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Bangs Ambulance to Unionize

By FINLEY WILLIAMS Sun Staff Writer

When employees at Ithaca’s only ambulance company officially began the unionization process, they were looking for better shift scheduling, protocols, benefits, pay and a 40-hour work week, among other goals tailored toward improving patient care delivery, employee safety and work-life balance. Now, after narrowly winning the Nov. 9 union vote by 22-20, Bangs Ambulance employees face an uphill battle: they must unify the workforce and attempt to improve their working conditions, while also strengthening the new union.

“We had the goal of making our profession viable in terms of pay and the intensity of the work and the amount of hours we have to work in a week, in order to provide better care to our patients at the end of the day,” said Gus Dunn-Hindle, an emergency medical technician at Bangs Ambulance and mem ber of the Bangs Ambulance Workers United organizing com mittee. “If we're better rested, if we're better paid, better pre pared, then we are going to be able to do right by our patients.”

Dunn-Hindle added that among workers’ grievances is the discrepancy between the quality of pay and the magnitude of calls to which Bangs Ambulance responds.

“We, at Bangs Ambulance, run more calls than any other emergency medical agency in the county, by an order of magni

tude. We cover roughly 82,000 people and we get paid less than any other agency,” Dunn-Hindle said. “So, we'd like to see an increase in pay that reflects both our training as providers and the intensity of our work in regards to how many calls we run and the kinds of calls we run.”

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Iceland’s President Gives Talk at Cornell

By AIMÉE EICHER and ERIN YOON Sun Assistant News Editor and Sun Staff Writer

President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson visited Cornell on Thursday and gave a talk titled “Can Small States Make a Difference? The Case of Iceland on the International Scene” to the University communi ty. Addressing a packed Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Jóhannesson discussed Iceland’s international impact, climate change and his thoughts on pineapple on pizza.

Students Shut Down Coulter ’84 Event

By LUCAS SANTIAGO Sun Staff Writer

Conservative media pundit and author Ann Coulter ’84 was invited to speak at Cornell on Wednesday, Nov. 10 to talk about the midterm elections and host a Q and A. Coulter was met with a strong coa lition of students standing against her with at least eight individuals being removed from the venue for disrupting her speech.

The event was hosted by the Network of enlightened Women, a campus con servative women’s network. Members of Cornell Republicans assisted in the promo tion and staffing of the event.

The event was barely off its feet, how ever, before protesters interrupted. When Coulter was introduced, one student played “Entrance of the Gladiators" by Julius Fucík — commonly known as the Circus Theme — as she approached the podium. As the music reverberated throughout the silent lecture hall, the student said, “Go

back to the circus Ann.” The student was escorted out without incident.

Not more than a few minutes had gone by before other protesters began sporad ically interrupting the event. Some blew raspberries and shouted their disapproval, another blew a loud whistle.

“No KKK, no fascist USA,” said two students, before being escorted out.

Coulter rose to fame for her criticism of the Clinton Administration in the late 1990s, but has since grown into a harsh critic of American liberalism and what she deems as the silencing of conservative values. She has also gained notoriety for her controversial and offensive statements over the course of the last two decades.

In the past, Coulter made targeted remarks of hate against numerous margin alized groups including Muslims, Latino immigrants, Jewish people and women.

As early as Tuesday evening, pam phlets were placed throughout Goldwin Smith Hall, rallying students to protest

outside Cornell Law School, where Coulter planned to speak.

“Bigots Like Ann Coulter Aren’t Welcome at Cornell,” read one sign, “Don’t allow Ann Coulter a platform for her hate: Protest her speech at Cornell!”

The entrance to Landis Hall at the Cornell Law School, where Coulter planned to speak, was patrolled by secu rity guards, and several were scattered throughout the hall itself. Campus police officers were also stationed, standing in the sidelines and the back of the hall, as well as three outside the Law School building.

Outside, a few protesters gathered, but not amounting to more than 20 in total. One protester held a sign, reading, “We don’t support white supremacists.”

Bags were forbidden from the hall, as per Coulter’s team’s requests.

Many students had booked tickets on Eventbrite, but were declined at the door after being told that only tickets reserved through Cornell’s Ticket Office website were valid. However, students with Eventbrite reservations were suddenly let in right before the event was about to begin, filling the empty seats in the left wing of the hall.

Coulter partnered with the Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization that trains conservatives in activism and lead ership, as part of her Campus Reform project. It aims to combat perceived liberal bias on college campuses across the country by publicizing such circumstances to larger conservative media outlets and the public.

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Jóhannesson took office after winning Iceland’s 2016 presidential election. He ran for reelection in 2020, claim ing 92.2 percent of the popular vote.

Unlike many heads of state around the world, Jóhannesson did not have a political background prior to his election. When he ran for president, Jóhannesson was a history professor at the University of Iceland. He has also taught at Reykjavik University, Bifröst University and the University of London.

The lecture began with introductions from Prof. Rachel Beatty Riedl, government, who is the director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, and Prof. Peter Katzenstein, government, who moderated the question and answer session later in the event.

Jóhannesson introduced his philosophy on the limits of a president’s power, as well as his experience of constant media attention as president, through a lighthearted story about pineapple on pizza.

He recounted visiting a high school in Akureyri, Iceland in 2017, where a student asked him his opinion on pineapple on pizza. Jóhannesson sarcastically respond ed that he disliked the topping and wished to ban it in Iceland. While he thought the joke would stay within the classroom, a local newspaper picked up the story, present ing the proposed ban as a serious policy position.

Jóhanneson said that in the following days he received media requests from global news outlets such as BBC and CNN, which prompted him to eventually release an official statement to clarify the situation.

“While I do not like pineapple on pizza, I do not have the power to ban that ingredient. Furthermore, I would not want to live in a country where a president can ban pineapple on pizza,” Jóhannesson said. “Presidents should know the limits of their powers. That’s how democracy works.”

Though Iceland is one of Europe’s smallest countries — with a population of 380,500 and land area of just under 40,000 sq. mi — it is also the most peaceful, hav ing held the top spot in the Institute for Economics and Peace’s Global Peace Index ranking since 2008. On the 2022 list, the United States earned 129th place.

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Aimée Eicher can be reached at aeicher@cornellsun.com. Erin Yoon can be reached at eyoon@cornellsun.com.

Black Adam Tom Sandford '24 reviews Black Adam a new DC Comics movie that was in the making for 15 years.

Dartmouth's Defeat Cornell football redeemed last week's loss with a victory over Dartmouth on Saturday.

Civic Celebration

Votes hosted an event to celebrate Cornell's voter turnout and dedication to democracy this year.

Out with a Bang | Bangs Ambulance is slated to unionize on Nov. 19, which has led to confusion and strife among employees.

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Icelandic influence | President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson visited Cornell and gave a lecture on the country's global impact.

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Protesting political pundit | Students protested outside of the Cornell Law School, where a talk from conservative media pundit Ann Coulter '84 was scheduled.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Paulina Velázquez Solís: Multi/ciclos 11:30 a.m., Sibley Hall 157

President’s Awards for Employee Excellence 2022 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Virtual Event

Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism and Poland’s Jewish Revival 1 p.m., Uris Hall G08

Climate Action Week: Cartooning for Climate 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Sibley Hall 144

Special Preview Screening: “Nanny” Followed by Q&A Discussion 8 p.m., Willard Straight Theater

Nathan Mondry, Clavichord Recital: C.U. Music 8 p.m., A.D. White House

FCS United Way 8th Annual Chili Cook-Off

10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Humpreys Service Building Atrium

CBB Special Seminar — Georgia Paraskaki (DESY) 11:30 a.m., Virtual Event

Climate Action Week: “Our Changing Menu” Noon - 1 p.m., Goldwin Smith Hall 250

Achieving Food and Nutritional Security in the Era of Climate Change 12:25 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Warren Hall 151

Catch of the Day Fresh Seafood Dinner 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., North Campus, North Star and Morrison Dining

Cornell Women’s Basketball vs. Lafayette College 7 p.m., Bartels Hall

CCCP presents NOMON: C.U. Music 7 p.m., Cornell Cinema

Civic Celebration Honors High Voter Turnout

By JULIA SENZON Sun Staff Writer

Cornell Votes held its second-annual Civic Celebration in Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room on Sunday to celebrate Cornell’s historic voter turnout this year and recognize civic engagement leaders.

Cornell Votes is a University-sponsored nonpartisan student organization with in the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement. The organiza tion was established in 2020 to expand voter turnout and democratic engagement on campus.

“Students come to Cornell from differ ent states, knowledge about civic engage ment and opinions on who to vote for,” said Patrick Mehler ’23, co-founder and president of the organization. “Cornell Votes prides itself on helping all students vote regardless of where, when, how or for whom; only through Cornell Votes and its dedication to nonpartisanship can every Cornellian be engaged in the civic process.”

Serena Wang ’25, Cornell Votes’s com munications department chair and incom ing vice president of internal operations, emphasized that the organization’s com mitment to nonpartisanship is especially important in a divided political atmo sphere.

“[Nonpartisanship allows us to] serve

as a bridge between the left and the right, building coalitions rather than furthering the divide in this polarized era,” Wang said.

At the Civic Celebration, leaders of Cornell Votes described the organization’s accomplishments from the past year.

During its two years of operation, Cornell Votes advocated for New York State legislation that requires on-campus polling locations at college campuses with at least 300 registered students. Governor Kathy Hochul signed this legislation into law this past April.

For the first time, almost all Cornellians living on campus were able to vote on cam pus at Alice Cook House. As a result, the 2022 midterm election saw an over 317 percent increase in in-person, on-campus voter turnout compared to the 2018 mid term election.

Cornell Votes also celebrated contin uous growth in Student Assembly elec tion turnout. The fall 2021 elections saw a 31 percent increase in voting from first-year and transfer students from fall 2020. However, voter turnout did decrease during the fall 2022 election.

By reflecting on their progress, Cornell Votes members are able to recognize their goals coming to fruition.

“Since we usually have several different projects happening at once, [the Civic

Celebration] is a good time for us to step back and think about each project and its impacts,” said Elena Woo ’24, coalition chair and incoming president of Cornell Votes. “It also allows us to showcase the importance of Cornell Votes and celebrate our hard work.”

Cornell Votes also recognized the efforts of specific students, staff, student organizations and community institutions to further democratic participation.

One of the winners was Eveline Ferretti, a Cornell library staff member and public programs and communication adminis

trator, who received the Civic Champion - Staff Member of the Year award for her dedication to increasing voting informa tion and promotion at Mann Library.

Dana Karami ’22, vice president of operations for Cornell Votes, said that the Civic Celebration is a key element in maintaining momentum within the organization.

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Body Positivity Terapist to Discuss Self-Care, Wellness

By ANGELA BUNAY Sun Managing Editor

Body Positive Cornell is hosting Mimi Cole, a therapist known for her Instagram page The Lovely Becoming, in a Tuesday evening event where she will speak on selfcare and self-compassion and offer well ness tools for the upcoming exam season.

Mimi Cole is currently an associate clinical mental health counselor at a pri vate group practice in Franklin, Tennessee, where she specializes in working with individuals with complex and childhood trauma, religious trauma and deconstruc tion and BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folks.

Cole said her own experience with therapy attracted her to the field — along with wanting to fill in the gaps for peo ple with marginalized identities that she noticed.

“I saw a lot of gaps for people with marginalized identities, people who didn’t fit the very narrow stereotype for eating disorders. And with OCD [obsessive-com pulsive disorder], there was a lot of misin formation and miseducation,” Cole said. “Also, more recently, being reflective upon my experiences, [understanding] what was missing and how to make those [experi ences] better [for others].”

Cole began her Instagram page in February 2019 after seeing dietitians on the social media platform discuss topics

such as intuitive eating and weight inclu sive care. She noticed a lack of conversa tion surrounding the intersectionality of having multiple conditions.

“I didn’t see an intersection between the OCD piece and eating disorders. And I also didn’t see a lot of conversation around this atypical label,” Cole said. “I love making connections, so it was really fun for me to connect with people and share more about my experiences and people started to resonate with my words, which was really nice.”

Since then, Cole’s Instagram page has expanded into a mental health podcast and blog. Cole was also recently featured in the New York Times, where she spoke openly about her experiences with atypical anorexia — a type of anorexia when a patient has all the symptoms of anorexia but is not underweight.

Cole has also been featured in HuffPost and has collaborated with various organi zations including the National Alliance for Eating Disorders, the International OCD Foundation, Eating Recovery Center and the National Eating Disorder Association.

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Angela Bunay can be reached at abunay@cornellsun.com.

Veterans Day Celebrations Leave Some Wanting More

By ISABELA PEREZ Sun Contributor

The stars and stripes flew high over the Cornell campus this past Friday as Veterans Day honored the sacrifices of veterans from across the nation and Cornell. As the day came and went, many Cornellians wondered if the University does enough to support its veterans.

Over the past few years, there have been various pushes from Cornell students, especial ly from the Cornell Undergraduate Veterans Association, to make Veterans Day a University holiday during which classes are not in ses sion. Even though Cornell recognizes the day and offers events for veterans on Nov. 11, it can be difficult for students to attend due to conflicting class schedules. Some students, however, do not believe that having the day off is imperative.

Gabe Godines ’23 served four years in the Navy as an Aegis Fire Controlman before com ing to Cornell. He wanted to attend various events for veterans on Friday, and despite hav ing to miss some due to classes, Godines said he did not find this too frustrating.

“A day off would be great. I mean it’s a day off, but at the end of the day I’m not offended or upset that Cornell doesn’t give us Veterans Day off,” Godines said. “I appreciate every thing that they did. They had different events throughout the day, from the chimes concert in the morning to our luncheon in Barton hall in the afternoon. These events were all great

opportunities for the community to come together to recognize the sacrifice of those who served.”

Provost Michael Kotlikoff has been a long standing advocate for Cornell veterans and helped set forth the introduction of Resolution 32, which is titled “Calling on Cornell University to Appropriately Recognize and Honor Veterans Day.” The resolution was pre sented to the Student Assembly in fall 2021, who supported and passed the resolution to make Veterans Day a University holiday. President Martha Pollock acknowledged the resolution and commented on the initiative, making Veterans Day a University holiday without time off.

Michael Sanchez ’23, vice president of CUVA, is one of the supporting advocates for the resolution, but he has seen little progress this year in making Veterans Day a day off for Cornelians.

“We are pushing to get that holiday recog nized by the University and let everybody have off so we are able to attend the events that are held for us without fear of missing some sort of assignment,” Sanchez said. “[The initiative] was the real big push as of last year, but as of now it has basically been tabled.”

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Isabela

can be reached at iap32@cornell.edu.

Civic celebration | Cornell Votes hosts a celebration to commemorate historic voter turnout at the on-campus polling location at Alice Cook House.

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Body positivity | Therapist and podcast host Mimi Cole to share

talk on Tuesday.

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Honoring veterans | The seals of the different military branches decorate the wall above the fireplace in the library of the Veterans Program House.

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Black Adam Is Rock Solid

TOM SANDFORD SUN STAFF WRITER

On Oct. 21, Warner Bros. Entertainment finally released a movie that has been in production for the better part of 15 years. The film, titled Black Adam, has been a passion project of star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the wrestler turned action movie icon who plays the titular character TethAdam. This film was first announced way back in 2007, right on the precipice of the superhero boom that has encapsulated the industry in recent memory. If it had been released back then, it might have gone the way of Sin City or Watchmen: visual mas terpieces that ultimately failed to resonate with audiences. However, released at this time, this movie works so well within the scope of its genre and cultural impact.

In a word, Black Adam is powerful. In multiple interviews, Dwayne Johnson has used the following tagline: “The hierarchy of power in the DCEU (DC Extended Universe) is about to change.” This state ment holds extremely true throughout the entire movie. In the comics, Black Adam is a rival of the superhero Shazam!, shar ing similar powers with him. The movie makes a few minor changes to his origin, which I won’t spoil here, but I will say that they lend a certain tragic element to the character that is sometimes lacking when he is portrayed as a tried-and-true villain in the comics.

The physical stature of The Rock in his suit also lends some credibility to Black Adam as a threat to others in DC Comics’ cinematic universe. On average, the actors who portray DC characters tend to be tall er than their Marvel counterparts, as well as heavier. When compared to actors like Ben Affleck who stands at 6’4” or Jason Momoa who weighs in at 240 pounds, The Rock feels more statuesque than all of

his fellow DC stars, standing at a height of 6’5” and a reported weight of 275 pounds. Every hit feels more powerful than anyone else before, and it feels like his opponents feel the damage more deeply than in other superhero fights that we have seen over the last decade and a half.

I had two minor issues with the movie. The first was the villain. Sabbac is a fine character from the comics, but just once I’d like to see a superhero origin story where the main antagonist isn’t a direct mirror of the main character. Black Adam says the word SHAZAM! and is granted powers from a pantheon of gods whose names make up the acronym of the word. Sabbac draws similar powers from a pantheon of demons to become a superpowered ava tar hellbent on evil. See the similarities? This is Superman and Zod, Hulk and Abomination, Iron Man and Iron Monger, Aquaman and Ocean Master, etc, etc.

It’s an unavoidable trope that all super heroes have supervillain counterparts that are mirror images of themselves. However, the purpose of a rogues’ gallery is that it provides a diverse plethora of characters who can challenge the hero in different and unique ways. So please, DC, Marvel, Image, Valiant, Dark Horse, Archie, whichever comic book company happens to read the Daily Sun, please stop doing this in every movie. It’s stale, and we fans are tired of it.

My second minor issue with the film was its use of Hawkman. Now, it is an understatement to say that Hawkman’s comic book history is long and convoluted. And yet here he feels a little stale. There is an unfortunate trope in superhero movies wherein a character is presented as being powerful and is essentially just used as a punching bag to establish how strong other characters are by beating them. The worst offender of this is Killowag in the

Green Lantern comics. He’s big, he’s burly, he’s always the first one to be knocked down when a new and powerful villain emerges. Likewise, the audience is told that Hawkman is the muscle of the Justice Society, even more so than the size-chang ing Atom Smasher. And yet he’s just pum meled by Black Adam. I would like to see Hawkman able to put up a little bit of a better fight against him, as well as against Sabbac, to really sell his character as wor thy of the physical respect that he claims to deserve.

Ending on a positive note, I loved this movie. I’m sure you gathered this by reading the previous few paragraphs, but I am a huge comic book fan. This movie appeals to me as a fan of both the source material and the genre of superhero films themselves. Seeing the Justice Society on the big screen, not just hinted at and referenced like they are in various CW shows, was an absolute dream come true.

I thought that all of the actors, especially Pierce Brosnan with “Dr. Fate,” did fantas tic jobs being faithful to the comics while adding their own personal touches to the characters.

For the past three years, Marvel Entertainment has not produced the kind of quality work that they were known for during their “Infinity Saga” era (20082019). This has allowed their rival, DC, to start to rise in the ranks of popularity at the box office. I had thought that the superhero genre was waning in its ability to tell new and inventive stories. However, movies such as Joker, The Batman and now Black Adam have allowed for DC to prove me wrong. Now, I am just as excited for the future of the industry as I was back when The Rock was first cast in Black Adam.

Tom Sandford is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at tjs266@cornell.edu.

It’s the Season of the Sticks

KIKI PLOWE SUN STAFF WRITER

On Oct. 14, Noah Kahan released his third studio album Stick Season, a 14-track ballad to New England Novembers and a man’s yearning. The album arrived in perfect time for stick season, the time of year after the leaves fall but before it begins to snow. Stick season is known in Vermont as a time of transition, a feel ing that underlies the album throughout changing relationships, towns and seasons.

Although I’m a fake New Englander, I can pretend my small Hudson Valley hometown is Vermont when fall hits. I’m most grateful to have experienced seasons growing up: the magic of the October pumpkin patch, the thrill of spooky sea son, the iced coffee order turning to hot. For me, October happens to be birthday season, which adds another element to my hyper-awareness of the passage of time during fall.

Anyone living in Ithaca is about to get used to the subject matter of “Stick Season.” We’re entering the gray period when the bright leaves are gone, and we have to hide our cute fall fits under real jackets. The album is “about feeling left behind and feeling trapped,” Kahan said, which is a feeling many college students know all too well as the sun disappears and seasonal depression creeps in. Stick Season expertly expresses bittersweet emotions which many negotiate with as they grow up.

The album’s sound is grasping and passionate, like try ing to hold onto the perfect October day. The first track, “Northern Attitude,” sets the tone and subject of the album: “Forgive my northern attitude / Oh, I was raised

out in the cold.” Stick Season captures the anticipation of winter, waiting for the nights to get shorter and the days to get colder. The folksy rhythm and energetic strumming continue into the third track, “All My Love,” which drips with yearning and captures a perfectly simple young love.

Some of the lines feel clunky and contrived, and they date Kahan’s music. I don’t need to hear the phrase “the

Attention deficit kids in their gym clothes / Paper bags drift wherever the wind blows / And mine’s full of receipts” in the sixth track “New Perspective.” This is where Kahan shines: with specific details and images that transport every listener into a youth spent in Vermont. He bottles up the urgency and desperation of fall, setting love and heartbreak against the backdrop of feeling the passage of time.

Kahan strings together a simple wondering of what could be in “Come Over,” and “Orange Juice” is reminiscent of The Lumineers’ “Leader of the Landslide,” another folk song driven by powerful strumming and a loved one struggling with alcoholism. Kahan vacillates between specif ic details and big, moving statements: “No thing defines a man like love that makes him soft.” This is what makes the album so refreshing — the man behind the album is soft, and he lets us into his heart and world. The album is about love, but also a feeling so intense that only Kahan’s autumn crisp project can put it into words.

The album’s sound starts to feel repetitive if you’re not listening with the lyrics open on your computer like I am, but the music is only made better by its poetry. Stick Season feels like driving away from your ex’s house for the last time, or driving down your childhood road for the first time after moving out — quiet moments of transition that you’ll never capture in a picture, but you’ll also never forget. This is the fall album of the season, and the perfect addition to the Fleetwood Mac, Bon Iver and Lumineers on your November playlists.

However, other lines reveal Kahan’s expertise with words, as he carefully layers his songs with image-rich and moving lyrics like “Liberal rednecks get drunk on a dirt road /

Dow Jones is falling” or “there’s COVID on the planes” in otherwise timeless songs. These lines distract me from what Kahan is able to capture about a universal human experience of autumn.

Kiki Plowe is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at cbp66@cornell.edu.

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Reigning Cats and Dogs

ing time with an animal is better than spending time with humans precisely because they’re not humans. You won’t need to recharge your social battery before you hang out with your pet. You won’t have to navigate awkward silences or worry about engaging them in con versation. You’ll be able to rant to your furry friend all you like without boring them.

Plus, you no longer need an alarm clock. I’ve replaced my obnoxiously loud, air raid siren with a quiet, gentle meow which makes for a much more peaceful wake up (minus the cat breath that accompanies this quiet meow). Most cats and dogs have a biological clock that starts the day earlier than we might like to. Pets are usually up and ready for more food, water or attention at six or seven in the morning.

for your new furry friend.

Loose socks become choking hazards, and dirty surfaces are dangerous for dogs and cats who lick their paws daily. When you share your space with any other living thing, human or animal, you’ll make a conscious efort to keep it cleaner than you likely would if you were living alone.

Having a pet in college gives you something to think

Last weekend, I made the best decision of my academic career: I got a cat. Although I’d like to spend the next several hundred words talking about how amazing my cat is (because she really is amaz ing), I won’t. Instead, I’ll discuss the value of having a pet in college.

Having a pet in college was not entirely unfamiliar to me before I got my very own furry friend. My sister (who also goes to Cornell) got an adorable, not-so-little Bernedoodle our freshman year. I’ve been his “Auntie” ever since, and have gotten to enjoy all the benefts of having a big, fufy dog without actually having to take care of a big, fufy dog. After realizing how much I enjoyed pet sitting my nephew, I fgured, why not get one of my own.

Despite the obvious cuteness factor of watching a little fufball grow up alongside you, owning a pet in college can enhance your quality of life in more ways than one.

Pets are the perfect companions. Feeling lonely? Get a pet! Spending time with your pet won’t feel the same as your time with human friends, but it won’t feel as isolating as your time alone, either. Sometimes, spend

Even if you don’t want to wake up early to attend your 8 a.m. or even your 9 a.m., your pet’s early start can motivate you to get up and go to class. Early starts can be more productive than late nights, as columnist Aurora Weirens ’24 recently noted in her column a few weeks ago, “Early Bird Gets the Worm.” You can even spend the extra hour giving your new pet the attention they deserve. After all, that’s the reason they woke you up.

Taking care of a living, breathing thing other than yourself requires you to take care of yourself frst, so

about other than yourself. I think it’s easy for us to get a bit too wrapped up in ourselves, in our personal and professional successes and failures. Taking care of a pet gives us an opportunity to be selfess too, which can help us get out of our own heads. We all like to think that we have a special purpose in this life, and owning a pet gives you just that.

When you get a pet, you become a parent to your fur baby, and your new role as guardian gives you a glimpse into the sacred realm of parenthood without actually having to birth a human baby.

Being tasked with ensuring the safety and wellbe ing of your fur baby can seem daunting and, at times, truly nerve-wracking, but watching your baby grow up into the animal you nurtured them to be is extremely rewarding.

having a furry friend can help to ensure you’re doing both at the same time. Maybe you don’t mind living in a messy room, with dishes that’ve been sitting in your sink for two weeks and a foor you can’t see because of the piles of dirty laundry, but you wouldn’t want that

If you want a furry friend, I say go out and get one. People will probably push back. Tey’ll say you don’t have time for a pet in college. To that I say, we make time for what’s important to us. If caring for a fur baby is what you really want, you’ll make the time to love them. You’ll make so much time, in fact, you won’t ever want to go to class.

Ithaca’s First Snow!

But, with cold temperatures comes warm, comfy clothes and hot drinks. With warm, comfy clothes and hot drinks comes an excuse to put down the fnal study guides and enjoy the huddled-up company of friends and roommates seek ing to stay warm.

Additionally, for those wishing to not remain cooped up, Ithaca ofers plenty to do in the snowy season: tubing or skiing at Greek Peak, sledding down the Slope, seeing frozen waterfalls, creating “inter

Te Mehl-Man Delivers

On Sunday, Nov. 13, a downpour of rain briefy turned into snow around 4 p.m. as the sun started to set. For all the jokes about Ithaca being a snowy place and prospective students’ main concern about Cornell being the weather, it took until the middle of November for snow to graze Cornell’s campus.

Even with the furries we received, the previous week’s high of 75 degrees ensured that the snow would certainly not stick. As much as others may dislike the snow, I love this part of the year where barren trees and dead grass glisten in a coat of fufy snow.

With snow comes cold temperatures.

esting” drawings in the snow-flled quads and more.

Snow is a time for everyone to slow down and enjoy their surroundings that are normally forgotten during one of the

busiest times of the year; if you do not slow down, you might literally slip and miss it.

For all students except the seniors, the frst bits of snow arriving in mid-Novem ber might feel normal. Last year, the frst real couple of inches of snow was on Nov. 15. Te year before that it was even later. But in 2019, snow started falling as early as Oct. 9 with multiple inches coming by Nov. 6, 2019.

Seniors remember the snow before Fall Break their first year and they espe cially remember the serious storm just a couple of weeks later that kept students home for a couple of extra days after Thanksgiving. Te Sun reported on Nov. 17, 2021 that snowfalls continue to hap pen even later and later each year; the lack of snow predicted for the coming week of Nov. 14 only furthers the arguments put forth by atmospheric professors and meteorologists: winter is coming… sub stantially later.

In addition to the dangerous condi tions created by wetter winters, such as more black ice, heavier blankets of snow and other environmental hazards, the lack of snow in Central New York robs stu dents and Ithacans of the beauties an early snow has to ofer. Fun activities, gorgeous walks without deathly windchills and the excuse to make hot cocoa disappear with the current weather patterns and contin uous warming of our winters.

Simply put, climate change makes winter less enjoyable.

But good news hides amongst a wet and colder winter without snow. For those of us who love snow, we get to experience it for longer into the school

year and get to stay bundled up in cute fannels and oversized coats throughout even April. As winter gets pushed further

back so do all the things I love about winter, and the more I get to experience it with my friends at Cornell.

While I typically try to have an actionable item for readers who make it to the bottom of my columns, all I encourage this time around is that when it does finally snow inches for the first time this season (and it sticks!), take a break from all your work and enjoy the snow.

Winter in Ithaca is an incredibly beau tiful time, and you will miss out on the joys of snow without making the inten tional time to go play in it.

Patrick J. Mehler is a senior in the School of In dustrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at pmehler@cornellsun.com. Te Mehl-Man Delivers runs alternate Mondays this semester.

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Isabelle Pappas is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at icp6@cornell.edu. Like It Iz runs every other Monday this semester.

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For those of us who love snow, we get to experience it for longer into the school year and get to stay bundled up in cute flannels and oversized coats throughout even April.

With warm, comfy clothes and hot drinks comes an excuse to put down the final study guides and enjoy the huddled-up company of friends and roommates seeking to stay warm.

Spending time with your pet won’t feel the same as your time with human friends, but it won’t feel as isolating as your time alone, either.

To that I say, we make time for what’s important to us. If caring for a fur baby is what you really want, you’ll make the time to love them.

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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26 A PA R TMENT FOR R ENT

Mr. Gnu

by Travis Dandro

Mr. Gnu by Travis Dandro

By GRAYSON RUHL Sun Assistant Sports Editor

On a day when football was honoring its seniors, a freshman made the biggest play of the day. Down by six late in the third quar ter, wide receiver Davon Kiser made a house call on a 91-yard kickoff return touchdown. The first in 11 years for Cornell, it boosted the team to a 17-13 win.

The Red (5-4, 2-4 Ivy) was coming off of a one score loss against Penn. Dartmouth (2-7, 1-5 Ivy) lost a close 17-14 game to Princeton last week.

Cornell started the game on defense, forc ing a quick three-and-out. Starting its first drive at its own 32, sophomore quarterback Jameson Wang came out firing, completing an 18-yard pass to junior wide receiver Nicholas Laboy on the first play from scrimmage.

A series of successful running plays put the Red in Dartmouth territory, but on a 4th and 5 from the Dartmouth 32, Wang’s pass went incomplete.

The Red’s defense was stingy throughout the contest, forcing punts on the Big Green’s first two drives. Set up at its own 16 for its second drive, the Cornell offense came to life.

The Red embarked on a drive that encap sulated its offensive strategy – running a high volume of plays and holding the ball. The 15-play, 84-yard drive took more than eight minutes off the game clock. Mixing the ground and air games, it was sophomore running back Robert Tucker III punching it into the end zone from one yard out – the first score of his

collegiate career.

“The best part of my job is watching the team make plays on Saturday,” said head coach David Archer ’05. “To see them do something they love successfully – it’s awesome.”

The Dartmouth offense was quick to respond, however, firing back with an 11-play, 75-yard drive. The drive was highlighted by a trick play touchdown pass, with running back Noah Roper throwing it to a wide open Jarmone Sutherland. A missed extra point kept Cornell ahead 7-6.

Both teams struggled to generate offense for the remainder of the first half. The best opportuni ty came on Dartmouth’s last drive of the second quarter, when it started at the Cornell 31.

Despite starting on the other side of the 50, the Red’s defense stood tall, as a tackle for loss on first down by junior safety Brody Kidwell and a pass deflection on fourth down by senior defensive lineman Wallace Squibb Jr. kept Dartmouth from scoring. Cornell went into halftime leading by one.

Penalties proved to be a factor from the getgo in the second half. After a promising start to its opening drive, the Red had consecutive pen alties – a holding and a false start – that put it in a 2nd and 22 situation. Unable to overcome the setback, Cornell was forced to punt.

After stalling on its first drive, the Big

Green found success through the air on its second. Starting on its own 34, quarterback Nick Howard completed passes of 24, 18 and 22 yards en route to a quick touchdown drive. For the first time, the Big Green had a lead.

Dartmouth was able to enjoy its lead for 12 seconds before Kiser provided the keynote. Thundering up the Cornell sideline, he outran the entire Big Green coverage team to put the Red back up by one.

“That was huge, that was basically a punch right back in the mouth,” Kiser said. “They hit us and we hit them right back, so that was definite ly huge for the game.”

The momentum swing was evident, and after the ensuing Dartmouth three-andout, the Red went back on the attack. Wang con nected with junior tight end Matt Robbert for 22 yards to break into Big Green territory. Cornell was forced to settle for a field goal, upping its lead to four.

After forcing another Dartmouth punt, it appeared that the Red held all the momen tum. But disaster struck on its first play, when a Tucker fumble was recovered by the Big Green.

Playing the savior role all day, the Cornell defense came up with another big stop. On 3rd and 10, Nick Howard was poised to pick up a first down, but a huge hit by fifth year

safety Demetrius Harris knocked the ball loose. Harris got the strip and the recovery, and the Red had the ball right back.

“A clutch takeaway like that, especially after we did the same thing…was big time,” Archer said.

Looking to put the nail in the coffin, the Red started on its own 34. Returning to its strength, Cornell mixed the run and the pass, but it was Wang who stepped up, completing a 14-yard pass to Laboy on a 3rd and 8 and a seven yard pass to senior wide receiver Thomas Glover on a 4th and 5.

With just over a minute and a half left, the Red attempted a 45-yard field goal to take a seven point lead. Junior Jackson Kennedy’s kick was wide right, giving Dartmouth an opportunity to play spoiler on senior day.

Refusing to give in, Cornell’s defense showed up one last time. The Big Green drove down the field, but found itself on the Cornell eight yard line with just four seconds left. Howard’s pass went incomplete, and the Red held on for a 17-13 victory.

“You want to force him [Howard] to throw the hardest ball possible,” Archer said. “Force him to throw that boundary fade, not some thing in the middle of the field, not something to get tipped.”

The Red ends its season on the road in New York City, where it takes on Columbia on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. The game will be available on ESPN+.

The Red defeats the Big Green | A late goal-line stand gave the Red a 17-13 win at Schoellkopf Field on Saturday, Nov. 12.

Grayson Ruhl can be reached at gruhl@cornellsun.com.

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