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Cornellians Rally for ‘FreeCAT’

By SOFIA RUBINSON Sun News Editor

As families filled Ho Plaza for the start of Family Weekend on Friday, around 45 students, employees and alumni from groups including Do Better Cornell, Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America, Climate Justice Cornell and the Basic Needs Coalition gathered to rally for free public transportation for Cornell students and staff, more resources for low-income students and envi ronmental justice.

FreeCAT is an initiative supported by the IDSA, Cornell Progressives, Sunrise Ithaca and Climate Justice Cornell calling for a fare-free and expanded transit sys tem in Tompkins County, funded by Cornell University.

Students stood together with signs reading, “Free and expanded TCAT 4 all,” “Need-based aid does not meet basic needs,” “Climate justice now” and other slogans advocating for progressive goals on campus. As they stood across from a “Welcome Families” sign at the entrance of Willard Straight Hall, University President Martha Pollack was inside for a family weekend recep tion event.

Multiple tour groups and Cornell families had con

gregated on Ho Plaza when the ralliers began their chant ing: “Any person, any study? Empty promise,” “Martha, Martha, you can’t hide, we can see your ugly side,” ''Pay your fair share, we’re not going anywhere” and “One, two, three, four, Cornell needs to feed us more.”

Ralliers also passed out sheets addressed to the “Cornell Family” with information on the FreeCAT

Sports

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By ISABELA PEREZ Sun Contributor

This past weekend, Cornell was booming with activity as families from across the country and the world trav eled to Ithaca for Family Weekend, and Fall Fest proved to be one of the main attractions occupying the Arts Quad on Saturday afternoon as hundreds of indi viduals gathered to participate in the fun activities.

A multitude of tables lining the paved paths of the Quad gave passing students and families the option to join in on the event celebrating the fall season and the Cornell community. Booths handed out

initiative and the goals of the Basic Needs Coalition to students and families passing Ho Plaza.

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Student Union Board Back in Full Swing

By CAMDEN WEHRLE Sun Staff Writer

Fans of the famous Willard Straight free popcorn can rejoice — the Willard Straight Student Union Board brought back the cherished tradition this semester, along with several other events.

Willard Straight Hall has a long history as a hub of student activities, serving as a place where students can gather and relax outside of classes. However, during the COVID pan demic, many changes were made in the historic building including the browsing library being transformed into a testing center and a lack of in-person community events.

According to Ansel Asch ’23, president of the SUB, it was difficult for the board to plan activities and organize large events last year due

Held on Arts Quad

free Cornell merch such as flashy key chains while others offered various types of games, crafts and information about different clubs at the University.

Some parents, like Anuj Vaish, expressed excitement at spending time with their students at the Fest. Though Vaish worried over his Freshman stu dent’s spirits being in a new environment, he felt more reassured by being able to spend this quality time with her.

“We are coming from [New] Jersey, so this is the best time to come and bond with our kids,” Vaish said. “Sometimes they get homesick so it is better to come here and spend some time with them.”

Vaish’s young son, Raynesh Vaish,

also came to campus to visit his sister and said he was amused by all of the activities available to the families.

“I really enjoy the good weather, and my favorite part about Fall Fest was defi nitely the pumpkin painting,” Raynesh Vaish said. “There is really much to enjoy.”

The aforementioned pumpkin activ ities were a crowd favorite set up by the freshmen members of the Class Council.

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to COVID restrictions and a lack of active board members.

“Our primary responsibility is planning in-person, large-scale events and it’s very difficult to recruit people when you can’t do that,” Asch said, also commenting on how many expe rienced members graduated during the pandemic, leaving a knowledge gap of how to organize events.

The club has seen a large increase in participation this semester. According to Kevin Lu ’25, SUB treasurer, there are now over twenty general body members that attend weekly meetings, and a strong sense of community has developed among the members.

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Grey's Anatomy Illi Pecullan ’26 expresses disappointment with the drama's 19th season.

Arts Weather Ivy League Victory Cornell football triumphs over Brown, adding to their list of victories.

Willard Straight's poppin' | Free popcorn is back at Willard Straight on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as is the Student Union Board.

JULIA NAGEL / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

FreeCAT | Dozens of students, alumni and employees gathered in front of Willard Straight Hall, holding signs and advocating for free public transportation, basic resources for low income students and environmental justice.

JASON WU / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Outdoor fun | This year, Fall Fest and Family Weekend overlapped giving students and their fam ilies a chance to celebrate the festival together.

JEENA JHAVERI / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

“A transit system is a public good... [Public services] are made to serve people, not profits.”

Jorge DeFendini ’22

Sofa Rubinson can be reached at srubinson@cornellsun.com.

Camden Wehrle can be reached at cwehrle@cornellsun.com.

Isabela Perez can be reached at iap32@cornell.edu.

Tuesday, October

2022

A LISTING OF FREE CAMPUS EVENTS

An Introduction to Intuitive Eating 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., Virtual Event

Econometrics Workshop: Yizhou (Kyle) Kuang 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., Uris Hall 312

Our Bodies, Their Laws: Impacts of Dobbs v. Jackson on LGBTQ+ Communitites 4:30 p.m., Goldwin Smith Hall 132

The Sovereignty of Mothers Lecture Series: The Mother’s Two Bodies 5 p.m., A.D. White House Guerlac Room

A Bipartisan Forecast of the 2022 Midterm Elections 7 p.m. - 8p.m., Virtual Event

Tomorrow

U.S. Rural Population Health in the Context of Drug Overdoses, COVID-19 and Longer-Term Mortality Trends 12:25 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Warren Hall 151

Midday Music for Organ: C.U. Music 12:30 p.m. - 1:10 p.m., Sage Chapel

Public and Ecosystem Health Symposium

11 a.m. - 5 p.m., College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University LH5 and CVM Atrium

Queer Studies and Queer Politics: Reflections and Research from the Middle East 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Uris Hall G08

Berger International Speaker Series with Tawab Danish — Circling Back to Zero After 20 Years of Achievements: How the Legal System of Afghanistan has Been Affected More Than Any Other Institution Under The Taliban Regime 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Myron Taylor Hall 277

Hospitality Career Fair

1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Statler Hotel

Sexual Revolutions and the Future of the Institution of Marriage 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Uris Hall G08

Humanities Scholars Program Open House 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m., A.D. White House 110

Cornell Dining’s Take on Italian Pasta Night 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., Morrison Dining and North Star

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Students Share Toughts on Spring 2023 Course Roster

By ERIN YOON Sun Contributor

As pre-enroll nears, Cornellians are starting to plan ahead for the Spring 2023 semester. Last week, the course roster opened, and students are expressing both excitement and concern about choosing classes and pre paring for the new semester.

The approaching pre-enroll is a first for first years, many of whom are seeking guidance from various re sources in choosing their courses.

“Decent resources were available,” said Juneau Mc Gee ’26. “But the best help that I got was from my peers and upperclassmen, who gave me advice on how to best [form] my schedule.”

According to McGee, as an Atmospheric Science major, getting used to the workload in the fall semester was an adjustment. But with help from peers, McGee is able to craft a better fit schedule that contributes the correct criteria of classes for her major while not over working herself.

“I have a lot of electives and gen ed classes [required] for my major in the spring semester,” McGee said. “One of the electives that I’m required to take is called Mete orological Instruments, and I’m looking forward to it.”

Other freshmen have found more ease in selecting classes for the spring semester than they had for the fall. Jaden Oh ’26 described the process as one that went smoothly.

“The process was pretty similar to what [took place] for the fall semester,” Oh said. “I didn’t have too much trouble enrolling in the classes that I wanted.”

According to Oh, as a Human Biology and Health Sciences major, the distribution requirements are rela tively general, giving him the flexibility to coordinate his schedule with his friends.

Grace Urmaza ’25 expressed excitement about the pre-enroll process.

“Pre-enrollment is always a fun time because I like to plan and organize,” Urmaza said. “I’m just hoping that it won’t be too stressful, and my requests for classes will go through.”

Urmaza, a transfer student from Smith College, also reflected on the pre-enroll process at her previous insti tution.

“It was definitely a very stressful time,” Urmaza said. “[P]re-enroll is always like a coin toss; with all of the freezing and cutting out, there is really no better way to do it.”

Other students demonstrated frustration about their inability to enroll in certain classes due to a heavy load of degree requirements.

“Decent resources were available, but the best help that I got was from my peers and upperclassmen.”

“There are some classes that I wish I could take,” said Max Watson ’24. “But major requirements tend to cut them out. I’m hoping I can at least get into the required classes, as some of them may cut out fast.”

Although selecting which classes to take can be a stressful task, Watson demonstrated eagerness toward exploring the variety of courses offered.

“I like how I can see the classes beforehand,” Watson said. “I hope there are more [courses] available in the spring than there were in the fall.”

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Erin Yoon can be reached at ey253@cornell.edu.

Women’s Resource Center Hosts First Speaker Series Event Speakers discuss mental health

By AIMÉE EICHER Sun Assistant News Editor

Former Women’s National Bas ketball Association player Imani McGee-Stafford and podcaster Cam eron Rogers shared personal stories and mental health advice at this past Thursday’s inaugural REALtalk speaker series event, hosted by the Women’s Resource Center.

REALtalk — “REAL” standing for Relatable, Empowering, Authen tic Leaders — will invite speakers to campus once a year, made possible by an endowment gift from the Delta Gamma sorority. Shura Gat, interim associate dean of students and director of the WRC, said that additional sup port from other campus organizations, such as the President Council for Cornell Women and C.U. Tonight, allowed for more professional produc tion quality, including professional photography, videography and sound engineering.

mind, body, spirit?’ We knew from some of what Imani had spoken about that spirituality is really important to her, and we were hoping she’d share some of that perspective with the au dience.”

Laura Chang ’23, WRC staff member, and Brittany Coffman ’22, M.B.A. ’23, former Vice President Foundation for Delta Gamma, mod erated the talk. Rogers began by in troducing herself and how she defines mental wellbeing.

Formerly working in the finance industry, Rogers now hosts the Freck led Foodie and Friends podcast, in which she discusses making healthy living approachable.

Rogers initially began to share her struggles with mental health on social media, through which she found a community of users sharing similar ex periences. This community, she said, was essential in overcoming mental health challenges. Rogers continues to share wellbeing tips with over 77,000 followers, including ways in which she cares for her mental health as a moth er.

Rogers said her favorite ways to cope with mental health challenges include meditating, journaling and exercising. She also urged audience members to reflect upon their inter personal relationships and recognize how they feel after spending time with the people in their lives.

Gat explained that the series aims to invite speakers, with whom they feel Cornell students will identify, to share their wisdom and advice.

“[REALtalk] is the opportunity for Cornell students — particularly wom en-identifying folks — to learn from people who are a little farther ahead in life, who have faced challenging issues, particularly around mental health, and hear the strategies that they’ve been us ing to develop their own well-being,” Gat said.

Event organizers from Delta Gam ma recommended Rogers as one of the speakers, as she had recently spoken to the chapter. Organizers searched for a second speaker who would bring a dif ferent perspective to the table.

“We wanted to have multiple per spectives because we’re committed to working with the intersections of iden tity,” Gat said. “That really allowed us to think, ‘what does it mean to have

Like Rogers, McGee-Stafford also found a community when she began to open up about her struggles with bipolar disorder. Rather than podcast ing, McGee-Stafford writes and per forms poetry, an outlet she developed to express her emotions and mental health challenges.

“I’m always passionate about any body sharing their stories because I think the more stories we have, the easier it is for people to see themselves in those colors,” McGee-Stafford said.

A former member of several WNBA teams, McGee-Stafford is currently in her third year at South western Law School. In her future career, she hopes to research and raise awareness on mental health in the Black community.

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From the basketball court to legal court | Imani McGee-Stafford, former Women’s National Basketball Association player now attending Southwestern Law School, opened up about her mental health at REALtalk.

JASON WU / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Juneau McGee ’26

Aimée Eicher can be reached at aeicher@cornellsun.com.

“I’m always passionate about anybody sharing their stories because I think the more stories we have, the easier it is for people to see them selves in those colors.”

Imani McGee-Stafford

Grey’s Anatomy Season 19 Leaves Fans With Unanswered Questions and New Storylines

ILI PECULLAN SUN CONTRIBUTOR

The premiere of long-time running medical drama Grey’s Anatomy’s 19th season was a lighthearted episode that reminded many fans of the original series premiere in 2005. The new season featured many of the favorite cast members, as well as many new ones. While the premiere was a fun and lighthearted welcome to the season, it failed to show the aftermath of last season’s dramatic cliffhangers.

The end of Season 18 left viewers with a lot of unanswered questions. Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital’s residency program, which has been an important part of the show since the first season, was shut down due to staffing shortages at the hospital.

Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and Dr. Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) were forced to quit their jobs and run away after being caught in a medical malpractice scandal.

Both incidents caused Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), Grey-Sloan’s chief of surgery, to resign and leave the hospital in the hands of protagonist Meredith Grey

(Ellen Pompeo).

Instead of starting the season right where the prior one left off like the show has done in past seasons, Season 19 takes place six months after the hospital had fallen to pieces. The residency program is back, and Owen and Teddy are allowed to work again. While it was nice to see the hospital and the characters in a bet ter state, the plot failed to provide any information on what happened during the past six months in order to get there. It felt like the show left an entire storyline unfinished and moved on to the next.

In a similar fashion to the first season, the show welcomed five new cast mem bers to play Grey-Sloan’s new surgical interns: Benson Kwan (Harry Shum Jr.), Jules Millin (Adelaide Kane), Simone Griffith (Alexis Floyd), Lucas Adams (Niko Terho) and Mika Yasuda (Midori Francis). Just like the original set of interns in Season 1, this group has their own unique characteristics that makes them fit for the job. Many of the new interns’ scenes resembled those of the original cast — for instance, one intern

started a relationship with her boss and another was late on the first day. These were both mistakes made by Meredith Grey in the first episode.

While protagonist Dr. Grey played a large role in the season premiere, it is rumored that her days on the show are numbered and that fans will not be seeing much of her this season. She is supposed to only appear in eight episodes of the season, which worries audiences that have watched the show since the beginning and fallen in love with Dr. Grey’s character.

With Meredith Grey’s presence throughout the season in question, it seems like this season will largely focus on the plot of the new interns as they navigate through Grey-Sloan’s rigorous residency program. While this could be upsetting for some fans who want the show to focus more on the storylines of returning characters, it could also be an exciting restart for the show. After all, the show viewers fell in love with in Season 1 was centered around five surgical interns.

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Canons of Horror: Something Spooky

MAX FATTAL SUN CONTRIBUTOR

If horror is a genre that burns the heart, giving one a burst of adrenaline to keep warm on chilly autumn nights, spooky fare is an embrace of that out-of-body chill, allowing the cold to act as a warm reprieve from the miserably hot and humid summer days. Each year, around this time, when the

first icy breeze hits me, but I’m not quite ready to be shocked or frightened, I turn to spooky films and TV, allowing myself to settle in without being scared to fall asleep on a lonely night. As a kid, this is the farthest I ever got, with episodes of Gravity Falls and Tim Burton films being just scary enough to enthrall a kid, while clearly staying away from materi al that would cross any lines.

Tim Burton is, with little doubt, the king of the spooky movie. In elementary school, the coolest teachers would put on Nightmare Before Christmas (pro duced, not directed by Burton) around Halloween. Even his action films, like the excellent Batman Returns, have a certain air of soft-core horror to them.

Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd are interesting,

because they center horror char acters as outsiders, sapping the dramatic tension typically asso ciated with horror and replacing it with a saccharine sweetness for Scissorhands and a nearly whimsi cal nihilism for Todd Beetlejuice, on the other hand, is closer to a horror comedy, leaning on a larger than life performance from Michael Keaton. It’s perhaps clos er to a kid-friendly version of Evil

Dead than it is to any of Burton’s more delightfully dreary films. Burton achieves this spookiness in nearly all cases by adopting the aesthetics of a lighter horror film without that aspect of fear that often defines them.

That said, other directors are able to achieve such an effect differently. My personal favorite producer of spooky films may be Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director whose work defines the iconic Studio Ghibli. His films, though not scary, do contain elements that can be legitimately unsettling. In Spirited Away, the action is set off by the protagonist’s parents being trans formed into pigs. Howl’s Moving Castle is set in a semi-fascistic war zone that provokes a certain anx iety. Rather than centering films on strange and scary characters as Burton does, Miyazaki often puts ordinary kids at the forefront of his films. This has a brilliant effect of defining frightful events, which could easily devolve into horror, with a sense of mixed wonder and anxiety that is neces sarily childlike.

Perhaps we find horror films so legitimately scary because of the baggage we bring with them as adults who can identify real hor rors in the world. What Miyazaki does is strip us of our baggage and invite us to re-experience things not as wholly intimidating, but as a mix of fearful and fascinating.

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Ili Pecullan is a freshman in the College of Human Ecology. She can be reached at igp7@cornell.edu.

Max Fattal is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. They can be reached at mbf68@cornell.edu.

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Gabriel Levin Almost Fit to Print

Look Up but Not Away

Rocha ’26, a member of the Cornell Astronomical Society, said of seeing Saturn and other fxtures of the night sky for the frst time through “Irv.” I and so many other students could peer through that telescope for hours, admiring the endless beauty of space until woozy from rapt contempla tion. But I want to know what it all means for us, for Earth and humanity?

Refecting on the growing danger of complete environ mental catastrophe here on Earth, Prof. Phil Nicholson, astronomy, explained to me that “It’s really incumbent on us to try to protect the situation we have, both because we should be stewards of the earth and from a practical point of view: there’s no alternative for us to move to.” Prof. Nicholson furthered his point, “If we mess up our planet, we can’t just move to Mars or Jupiter or Venus and expect to fnd a nice environment where we could happily live.”

sky, we are all interconnected — mutually responsible for our collective future.

Every day, I hear another grim prophecy from the scientists. Tey all read like some crazy rambling from Nostradamus, except they’re all coming true: Te waters will rise and eat up the coasts; the rains will fall, acidifed; summers will be swelteringly hot, moreso year by year; the poles will evaporate and mighty glaciers will be brought down; and so on. Te time has long passed that we can plead ignorance or choose indiference. What I see when I look into that telescope is a galaxy that doesn’t change much as

Astrologers of the ancient Near East looked to the stars for wisdom, arranging the night sky in constellations. Polynesian seafarers relied on the positions of the stars to navigate. Historically, diverse peoples from all over the globe have viewed the positions of the Sun, the stars and the Moon as omens of doom and prosperity. Troughout all of human history, we’ve been mystifed and fascinated by the universe and its workings. As time progressed, so too did our tools, and with the advent of the telescope, we could gaze deeper into the night sky. Galileo was the frst, but many more eyes would probe the cosmos with a telescope, including generations of notable Cornellians.

Tis month marks the 100th “birthday” of Fuertes Observatory’s telescope, the Irving Porter Church Telescope, simply nicknamed “Irv.” Into its lens many inquisitive Cornellians have squinted and glimpsed celestial bodies farther than any human being has ever journeyed, all from a small observatory hidden away on North Campus. Every Friday, the Cornell Astronomical Society gathers at the observatory, a switch slides the hulking rotunda open and “Irv” is readied, pointed skyward, the giant 100-year-old telescope that weighs as much as a full-size car.

Looking through the telescope, Saturn, a planet with a volume that could snugly ft 764 Earths inside, seems no larger than a copper penny that you might grasp in the palm of your hand. “You feel small, awe-struck,” Luis Hernandez

As far as telescopes can see, we’ve never found conclusive evidence of life. We’ve scoped out habitable planets with conditions similar to ours, and the closest one is more than four lightyears away, meaning that light takes almost half of a decade to travel here from there. Our fastest manned rock ets are infnitesimally slow when compared to the speed of light — in fact, they are tens of thousands of times slower. It’s doubtful that we’ll ever develop the technology to reach those distant, lightyears-away planets, at least before the problem of climate change swallows us whole. So Earth is our one and only option.

In all, NASA has identifed 5,000 exoplanets — planets orbiting a star outside of our solar system — discovering no observable life on any of them. It’s clear that we may be the only intelligent beings in all of the known universe. Looking through “Irv” gives us a dose of humility, Nicholson told me soberly. It reminds us of the preciousness of life here on earth, its rareness and its fragility, and to not take it all for granted. Like a fickering candle whose fame could fade at any moment if not protected, our continued survival is tenuous and fragile, on the verge of collapse if we fail to address our biggest existential threats from climate change and overconsumption to nuclear fallout.

Examining the night sky through “Irv’s” lens tells us that we might not have a hand in the grand outcomes of the universe or ever fully understand its mechanisms, but we have the power to protect its most valuable and unique asset: life. An education at Cornell prepares us students for positions of responsibility and authority in global society. So it’s critical that every student here rejects those passive stances on environmental and social issues that will prove to be our downfall as a species. Just as each star in view contributes to the beautiful constellations that dot the night

years tick by, but on Earth, a new battle is raging and our loss becomes more imminent every year.

But what can we do to win against the odds?

Student environmentalist and National Geographic Young Explorer Lorena Patricio ’26, who spent her gap year in the rainforests and savannas of Brazil, surveying diverse bird species and educating locals about conservation eforts, told me that “Everyone can do something and everyone should do something to protect our world.” Whether that’s through dietary restrictions, art, agriculture, photography, writing, environmental education, activism, charity or other means, a sustainable lifestyle looks diferent for everyone, but we all must play our parts and know better than to shrug of our individual responsibilities.

As Teodore Roosevelt, the “conservation president” who laid the framework for the National Park System, once wisely advised, “Keep your eyes on the stars, but your feet on the ground.” Every time you look to the stars, remember where it is that you have the privilege of looking from and carry that reverence for Earth and all life with you wherever you go.

Passing on Our Expectations

mental list of hopes and expectations for my future ofspring.

My kid has to be well-spoken and thought ful like me, but more charismatic and outgo ing than their shy father. Academics will come naturally, but they won’t be snobby or conniving to try and get ahead of their peers.

My child has to speak Korean, but it won’t be at the expense of their English. Obviously, they’ll have to play tennis, preferably with a one-handed backhand, because I’ve always wanted to play with a one-handed backhand.

my insecurities and failures onto. Noah Jr.’s life will be in Noah Jr.’s hands, free to exceed and fall short of my expectations.

I’m thankful that my parents didn’t have the same kind of parental baggage I’m satiriz ing here. Tey made an efort to discern my strengths and push for success in those areas, but they never saw my life as an opportunity to live out their unfulflled dreams. Unless, of course, I don’t get into medical school, in which case I can expect to be written out of the Do family will in a heartbeat.

recipient of all of my observations about my own upbringing. Inevitably, my child will

Noah Do Noah’s Arc

Noah Do (he/him) is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at ndo@cornellsun.com. Noah’s Arc runs every other Sunday this semester.

Asa child, I never understood the idea of a parent living vicariously through their kids. I had seen so many sitcom episodes about little Billy being forced to play baseball just because his dad never made it to the Little League fnals, or similar stories of parents learning to let go of their expectations for their children, but I was never able to fully process the parents’ emo tions. How could your child’s achievements possibly make up for your own regrets and shortcomings?

Fast forward to today and I can totally understand where the TV parents of the late 2000s were coming from. I’m still far away from having my frst kid, but I already have a

My kid will be everything I’m glad that I am, and everything I wish I was.

Sounds like a fool-proof plan, no? Certainly not setting myself up for any dis appointment or resentment down the road. Little Noah Jr. will come straight out of the womb a fully bilingual, social butterfy, top student with a backhand as buttery as Federer’s.

…or perhaps my child will be their own

If anything, I’m the one who assesses my childhood with the most critical eye. I often give my parents a hard time about parts of my upbringing that I wish were diferent or experiences that I feel I missed out on, especially after being at Cornell, surrounded by high-class-living, unlimited-Korean-bar becue-eating city dwellers.

If I take a step back, though, I recognize that every aspect of my life up until now has played a role in shaping who I am. As enticing as the fast-paced, big-city life might seem, that environment would create a Noah that hardly resembles the person I am today. I am the direct result of my parents’ decisions and values, often in ways that I can’t fully appreciate as someone who’s never raised a child himself.

fnd things to complain about that I never could have seen coming, just as I do to my own parents. I’ll teach my kid tennis, and they’ll wish they had learned basketball. I’ll pass on a second language, and they’ll regret being stunted in their frst. No amount of parenting will be able to override the fact that life is never quite what we want it to be.

individual with unique gifts and desires. And maybe I’ll have to contend with the fact that my child is not a canvas for me to project all

My expectations for my future child are, in many ways, a reaction to how I was raised. I never spoke Korean or had Korean friends, so I want that to be diferent for my kid. My parents always made an efort to push me in my academics while allowing me to have fun in my free time, a balance I can only hope to achieve nearly as well as they did.

My future son or daughter will be the

It’s a good exercise to think critically about your upbringing, and to consider how your parents’ intentions and actions can materialize in talents, weaknesses and various personality traits. My future partner and I will be the largest infuence on our children, a responsibility that leaves no room for me to vent my own misguided expectations and wants onto the blank canvas of my kid’s life.

Gabriel Levin (he/him) is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at gpl48@cornell.edu. Almost Fit to Print runs every other Monday this semester.

I am the direct result of my parents’ decisions and values, often in ways that I can’t fully appreciate as someone who’s never raised a child himself.

This month marks the 100th “birthday” of Fuertes Observatory’s telescope, the Irving Porter Church Telescope, simply nicknamed “Irv.”

How could your child’s achievements possibly make up for your own regrets and shortcomings?

Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the num bers 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 wiki pedia.org/wiki/ Sudoku)

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Football Narrowly Tops Brown

Late goal line stand pushes football past Brown

By GRAYSON RUHL and MITCH HOY Sun Asisstant Sports Editor and Sun Staff Writer

Seeking its first four win season since 2019, football traveled to Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday to take on Brown (2-4, 0-3 Ivy). With both teams seeking their first Ivy League win of the year, it was the Red coming away with the victory, 24-21.

Cornell (4-2, 1-2 Ivy) got the ball on its own 25 to start the game. The Red took advantage of the Bears’ defense immediate ly, embarking on a 10-play, 75-yard drive.

Sophomore quarterback Jameson Wang completed just one pass on the drive, but ultimately rushed for the three-yard score.

The drive was powered by sophomore running back Eddy Tillman, who racked up more than 100 yards rushing in the first quarter. On the Red’s opening drive, Tillman had rushes for 28 and 19 yards en route to the score. The Red quickly led, 7-0.

Looking for a response on its ensuing possession, the Bears opted to go for it twice on fourth down. A running into the kicker penalty allowed Brown to convert its first try, but on a fourth and 3 from the Cornell 39, freshman defensive lineman Mason Yacovelli batted down the pass attempt. The Red took over on downs.

Both offenses had struggles maintaining drives, resulting in four consecutive punts. Brown had its best opportunity when a punt block set it up in Cornell territory, but the Red defense forced a three-and-

out.

A shanked Brown punt early in the sec ond quarter gave the Red a prime oppor tunity to score, starting on the Brown 30. After stalling in the redzone, Cornell settled for a 38-yard field goal attempt, and junior kicker Jackson Kennedy drilled it. Cornell extended to a two possession lead, 10-0.

After stalling on its first three drives, the Brown offense began to pick up. The Bears marched down the field for the lon gest drive of the game – a 16-play, 75-yard possession that took nearly six minutes.

Brown was able to mix the run and pass game as it methodi cally worked the ball down the field. The Bears was also aided by a pass interference call against senior cor nerback Paul Lewis III. The Bears closed the drive with a three-yard touchdown rush to cut the Cornell lead to three.

After punts from both teams, the Red had the ball on the Brown 49 with 90 seconds to play in the half. Following a defensive pass interference, Wang was able to complete consecutive passes to junior tight end Matt Robbert. The second was an 11-yard strike to the corner of the end zone to put the Red back up by 10.

Brown came out of the locker room looking for points fast in the second half. After flying down the field, the Bears

faced a fourth and 3 from the Cornell 4. Keeping the offense on the field, the Cornell defense held strong, holding quar terback Jake Wilcox to no gain.

Cornell was unable to generate any offense in the third quarter, and its second consecutive three-and-out set the Bears up at the Cornell 42. On the first play of the drive, Wilcox fired a 39-yard strike to wide receiver Solomon Miller, setting up an immediate goal-to-go opportunity.

The Bears struggled to punch the ball in, and again faced a fourth down. Going for it for the fourth time in the game, Brown was able to run the ball in, narrowing the Cornell lead to 17-14.

Heading into the final 15, the Red was looking for insurance points to bolster its lead. With 12 minutes remaining, the Red began a drive with an eight yard rush by Tillman. The Cornell running back was injured on the play and went to the sideline, and sat out the remainder of the game.

On the next play, Wang was able to connect with Robbert on a 55-yard go route down the sideline. It was the second touchdown on the day for Robbert, and it put the Red back up by 10.

Playing with a sense of urgency, the Bears wasted no time getting back into the game. Brown marched down the field with

a 10-play, 75-yard drive, culminating in a 25-yard pass. With eight minutes to play, Cornell held a slim lead, 24-21.

Trying to work the clock, Cornell turned to the run game, rushing on every snap of the possession. The Red converted two fourth downs, one on a fake punt by Ayden McCarter. Cornell stalled at mid field after burning six minutes, and punted back to the Brown 23.

With an opportunity to win the game on a two-minute drill, the Bears began to move the ball down the field. After working the ball into the redzone, Brown rushed down to the goal line. After an initial touchdown call, the decision was overturned by replay, setting the Bears up at the one-yard line.

Fighting down to the last second, the Cornell defense came up with its biggest plays of the day. The Red stuffed the run on first-and-goal, pushing Brown back to the 4. After a false start, fifth year lineman Max Lundeen came up with the play of the game – a strip sack on Wilcox. Junior lineman Brendan Chestnut fell on the ball at the 23, sealing the 24-21 win for the Red.

With the win, Cornell has its first win ning streak on the year. The Red will look to extend it to three next Saturday, when it travels to New Jersey to take on Princeton. The game will be available on ESPN+.

Grayson Ruhl can be reached at gruhl@cornellsun.com. Mitch Hoy can be reached at mhoy@cornellsun.com.

Cornell beats Brown | The Red beat Brown for the first time since they played them in the 2019 season on Oct. 26, 2019 at Schoellkopf Field. They beat them 37-35 in 2019.

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