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IFC Chapters Barred From Recruitment

By SARAH SKINNER Sun Managing Editor

Four chapters on the Interfraternity Council are banned from recruiting new members this spring, a restriction handed down after investigations of misconduct in 2019.

The four fraternities are Alpha Delta Phi, Sigma Chi, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Phi Kappa Psi. Each decision is due to “past or pend“It’s definitely ing judicial cases,” disappointing, and we according to Kara Miller McCarty, definitely disagree with the Robert G. Engel Cornell’s decision.”

Director of Sorority & Fraternity Life.

Michael Grossman ’22 McCarty did not comment on the nature of the cases, and said that their details would not be publicly announced until the yearly scorecard report is released this summer.

“It’s definitely disappointing, and we definitely disagree with Cornell’s decision,” Michael Grossman ’22, president of Tau Kappa Epsilon, told The Sun. “But the University controls the process.”

Cornell publishes a report each summer detailing violations of Greek Life policies and resulting adjudication, indicating the fraternities’ misconduct that took place during the fall semester. None of the four fraternities have See FRATERNITY page 4

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Moving on | Collegetown Bagels announced on Jan. 17 that it will move across the street into the first floor of Sheldon Court (right), since the current location (left) is set be demolished in June to create space for luxury apartments.

CTB to Cross College Ave.

Popular eatery secures corner space in Sheldon Court

By SARAH SKINNER Sun Managing Editor

Though Collegetown Bagels will depart from its just-off-campus corner — where students have bought late-night eats for decades — once the building is demolished in June, its owners have already begun work on the chain’s next location: directly across the street.

The new store will occupy most of the first floor of Cornell-owned Sheldon Court, safely out of the path of the wrecking ball. Owners Gregar Brous and and Lindsey Brous ’12 hope to keep the building’s original spirit while expanding the square footage in the new

Women’s March 2020

space.

“We’ve been planning this for almost six months,” said Gregar, who opened Collegetown Bagels’ first location next door to its current space in 1972.

He and his daughter, Lindsey, said they had heard for years that building owner Student Agencies was eyeing the prime-location property for redevelopment.

The student-owned company announced plans to tear down the aging structure and rebuild a luxury apartment building in its place last fall.

The Sheldon Court space was the first choice for a relocation, the owners said — potential talks began See CTB page 5

Cornell Appoints New Title IX Coordinator

By CAROLINE JOHNSON

and Rugless will work together to transition the office, which has expanded significantly in recent After leading Cornell’s Title years due to an increased workIX office for only 18 months, load.

“The [Title IX] office Chantelle Cleary was not only handles reports replaced on Jan. 2 by of sexual or related misLaura Rugless as the conduct but now also associate vice presihandles reports of any dent of the Office of other form of prohibitInstitutional Equity ed discrimination under and Title IX coordipolicy 6.4,” Cleary said nator.

— a change which took Cleary, who effect this past sumjoined Cornell’s RUGLESS mer. Under Cornell office in June 2018 to replace Sarah Affel, told The University Policy, Policy 6.4 is Sun that she decided to leave geared toward addressing instancIthaca after only one-and-a-half es of bias, discrimination, harassyears to be closer to her family in ment and sexual and related misAlbany.

Throughout January, Cleary See TITLE IX page 5 Sun Staff Writer

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Demonstrators gather outside the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. on Jan. 18 for the annual Women’s March.

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Former Student Pleads Guilty to Illegally Buying Gun

By SEAN O’CONNELL Sun Staff Writer

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Firearm trouble | The weapons stash was found in Maximilien’s Dryden Rd. apartment, pictured above.

Aaron Reynolds ’19, a former Cornell University student, pled guilty in December to purchasing a firearm illegally for classmate Maximilien R. Reynolds ’19 — an ex-Cornell student currently serving a two-year sentence for stockpiling unregistered weapons.

Aaron’s plea agreement comes two years after Maximilien’s arrest, when Ithaca police and FBI agents stormed Maximilien’s Dryden Road apartment in 2017, uncovering a trove of weapons, including an AR-15 rifle, a homemade bomb, a bulletproof vest and 300 rounds of ammunition, The Sun previously reported.

It was an Ithaca Wal-Mart employee who tipped off the police to Maximilien’s purchases of ammunition, knives and other concerning items, court documents revealed.

The motive for the stockpile remains unclear, with Maximilien’s defense lawyer, Raymond Schlather J.D. ’76, claiming that the purchase was not intended for violent purposes, but rather emerged as a consequence of paranoia and mental illness.

“I think the material that was provided to the court consistently made clear that there was no plan, there was no manifesto, there was no target, there were no threats,”

said Schlather in a 2019 interview with The Sun. Aaron — who is not related to Maximilien — bought the weapon, a Savage Arms MSR-15 Patrol rifle on Nov. 27, 2017, from a licensed Tompkins County gun vendor. On the purchase forms, he “falsely certified he was the actual purchaser of the [rifle],” according to court records.

Maximilien, who had been unable to purchase a weapon due to a 2016 arrest and involuntary commitment, gave Aaron $1,000 for the gun and a $200 reward.

Federal prosecutors charged Aaron with “false statements during the acquisition of a firearm,” according to court documents. Such a violation can incur a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, as well as a fine hitting $250,000.

As part of his plea agreement, Aaron admitted to one count of making a false statement in the firearm purchase forms, and waived his right to appeal. However, Aaron can still appeal any sentence longer than 21 months.

On the other side of the bargain, prosecutors “will not seek other federal criminal charges against the defendant,” according to a court filing. Aaron is scheduled for sentencing in April, according to Syracuse.com.

Sean O’Connell can be reached at soconnell@cornellsun.com.

Ithaca Police Will Fire Officer for Failure to Properly Investigate

By MEGHNA MAHARISHI Sun Staff Writer

The Ithaca Police Department will terminate an officer directly responsible for handling sex crimes in the department’s investigative division, the Mayor’s office announced in a press release on Jan. 9. An audit found a slew of failures to sufficiently investigate a range of cases in the division over the last 10 years — there were nearly 80 unresolved sex crimes.

While the press release noted that the division inadequately investigated a variety of cases, sex offenses were among the most concerning. “[T]he impacts of these investigatory failures were by definition deeply traumatic for victims

“... these investigatory failures were by definition deeply traumatic for victims ...”

Mayor’s Office Statement who came to the IPD seeking help and justice, and found none,” the press release read.

Senior investigator Christine Barksdale has been in charge of handling sex crime inquiries — she has served as a member of the juvenile investigative unit since 2006. The press release did not explicitly name the officer involved in these investigations.

Barksdale did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.

On June 14, Barksdale had filed a complaint — first obtained by the Ithaca Voice — to the New York State Division of Human Rights, claiming that Deputy Chief John Joly discriminated against her because of her race and gender when he was in charge of the division. Joly did

not respond to a request for comment by publication time.

Joly first came to the helm of the investigative unit in March 2019 — which was when the audit was conducted. Once the audit found a spate of unresolved cases, he enacted a new policy in which investigators would have to sift through unclosed cases and try to resolve them.

Investigators were required to update Joly every two weeks.

Barksdale was not the only investigator with a backlog of cases, but she failed to comply with Joly’s new policy.

In the complaint, Barksdale alleged that she was in a hostile work environment because of how Joly treated her once he took over the investigative division. As evidence, Barksdale cited an instance in which Joly visited her store on May 26, 2019 to ask her to return to work, the tone of his emails and emails in which he included now-Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor.

Joly also sent an email to the investigative unit that specifically asked investigators to follow-up on the cases Barksdale failed to close — Barksdale felt as if Joly targeted her. In defense of the high number of unresolved cases, Barksdale said sex crimes were different and more difficult to resolve. The DHR found that other investigators who also investigated sex crimes had a smaller pileup of cases.

Responding to Barksdale’s allegations, the DHR wrote in the complaint that none of Joly’s actions could be considered to be discriminatory.

“Being yelled at, receiving unfair criticism, receiving unfavorable schedules or work assignments do not rise to the level of adverse employment actions,” the complaint reads. “Criticism of an employee in the course of evaluating and correcting her See IPD page 4

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Bayer in Bailey | Actress and comedian Vanessa Bayer will appear at Bailey Hall later this month, adding another auditorium to her long list of stages.

Actress Vanessa Bayer to Speak at Cornell SNL alumna was show’s longest-serving female cast member

By ALIYAH KILPATRICK Sun Staff Writer

Exactly one year after former Saturday Night Live cast member Vanessa Bayer performed at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, she will bring her jokes to Ithaca’s Cornell.

Actress and comedian Vanessa Bayer — best known for her stint on NBC’s award-winning Saturday Night Live — is slated to speak at Bailey Hall on Jan. 25.

Holding the record as SNL’s longest-serving female cast member with 149 episodes, Bayer departed SNL in May 2017 after seven years on the show. A Primetime Emmy Award nominee, Bayer is known for her impressions of Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Aniston’s character Rachel Green from the show Friends.

While on SNL, Bayer also starred in notable sketches such as Weekend Update’s “Jacob

the Bar Mitzvah Boy Explains Passover With His Dad” as a teenager delivering a rehearsed speech on a given topic and “Totinos” as a pizza-roll-obsessed mom.

In addition to comedy, Bayer has also forayed into the film industry, starring in movies including Trainwreck, Office Christmas Party and Netlflix’s Ibiza.

Growing up in Cleveland, Bayer was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 15, which she defeated after receiving two and a half years of treatment.

She soon went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004, where she majored in communications and French. While attending college, Bayer interned on hit television shows such as Sesame Street and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The actress also participated in the cast of Bloomers, an all-female musical

and sketch comedy troupe.

Bayer was invited to campus by the Cornell University Program Board and Cornell Hillel as a part of their Hillel Major speakers series. The event is being moderated by Prof. Samantha Shephard, performing and media arts.

CUPB has invited an array of distinguished speakers to campus in past years — among them, SNL cast members Colin Jost and Pete Davidson. Last semester, the group brought U.S. women’s soccer star Carli Lloyd and Oscar-winning director Spike Lee to Ithaca.

Tickets for the talk are free and can be picked up in Willard Straight Hall’s Resource Center from Tuesday to Friday. The talk will begin at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

Aliyah Kilpatrick can be reached at aliyahkilpatrick@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell Pledges $100K to Tompkins County Public Library

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A new chapter | Tompkins County Public Library seeks to implement an array of new community programs, including one to bring books to homebound Ithacans with Cornell's donation.

By ARI DUBOW Sun Staff Writer

Cornell will commit $100,000 to the Tompkins County Public Library, further bolstering its decades long commitment to the local library, the University announced in Jan. 8 press release.

The University will give the money to the library in $20,000 a year installments over a five year period. While Cornell has donated $20,000 for the last several years, the University’s five-year undertak-

ing marks the first time it has enlisted in a long-term commitment to the library, according to Joel Malina, Vice President for University Relations.

Malina said that when the TCPL Foundation — an organization that works to garner community support on behalf of the library — brought the proposal to him, he did not hesitate to approve it.

The Foundation regularly seeks financial support from Cornell through formal requests submitted to Cornell’s

University Relations office. In their pro- trying to look at who is currently at the posals, the TCPL Foundation lays out library. If you were to walk in the door the ways that the library will leverage its here, would you see yourself reflected donation. back?”

With this particular request, the With the continuation of funding, TCPL Foundation said that the library library administrators have plans to exewould use the money for their “access cute a variety of new community proand outreach initiatives,” according to grams in the near future — including a Suzanne Smith Jablonski, the executive program to bring books to homebound director of the Tompkins County Public individuals in the area and work with Library Foundation. inmates in the Tompkins County prison Such recent initiatives have included system. easing the process of applying for a library card without pro“Knowing that we have funds for a viding a physical address, and, multi-year period to enable these ... last year, entirely eliminating late fees, Jablonski said. creative approaches is really powerful.”

The public library, originally called the Cornell Free Library, Suzanne Jablonski was founded by Ezra Cornell in 1864, alongside the founding of “Knowing that we have funds for a the University, according to Jablonksi.

In 1967, the library officially became the multi-year period to enable these kinds county’s public library, according to the of creative approaches is really powerful,” Tompkins County Public Library web- Jablonski said.

According to Malina, Cornellians will site. Though it receives public funding, Cornell has continued to provide finan- benefit too, saying that he sees the public cial support since the library’s public library as a rich opportunity for students to engage with the community beyond chartering.

Cornell was also one of the lead the University’s campus.

“Libraries are great places for mencontributors toward the library’s move to their current location on Green torship, providing assistance for children Street nearly 20 years ago, and with struggling with reading who are not the University’s support, the library has interested in books,” Malina said. “The been able to do renovations for spaces library is a place to expand your mind, that are better geared toward hosting and to think about your place in the events. world.”

“A lot of the work we’re doing now to remove barriers has to do with build- Ari Dubow can be reached at ing relationships,” Jablonski said. “We’re adubow@cornellsun.com.

Misconduct Investigations Trigger Fired Ithaca Police Officer Recruitment Bans for Four Fraternities Claims Discrimination Ban extends to Alpha Delta Phi, Sigma Chi, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Phi Kappa Psi FRATERNITY

fraternity had attended a judicial hearing the day before the October party for separate misconduct.

Grossman said that he believed that last semester’s tragedy may have influenced the administration’s attitudes and actions.

“After the incident with Phi Psi in October … Cornell may be taking measures they would not have taken in the past,

ative” light on the house and might dissuade members from joining in the future.

Grossman told The Sun that been found guilty of hazing, as his chapter was informed of the those reports are typically made decision in early January as part immediately available. All are of the ongoing judicial process. still active and recognized by While the majority of recruitCornell. ment occurs in the week-long All four of the fraternities rush period before the spring have been barred because of semester begins, chapters in investigations prior to Pollack’s good standing can recruit eliannouncement of Greek Life gible members individually reforms on Dec. 18, according throughout the year. to Jenny Loeffelman, Griffin Bader assistant vice presi“After the incident with Phi Psi in ’20, who was electdent for Student and October ... Cornell may be taking mea- ed Alpha Delta Phi’s Campus Life. new president in The decisions sures they would not have taken ...”

December, told The are unaffiliated with Sun in a statement President Martha E. Michael Grossman ’22 that while his fraterPollack’s rush changes, nity “unequivocally which she announced at the end of 2019. Reforms clamping down in an effort accepts” the University’s deciincluded a ban on rush events to save face, per se, to tell sion and “regrets” the behavior after 8 p.m., an alcohol ban on the alumni and the parents of its members that led to the all rush events and promises of ‘look what we’re doing’ regard- restriction, he and his chapter less of how effective that was had “uncertainties and doubts” “strong enforcement.”

The reforms, an effort or how fair that process was,” about its judicial process.

“I hope that we can all work Pollack has emphasized during Grossman said.

This year’s recruitment to establish a more just and her tenure, came two months after the death of Antonio bans were publicly posted on transparent adjudication of Tsialas ’23, who was last seen the Office of Sorority and Greek Life issues that will result leaving Phi Kappa Psi after Fraternity Life’s website in a in more rational sanctions,” what Pollack called a “dirty denotation below the list of Bader wrote. He declined to currently recognized fraterni- comment on the nature of the rush” event in October. conduct that led to the bar.

Leadership from Phi Kappa ties.

Leadership for Sigma Chi “The four houses were Psi, one of the four fraternities barred from recruitment, did mostly on there for different did not respond to a request for not return requests for com- reasons, but grouping them comment. ment. Phi Kappa Psi is current- together makes them seem ly on interim suspension pend- like they did the same thing ing a full review, and Pollack wrong,” Grossman told The Sarah Skinner can be reached at wrote in December that the Sun. He said this casts a “neg- sskinner@cornellsun.com.

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work is not, in itself; a materially adverse employment-action.”

Barksdale was eventually reassigned to patrol, which she viewed as a demotion. The DHR investigation found that the reassignment was not a demotion because the pay and title went unchanged. The complaint noted that even if the reassignment was a demotion, the IPD had legitimate and nondiscriminatory reasons for its actions.

After its investigation, the DHR dismissed Barksdale’s complaint. The senior investigator was notified of her termination earlier in January and the Ithaca Police Benevolent Association told The Ithaca Times that it plans to challenge the decision.

It is unclear what other types of cases the IPD’s investigative division failed to thoroughly investigate. Nayor did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.

The IPD is also asking individuals who previously filed a complaint — particularly ones involving a sex offense — to come forward if they felt their complaint went unanswered.

The IPD provided the findings of this audit to the Tompkins County District Attorney and New York Attorney General, saying it would cooperate in any future investigations either office may choose to pursue.

District Attorney Matthew Van

Houten declined a request for comment and the New York Office of the Attorney General did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said in the press release that he was disappointed with the outcomes from this investigation.

“I am shocked and saddened by these revelations, which can easily erode public confidence in the IPD,” Myrick said. “I do, however, draw encouragement from the confidence that I have in the IPD’s current leadership … and new policies established by new leadership in the Investigations Division, under which the IPD is proactively ensuring that a failure of this sort will never happen again.”

In light of this internal probe into the investigative division’s practices, the IPD enacted multiple reforms within the department. Some of these reforms include holding daily briefings, providing updates on cases every two weeks, tracking the timeline of all cases and hosting monthly supervision meetings with each investigator.

Additionally, investigators will no longer specialize in a certain unit, such as juvenile or sex crimes. All investigators will receive training to handle a range of cases to ensure that work is evenly distributed across the investigative division.

Meghna Maharishi can be reached at mmaharishi@cornellsun.com.

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CTB to Move to Sheldon Court Cornell Hires Laura Rugless Potential talks regarding the dorm began with Cornell over five years ago CTB

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with Cornell over five years ago, and a spokesperson for the University noted that it was “happy” to provide the store’s new home. The lease was finally signed on Christmas Eve, the owners said.

“There was a part of Cornell that really felt like they wanted us in there and it was a really good match,” Gregar said, seated at the counter of CTB. Sheldon Court, a 119-year-old building home to 164 upper-level students on its five floors, houses a retail space on the first level separate from the current residential space. Work to gut the 4,900-square-foot space, previously home to Kaplan Test Prep, kicked off on Jan. 3.

The standardized exam preparatory service transformed the space into a conventional office, covering up much of the old brickwork. CTB’s design and construction team are working to reclaim some of the original features, Gregar said, such as the six stone fireplaces that were used to heat the building in the early 20th century — paying heed to the building’s history.

Sheldon Court was constructed as a private boys’ dormitory in 1901 by Ithaca businessman Charles Lacey Sheldon, Jr., and previously housed the Triangle Bookshop on the first floor.

The building was renovated in 1982, which included the removal of many of the stone fireplaces that weren’t hidden in the walls of the downstairs space.

Gregor said that after the move, the bagel shop plans to name a sandwich “The Sheldon” after the original owner.

Other plans — though the design process is ongoing — will also transform the outdoor patio into a gathering space, with tables and chairs to wrap around the building.

These renovations follow the continuity of CTB’s current, popular outdoor space, which owners and even local government officials

expressed concern over losing when the building lost out on landmark status last year.

This redesign comes within a year of the downtown branch’s move into the City Centre building, which came with a swanky decor upgrade from its North Aurora Street digs.

“We kind of felt like that was practice for this,” Gregar said. “We knew these two things were kind of happening following each other.”

He and his family are managing this redesign themselves as well, and said they plan to incorporate some elements of their history and some “new twists” as well.

CTB will continue to serve beer and wine, and also plans to include a private room in the back of the building, which will be available for third parties to rent out.

Though the business will be housed in a private student dorm, the sections of the building that allow access to the residences are separate and will be protected by key-card readers, Gregar said.

An opening day has not yet been scheduled, Gregar said, as he is continuing to appeal to current landlord Student Agencies, Inc. to delay the demolition day to after the first week in June, allowing alumni to return for a grand farewell.

“We love this space,” Brous said. “That would be a fun way to go out.”

With this in mind, he hopes for a closing and opening as close together as possible. However, the Brous family has not yet decided the future of Rulloff’s Restaurant, also owned by Gregar and located in the demolition-doomed building.

The block contains the Bear Necessities shop as well.

In addition to the Collegetown and downtown locations, the Brous family owns a CTB branch in East Hill Plaza, also in a Cornellowned building.

Sarah Skinner can be reached at sskinner@cornellsun.com.

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conduct.

Rugless formerly served as the executive director of equity and access services and Title IX coordinator at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has also held a number of positions associated with state government, civil rights, equity and private law.

Just two weeks into her new position, Rugless spoke favorably of Cornell, saying it is the “high caliber people who are here, that struck me instantly.”

Cleary told The Sun that her short-lived experience as Title IX coordinator taught her to be more mindful and present.

“I intend to take those skills I’ve learned here at Cornell from watching so many folks do it so well into my next journey,” Cleary said.

In the past 18 months, Cleary expanded the office’s staff from three to eight people, she told The Sun. During her tenure, she and her team focused on collaborations with individuals and groups across campus, aiming to change the campus culture.

As the new Title IX coordinator, Rugless intends to continue honoring the office’s current mission of prevention and education.

“We do want to expand our focus to a more strategic efforts

around prevention and prevention can take a number [of] forms,” she said.

One such program already in place for fall 2020 is an online Title IX training course. While Rugless said the course would not serve as a substitute for in-person training, it will be a useful tool to evaluate areas where the office can progress.

In fall 2019, Cornell released a survey on sexual assault and related misconduct which showed an increase in undergraduates who experienced nonconsensual sexual contact, though Rugless told The Sun that the report is not necessarily reflective of an increase in reports.

“We have to be very careful about drawing conclusions from data and make sure we have as comprehensive a picture as possible of what is going on here,” Rugless said.

Rugless noted Cleary’s efforts to cultivate an experienced team during her short tenure and hopes to carry on Cleary’s work as new Title IX coordinator.

“The team that Chantelle has built and nurtured here has a great deal of experience and it’s just extraordinary, so credit to her,” Rugless said. “I could not be more honored to be able to serve as the next leader.”

Caroline Johnson can be reached at cjohnson@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Is Redundant ZACHARY LEE SUN STAFF WRITER

Say what you will about Rian Johnson’s divisive Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but it carried an assurance of its message and a ballsiness about its execution that is completely absent in JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.The Last Jedi, for every Canto Bight moment and Green Milk guzzle, was, at the very least, not respectful of Star Wars mythology and lore to the point of being afraid to build upon it or subvert it. In contrast, every scene and moment in The Rise of Skywalker is a shoddy medley that plucks scenes, images, sequences (often frame for frame or word for word) from the past eight films and blends them in such a disjointed array that one wonders what of the script is truly original. Though billed as a conclusion to the Skywalker saga, “conclusion” implies a logical end that organically builds upon the films or ideas that came before. The Rise of Skywalker fails to do even this and spends much of its time trying to appease and win back its greatest dissenters rather than remain committed to the course it has already charted. It is more than just an absence of imagination but a complete and utter failure of artistic integrity.

It is fitting for a Star Wars film to wrestle with identity given that every installment of the saga has featured a “Chosen One” type character feeling conflicted between embracing the light or dark side of the force. The Rise of Skywalker’s mission state-

ment is three-fold in that it tries to retcon The Last Jedi, be a recapitulation of Return of the Jedi and cram every ounce of its twoand-a-half hour runtime with callbacks to the films that preceded it. If the film was committed to do only one of those things, it would be problematic enough, but by attempting all three, none of the elements are properly balanced to form any sort of cohesive plot. I am fully convinced that halfway through filming the beginning part of the movie, JJ Abrams realized he was shooting verbatim from the Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order video game script, shrugged his shoulders and then continued to roll the cameras. The first third of the film focuses on the trio of heroes — Rey, Finn and Poe — looking for various artifacts which will lead them to certain people who will tell them something important (the true plot is about as vague and dull as that sentence).

When there is an inkling of awareness that perhaps these “quests” are overstaying their welcome, the film switches gears to weaponizing nostalgia to such an extent that there is little time to process anything.

The Emperor’s back! Lando’s back! There are Red Sith troopers, Star Destroyers and an ice planet not named Hoth. If the film focused on developing these elements more naturally instead of acting like a parent frantically checking off the ingredients for a dish they were already late preparing, then perhaps there would be more tonal balance.

Despite the convoluted story, the main cast thankfully leaves nothing to be desired, which is perhaps the highest compliment you can give to this film. The chemistry

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between Daisy Ridley’s Rey and Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren is the most compelling dynamic to come out of the sequel trilogy, and their points of contention and attraction with each other reach their full climax here. While Ren wants to convert Rey to the dark side, Rey is striving to eliminate him at all costs which is at the very least, an interesting inverse of their personalities from films prior. The rest of the cast remains likeable, even if their transformation and character arcs are unwarranted given the previous two films. Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) channels his inner Harrison Ford and becomes the cocky gunslinger imbued with heart he was always meant to be, while Finn (John Boyega) channels a gravitas that is welcome in a movie that is bereft of much drama or tension.

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Perhaps it is unfair of me to judge The Rise of Skywalker based on the other films, but that is exactly the lens that it wants to be seen through. It does not want to be seen with new eyes or open minds as its enjoyment is wholly contingent on how many callbacks to the other movies you can name. Rather than push the franchise forward while honoring what has come before, The Rise of Skywalker does a complete 180 and Holdo maneuvers all the way back. Compared to the other installments, this subdued, spineless and sloppy picture seems like it does not belong in the same league of films that preceded it but rather in a galaxy far, far away.

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John Wootton Chicago rapper G Herbo released a new and unexpected tape, titled Sessions, just in time for the end of the decade.The mixtape is his latest full-length release since his joint album with producer Southside dropped in 2019 and his first solo project since his debut studio album Humble Beast came out all the way back in 2017. Sessions contains a featureless compilation of recently released singles with a handful of new songs as well, focusing on more conscious subject matter than much of his previous work.

The rapper has been staying relevant through his Southside collaborations, numerous singles and features over the past two years; however, fans have been eager for the Chicago rapper’s next solo album, particularly after Herb teased his upcoming work — supposedly titled PTSD — on PTSD awareness day in June.

However, the only nine-track Sessions is certainly not the project Herb was teasing, as

the rapper clarified in a Tweet Friday, “DONT EXPECT ANYTHING FROM PTSD,” so seemingly his much-anticipated project will still be dropping in the (hopefully near) future.

The first five tracks of the project have been steadily released by Herb over the past few months, with an additional four new tracks debuting on the tape. The songs share a focus on similar themes, as G Herbo hones in on some of the biggest issues facing inner-city Chicago and other impoverished black communities. The opening track “Summer is Cancelled” critiques the rampant violence in Chicago, particularly the disturbing trend of innocent bystanders being killed in the crossfire, urging his listeners to unite and “think about it before you kill about it.” Two other standouts from the project, “No Sleep” and “My Bro a Legend,” tackle equally heavy material, focusing on the trauma of losing loved ones to violence, subse-

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quent drug addiction and mental illness.

The message is very simple, and you might point out the last thing people troubled by these issues need is more morally righteous scolding; everyone knows that violence hurts people and drug use can cause problems. This is true, but although Herb’s recent work certainly falls short of the complexity and depth of socioeconomic critique of conscious masterpieces like Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, Lil Herb enjoys a significant following among the youth of Chicago whom he is trying to reach. This legitimacy makes him a better-suited role model for these vulnerable communities than most other artists right now. Avoiding the hollow lecturing you endure when listening to albums like J Cole’s recent KOD (a major criticism I have with many new attempts at profound “conscious” rap) and emphasizing his own personal struggles with these problems will cer-

tainly help G Herbo reach his target audience and hopefully implement some of the social changes he wishes to see.

Additionally, Herb’s storytelling ability sheds light on the more personal struggles he and his friends face, an important perspective relatable for many at the very least.

Even with the grim focus of the project, Herb still fits in a few of his more traditionally-themed songs, such as “Hunnit Bands” and “Sessions,” reveling in his money-making prowess and success as a rapper while keeping his name respected in the industry.

He maintains his trademark raspy, emphatic voice and constantly-changing lyrical delivery throughout Sessions, so returning Herb fans won’t be disappointed. However, keep in mind Sessions is a fairly short tape, so don’t expect as lengthy

and thorough a project as Humble Beast. Perhaps think of Sessions as a teaser to PTSD and 2020 G Herbo.

G Herbo’s new project provides a tantalizing look at what’s to come. Given the title, it’s probably safe to assume PTSD will concern similar themes to those present in Sessions, although hopefully in the form of a longer and more complete album. Herb remains the voice of Chicago’s youth and is certainly showing the artistic and subject growth necessary to fulfill this responsibility. Although the days of Lil Herb and his drill anthems like “Kill Sh*t” will be forever undefeated, Sessions exhibits a continued growing maturity and awareness of his powerful platform by delivering a message of unity many need to hear as we excitedly await PTSD. John Wootton is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jwootton@cornellsun.com.

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To the Editor: I write today as a current student, alumna and employee of the College of Human Ecology to strongly disagree with the proposal set forth by the Provost’s Social Sciences Implementation Committee that seeks to transform the College of Human Ecology into a College of Public Policy. I believe that this proposed change will have a negative effect on the academic experiences of current and future students and will damage the University’s relationship with the College’s many passionate alumni and supporters.

My experience as a human ecology student shaped my academic and career interests in ways that I could not have imagined when I first set foot on campus as a transfer student at the beginning of my sophomore year. Coming from a traditional political science program, I hadn’t had the opportunity to explore much beyond my policy classes and was planning on going into a career in government like most of my peers at my previous school. Human Ecology showed me how policy touches everything in the world around us, and how everything else influences policy. I was particularly drawn to the social and health aspects of policy, which I had the chance to learn about through classes in the policy, analysis and management, nutritional sciences and human development departments. Without these departments and without the professors who understood how the disciplines housed in the College work together, I might have written off these courses as simply electives meant to fill credits instead of valuable learning experiences that added to my policy education, not distracted from it. I fear that a College of Public Policy would not share these same values and would not have the ability to promote interdisciplinary learning to the same extent.

I am also greatly concerned about the impact that this change will have on the departments within the College that are not strictly policy focused. How is a student or faculty member supposed to explain to someone unfamiliar with their work that

and there are many people who are now anxious about their future coursework, job prospects and teaching positions as a result of this report. I have personally heard from alums and students who will not financially support the human ecology college anymore if it shifts to a College of Public Policy. Faculty are concerned as well, along with four other students who had previously been quoted in The Sun regarding this issue. I recently received an anonymous email from a person who described themselves as a HumEc faculty member who asked us to speak out and try

My experience as a human ecology student shaped my academic and career interests in ways that I could not have imagined when I first set foot on campus as a transfer student. to preserve the College. President Pollack and Provost Kotlikoff must take community concerns more seriously in the next step of this process.

I am a second-generation Human Ecology alumna (my mother graduated with a degree in Nutritional Sciences in 1985). As an undergrad, I was a Human Ecology Ambassador and a member of the Dean’s Undergraduate Advisory Council.

I fear that a College of Public Policy would not share these same values and would not have the ability to promote interdisciplinary learning to the same extent.

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Come March, they lead The Sun into a new year with their names glowing brightly on the masthead that has held its former editors’ names since 1880. Until then, we can find the names of the diligent workers listed under the “Working on Today’s Sun” section under the masthead.

We can only hope to guide them as seamlessly as possible through the process of becoming a Sun editor. But along with this transition will come some slip-ups and some goofs. It is all a part of the process and a necessary evil in keeping our next slate of editors sharp, adaptable, innovative and hard-working. Any feedback from our community during this period of trials and errors is important in an effort to keep improving our institution.

And with a quick goodbye, the editors of the 137th wish the new compets the best of luck as they embark on a six-week journey that can very well change their life.

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I am a student employee for the Human Ecology Alumni Affairs & Development office. As of this week, I am a first semester Master of Public Administration student in the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, which is housed in the College. I’m basically the physical embodiment of the commonly used college promotional hashtag, #iamhumec. I, like many others, have a deep connection to this college and want to see its legacy carried on.

At the same time, I understand that universities must I am concerned about the impact that adapt and that public policy is an increasingly important this change will have on the study in this day and age. I departments that are not strictly urge the President and the Provost to reject the creation policy focused. How is a student of a College of Public Policy at the expense of the existing to explain that they are a fashion of Human Ecology designer in a College of Public Policy? College and to explore other solutions that will strengthen interdisciplinary policy eduthey are a fashion designer in a College cation for years to come. of Public Policy? These questions have not received answers from the committee, Hayley Timmons ’20

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Michaela Bettez | Bet on It

The Quiet Classism in College of Engineering

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s the add/drop period continues and students consider the classes they’ll dedicate their time and energy toward, an element to class selection weighs more heavily on some more than others: the hidden costs that are barriers to taking the classes.

Classism is inextricable from the American collegiate system, for which there is little Cornell’s College of Engineering can do to dispel. But for the changes it is capable of, Cornell can do better to ensure that all students are capable of taking all classes within the College regardless of their background. Any student who earns a spot in the engineering school should be capable of taking any of its classes.

The Ivy League university we attend surrounds us with such unusual wealth that it’s easy for the professors and administrators to forget that the perceived minor expenses of their classes aren’t just making an insignificant dent in the pocket of a Canada Goose or Supreme jacket. Their decisions could force a student to choose between their next meal or heating their apartment for the coming month and succeeding in their classes, a special kind of cruelty for the students who have worked so hard to get to where they are.

It’s easy to forget that the perceived minor expenses of classes aren’t just making an insignificant dent in the pocket of a Canada Goose jacket.

Many considerate professors of courses like CS 2110: Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures have done away with textbooks and opt to offer course

material solely through their own lectures or distribute them for free through their own website. But still a significant number of Cornell’s engineering classes force

Students can’t pass their old class materials onto their friends the next semester, forcing every new class to buy the materials over again.

buy egregiously overpriced pieces of printer paper often have hidden costs. Some of the most popular electrical and computer engineering classes, such as ECE 3140 and ECE 4760, which both culminate in creative final projects, expect students to shell out their own money to realize their graded designs, paving a smoother path to success for the rich and limiting the creativity of its food-insecure students.

More insidious and hidden is the classism in education quality that’s assumed of all of its students. Many students in the engineering school were fortunate to receive world-class high school education in international schools and private schools. Those who attended public schools, once they overcome the disadvantage of fewer resources, worse guidance counselors and less individualized attention to get into Cornell, continue to be penalized for their lack of wealth long after they get their acceptance letter. I was lucky enough to attend a solid public school in rural Massachusetts, the state with the best public school system in the country, and still spent my first two years here frequently struggling to catch up academically.

students to dish out money beyond the exorbitant tuition and rent costs needed simply to remain at Cornell.

Yet on the other end of the spectrum, the required physics classes that all engineers must complete come from a place of thinly veiled greed. In the Cornell Store, the cost of the course notes, lab manual, and lecture questions for the PHYSICS 2214: Oscillations, Waves, and Quantum Physics class required for my major, electrical and computer engineering, sums to $121.50. These materials are Even classes with the reworked by the professor every dignity to not force semester to ensure that students can’t pass their useless old class students to buy egregiously materials onto their friends the overpriced pieces of printer next semester, forcing every new class to buy the materials over and paper often have hidden over again. When I took the class, costs. they didn’t even allow us the dignity of stapling our course notes together or even hole-punching it, giving us a giant Michaela Bettez is a junior in the College of Engineering. She can be reached at mbettez@cornellsun.com. Bet on It runs every other Monday stack of printer paper costing $67.

Even classes with the dignity to not force students to this semester.

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ike any true fan of young adult literature, I wanted to go to Hogwarts but had to settle for Cornell. I set out to make this idyllic campus my mystical academic home, and after four years here, I have to say things have gone according to plan … for the most part.

I’ve watched Quidditch practice on my way to the A.D. White Library while listening to Hedwig’s Theme blasting from McGraw Tower, but I never thought I’d find myself engaging in a Dumbledore’s Army-like feat: opposing the illogical proposal to turn the College of Human Ecology into a College of Public Policy.

To those unfamiliar with Prof. Urie Bronfenbrenner, human development and psychology, the professor who brought acclaim to my College through his work in creating the Head Start program, the human ecology college might seem vague, but it’s not. The College of Human Ecology encompasses our various environments, contexts and communities’ impacts on us, and in turn how we can impact and improve them. It is derived from Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, which encapsulates the idea that any level of interaction (with

development. With this in mind, The College of Human Ecology’s hodgepodge of majors makes a bit more sense: They all capture different environmental spheres of influence that affect our development and whose development we affect. This theory is, by definition, interdisciplinary, and equally highlights the relevance of each of HumEc’s majors.

I associate public policy with government and law; it’s less inherently interdisciplinary. Human ecology isn’t easy to explain, but once you get it, it’s easy to understand and see in application.

Instead of changing the name of the school, the University should do a better job broadcasting this meaning to current and prospective students, helping them understand how they fit into our human ecology.

Changing the whole college would isolate applicants as well as alumni. Those without an interest in policy would be thrown to the wayside and left unrepresented in the wake of this change. What student interested in studying design and environmental analysis or fiber science and apparel design (the only fashion major in the Ivy League, making it all the more worthy of representation) would look for these majors within a College of Public Policy? It was explicitly and repeatedly stated during the Social Sciences Review Committee’s listening sessions that the goal is to raise the prominence of policy scholars at Cornell to equate that of other elite institutions — not students’ requests. A simple name change will not reap those effects. Even if it does, it would be to the detriment of scholars of other disciplines. HumEc’s

I came to Cornell because I was accepted, because I received enough financial aid and because it wasn’t the one in Iowa. other people, societal messages, goods, institutions and even the time period in which we are born) impacts individual

pride in its unique identity is a major and HumEc, has received so little air selling point to past, present and future time that some students feel it’s a conCornellians. Students apply and transfer ciliation option. This model, however, here for a one-of-a-kind education, and would please HumEc policy scholars by doing away with the essence of this edu- centralizing resources and easing faculty cation would make Cornell just like every collaboration and non-policy HumEc scholars by allowing our departments other university.

Not even every policy, analysis and to maintain their integrity. The college management student is interested in pol- model was framed as a natural evolution icy, with counter-inclinations towards for HumEc, but it’s inorganic and superbusiness, statistics, economics and law. ficial: its primary aim is to up Cornell’s I’ve spoken to some in favor of stream- policy clout. The SSR committee, the lining resources, but not at the expense of their peers’ academic identities. We shouldn’t change the name of the PAM professors’ interests haven’t shifted away from College to fit faculty interests. We these fields and towards should hire new faculty whose public policy, resulting in a much smaller propor- interests align with those of tion of PAM students in HumEc. This trend isn’t the students. changing. PAM is a highly transferred-out-of major; it was said during the last SSR listen- most informed party and the only one ing session that PAM comprises less directly fielding students’ concerns, have than 14-17 percent of HumEc’s student no real decision-making power. They are body. We shouldn’t put the cart before now aware of students’ distaste for the the horse and change the name of the college model, but lack executive power, College to fit faculty interests. We should they can’t say how our input will affect hire new faculty whose interests align the actualization of any proposal, if it will at all. I encourage you to write to Provost with those of the students.

We can distinguish Cornell’s policy Michael Kotlikoff and President Martha scholars without destroying a historic Pollack with your opinion. Progress for college’s academic identity and ostra- the sake of progress (without precedent cizing scholars of other equally relevant and buy-in from student stakeholders) disciplines. Food for thought: There’s a must be discouraged. I urge you to relationship between public policy and recognize the lack of merit in changILR, but perhaps ILR is not being tar- ing HumEc into the College of Public geted given their more prominent oppo- Policy, and the potential for immense sition to last year’s proposed merger with detriment such a move would bring.

HumEc. I’m attempting to emulate that commendable resistance. The alterna- Gaby Kubi is a senior in the College of Human tive to a college, a public policy school Ecology. Comments may be sent to that sits in between Arts & Sciences opinion@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell men’s hockey tied with North Dakota atop last Monday’s edition of the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey national polls.

It’s the Red’s first time atop the national rankings in almost two years: Cornell was No. 1 in the Jan. 29 2018 polls before crashing back down to earth with a home loss to Rensselaer days later.

The Red, which earned 21 out of 50 firstplace votes in the USCHO.com poll, tied

with North Dakota (17 first-place votes) for the top spot in the poll, released on Jan. 13, after spending two weeks at No. 2 behind the Fighting Hawks. Minnesota State, which came in at No. 3, picked up the remaining 12 first-place votes.

In the USA Hockey poll, released later on Monday, Cornell holds sole possession of the No. 1 spot, just ahead of North Dakota.

After a three-point weekend in the Capital Region paired with North Dakota’s weekend split against Nebraska-Omaha, Cornell also clung to the top spot in the PairWise Rankings, the metric used to determine

NCAA Tournament placement.

The most current Pairwise Rankings now put Cornell at third after a home tie and win against Northern Michigan.

Cornell is joined by three other ECAC teams in the USCHO top 20. Minnesota State, Denver and Boston College round out the top five.

Cornell plays seven of its final 13 games at home after playing 11 of its first 15 games away from Lynah Rink.

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kind of our forecheck,” Donaldson said. Andreev were both injured Friday “Just getting above [Northern Michigan] and scratched from Saturday’s lineup. After getting hurt at the beginwas huge.”

It was a two-point night for Donaldson ning of the third period Friday, Betts and junior forward and captain Morgan never returned to action. Andreev was Barron, both of whom assisted Green on injured in the first period but later the first goal of the night. Barron also had returned to the bench.

“I think the travel has taken its toll an assist on Donaldson’s goal.

The second period flipped the script on more physically than I thought it had,” the first, with Cornell having five shots in Schafer said.

Coming into this weekend, Cornell two power play opportunities and the shot had played 11 of its 15 games on the total being 17-6 in the Red’s favor.

“In the second, we just came in, got road.

The three missing forwards were adjusted — made some adjustments in the sense of just being a lot more aware and replaced by goal-scorer Ben Tupker, his being ready,” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 twin freshman Zach Tupker and sophosaid. “And we came out and played a heck more Liam Motley. Schafer did not outline a timetable for Betts’ or Andreev’s returns of a second period.”

Cornell ended the day with four other than to say they are likely to be out power plays, converting on none of them. for most of the coming week.

In the latter half of the third periNorthern Michigan was in the same situation, also going 0-for-4. Despite 16 total od, it looked like Cornell might’ve lost penalty minutes, strong another key member of its offense penalty kills for both teams NMU @ CORNELL when Donaldson prevented the power play was hit and suffered from shaping the game. an apparent upper“Our best penalty killer Game: 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL body injury. He was Matt Galajda,” Schafer NMU 1 0 1 0 went down and did said. “When it was there Cornell 1 1 3 1 not get up for over a and we needed it, he made BORIS TSANG / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR minute before makbig saves.” ing his way into the locker room.

The third and final goal of the night Penalty killing perfection | Cornell went an immaculate four-for-four when the team had The play was reviewed and no penalty came from freshman forward Ben Tupker only four skaters on the ice. in his Lynah debut. First-year classmates was handed to Northern Michigan for the Even so, Cornell had trouble picking up defenseman Travis Mitchell and forward hit.

By CHRISTINA BULKELEY any real momentum after that Green goal. Matt Stienburg got the assists in the entireSun Assistant Sports Editor “I have no comments on the offiIn one power play opportunity, Cornell ly class of 2023-manufactured goal that cials,” Schafer said. “I talked with them last night and they didn’t give me anyIn the second part of a two-game series recorded one shot. Junior goaltender Matt made the score 3-1.

“It’s a good feeling getting that [first thing.” against Northern Michigan, Cornell men’s Galajda kept the Red in the game while Not long after, Donaldson returned to hockey was not ready to settle for another his teammates struggled to elevate their goal] out of the way,” Ben Tupker said. level of play.

“I’m just pretty relieved to be done with Cornell’s bench. tie — or suffer a loss.

Cornell came out of the gates strong that.”

“I got the wind knocked out of me, I Cornell jumped out to an early lead and Following Friday’s 2-2 tie, adjust- got hit square in the chest,” Donaldson fought hard to come out on top, 3-1.

The Red tallied its first goal of the “We talked about that a lot in the morning, ments had to be made to ensure a said. “But I feel fine now.” more prolific offense would come out The last 12 matchups of the regular night 1:04 into the first period when season are in-conference, starting with junior defenseman Alex Green put in about getting people in front of goaltenders, Saturday. “[The goals are] all created by another pair of home games next weekend. his seventh goal of the season to put guys being around the net — Matt “We just need to come out and play Cornell on the board. and today it paid dividends.”

Stienburg with net presence and Ben with the kind of passion, alertness and Throughout the first frame, the Mike Schafer ’86 Tupker coming to the net, and we awareness that we had tonight in the Red looked put-together, but a pair talked about that a lot in the morn- second and third,” Schafer said. “ And, of power plays for Northern Michigan ing about getting people in front of you know, for us, we’ll just keep plugging put the Wildcats’ shot total well above that once again in the second period, with goaltenders, and today it paid dividends,” away.” of Cornell — Northern Michigan finished The Red will take the ice against the period with 17 shots while Cornell had junior forward Cam Donaldson scoring Schafer said. “Cam [Donaldson] went to eight. But five of those Northern Michigan even more quickly than Green had in the the net and scored the second one and Dartmouth Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday shots came on the power play, which lasted first frame. 48 seconds after the period then Ben Tupker also scored on a rebound against Harvard at the same time. fewer than four minutes, making the 17-8 opened, Donaldson sank a goal for the by the net.”

Going into the game, Cornell was disparity paint a picture of a Cornell team Red, putting the team up, 2-1 — a lead already facing adversity. Forwards Christina Bulkeley can be reached at struggling more throughout the first peri- that it would not relinquish again.

“One thing that we changed a lot was junior Kyle Betts and sophomore Max cbulkeley@cornellsun.com. od than it actually was.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Head Coach Resigns After 3 Winless Ivy Seasons

By LUKE PICHINI Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Following three straight seasons of winless play in the Ivy League, women’s soccer head coach Dwight Hornibrook has resigned.

During his three-year tenure with the team, Hornibrook compiled an overall record of 7-32-5, including a 0-19-2 mark in the Ivy League.

Prior to his resignation, Hornibrook served as Cornell’s assistant coach from 2012 to 2016. His chief accomplishment

was his help in leading the team to nine wins in 2015, the most for the program since 2002.

But Hornibrook never achieved that same success as a head coach.

Cornell is coming off a 2019 season in which it finished 4-101 with zero Ivy wins. The season started off strong, with the team notching four straight victories and going 4-2-1 in its first seven non-conference games.

Once Cornell started facing its fellow Ivy League foes, however, its season fell apart. During the conference slate, the Red

was outscored by its opponents,

HORNIBROOK

19-3, and was shut out on five separate occasions.

Under Hornibrook, the team didn’t fare much better in 2017 or 2018. In Hornibrook’s first year at the helm, Cornell went 2-9-3 and managed two ties against Penn and Yale. But in 2018, the team took a big step back, earning a victory in the season opener before going winless in the final 14 games.

While Hornibrook’s tenure started out with promise, he could never quite capture the success that the Red experienced during the 2015 season.

Neither Hornibrook nor assistant coaches Kelsey Ferguson

and Rob Ferguson responded to the Sun’s request for comment at the time of publication.

According to Hornibrook’s LinkedIn, he has since assumed the role of Director of Soccer with the Halifax United Soccer Club in Canada.

Meanwhile, Cornell, which has posted a listing for the position online, is searching for a new head coach to engineer a turnaround for the program.

Luke Pichini can be reached at lpichini@cornellsun.com.