen

By JOSH ZHU and JONATHAN HARRIS Sun Senior Writer and Sun Staff Writer

Kobe Dickson, Forward, Holcomb High School (Kan.)

What Head Coach Brian Earl Says: “Kobe Dickson is along and skilled post that should do well in our style of play. His natural timing and feel for the game on both ends of the floor are intriguing. Kobe will be a great fit at Cornell and in our program.”

Kobe Dickson announced his commitment to Cornell back on Oct. 17, 2017 on a Twitter account that has since been set to private.

Dickson also had offers from Air Force Academy and Washburn University, before eventually deciding on Cornell.

During his senior campaign, Dickson averaged 15.6 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.2 blocks on 67 percent shooting. The sixfoot-nine Kansas native was also able to lead his team to the Kansas Class 4A Division II state finals, finishing as a runner-up and earning all-tournament honors.

In his previous junior year campaign, Dickson averaged 9.8 points and 6.9 rebounds to help his team to the state crown.

In one recruiting profile, Dickson was described as a forward-center with “the ability to compete in the paint, shoot from the midrange and is a terrific shot blocker, able to protect the rim and the paint.”

Matthew Harshany, Guard, Navarre High School (Fla.)

What Earl Says: “We are excited about Matt Harshany joining Cornell basketball. Matt will provide high-level scoring and shot-making ability at the guard position. His skill level, grit, and competitiveness should be an immediate asset to our roster.”

Matthew Harshany announced his commitment to Cornell on Feb. 9 in a Twitter post.

The six-foot guard averaged 26.1 points, 4,6 rebounds and 4.0 assists in a memorable senior campaign, in which he scored a school-record 51 points in a single game and eclipsed the 1,500

career point mark. He also earned second-team all-state honors and was ranked a two-star recruit.

Off the court, Harshany boasts a resume which is just as impressive as his on-the-court records.

The Florida native had a 4.9 GPA and was named valedictorian of his high school. Harshany also had offers from Stanford, Georgia Tech and MIT before committing to Cornell earlier this year.

Chaz Mack, Forward, Cochise College (Ariz.)

What Earl Says: “Chaz is a tough-minded and high motor player that will provide an immediate impact to our team. He is efficient and productive on both ends of the court. We are excited to add his experience to our roster.”

Chaz Mack announced his commitment to Cornell on March 10 via Twitter post.

The six-foot-six, 210-pound forward joins the Cornell roster as one of three junior college transfers. Mack hails from southern Arizona, transferring from Cochise College and playing at Catalina Foothills HS before that.

He averaged 19.9 points and 10.1 rebounds while leading Cochise to a 23-9 record.

Mack earned second-team NJCAA Division I All-American honors while also being named first-team all-league and all-region. Mack also received the Pinnacle Award of Academic Excellence from the NJCAA after posting a perfect 4.0 GPA as a freshman.

Thurston McCarty, Forward, East Central Community College (Miss.)

What Earl Says: “We are happy Thurston McCarty has decided to join us at Cornell. Thurston is a tall, athletic, and long wing who spaces the floor with his shot and can guard multiple positions. His versatility both offensively and defensively makes him a valuable addition to our program.”

Thurston McCarty, the third of three junior college transfers to play for Earl announced his commitment through a Twitter

post on April 18.

The six-foot-seven forward, along with Dickson and Mack, rounds out a newly reloaded frontcourt that will try to fill the shoes of Stone Gettings, who is transferring. McCarty played his junior college ball at East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi.

McCarty averaged 12.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game last year while shooting 42 percent from the field and 34 percent from behind the threepoint line.

Dean Noll, Guard, Shawnee High School (N.J.)

What Earl Says: “Dean is a player that has always played with a chip on his shoulder. He had an incredible career at Shawnee HS and led them to a state title this past year. His ability to create shots for himself and others will be an excellent addition to our backcourt and our program.”

Dean Noll announced his commitment to Cornell University via Twitter on March 23.

The six-foot-three, 190-pound guard from Medford, New Jersey, helped lead his team to a state championship in his senior season while averaging 21.7 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.5 steals per game.

In addition to winning MVP of the state championship game, Noll took home second-team all-

WENYE LI / SUN PHOTOGRAPHRY

Icers’ New Class Set

To Join Winning Roster

By ZACHARY SILVER and DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Senior Editor and Sun Sports Editor

Cornell men’s hockey announced Monday the group of eight student-athletes set to join the program this fall, which includes the program’s first Russia native and the first NHL draft pick born in China.

Five forwards, two defensemen and a goalie make up the class of 2022 — all of whom will hope to help bring Cornell to the promised land of Buffalo for the 2019 Frozen Four.

Cornell’s breakdown of its 28 total players now sits at 15 forwards, 10 defensemen and three goalies.

Six of the eight incoming freshmen hail from Canada,

with forward Max Andreev representing the first native Russian in the program’s history and defenseman Misha Song as the first NHL draft pick to have been born in China. No Americans are included in the newest group of student-athletes.

Apart from Anthony Angello ’19 signing a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins organization, every non-senior player from the 2017-18 team is listed to return for the upcoming season. The Red graduated five seniors last season, four of whom were forwards and one goalie.

“All five [incoming] for-

Icers Stare Down Path to Cleary Cup Repeat

By ZACHARY SILVER and DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Senior Editor and Sun Sports Editor

It’s a season that starts with an unfamiliar face and hopefully ends at the 2019 Frozen Four in Buffalo.

Cornell men’s hockey released its 2018-19 schedule in June, making clear the path between the team and a hoped-for third-straight trip to the NCAA tournament. The 2017-18 campaign for Cornell saw the team get off to its best start in nearly half a century, which aided in capturing the ECAC regular season title and securing a trip to the NCAA regionals in Massachusetts.

Along the way, Cornell captured the Kelley-Harkness Trophy after defeating Boston University at Madison Square Garden, swept the season series against archrival Harvard and suffered only three losses within the ECAC. But in the end, the Red fell short of the recently-elusive Whitelaw Cup for the ECAC postseason championship and was bounced out by B.U. in the first round of NCAAs.

Soon the team will announce a brand new class of recruits who will hope to not only make up for but rather improve upon the lost production of the six-member class of 2018 and hopefully return the program to the promised land for the first time since 1970, capturing an NCAA title.

Cornell’s slate in 2018-19 presents some interesting matchups, including a season-opener against Michigan State at Lynah Rink — the first matchup since 2005 — a trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the first-ever matchups with college hockey’s newest program — Arizona State — and the most exciting of all, a meeting with Harvard at The Garden.

Below is a breakdown and analysis of the 2018-19 schedule, which can be found in a simplified form here.

Oct. 13 & 21:

For the second straight year, Cornell will face off against Guelph in a tune-up exhibition game, also adding Laurentian to that list of opponents. The Red blew out Guelph, 7-1, last year and last played Laurentian in 2015, winning 6-1.

Morgan Returns for Senior Season

After Little Interest, Hooper Withdraws from NBA Draft

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

For the second straight year, Matt Morgan will return to Ithaca for Cornell men’s basketball after testing the waters in the NBA Draft.

Morgan, an incoming senior, declared for the draft and will withdraw in advance of the May 30 withdrawal deadline, he told The Sun on May 28. Since he did not sign with an agent, Morgan retains his final year of eligibility. The reigning Ivy League scoring champion will return for the Red a year

after guiding his team to an Ivy Tournament berth.

“It was in my best interest to come back and play one more year and finish out not only my athletic career but also my academic career,” Morgan said in a text message on Monday. “It was great going through the process again but I’m glad to officially be back and getting ready for another run with my team.”

In declaring for the draft a year ago, Morgan said he intended to gauge interest and learn what he could improve on. After receiving feedback from

three NBA teams, he returned to Cornell for his junior season.

This time around, he said his intention was to get drafted, but knew that he would return to Cornell if the opportunity didn’t arise.

Morgan said he used the process leading up to the draft, which will take place in New York City on June 21, to learn what he needs to improve in order to be a viable NBA option. Specifically, Morgan said he needs to improve his shooting percentage.

“You learn a little bit more each year,” he said. “I learned the stuff I need to improve on to get to that next level. It was great feedback and I’m ready to get in the gym and work on improving those things and [continue to expand] my game.”

With the announcement that its star guard will be back in Ithaca for the 2018-19 season, the Red’s Ivy League hopes took a positive turn. When Morgan’s classmate Stone Gettings announced his intention to transfer earlier this month, it appeared possible Cornell would lose its top two scorers.

“Stone leaving is obviously

Cornell will take on Laurentian on Saturday, Oct. 13, with Guelph the following Sunday, Oct. 21.

Oct. 26 & 27: Season-Opener Hosting Michigan State 2017-18 record: N/A

See SCHEDULE page 18

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Gettings to Graduate, Transfer

By JOSH ZHU and DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Senior Writer and Sun Sports Editor

Junior forward Stone Gettings will not be returning to play out his senior year for Cornell men’s basketball. The forward will save his final year of NCAA eligibility and opt to take a redshirt season next year. Gettings said he plans to graduate in December before transferring to another college. graduate early in December,” Gettings told

The Sun. “[It will] save myself a ton of money and [I will] have another year to play somewhere else.”

The news comes after the Malibu, California native put up his best season with the Red in which he transitioned into Cornell’s clear second scoring option behind class-

ond-team All-Ivy selection and playing a major role in clinching the Red’s first-ever postseason berth in the Ivy League tournament. According to a source with knowledge of the situation who spoke to The Sun on the condition of anonymity, the decision from Gettings was unexpected by his teammates. It’s unclear where Gettings will be transferring at this time. Cornell Athletics declined to comment on the

On the way out Stone Gettings will not play for Cornell this winter.

The report also comes at the heels of the declaration for the NBA draft by Morgan, the Red’s leading scorer. The projected loss of both Morgan and Gettings will leave Cornell without its top two leading scorers for the upcoming season.

Josh Zhu can be reached at jzhu@cornellsun. com.