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Tree Years Since Campus Shutdown

By SOFIA RUBINSON and AIMÉE EICHER Sun Managing Editor and Sun Assistant Managing Editor

Exactly three years ago Monday, Cornellians sat next to each other in classrooms and chatted face-to-face, while professors spoke, maskless, to lecture halls full of students. They thought this would be the last day of classes for three weeks. It turned out to be more than two years before the campus would return to a sense of normalcy.

Through quarantine regulations, masking requirements and weekly mandatory testing, students and faculty navigated the pandemic together. Each class year currently at Cornell faced different challenges and opportunities throughout their time at the University, with the Class of 2023 the only one to experience pre-pandemic Cornell.

The Shutdown

In December 2019, Abby Drucker ’23

recalled hearing about the coronavirus for the first time. As a first-year experiencing the excitement of campus, she didn’t imagine that a virus that had yet to make it to the United States would have an impact on her daily life.

“First semester freshman year was overwhelming, but in a great way, because you entered a new atmosphere and you’re meeting so many new people,” Drucker said. “Back in December, I had heard of some virus in China. My mom was always saying make sure to wash your hands and whatnot, but I don’t think anybody expected it to be as big as it was.”

On March 10, 2020, Cornell announced that the University would go virtual for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester following spring break on March 27. However, in a move that was described as “unexpected,” President Martha Pollack released an update on March 13, 2020 that all in-person instruc-

tion would be suspended immediately and students were strongly encouraged to return to their permanent residences.

Drucker remembers going on a run and seeing a friend who asked if she had seen the announcement. Chris McDermott ’23 recalls waiting for the University’s announcement email in his dorm building.

“People were just running out into the hallway, just reading out what the email had said,” McDermott said. “I just remember there being mixed emotions. People were happy, they were scared, they were confused.”

The Transition

On March 20, 2020, the first reported positive cases of COVID-19 at Cornell were documented. In the new era of social distancing and uncertainty, students and faculty had to readjust courses and learn how to teach and participate in classes virtually.

Cornell Closes Campus Due To Heavy Snow

By JONATHAN MONG

The University has announced that the Ithaca and AgriTech campuses will close on Tuesday, March 14 beginning at 3 a.m. and will tentatively reopen on Wednesday, March 15 at 3 a.m. due to a severe snowstorm that has been forecasted to produce between nine and 18 inches of snow and winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.

This announcement comes despite a 2020 policy that stated in-person classes would move online during periods of inclement weather. However, current University policy regarding inclement weather is decided by the Administration’s assessment of public safety.

CornellALERT will send a message regarding reopening plans no later than Tuesday evening. As part of the closure, all University classes, exams, events and activities will be canceled.

Although residence halls will remain open, the CornellALERT emergency messaging service has cautioned students to limit outdoor exposure. Libraries and on-campus retail stores will be closed.

Travel will be heavily impacted, with blowing snow and blizzard conditions impacting visibility, falling tree branches and power outages all possible. Up-to-date road conditions can be obtained by calling 511.

“Campus personnel will be clearing roads and walkways but continuous snowfall and blowing snow may cause surfaces to remain snow covered and slippery,” the Office of Emergency Management wrote in an email that was sent to all students on Monday evening at around 6:15 p.m.

“If you must venture out on Tuesday

or Wednesday, check the relevant web sites to determine the current operating status of services and facilities, dress for the weather, plan your route carefully and allow extra time for travel.”

Cornellians can check the University's operating status or by calling the Inclement Weather Line at 607255-3377. The University will also announce changes to campus’s operating status in CornellALERT messages to all Cornell email addresses and to enrolled cellular phones.

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit has not yet made an announcement on any planned service changes, although they have posted a statement to their website reminding riders to check for travel updates before heading to the bus

stop.

“Given that conditions are constantly changing and impacts to routes vary, TCAT asks riders to please consult the TCAT Bus Tracker to see Public Service Messages at the bottom left of their screen,” the statement reads. “Riders are also encouraged to download real-time information apps.”

The Ithaca City School District has also announced that the district will be closed tomorrow. All classes, afterschool and evening activities and the ICSD Board of Education are canceled.

“After vigilant monitoring throughout the day, the decision to cancel is made out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our students and staff,” the district said in a press release. “This decision is made in consultation with our Transportation Department, local highway department officials and the National Weather Service.”

Sun News Editor

Keep your distance | Social distancing required students to stay six feet from one another.

Mask on, mask off | Indoor masking was mandatory until the end of the Spring 2022 semester.

Testing patience | To minimize outbreaks, all Cornellians had to take a weekly COVID-19 test.

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community | Large gatherings of maskless students became more common this year.

As part of the closure, all University classes, exams, events and activities will be canceled.

Jonathan Mong can be reached at jmong@cornellsun.com.

Refecting back on COVID-19's impacts on the Cornell student experience

Cornellians Garner Support for Earthquake Victims

By CHRISTINA MacCORKLE Sun Staff Writer

Following a series of earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria a month ago — leading to a total death toll of more than 50,000 as of March 8 — students and faculty on campus have come together to raise awareness and funds for those affected in the region.

“To put the span of the disaster into perspective, think about it as if everywhere from Paris and Amsterdam were completely destroyed. Or New York City to Washington, D.C.,” said Selina Balcı ’26 in her speech at a Turkish Student Association fundraiser on Feb. 18.

For some members of the Cornell community, the earthquake has impacted friends and family abroad.

“I say my family has been affected because they lived in the area that got destroyed. But the reality is the family of everyone in this room who is Turkish and Syrian got affected,” Balcı said at the fundraiser. “We Turkish people see the entire country as [our] family — one that has been struck by an immense tragedy.”

The Office of the Vice Provost sent out a message of support to Turkish and Syrian students on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Signed by Vice Provost for Graduate Education Kathryn J. Boor, Dean of Students Marla Love and Vice Provost for International Affairs Wendy Wolford, the email was sent to students who are from Turkey and Syria. Some Turkish and Syrian students felt that the response should have been sent to the entire Cornell community to reflect the urgency and scope of the sit-

uation.

“We had to write to the administration to send out a support message to students that maybe we cannot reach,” said Faculty Advisor of the TSA Prof. Banu Ozer-Griffin, near eastern studies. “It’s terrible to feel alone at these moments.”

Wolford sent out a campus-wide email regarding the tragedy on Feb. 14, more than a week after the earthquakes.

“We were expecting a public message from Cornell to every single student,” said Taylan Ercan ’25, president of the TSA. “We had also been in contact with friends from other colleges, and we learned that other colleges were raising all this money, but Cornell hadn’t done anything yet.”

Ozer-Griffin similarly felt frustrated with the University’s response time.

“I’m thinking they just didn’t understand how devastating it was that we just lost 10 cities. And there was nothing from anyone for a week,” Ozer-Griffin said. “And then, after a week, we started gathering together because we were all in shock.”

The first event that brought Turkish and Syrian community members together was a support group on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in Mann Library.

On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Arab Student Association, Muslim Educational and Cultural Association, TSA and International Students Union joined forces to organize an Earthquake Disaster Relief Fundraiser.

According to Ercan, the fundraiser raised over $8,000 for the Ahbap Foundation, a Turkish mutual aid group.

Ercan also noted that the TSA reached out to con-

Art School Fosters Creativity Among Diverse Community

By ALLAN RIKSHPUN and SOPHIA TORRES LUGO Sun Contributors

The Community School of Music and Arts lies in the heart of Ithaca in one of the oldest, most active performance spaces in Tompkins County, second only to the State Theater. Founded in 1960, CSMA’s mission is to diversify the art scene in Ithaca by providing an inclusive space for community members spanning all ages and backgrounds, and the school aims to continue that goal to this day.

Executive Director of the CSMA Robin Tropper ’85 moved around after graduating from Cornell, but eventually came back to Ithaca and has remained here ever since. Even though she feels like Ithaca has not changed drastically since she was a student, she is grateful to have a new perspective on the area as a person in an administrative position.

“As a student, I didn’t get off of campus that much. I would come downtown every now and then, but mostly hung out on campus and in Collegetown,” Tropper said. “It’s wonderful to experience Ithaca as a non-student. There’s so much to do — for example, being able to enjoy the very vibrant art scene that our community has.”

Tropper described CMSA’s location at 330 E State Street as a community hub, saying that the school caters towards Ithaca and the greater Tompkins County community.

According to Tropper, the school takes pride in their successful implementation of its vision of diversity and inclusion, ensuring that both their students and staff members have a wide range

of backgrounds. Tropper thinks diverse perspectives and audiences help them achieve their goals of creating a sense of belonging for all.

“We are implementing efforts to recruit and hire diverse staff, which I’m proud that we’ve been very successful at doing. We’ve been filling positions with new people, and it’s been very important to make every effort to have diverse communities represented in our staff,” Tropper said. “As we hire new faculty, our hope is that the instructors bring increasingly diverse perspectives to our spaces here.”

CSMA’s audiences also come with more diverse demographics. Ranging from preschoolers to senior citizens, the school was tasked with adapting in order to be able to accommodate all members.

“[CMSA is] a very different space we have [from other arts communities],” Tropper said. “This is much more community-oriented and geared for people to experience the arts, whether they’re a beginner artist or somebody who’s just had a lot of experience and wants to continue learning.”

Tropper explained that the school’s commitment to adapting to a community of different skill levels can be seen through their large stretch of programs. Their programs are divided into three categories: dance and theatre, music and visual arts. Within these, CSMA offers specialized private lessons, group session classes and summer camps.

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nections at University of California, Berkeley, where students worked with Google and Amazon to match the original funds raised at Cornell.

“So $8,000 became $16,000,” said Ercan. “[Berkeley students] sent it back to us, and we sent it to Turkey.”

While the event was successful in its fundraising efforts, some took note of the larger issue of the University’s apparent lack of participation.

“The crowd was mostly people from the affected region,” Ozer-Griffin said. “There weren’t many Cornell students there [who weren’t from the region affected by the earthquake],”

The TSA also hosted a vigil walk on Monday, Feb. 20. The vigil began on Ho Plaza and participants walked to the Arts Quad while holding carnations to honor the victims of the tragedy. On the Arts Quad, Prof. Esra Akcan, architecture, and others discussed the disaster.

“During the same time, we also heard there was another big earthquake in the area,” Ozer-Griffin said. “It was very devastating because people started shaking and wondering about their families in the area.”

Ultimately, Ozer-Griffin emphasized the importance of simply reaching out to those who may have been affected by the earthquake.

“You don’t have to do anything but just ask,” OzerGriffin said. “I know Cornell students may be busy or may not be aware of it, but if you have [been made aware], just ask people from the affected region how they are.”

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COVID-iversary Brings Refections

“People had to consider their courses in different ways, and as they learned new skills, they thought about pedagogy more,” said Prof. Justin St. Juliana, ecology and evolutionary biology. “A lot of courses — not just mine — have dramatically improved. We went through a hard time, but we walked away with valuable skills and information.”

At the same time that students were forced to leave campus, students in the Class of 2024 were receiving their acceptance letters to the University. Although campus tours, Cornell Days — an event for admitted students to meet potential classmates and sit in on lectures — and in-person senior years were not a reality given the health crisis, future Cornellians felt excited to be admitted, but nervous for what the Fall 2020 semester would look like.

Salma Hazimeh ’24 commented on her anticipation of the Fall 2020 semester — also her first semester at Cornell.

“Originally, I was a bit nervous [about coming to campus], because it was prior to the vaccine, so I wasn’t really sure how everything would pan out,” Hazimeh, who spent the semester on campus, said. “I was definitely still eager to go, just because I was excited to be on campus for the first time [and] have my first college experiences. But there was still this looming sense of concern over how the semester would pan out, especially when Cornell didn’t necessarily have all of the answers.”

Pollack announced on June 30, 2020 that Cornell’s campus would reopen for the Fall 2020 semester, offering a range of in-person, hybrid and online classes. In the announcement, Pollack said that students’ returning to Ithaca would be the safest option for public health, citing epidemiological modeling from a team led by Prof. Peter Frazier, operations research and information engineering.

“I trusted the administration here. They had done pretty sophisticated modeling that showed that we were going to be okay,” said Prof. Joseph Sullivan, sociology, who began teaching at Cornell during the Fall 2020 semester.

To ensure a safe return to campus, the University implemented numerous COVID-19 move-in policies. Before moving into on-campus housing, students were required to quarantine at home for 14 days. Upon arriving at Cornell, they received PCR COVID-19 tests and had to isolate in their dorm rooms or in hotels as they awaited their test results. For students who planned to live in residence halls and came from states on the New York State Travel Advisory list, a 14-day quarantine in New York or another state not on the list was required before arrival to campus.

Students also had the option of attending all

classes remotely for the Fall 2020 semester.

“There was definitely concerns about whether or not school would be in-person,” said Althea Bata ’24, who was newly admitted into the University. “For safety reasons, I ultimately decided to be remote.”

Bata completed her classes from Staten Island, New York, and said she felt disconnected from the University and had to take a lot of initiative to get involved in campus organizations virtually. Since many of her peers in the Dyson School of Business decided to attend the semester in person, Bata said she experienced a “fear of missing out” before joining the Cornell community in person for the Spring 2021 semester.

For students who chose to come to campus in the Fall 2020 semester, they remember a campus riddled with regulations and social distancing requirements.

“I remember, in the dorm common rooms, we weren’t allowed to take our masks off, which is very reasonable. … Looking back, I’m definitely grateful for these restrictions, but I remember being a freshman and feeling super isolated,” Hazimeh said. “When I think about how huge Cornell is and how we had a relatively successful 2020 to 2021 year, I can better understand the administration’s no-tolerance policies and strictness.”

Throughout the 2020 to 2021 academic year, Cornell tracked the number of active cases per day on its COVID-19 dashboard. Though the University experienced several COVID-19 spikes and transitions to alert level yellow — instituting increased restrictions on student activity — campus remained open for the duration of the year.

Lewis Sisler ’25 said the way in which Cornell handled the pandemic, especially as compared to other universities, influenced his decision to come to Cornell in the fall.

“Looking at how [schools] had responded to COVID-19 initially was probably going to be telling of how they would respond to it later,” Sisler said. “And the fact that [some other schools] basically shut down and Cornell still conducted in-person classes and things like that was a reassurance that my college experience wouldn’t be miserable if [anything] happened with COVID-19.”

The Vaccines

As the first COVID-19 vaccine became available to New Yorkers aged 16 and older on April 6, 2021, many students and faculty were inoculated against the virus. Several days prior, on April 2, 2021, Cornell announced that it intended to require vaccination for students returning to campus for the fall, as well as several plans to resume in-person instruction according to levels of campus-wide immunity.

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McDermott received his first two doses of the vaccine while home during the Spring 2022 semester. Though he was still wary of COVID-19 following his inoculation, he said the vaccine reduced his worry about how severely the virus would impact him if he were infected.

As the summer approached, the University relaxed its physical distancing and masking policies for fully vaccinated members of the campus community. Although Cornell initially planned to remove all masking and testing requirements for vaccinated students for the Fall 2021 semester, its policy changed to require indoor masking due to increased transmission of the virus’s more contagious Delta variant.

Toward the end of the Fall 2021 semester, yet another COVID-19 variant arose — omicron. Though Cornell initially intended to complete finals period in person, the University ended up moving exams to an online format, as well as beginning the first two weeks of the Spring 2022 semester virtually.

“Looking at how my sophomore fall panned out, with campus getting shut down, and my finals getting moved online, I can see why those [past COVID-19] restrictions were so valuable,” Hazimeh said.

While high-quality masks were still required in all campus buildings, the mandatory surveillance testing requirements were lifted in February 2022 for those who were fully vaccinated. The University suspended its masking requirement for most on campus spaces on March 14, 2022 — and 10 days later, moved to code yellow.

As Cornell navigated the two years of the pandemic, so did the current Class of 2026, who began applying for college in the fall of 2021. Some students, like Ceci Rodriguez ’26, felt that

the pandemic hindered their ability to develop their applications.

“[COVID-19] kind of put a dent in where I was for extracurriculars,” Rodriguez said. “So, I was just stressed out — I didn’t feel like I was doing enough to make my application stand out, because all of these opportunities got taken away from us.”

Rodriguez added that the University’s test optional policy — which many schools across the country also adopted in response to the pandemic — made her feel that the other aspects of her application held more importance in helping her stand out.

“I was also writing my personal statement for college, and it was very difficult to write that because everybody’s writing about COVID-19,” Rodriguez said. “You need it to be a really good essay, because now that they’re not really looking at SAT or ACT scores, how am I going to stand out from everybody else that’s now applying?”

The Aftermath

Moving into the 2022-2023 school year, masks were not required but “strongly encouraged” and the University completely discontinued its PCR testing sites, although antigen tests were still available.

Students and faculty began to return to pre-pandemic traditions and fear of the virus lessened on campus.

“I go days without even thinking about COVID-19,” said Lindsay Lee ’25. “Whatever the University is doing, it seems to be working because I haven’t heard people freaking out about COVID-19 or even contracting COVID-19.”

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S.A. Approves Funding For PASA, TEDxCornell

By ELIZABETH GARDNER Sun Contributor

The Student Assembly Executive Committee passed resolutions on Thursday approving Special Projects funding requests for the PanAfrican Student Association and TEDxCornell.

Resolution 26 approves $1,500 in Special Projects Funding to partially finance PASA’s annual fashion show, Afrik.

“Each year hundreds of attendees show up in their most stunning attire to cheer on student models, support local and outside fashion designers, experience revolutionary displays and representations of African cultures and enjoy being in community,” wrote George Rocco DeLorenzo ’24, S.A. vice president for finance, as part of Resolution 26.

According to Cornell’s Office of the Assemblies, Special Projects Funding is granted to projects, programs and services that further the goals of the S.A. or improve the quality of undergraduate student life.

DeLorenzo noted that Afrik is a celebration that displays the diversity of African cultures, and PASA wished to use the fund to improve their impact.

“[We are] hoping we can continue this tradition on campus,” Rhema Onyia ’24, a PASA representative, said.

The second resolution, Resolution 27, intends to fund TEDxCornell’s annual TED talk event in April with $3,000 of Special Projects Funding.

“TEDxCornell hopes to create an environment in which students and community members can discuss ideas and connect with great speakers and performers,” DeLorenzo wrote.

A representative from TEDxCornell, Vidya Balaji ’25 explained that because it is a nonprofit organization, funding is essential.

“TEDxCornell plans to make the event as accessible as possible by pricing tickets at $3, which is lower than last year. Additionally, TEDxCornell is posting the talks on their YouTube channel so that anyone can watch for free,” DeLorenzo wrote in Resolution 27. “For inclusion efforts, they have chosen a diverse array of speakers for our conference, ranging from Cornell students to speakers from Poland.” Both of these resolutions have been conveyed to President Martha Pollack.

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& & Morgan Wallen Returns to the Top of the Country Industry

Morgan Wallen has proved that his reign over the country music industry is here to stay with his newest album, One Thing at a Time . The album is Wallen’s third, after releasing If I Know Me in 2018 and Dangerous: The Double Album in 2021. Wallen’s last album was surrounded by controversies in his personal life, making him ineligible for both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Grammy Awards. However, he has spent the past two years trying to repair his mistakes and has slowly gained back the large fan base he once had, creating much excitement and anticipation for the release of this album.

Wallen had a very successful release day. One Thing at a Time was streamed 52.29 million times, breaking the record for the most single day streams for any male country artist and for any artist’s album release in 2023. Wallen’s authentic self-confidence is obvious throughout his music, which is one of the reasons he has become so popular all over the country. While most of his songs share a similar country love theme, it is easy to tell that Wallen is singing from the heart and that his music is meaningful to him. The songs are not particularly emotional with any deep meaning, but what makes Wallen stand out among other artists is the passion in his voice that shines through on each of the album’s tracks.

With a whopping 36 tracks on the album, it was hard to choose just a few that stood out. In “Single Than She Was,” Wallen sings a love song to a girl that he only realized he had feelings for after she began a relationship with someone else. He talks about all the things he wishes they could do together if she was not with another man. The subject matter is rather simple, and the song lasts barely two and a half minutes, but the steady melody makes it an enjoyable and fun track.

Country music often references drinking as a way to deal with heartbreak or low feelings, and Wallen’s music is no exception. Although Wallen has said that he does all his performances entirely sober, he sings about using

alcohol and music to cope in “Days That End in Why” and “I Deserve A Drink.” Wallen sings from a more negative tone in these tracks, telling stories of feelings of misery and sadness.

The album ends with “Dying Man,” a song in which Wallen uses the analogy of a “dying man” to describe someone that took

advantage of fame and stardom. They let the power that comes with this lifestyle get to their head, leading to self-destructive behavior. In the song, the “dying man” is saved by a woman, who is described as an “angel.” It is possible that Wallen sees himself in the dying man and that this track references his scandals from the last few years. The song has

been theorized to actually be about Wallen’s son instead of a woman, with him singing about his son being a light in his life and “saving” him from the mistakes he has made in the past few years.

The tracks on the album are definitely good, and Wallen’s talent is apparent, but they lack much variety between them. On an album that is 36 tracks long, it would be

expected to have some distinction between them, but after a few songs in, it felt like the same country love track each time. A shorter album would definitely be a better option when the style and sound of the songs are as similar as each of Wallen’s.

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While most of his songs share a similar country love theme, it is easy to tell that Wallen is singing from the heart and that his music is meaningful to him.

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Letter to the Editor

Re: Lifting the FeMale Gaze

To the Editor:

In “Lifting the FeMale Gaze” Isabelle Pappas ‘23 writes that feminism has started to “confuse itself with female victimization.” Despite the author’s clear intentions to lift other women up, I strongly feel that this piece does more harm than good. I ask the author, why did you not believe your friend from the onset when she confided to you that her professor is “always looking at her boobs”? Considering the extraordinary numbers of female undergraduate students reporting sexual harassment by faculty members, why did Pappas think it is “unlikely” that every male professor of her friend would be looking at her chest during class? And why did Pappas abandon her experiment after just one week’s worth of classes? Perhaps the professor’s harassment took place during office hours, in a more private environment. Or perhaps it had happened many times before and after the author’s experiment. Or maybe the author was not observant enough. Just because the author was not able to witness this experience does not mean that it did not occur, and it

“You’ll get an A. You’re pretty, and you have nice boobs” is not indifference, and it is not a comment stemming from flattery or self objectification. She may seem resigned, but that’s because it may feel like an impossible situation and she feels that no one will believe her, even her friends.

The author refuses to blame the “proverbial man” but when there is a victim, there is a perpetrator of harm, and the patriarchy should not be excused from this case. We live in a patriarchal society in which male power bleeds into nearly everything. The author also cannot claim that there is no actual evidence that the professor was being predatory. The author entered into this search for “evidence” with a bias against her friend and the experiment was not thorough or lengthy enough to come to a sufficient conclusion.

The author’s article perpetuates rape culture by placing the blame on women

does not mean that her friend came to an “absurd conclusion.”

I also wish to note the condescending tone of the author. Pappas’ friend was likely describing an uncomfortable experience she has had multiple times with someone who is older, more powerful and more credible than she is. We should all feel sorry for her, but not for the reasons Pappas described. There is a possibility that Pappas’ friend is not flattering herself, and the self-deprecation Pappas described does not come across in the mentioned conversation. The nonchalance in her tone is because Pappas had asked her a question after class, and it’s not a social setting in which she can break down into tears. Maybe the author would have believed her friend if she were teary eyed, but victims shouldn’t have to act in one specific way to be believed. Pappas’ friend’s comment

by writing “when women objectify themselves, they make themselves more vulnerable to the very men that they criticize.” Within rape culture, “women especially are made to feel as though it is their responsibility to avoid being sexually assaulted and police their behaviour as a result.” When we question the victim’s actions, we imply that the victim got what they deserved because they were not careful enough. This line of thinking separates us from the victims and makes us feel safer, but it only serves to divert blame away from the perpetrators. There is no “women like her”, because we are all women who have been, or may be in that friend’s position, regardless of any preventive actions we may take. The friend was not ogled by her professor because she believed that she would be. This is not a “victim card.” When men perpetrate objectification, violence and harm against women, the men are at fault. We need to stop telling women to police their actions so that they can be safe from men. Instead, as women, we should believe other women, especially our friends, and align ourselves with women, rather than joking that we are anti-feminists.

Maybe the author would have believed her friend if she were teary eyed, but victims shouldnt have to act in one specific way to be believed.

Instead, as women, we should believe other women, especially our friends, and align ourselves with women, rather than joking that we are anti-feminists.

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Men’s Hockey

Cornell Sweeps Clarkson Te Red advances to ECAC semifnal game against Harvard

By JANE McNALLY and AARON SNYDER Sun Staff Writers

Men’s hockey defeated Clarkson, 3-1, on Saturday night to sweep its quarterfinal series and advance to the semifinals in Lake Placid.

The win sends Cornell to Lake Placid for the first time since 2019.

“We’ve been through so much over the last four years with this group of guys,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “I’m happy for this group of guys to overcome adversity, the seniors especially to overcome adversity and get to Lake Placid.” The stellar play of the penalty killers and sophomore goaltender Ian Shane led Cornell to the weekend sweep. Cornell killed three penalties and Shane made 22 saves on Saturday night. Shane carried a shutout bid into the final minute of the game.

“Everyone on the team steps up, it’s playoff hockey,” Shane said. “I want to do my part in elevating my game, but that’s the standard [in the playoffs] and everybody’s on board with that.”

For the second consecutive night, Cornell fought out a back-andforth, physical game. The Golden Knights earned the game’s first chances, firing the first three shots of the contest. Clarkson outshot the Red eight to five in the first period.

“I said to our guys before the series started that to get to Lake Placid we’re going to have to beat one of the best teams in our league,” Schafer said.

Each team took one penalty in the opening frame, but both were killed off. Cornell’s penalty killers came up with a couple of big blocked shots to keep the game scoreless.

Tensions started to rise in the sec-

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period. The game quickly became a special teams battle, as the Red and the Golden Knights combined for 16 penalty minutes in the middle frame.

Cornell’s power play unit controlled play during its man advantages and had a golden opportunity when senior forward Max Andreev squirted open in the slot off a great pass from junior forward Gabe Seger. Andreev took a stick to the wrist, knocking his glove off and causing him to whiff on his look at the wide open net.

“We had our chances, we just couldn’t get it past the goalie. With the amount of penalties we had we knew that one eventually was going to go in,” Andreev said. “I knew we were playing well, it was just a matter of time.”

Shortly after both teams returned to full strength, Cornell went right back on the power play when Clarkson’s Anthony

en power play attempts in game two.

Both teams started participating in extracurricular activities after Andreev’s tally. Just about halfway into the period, Clarkson’s Noah Beck and sophomore forward Ondrej Psenicka were sent off for offsetting unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.

The second frame saw only a few brief stretches of even-strength play. After the first four minutes of the period, the longest stretch of five-onfive lasted just over two minutes––the last two minutes of the period.

“We’re an older team, we’re pretty comfortable in games like that,” Andreev said. “Everybody knew what we had to do. When you’re up 1-0 and the other team’s facing elimination, the pressure’s not on you.”

Cornell skated out for the final period with a 1-0 lead, looking to keep the Golden Knights off the board for 20 more minutes and advance to the semifinals. The third seemed to pick up where the second period left off, as the Red took a penalty just 24 seconds in when Seger was called for tripping. Clarkson answered with a penalty of its own about a minute later.

Max

Romano was nabbed for interference.

This time Andreev was able to cash in, firing a one-timer over the glove of Clarkson’s Ethan Haider to give the Red the lead. The goal was Cornell’s second power-play goal of the series, and the only one on sev-

Once again, Cornell’s special teams came up big. On both the penalty kill and four-on-four, the defensive corps came up with key blocks and kept Clarkson to the perimeter. Shane continued to look sharp, making a huge right-pad save to preserve the lead.

“We’re a team that’s comfortable in close games,” Shane said. “When it comes to a third period like that, if it’s a 1-0 game the whole game, we’re gonna wear them down eventually.”

The Red continued to generate chances as the pace of the

game increased, but Haider was up to the task. The Clarkson netminder finished with 19 saves.

“That’s been a little bit of our mantra all year long, not to sit back and be defensive,” Schafer said. “Credit to [Haider], he’s a good goaltender.”

Cornell finally extended its lead with just over seven minutes remaining in the game. Psenicka collected a rebound from senior forward Jack Malone’s shot and flipped it over the shoulder of Haider to give the Red some breathing room. From there, the Red maintained good discipline and stingy defense. On the brink of elimination, Clarkson pulled Haider with just over three minutes left in the game.

The Red finished the Golden Knights off when junior forward Kyle Penney sauced a pass out in front to Malone, who tapped it in for the empty net goal. Clarkson managed to get one back in the waning seconds of the game to spoil Shane’s shutout, but it was too little too late.

Cornell will face Harvard in the semifinals. Like Clarkson, the Crimson swept Cornell in the season series.

“We came into this weekend knowing that we owe Clarkson a little bit,” Shane said. “It’s the same mentality we’re gonna take into Harvard.”

By sweeping the Golden Knights, Cornell has all but secured a spot in the NCAA tournament. According to College Hockey News, the Red has over a 99% chance of making the tournament, either through an at-large

One win closer to glory | Cornell sweeps Clarkson and advances to the ECAC semifinals for the first time since 2019.

Jane McNally can be reached at jmcnally@cornellsun.com. Aaron Snyder can be reached at asnyder@cornellsun.com

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“We’re an older team, we’re pretty comfortable in games like that. Everybody knew what we had to do. When you’re up 1-0 and the other team’s facing elimination, the pressure’s not on you.”

Andreev ’23