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An inside look at Cornell's youngest business fraternity, Phi Chi Theta.
El Camino is actually a fantastic follow-up to Breaking Bad.
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Volleyball wins its 10th straight competition against Ivy foes.
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Alumna Cancels Event After GSU Students Burn Her Book Georgia Southern University students retaliate against Crucet ’03 By KATHRYN STAMM Sun Staff Writer
COURTESY OF JEANNINE CAPÓ CRUCET ’03
Burnt books | Crucet’s ’03 memoir (right above) discusses her own personal experiences with privilege and diversity in coming to Cornell as the daughter of Cuban refugees.
Georgia Southern University cancelled a second appearance by author Jennine Capó Crucet ’03 after a few students burned copies of her book, following a heated exchange during her first talk, where she spoke about diversity and the college experience. Crucet spoke at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro on Oct. 9, and was slated to speak at the Savannah campus on Oct. 10, before the event was cancelled. She was invited as a part of GSU’s First-Year Experience, in which students read her novel Make Your Home Among Strangers. The book centers on a first-generation student and daughter of Cuban immigrants who is accepted into an
elite university and struggles to understand the privileged world of her new campus. Crucet, the daughter of Cuban refugees, grew up in southern Florida before attending Cornell. She is now an assistant professor of English and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and a New York Times contributor. Crucet previously spoke at Cornell in November 2017, after winning the 2017 Philip Freund Prize in Creative Writing for excellence in publication. During the talk she read “Imagine Me Here, or How I Became a Professor,” an essay from her latest book, My Time Among the Whites, she said in a Twitter statement on Oct. 11. See CRUCET page 5
Dorm Beauticians Sell Styles
Entrepreneurial students operate salons out of dorm rooms By ALIYAH KILPATRICK Sun Staff Writer
At home, everyone has their go-to hair stylist, barber, manicurist, etc. Yet, when students come to Cornell, they lose their favorite hometown beauty specialists, and have to find new people. That is where selftaught, enterprising students like Alayna Earl ’23 come in. “Three years ago I watched a YouTube video on [eyebrow] threading,” said Earl. “I would practice on my friends and sometimes they would
it to Cornell?” Although this is her first semester on campus, word spread fast of Earl’s talents. She has already received positive reviews and returning clients. Through social media and word-of-mouth, she continues to attract new student clients every week. Beauty hobbyists like Earl primarily learned and perfected their craft through watching tutorials online. The satisfaction, friendships and funds that these amateur artists receive from their services make the effort worth the while. “I like seeing it all come together,” said Skyla Carmon ’22, who learned how to style hair when she was 14 years old. After doing research on
give m e money. I decide d , why not bring COURTESY OF MATTHEW DRESSA
Small salon | Kambria Lockett ’21 has been styling her sisters’ hair for years. Now, she’s bringing her talent to Cornell.
YouTube and practicing on her mom and sister, she started to branch out and braid her friends’ hair. “My first real client was my mom’s friend… and after that I started doing my sister’s hair, and her friend’s hair, then my friends started asking; it just started getting around,” Carmon said. She admitted that he sometimes struggles with juggling hair appointments, 15 credits, working two jobs and being a residential advisor on campus. Still, she makes it work and plans to continue seeking clients through ads on her Instagram account. She hopes to continue hairdressing after college, and maybe somehow combine her skills with her Human Development degree. “It’s in one of my business plans, I want to be a counseling psychologist so I’ve thought about mixing the two in some way,” Carmon said. Also switching between multiple responsibilities is hairstylist Kambria Lockett ’21. She found her passion after playing with dolls and practicing on her older and younger sister’s hair. Her appointments can take lots of time and energy, but, she says, doing someone else’s hair is a relaxing activity after a stressful day. “Hair is a language, it’s a style, it’s part of your personality,” Lockett said. “Like if you walk around with blue hair See BEAUTICIANS page 5
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No swiping | Cornell Dining spends about as much on lost utensils — over $23,000 a year — as half of a student’s tuition.
Cornell Dining’s Plea: ‘Fork It Over, Folks’ By KATHERINE HEANEY Sun Staff Writer
Cornell Dining spends hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to feed students on campus. But last year, $23,375 of that budget was spent not on the food, but on replacing utensils. In Mother Goose rhymes, the dish is culpable for running away with the spoon — but at Cornell, the students and faculty who dine at residential and on-campus eateries are the ones to blame. New posters hung in dining halls across campus implore eaters to leave the forks be. “[Spending money on silverware] makes us a little sad,” the poster further reads. “Help us out by not making us sad. Please return ‘misplaced’ silverware and dishware to any dining room.” The Cornell Dining team does budget for some stolen silverware, as well as the wear, tear and breakage that comes
with regular use, according to Karen Brown, Senior Director for Marketing and Communications for Cornell’s Student and Campus Life. “As much as we'd love to buy serviceware items only once and have them forever, we always budget with a factor for some damaged or lost quantities in mind,” said Brown, adding that other universities also do this. If a Cornell Dining staff member sees a student or other visitor removing Cornell Dining property, including silverware and dishware, the staff member is allowed to ask that person to put it back. However, the staff member is not required to do or say anything. “We don’t want our staff to feel they're in the position of having to confront someone, and we certainly don’t want our staff to feel they should See SILVERWARE page 5