THURSDAY, VOLUME 88 APRIL 8, 2021 THE ITHACAN ISSUE 8 ACCURACY • INDEPENDENCE • INTEGRITY Cuts have little effect on admissions Community mourns loss BY SYD PIERRE The Academic Program Prior- BY CAITLIN HOLTZMAN itization (APP) at Ithaca College has resulted in the elimination of Members of the Ithaca College com- 116 full-time equivalent faculty munity gathered March 31 to honor positions along with other de- junior Abby Paquet, who died unex- partments, programs and majors. pectedly March 30. Some prospective students have Approximately 100 community concerns about the effects of the members attended the service over cuts, while others feel the cuts Zoom. Paquet was majoring in ap- will not have an impact on their plied psychology in the School of futures at the college. Humanities and Sciences. During Andrew Herrick, a senior at her time at the college, she was the Mechanicville High School in Me- treasurer for the college’s Habitat for chanicville, New York, said he was Humanity chapter, a student employ- worried about the example the ee for Information Technology, a college is setting. Dean’s List student and an inductee of “I’m just concerned, mostly the Oracle Honor Society. Hierald Os- orto, director of the Office of Religious about the fact that if they can cut Nathan Kristiansson, a high school student from St. Paul, Minnesota, walks around Ithaca College’s faculty now from whatever pro- and Spiritual Life, said the COVID-19 campus with his family April 5. The college is discouraging visitors from coming to campus. pandemic has changed the way com- grams that they choose [and] even ASH BAILOT/THE ITHACAN though it might not be affecting munity members gather to grieve me specifically right now, if they that while the college was his first to do? So, it kind of puts me in a strategy, said the college is just and remember. established as a precedent that choice and he committed in Feb- position where I’m kind of stuck, over 3.5% ahead of the number of “As we gather across screens and they can do this, in the future, they ruary, he spent time considering for lack of a better word. But I applications submitted compared locations, this space amplifies our may choose to cut faculty where it other options after learning about will add, at the end of the day, I to near the end of last year. She heartbreak,” Osorto said. “In the does affect me,” Herrick said. the faculty and program cuts. think I made the right decision said official application numbers midst of this grief, feel the love and Herrick, who plans to double “I already applied early deci- to commit.” could be released near the end of kindness that Abby radiated. And even major in music education and sion,” Herrick said. “So, what does Laurie Koehler, vice president at a distance this community’s heart ADMISSIONS, PAGE 4 euphonium performance, said that leave me the opportunity for marketing and enrollment will hold you and keep on beating with you.” Osorto shared part of a poem, “Blessing for the Brokenhearted,” by Jan Richardson. IC to require students to be vaccinated President Shirley M. Collado thanked the faculty and staff members BY CAITLIN HOLTZMAN who supported Paquet’s growth at the New York state has named Ithaca college. Collado said she appreciat- College, Cornell University and Tompkins ed the college community for being Cortland Community College (TC3) as there for each other and Paquet’s COVID-19 vaccination sites. Ithaca College family during this difficult time. She is also requiring vaccinations for students said she wants the campus commu- next fall. nity to continue moving forward and Currently, it is unknown whether Ithaca never take a connection with a person College will receive a shipment of vaccines for granted. to distribute to students, faculty and staff. “You never get used to losing a stu- Tompkins County spokesperson Dominick dent, and I’ve been doing this work Recckio said that the county has not received for over 20 years, and it never ever information on how to move forward with ad- gets easy,” Collado said. ditional vaccine sites at the colleges. It is also La Jerne Cornish, provost and unknown if the colleges are able to admin- senior vice president for academic ister the vaccine to the public beyond their affairs, asked the attendees to join her Ithaca College has been named a COVID-19 vaccination site by New York state. The campus communities. in prayer to honor Paquet’s life. college is also requiring returning students be vaccinated for COVID-19 for the Fall 2021. Christina Moylan, director of public health Leigh Ann Vaughn, professor in the COURTESY OF BRANDON GALIONE emergency preparedness, said that the college Department of Psychology, supervises does have a plan to set up a vaccination clinic students will be required to be fully vacci- a majority of their classes to be in person and the Social and Personality research on campus but that it is waiting for more infor- nated for COVID-19 to return to campus for classes will not be offered in the hybrid for- team Paquet was on and spoke on be- mation and guidance from the state. She said Fall 2021. mat. A limited amount of classes will be offered half of the Department of Psychology. the college has made a request for vaccines, Religious and medical exemptions for the completely online. Gov. Andrew Cuomo an- Vaughn said Paquet was enthusiastic but has not been informed if the vaccines will vaccine will be honored, Collado said. nounced March 29 that vaccine eligibility about psychology and wanted to get be provided. “I am announcing this intention in a mo- would open to New York residents ages 16 and her Ph.D. in psychology. Vaughn said “We’ve put into place the steps to be able to ment marked by the widespread rollout of up starting April 6. Paquet was interested in people’s provide the vaccine or to do our own vaccine vaccination and promising data regarding its Students can make vaccine appointments well-being and how they responded clinic on campus,” Moylan said. efficacy,” she said. through New York state at a state vaccina- to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moylan also said it would be beneficial for Collado said that with most of the cam- tion site or put their names on the Tompkins “Abby was brilliant and enthu- the college to have the Johnson & Johnson pus community being vaccinated, the risk County Vaccine Registry to be notified of siastic, and her teammates, many one-shot vaccine. of spreading COVID-19 among the campus available appointments. of whom are here right now, talk President Shirley M. Collado said in an is diminished. about how she always had positive CONTACT CAITLIN HOLTZMAN email to the campus community April 7 that Collado said students should also expect [email protected] MEMORIAL, PAGE 4

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was invited to provide feedback. BY CHRIS TOLVE One of the reforms adopted is to Roughly nine months after the create a Department of Public Safety killing of George Floyd, the Tomp- (DPS), initially named the Depart- kins County Legislature and the ment of Community Solutions and Ithaca Common Council each voted Public Safety, which would be led by to approve a set of resolutions seek- a civilian and eventually replace the ing to reform local law enforcement Ithaca Police Department (IPD). March 30 and 31, respectively. It will include a new team of un- The resolutions, drafted by the armed first responders for certain Reimagining Public Safety Col- nonviolent calls while maintaining The Tompkins County Legislature and the Ithaca Common Council voted to approve resolutions that will laborative, were in response to its armed police officers. reform local law enforcement. The Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative created the resolutions. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive or- Paula Ioanide, professor in Itha- ASH BAILOT/THE ITHACAN der in June directing municipalities ca College’s Center for the Study with police forces to develop a plan of Culture, Race and Ethnicity 30, the legislature passed an amend- because the county voted on its through with its full plan.” to address community engagement (CSCRE), participated in one of five ment to remove the resolution resolutions one day prior to the city. Josh Young, deputy senior and racial bias by April 1. working groups that helped com- transferring ownership of the SWAT “The county decided that it vice president of Justice Initia- The collaborative was a joint pose the draft report. Mobile Command Vehicle from the wanted to know what the city was tives for the CPE, said community initiative by Tompkins County, “I think the presence of unarmed IPD to the county’s Department of planning on doing with it first be- input shaped the reforms from the the City of Ithaca and the Center officers will allow for the building of Emergency Response. fore it made further plans,” he said. summer through March. for Policing Equity (CPE), a non- relationships with the community Instead, the legislature re- “Also, there’s some disagreement “Part of the process was doing profit that collects data on police that were not possible before when solved to analyze the usefulness of on how it should be made available focus groups with very specific vul- bias. The collaborative’s 98-page the focus was only on enforcement the vehicle. for police officers, so I think the city nerable communities,” he said. draft report was publicly released and not on actually knowing peo- Dominick Recckio, communica- wanted to take the first stab at de- Feb. 22, after which it was amended ple,” she said. tions director for Tompkins County, ciding what actions would happen CONTACT CHRIS TOLVE by lawmakers, and the community At the county’s meeting March said the amendment was introduced with it before the county followed [email protected]

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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 NEWS | 3 Park to have new admission option Project tracks COVID strains BY SYD PIERRE BY MAKAYLA CAROZZOLO In addition to the elimina- tion of 116 full-time equivalent An Ithaca College professor helped create faculty positions, the Academic a project that tracks the spread of COVID-19 Program Prioritization Imple- variants and when they were first detected in mentation Committee (APPIC) countries around the world. is also recommending the cre- Brooks Miner, assistant professor in the De- ation of more flexibility for partment of Biology, helped create the Covid curricula and admissions at Itha- Variant Tracking Project. Miner is working on ca College, including adding this project with Mridul Thomas, ecologist in a new admission process spe- the Department F.-A. Forel for Environmen- cific to the Roy. H Park School tal and Aquatic Sciences at the University of of Communications. Geneva in Switzerland. The project currently Additional recommendations tracks the initial date of detection of the U.K., include: Create a streamlined South Africa and Brazil variants in the coun- undergraduate application pro- tries they have been found in. cess, increase flexibility of the Miner said he initially launched the proj- curriculum, make the faculty ect with a single variant map Dec. 29, 2020. workload more equitable, revise The Roy H. Park School of Communications will soon have Park Pathways as a new program He said he used winter break to develop an the course schedule, establish option. The program will allow freshmen to explore departments before declaring a major. interactive map of the locations of COVID-19 centralized management of grad- FILE PHOTO/THE ITHACAN variants around the world. He said Thomas uate programs and reevaluate joined him shortly after the first map. They course caps. one that will take away the ability serve the discipline and address The Exploratory Program al- released an updated version of the data The draft recommends the of an accepted student to declare students’ inquisitive natures to lows students to try programs in dashboard with the three variant tracking creation of Park Pathways in a major before arriving,” Powers explore more widely,” she said. all of the college’s five schools maps Jan. 20. the Park School based on fac- said via email. Zimmerman said the group for up to four semesters. Ac- Miner said these three variants are ulty feedback during the APP Patricia Zimmerman, pro- of faculty looked at other pro- cording to the document, this being tracked because he finds them con- process. Students accepted into fessor in the Department of grams at the college when program saw a 25% increase in cerning. The Centers for Disease Control the Park School who choose not Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, discussing the idea, specifical- applications this year. and Prevention (CDC) has classified these to declare a major would be ex- said the idea came from an ly the Pre-Health Professions Chrissy Guest, associate three variants as “variants of concern” in the posed to different departments unofficial group of approximate- Program in the School of professor in the Department United States. and declare a major before start- ly 15 faculty within the Park Health Sciences and Human of Media Arts, Sciences and Miner said he would like to eventually ing their third semester. School called the Large Lecture Performance (HSHP). The HSHP Studies, said she thinks the change the scale on the maps from date of de- Jack Powers, interim dean Convening group. Pre-Health Professions Program program will create more free- tection to prevalence and add other variants of the Roy H. Park School She said the group has been allows students to gain expo- dom and academic success as they become more prominent. He said he of Communications, said there discussing the idea of Park Path- sure to different career paths for students. and Thomas want to be cautious in adding is general support among the ways for four to five years. and majors within HSHP. “The “This needed to be something new variants to the tracker and make sure Park School faculty for the Park “In the field of communi- Shape of the College” document that we were doing with students there is scientific consensus before doing so. Pathways program. cations, we deal with many stated that applications to the far earlier,” Guest said. The CDC has labeled the New York City vari- “We imagine this as an addi- first-year students, and we were Pre-Health Professions Program ant a “variant of interest” and the California CONTACT SYD PIERRE tional choice for students, not trying to figure out a way to both increased by 62% this year. [email protected] variant a “variant of concern.” Miner said he started this project to do something beneficial over winter break. He started working with Tableau, a visual data analysis platform, in summer 2020 and put Seniors eager for in-person graduation his practices to use with this project. He said there was not an organized program of genomic surveillance — checking a randomly BY ASHLEY STALNECKER selected proportion of people for variants — AND ALEXIS MANORE at the national level in the United States. After a year of isolation and remote Since Miner and Thomas are both in the and hybrid instruction, Ithaca College se- ecology field, they said they are able to analyze niors will be able to walk across the stage the data and construct it in a way that is acces- and accept their diplomas at an in-person sible to the public. commencement ceremony. “It’s not something that would mean that In a March 25 announcement, the college I would make any strong claims of expertise, stated that the Commencement ceremony but it means that I’m able to evaluate and for the Class of 2021 will be held May 21 identify flaws in reasoning,” Thomas said. for graduate students and May 23 for under- The Tompkins County Health Department graduates in the Glazer Arena at the Athletics (TCHD) released a health alert March 22, re- and Events Center. Students with scheduled porting three COVID-19 variants found in the graduation dates from October 2020 through sequenced positive cases of Tompkins County and including December 2021 are eligible to residents. These include the U.K., New York participate in the May 2021 events. Under- City and Southern California variants. graduate students will be able to walk across Christina Moylan, director of public health The Class of 2021 will be able to participate in an in-person Commencement ceremony the stage at the arena in full graduation re- in the Glazer Arena at the Athletics and Events Center despite the COVID-19 pandemic. emergency preparedness, said Ithaca College galia, will have their names called and will FILE PHOTO/THE ITHACAN has not been notified by the TCHD or the receive their diploma covers and class medal- state that one of these variants was found in lions. There will also be virtual options. on our past four years together,” Kelley said by school, students will be able to sign the college’s samples. She said the college In an April 2 statement, the college an- via email. up to graduate with groups of friends does not have a specific plan regarding these nounced that Liz Tigelaar ’98 will give the Families and friends of graduates will not or classmates. Seniors must RSVP to the three variants. main address at the ceremony. Tigelaar is an be able to attend the in-person ceremony for event by responding to an email sent from Moylan said there would not be a differ- Emmy-nominated television producer, cre- the Class of 2021 and will have to watch it [email protected] by April 14. ent approach to isolation and quarantining, ator and showrunner. through a livestream instead. This has caused After a year of disappointments, senior but the contact tracing process would go to a Senior Ali Kelley, senior class president, some students to feel upset or disappointed. Aidan Glendon said the in-person celebra- heightened level. has been chosen to be the student speaker. Senior Izzy Callen said she is glad to tion is a source of joy. She said the detection of these three vari- This year, the student speaker was select- have graduation in person. However, the “This whole situation has really stunk, but ants in Tompkins County serves as a reminder ed by a panel composed of seniors Carley exclusion of outside guests makes it difficult it’s the end of it,” Glendon said. “We get to to the campus community about traveling, Teachout, Jenni D’Urso, Lily Martino, Jasmine to celebrate with her parents in Washington. walk across the stage. I’ll be really happy.” testing, wearing masks, social distancing and Morrow and Bianca Summerville. “I feel like graduation’s more for the par- following all of the recommended public “I knew that I wanted to apply to be ents and for other people to see you rather CONTACT ASHLEY STALNECKER health practices. the speaker because I felt like I had a lot of than for us to celebrate,” Callen said. [email protected] CONTACT ALEXIS MANORE CONTACT MAKAYLA CAROZZOLO experience with my peers and could speak Rather than grouping the graduates [email protected] [email protected] 4 | NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021

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May, while enrollment numbers energy and truly treated everyone kindly,” for Fall 2021 could be released Vaughn said. late in the summer. She said Paquet began her research “We anticipate students will quickly despite being online last semes- take more time than usual with ter. Vaughn had asked Paquet to work on their decisions, and there could research over the summer to submit to also be a lot of wait list activity professional journals. at colleges with stronger market “She could see both the big picture and positions that may impact our where the details fit in, and she did this to numbers,” Koehler said via email. a degree remarkable for someone only in Koehler said the application their first semester of [a research] team,” deadline for regular decision has Vaughn said. “She made other people on been extended to May 1. team feel so welcome, and Abby made my The deadline to commit to the team better by being on it.” college was extended from May 1 Robyn Leary, student services manager to June 1 in 2020. for Information Technology, was Paquet’s From left, high school senior Garrett Neuschatz and his mother Natalie stand outside the Roy H. Park Nicole Eversley Bradwell, ex- supervisor in Information Technology. School of Communications. They did not know about the Academic Program Prioritization. ecutive director of admission, said Leary said it was uplifting to see so many ABBEY LONDON/THE ITHACAN the college has communicated its people coming together at the memori- plans for phasing out programs impacts of the APP process. She Hannah Hughes, a senior students enrolled in Fall 2020, al. She met Paquet in 2019 when Paquet that will be cut with the students said that if the CMD major was at Ballston Spa High School according to 2020–21 Facts in began working in IT. who are currently in the appli- getting cut, she would still stay at in Ballston Spa, New York, ap- Brief. The college had a 75.7% Leary said Paquet went above and be- cant pool for those programs. the college. plied to the college and was acceptance rate — the highest yond in her work and was always eager to The Class of 2025 will be the final “If they did cut it, yeah, I accepted but decided to attend since 2009. learn more. class admitted to programs that would probably be a little upset,” Emerson College in Boston, Koehler said the college is “It was immediately apparent that Abby are slated to be cut. she said. Massachusetts, instead. anticipating a similar admissions brought kindness and compassion to every “People had some follow-up Sena Namkung, a senior at “It’s definitely not something rate for Fall 2021 and is working person she interacted with,” Leary said. questions, like, ‘Will this impact Tappan Zee High School in Or- that made me want to choose on outreach. “Whether it’s a friend, a colleague in IT or my experience?’” she said. “But angeburg, New York, has been Ithaca as a school,” Hughes said. The yield rate — the amount of a client that she served through her roles we haven’t heard people angered accepted to the college and is “But I wasn’t fully aware of it at accepted students who enrolled with us, she always greeted everybody with by that. … These are things that waiting to commit until she re- my time of acceptance or neces- — for Fall 2020 was 10.1%, the a warm smile and friendliness.” happen all the time.” ceives her financial aid package. sarily 100% aware of it when I was lowest it has been in recent years. David Harker, director of the Center Emma Rubenstein, a senior at She said she has concerns trying to pick a school.” The Office of Admission has for Civic Engagement and adviser for the Yorktown High School in York- about the projected student Jenny Rickard, president and discouraged prospective students college’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity, town Heights, New York, said population of 5,000 — a recom- CEO of the Common App, said and their families from visiting said Paquet was passionate and committed she committed to the college mendation in the final draft. in a March 9 letter that Common the campus. to her work, especially through Habitat in January as a Communication “Will I have the resources that App applications increased in The college stated in its “Re- for Humanity. Management and Design major. I believed I would have before, as 2020–21 compared to 2019–20. turn to Campus” plan that the “She cared deeply about the world She said she applied to the I go into the college?” Namkung The college had 12,906 campus is open only to students, around her and how she could make a pos- college early action, and, because asked. “Because there’s such a first-time freshman applicants in faculty and staff. itive impact on others,” Harker said. “She her major was not being affected, high volume of cuts, that has been 2020. Out of these applicants, was incredibly thoughtful, would take time CONTACT SYD PIERRE she was not worried about the an area of concern for me.” 9,767 were accepted, and 985 to think things through and her comments [email protected] and replies would always have great depth and authenticity.” Harker said that in the Honors Civ- ic Engagement Seminar, Paquet worked Dance marathon to be held virtually this year on a group project that dealt with men- tal health, reducing stigma of mental BY ALEXIS MANORE illnesses and the need to come together as a community. In December 2019, Ithaca College Bomb- Laurie Kennedy, business teacher and erTHON held its first fundraiser by holding a internship coordinator at Williamsville six-hour dance marathon. Although the event South High School, where Paquet attend- will be held virtually this year, the main fo- ed, said she spent a lot of time with Paquet cus — raising money for the Upstate Golisano during her junior and senior years of Children’s Hospital in Syracuse, New York — high school. has stayed the same. Kennedy said Paquet took on a lot BomberTHON is a student-run organiza- of challenges throughout high school tion that works to raise money for children and helped to organize different events with cancer. This year, instead of holding an through clubs she was involved in. in-person dance marathon, BomberTHON Osorto invited attendees to write mes- is holding virtual events from 10 a.m. to 4 sages in the chat box about Paquet. There p.m. April 10, which includes six hours of were approximately 50 messages from activities and fundraising. Students must reg- people expressing love and appreciation ister on the BomberTHON website to attend From left, juniors Ellie McNally and sophomore Ruth Hernandez dance in the the events. for Paquet. BomberTHON on Dec. 7, 2019, to raise money for a children’s hospital in Syracuse. Osorto thanked attendees for sharing The event will begin with a morale dance, REED FREEMAN/THE ITHACAN which will take place every hour, trivia and memories of how she touched many mem- cause connection — videos of children top 100 fundraisers assembling a stuffed an- Heppes said that changing the dance mar- bers of the campus community. Osorto speaking about their experiences at Mira- imal said senior Thomas Edson, director of athon to a virtual event took lots of planning. closed the memorial by drawing attendee’s cle Network Hospitals. During the second operations for BomberTHON. “We had to think about it a little differ- attention to a candle. hour, which has a beach party theme, there The event will end after the sixth hour, ently,” she said. “A huge part of the dance “As we extinguish this candle, let us re- will be a rubber ducky derby and a Mira- which will include a special celebrity shout- marathon experience is getting to be in per- member that the light has not truly left us, cle Kid talent show. Students will donate out and the reveal of the total amount of son and seeing the final fundraising total it’s only changed,” Osorto said. to sponsor a rubber duck, which will be money that has been raised. with everyone.” Support services for students are floated in the Kelsey Partridge Bird -Natato Most of these events will take place over Junior Alexa Bastardi, service chair for available through the Center for Coun- rium, said senior Laura Heppes, executive Zoom or will be livestreamed. Edson said Gamma Delta Pi (GDPi), a social service so- seling and Psychological Services at director of BomberTHON. The top three win- there will be prerecorded performances from rority unaffiliated with any larger branch of 607-274-3136. ners will receive a cash prize, Heppes said. student organizations like Premium Blend, GDPi or Ithaca College, said that in 2019, Students needing immediate assistance There will be a fundraising power hour and Pitch Please and IC Defy. the dance marathon was one of the sorority’s should contact the Office of Public Safety a live performance from Chris Washburn, a lo- Edson said the organization pushed the main events. at 607-274-3333 or the on-duty staff for cal Ithaca DJ, during the third hour, which is dance marathon back to the spring in hopes “We can’t really do as many in-person ser- the Office of Residential Life. Faculty and glow-in-the-dark themed. Lunch and a TikTok of holding some in-person events, but by De- vice events than we usually do this semester, staff can access the counseling services of competition sponsored by Ithaca Hummus cember 2020, it became clear that the event so I wanted to find an online event that ev- the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) by will occur in the fourth hour. During the fifth would have to be held online. eryone can get involved in,” she said. “So we calling 1-800-327-2255. hour, there will be Zumba led by second-year “We’ve kind of had to drop the idea of a decided to do BomberTHON.” graduate student Jaleel Green, group fitness dance marathon, in a way,” he said. “Sitting instructor, and a build-a-buddy event. there on Zoom playing music, waiting for CONTACT ALEXIS MANORE CONTACT CAITLIN HOLTZMAN The build-a-buddy event consists of the people to dance seems painfully awkward.” [email protected] [email protected] THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 NEWS | 5 Faculty Council discusses workloads Awards given

BY ALYSHIA KORBA to journalists The Ithaca College Facul- BY ALEXIS MANORE ty Council discussed workload The Park Center for Independent Me- requirements for non-tenure dia (PCIM) announced the recipients of eligible notice (NTEN) faculty the 13th annual Izzy Award on April 2. positions and changes to the This year, the award will be present- Faculty Handbook at its April ed to one publication, Truthout, and 6 meeting. two journalists, Liliana Segura and Tim The council spoke with La Schwab. The award highlights achieve- Jerne Cornish, provost and se- ments in independent media and is given nior vice president for academic in honor of I.F. “Izzy” Stone, a politically affairs, about possible changes in radical American investigative journalist in the workload for NTEN faculty as the 20th century. part of the Academic Program Pri- Truthout is an independent, nonprofit oritization (APP) process. Cornish news organization that reports on social said one of the problems with justice issues. Throughout 2020, Truth- the NTEN requirements current- out produced a series called “Despair ly is that each of the five schools and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of at the college have different ex- COVID-19,” which is composed of 250 pectations for NTEN faculty. The articles about the political, economic, Academic Program Prioritization environmental and racial aspects of the Implementation Committee (AP- COVID-19 pandemic. PIC) is recommending that all The Ithaca College Faculty Council talks at a meeting Sept. 5, 2017. The council discussed changes “Through the year of social distancing, NTEN faculty at the college have a to workload requirements for non-tenure eligible notice faculty members at its April 6 meeting. Truthout proved that journalists need not consistent 24-credit instructional NICK BAHAMONDE/THE ITHACAN be distant from the people hardest hit by workload, according to the “The the pandemic, including prisoners and opportunity or no wiggle room, credit hours. The APPIC recom- Department of History, said. Cory Shape of the College” document. ICE detainees,” the Izzy Award judges said nothing in their load that would mends these faculty teach 20 or Young, associate professor in the Currently, this workload ranges in a statement. Department of Strategic Commu- from 21 to 24 credits. allow them to do that type of ac- 21 credit hours. Liliana Segura is a senior reporter at nications, director of the Honors Diane Birr, professor in the tivity,” she said. The council also discussed The Intercept. In 2020, Segura report- Department of Music Perfor- Aaron Witek, assistant profes- changes to the Faculty Hand- Program and chair of the Faculty ed that former U.S. President Donald mance, said she thinks NTEN sor in the Department of Music book, which contains policies Handbook Amendment Commit- Trump’s administration had carried- faculty should not be required to Performance, said he believes re- and procedures regarding faculty tee, spoke with the council about out federal executions throughout the have a 24-credit workload if they quiring a 24-credit instructional employment. The Bias Review the changes. A survey will be sent COVID-19 pandemic. are looking to do professional or load will deter candidates from Committee, which was created to Faculty Council members to Tim Schwab exposed the operations at scholarship work while teaching. NTEN positions. to make the Faculty Handbook vote on the changes. the Gates Foundation in a three-part series “For faculty to have their load “We want to treat our inclusive of all faculty, has recom- McNamara also asked Cornish published by The Nation and raised ques- completely teaching and not have NTENs like they’re tenure faculty mended several changes be made about what the second phase tions about the power that billionaires the opportunity to expand their members,” Witek said. “I think to the Faculty Handbook. Exam- of the APP entails. Cornish said have surrounding public policy. horizons, either by performing or that’s important.” ples of recommended changes this will be addressed at the The Izzy Award ceremony will be pre- doing research or staying current, Currently, full-time teaching include changing instances of All-Faculty Meeting on April 15. sented virtually at the end of April. … I wouldn’t want to see some- loads for tenure-eligible and ten- “him/her” to “them,” Jason Fre- CONTACT ALYSHIA KORBA CONTACT ALEXIS MANORE body teaching at 24 and have no ured faculty range from 18 to 21 itag, associate professor in the [email protected] [email protected]

THE FACES OF AUSTERITY BY HARRIET MALINOWITZ for Hillel at Ithaca College, which ties the family to the Ithaca from USC. “I’m wickedly qualified,” he grinned. area. He loves fishing with his daughter, which he said is “a He moved to Ithaca in 2005 as a trailing spouse — his wife pandemic-friendly activity.” He said fishing also allows him to now has tenure in the Department of English at Ithaca College. be “in a place where even outside the college [he] can talk Hansom became a U.S. citizen in 2020. about the world of reading, writing and ideas.” “I was looking forward to Social Security,” he said. “I’ll miss my students and colleagues here,” he said. “So He has been an arts writer at the Ithaca Times and a DJ at much of this school is being cast away without considering the the Cayuga Radio Network. Trained as an actor in Los Ange- ripple effects.” les, he worked for the Ithaca Shakespeare Company and has He said he wants to work to make higher education starred in many student films — frequently in demand “due to more equitable. my British accent,” he said. “As union chair, I’m saddened that a union that was just Hansom has published four books and other articles on LECTURER QUESTIONS LABOR EQUITY AT IC recognized in 2017 is being so clearly decimated by this ad- cultural theory and literary modernism. He has taught courses ministration,” Miranda said. “I’m sorry that they seem to see about American literature, science fiction, environmental liter- James Miranda, lecturer in the Department of Writing, is ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’ initiatives to be mutually exclusive ature and contemporary American and European drama. 39 and has taught at Ithaca College for four years. He has a of labor equity issues.” He has a 13-year-old daughter who bears the stressors of Ph.D. in English from Ohio University in a combination of rhet- impending parental unemployment. oric, composition, creative writing and literary studies. “Luckily, because of my wife, we’re not thrust into being a While teaching multiple courses at the college and at SUNY no-income family,” he said. Cortland and co-raising two small children, he had taken on With one final year of his contract, Hansom called his situ- a wide array of other roles. He is chair of the Contingent Fac- ation, “a slow-motion redundancy, increasingly depressing as I ulty Union. He was the Contingent Faculty Representative on move through time, leaving me occasionally bewildered about the Faculty Development Committee of the Center for Facul- how to think about what my next step will be. I’m very angry at ty Excellence (CFE) and worked with the CFE’s Anti-Racism being booted out, but I’m also numb.” Institute. Miranda also sat on the Steering Committee for One of the things he will miss the most is the vibrant in- Academic Writing in the writing department, served on the tellectual culture he has found among his colleagues. He said Strategic Plan’s Campus Climate Group and taught an Ithaca he loved the daily “popping in and out of each other’s office to Seminar called “Weaving Sound: The Intersection of Writing shoot the breeze and recommend books.” and Music.” He teaches a magazine writing course every sum- A KAFKAESQUE EXPERIENCE Anticipating the loss of that community and of his relation- mer in the Ithaca Young Writers Institute, a program for high ships with his students “feels like a slow-motion guillotine,” he schoolers which can be a segue into enrolling at the college. Paul Hansom, assistant professor in the Department of said. “It’s like something out of a Kafka novel.” Most recently, incited by the Academic Program Priori- English, is the self-described “only Brit in the English de- tization process, he joined the Executive Committee for the partment.” He taught full-time as a non-tenure eligible college’s recently started American Association of University (NTEN) at Ithaca College for 10 years on the heels of several This series aims to put human faces on the faculty mem- Professors (AAUP) chapter as a member-at-large. one-year appointments. bers who have been notified of their termination as a result He said that the courses he teaches at SUNY Cortland do Hansom, 54, came to the United States in 1989 to obtain a of the Academic Program Prioritization process. Faculty not pay very much and that part of his salary mostly went to- Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern California (USC). members interested in sharing their stories can reach out to ward childcare. Now, it will be his primary source of income. He also has a Masters in American Studies from the University Harriet Malinowitz, lecturer in the Department of Writing,at Miranda’s wife, Lauren Goldberg, is executive director of Nottingham in the U.K. and an MFA in fiction and drama [email protected]. 6 | NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 COLLEGE BRIEFS

The Ithacan receives recognition Leadership Network, the LGBT Center, the from journalism associations Office of International Programs, the Of- Ithaca College’s student newspaper, The fice of Student Engagement, the Office of Ithacan, received multiple awards recently Public Safety, the Office of Religious and from professional journalism institutions. Spiritual Life, the Women’s Mentoring The Ithacan was named a Gold Medalist Network, the Department of Politics and the for the 2019–20 academic year in the Co- Department of Psychology. lumbia Scholastic Press Association’s (CSPA) The series will allow students, faculty and annual college publication critique. Sophia staff to reflect on and discuss the films and Adamucci ’20 was the editor in chief and Zoë how they relate to their own lives. Each event Freer-Hessler ’20 was the managing editor. will screen one episode of the series and will Judges evaluated issues of the paper and the be followed by a guided discussion. website. The CSPA also scored The Ithacan at All events are hosted at noon. Episode 985 out of 1,000 points on the critique scale one, “Rights not Roses (Pakistan),” is April which is the highest score the paper has re- 6. Episode two, “Defenders of Justice (Brazil),” ceived in the past decade. The Ithacan was is April 8. Episode three, “Living Out Loud also awarded All Columbia Honors which (Georgia),” is April 13. Episode four “Girls at is a citation for special merit in all three the Heart of It (Kenya),” is April 15. Episode critique categories. The categories were Es- five, “Rising Power (United States),” is April 20. sentials, Verbal and Visual. The publication was in the hybrid category, meaning it is a Faculty members to share ideas print publication that provides live coverage for celebrating student employees on its website in between print editions. The The Experiential Learning Alliance Student Ithacan also received the Silver Crown from Employment Enhancement (SEE) Committee the CSPA in March, which is different than the is inviting faculty and staff who work with organization’s critique. student employees to an event April 9 to cele- The Society of Professional Journalists brate student employees. (SPJ) named The Ithacan as a finalist “in one The event is called “SUPERvision: Celebrat- Students deck out doors for the holiday or more categories” in this year’s Region 1 ing Student Employees!” Student Employee (Northeast Region) Mark of Excellence Awards. Appreciation Week is being held April 12–16, From left, juniors Morgan Mullen, Grace Ziehnert and Allison Egan decorate The winners will be announced at this year’s and this event is an opportunity for supervi- their Circle Apartment’s door for the Deck Your Door event April 3. A viewing of SPJ Virtual Regional Conferences April 10 and sors to learn and share ideas on how to show the doors was held from 2–4 p.m. April 3 and voting was online and in person. April 14–15. The awards are for the 2020 cal- appreciation for student employees. endar year. Adamucci was editor in chief for MIKAYLA ELWELL/THE ITHACAN Spring 2020 and senior Madison Fernandez Industry professionals to discuss was editor in chief for Fall 2020. esports careers with students creative director with over 20 years of The survey is part of a project run by Arielle The Park Roundtable series is hosting an experience in production, writing and direct- Newman, a master’s in higher education stu- Multiple IC departments to host event at 6 p.m. April 8 to discuss future careers ing for major entertainment oulets like HBO, dent at Montclair State University in Montclair, screening events on docuseries in esports and gaming. GoPro, CNBC and the NFL Network; and Brian New Jersey. Questions can be directed to New- The Ithaca College Sexual Violence Pre- The event will be to discuss the growing es- Terwilliger, vice president of Programming and man or her project adviser, Cheryl Rotyliano, vention Committee is hosting a virtual event ports industry, what kinds of jobs are available Creative Strategy for the relaunching of G4. director of Career Services. series to screen and discuss a docuseries on and how to prepare for a career in the esports Students can register at https://bit.ly/3fOLlGr. The survey’s purpose is to under- human rights. and gaming field. The event feautres Jenn stand the support that faculty and staff The docu-series is called “Fundamen- Mancini, director of client strategy at Twitch and Faculty and staff members invited need and want to help students in their tal” and was created by the Global Fund the co-founder of Womxn in Gaming, an infor to take survey about career advice career development. Questions will be for Women. The event is co-hosted by the mal club for women in esports; Nathan Lind- Faculty and staff members are invited to about conversations with students related to Tompkins County Advocacy Center, the berg, senior director of Global Sponsorships participate in a survey about the knowledge career development. Center for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and and regional vice president for the East at and competencies used when giving career The survey can be accessed at https://bit. Social Change (IDEAS), the BOLD Women’s Twitch; Justin Joseph, Emmy Award-winning advice to students. ly/3fET3D4. PUBLIC SAFETY INCIDENT LOG SELECTED ENTRIES FROM MARCH 22 TO MARCH 28

MARCH 22 of natural gas. The officer determined John Norman responded. CHANGE IN THE CASE STATUS MARCH 28 the odor was from a person spray LOCATION: Office of Public Safety FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 4TH DEGREE SUMMARY: The officer reported painting. The person declined medi- MARCH 25 LOCATION: Circle Apartments LOCATION: East Tower cal attention. The officer referred one a person was interviewed regard- SUSPICIOUS LETTER/ SUMMARY: Simplex reported a fire SUMMARY: Environmental Health and person for creating a safety hazard ing the possession of a ficticious EMAIL/CORRESPONDENCE alarm. The officer determined the Safety reported an unknown person to Student Conduct. Master Patrol license and was referred to Stu- dent Conduct. Patrol Officer Shawn alarm activation was caused by burnt damaged a ceiling tile. Patrol Officer Officer Bryan Verzosa responded. LOCATION: Unknown Location Kevin McClain responded. SUMMARY: A caller reported an Lansing responded. food. Master Patrol Officer Waylon CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 4TH DEGREE unknown person sent an email DeGraw responded. V&T LEAVING SCENE OF ACCIDENT LOCATION: J-Lot requesting money be sent to a UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MEDICAL ASSIST/ LOCATION: Circle Lot 6 SUMMARY: A caller reported an third party. Patrol Officer Kevin MARIJUANA PSYCHOLOGICAL SUMMARY: A caller reported that an unknown person damaged a McClain responded. LOCATION: Hilliard Hall LOCATION: East Tower unknown vehicle damaged a parked parked vehicle. Patrol Officer Joe SUMMARY: A caller reported a per- son with marijuana paraphernalia. SUMMARY: A caller reported hav- vehicle and left the scene. Master Pa- Opper responded. HARASSMENT 2ND DEGREE The officer referred two people to ing suicidal thoughts. The officer trol Officer Bob Jones responded. LOCATION: Lyon Hall SUMMARY: A caller reported being Student Conduct for unlawful posses- reported that one person was taken MARCH 24 sion of marijuana. Patrol Officer John into custody under mental hygeine MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT/ harassed through social media by an Norman responded. PROPERTY DAMAGE SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE unknown person. Patrol Officer John law and transported to hospital LOCATION: O-Lot LOCATION: C-Lot Norman responded. by ambulance. Patrol Officer John SUMMARY: A caller reported a SUMMARY: A caller reported people MARCH 27 Norman responded. two-car property damage motor ve- sitting inside a running vehicle. The MARCH 26 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE hicle accident. Patrol Officer Kevin officer reported people sitting in ve- LOCATION: Academic Quad TRESSPASS NO DEGREE McClain responded. hicle, no violations observed. Master V&T LICENSE VIOLATIONS (ALL) SUMMARY: A caller reported third- LOCATION: Recreation Trails Patrol Officer John Elmore responded. LOCATION: Office of Public Safety hand information that a person SUMMARY: An officer reported a MEDICAL ASSIST/ SUMMARY: A person found a wallet observed a homeless person with group of people. The officer issued PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE and turned it over to Public Safety. a sign. The officer determined that a warning to four people for being LOCATION: Tallcott Hall LOCATION: All Other The officer determined the wallet the person had observed a life-sized in area after it closed. Master Patrol SUMMARY: A caller reported third- SUMMARY: A caller report- contained ficticious licenses. Patrol sculpture of a person on display Officer Bryan Verzosa responded. hand information that a known ed an unknown person called Officer Shawn Lansing responded. to bring awareness to homeless- person made threats to harm them- and was attempting to solicit infor- ness. Master Patrol Officer John Full public safety log available selves. The officer reported the mation. Master Patrol Officer Bob SUSPICIOUS CIRCIMSTANCE Elmore responded. online at www.theithacan.org. person was located and was not a Jones responded. LOCATION: Garden Apartments threat to themself or others. Master SUMMARY: A caller reported two EXPOSURE OF PERSON NO KEY Patrol Officer Jon Elmore responded. LARCENY 4TH DEGREE VIA people near the building card read- DEGREE EXTORTION ers for no perceived purpose. The LOCATION: Visitor Lot SCC – Student Conduct Code MARCH 23 LOCATION: West Tower officer determined people were SUMMARY: An officer reported a per- SCC HARASSMENT/ SUMMARY: A caller reported third- Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol son urinating in public. The officer V&T – Vehicle & Transportation INTIMIDATION/ENDANGERING hand information that a person members and were checking the issued a warning and the person de- AD – Assistant Director LOCATION: Circle Apartments was attemtpting to extort money buildings. Master Patrol Officer Way- parted campus. Master Patrol Officer IFD – Ithaca Fire Department SUMMARY: A caller reported an odor from another person. Patrol Officer lon DeGraw responded. Waylon DeGraw responded. OPINION THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 7

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EDITORIALS Cautious optimism needed College owes transparency for IC’s fall reopening plan to prospective students t the All Student and Family Gath- state, COVID-19 remains a threat. hoosing a college presents a myri- on their troubles. ering on March 25, the Ithaca COVID-19 Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech ad of decisions for students — cost, Now that most admissions efforts have College administration announced vaccines reduced risk of infection by 80% two academics and population are just shifted to a virtual format due to the pan- A that the college is planning for all weeks or more after the first of two shots, C a few crucial factors to consider. It demic, it can be even more difficult for classes to be in person, for faculty to return and the risk of infection fell 90% by two is easy to overlook a college’s administrative prospective students to engage with campus to campus and to return to a normal schedule weeks after the second shot, according to a structure and leadership style when debating life. However, it is troubling that there has for Fall 2021. recent study. Students can make vaccine ap- the future of one’s academic career. been a noticeable increase of prospective After more than a year of fully and hybrid pointments through New York state at a state Though there are a plethora of choices to students and families on campus. People trav- remote instruction, in-person classes sound vaccination site or put their names on the ponder during the college application pro- eling from outside of the county put students, too good to be true. While this is reassuring Tompkins County Vaccine Registry to be no- cess, prospective students should be aware faculty and staff at risk. The college is not yet news — and a surely needed boost to make it tified of available appointments. Students can of the campus climate of schools they are prepared for an influx of visitors, as it is still through the end of this semester — we must also look for appointments at Kinney Drugs, considering. While the onus should not be focused on managing the pandemic for our remain cautiously optimistic. Wegmans, Walgreens or CVS Pharmacy. entirely on the students to investigate a own community. There are other safer ways This announcement sounds eerily famil- It is reassuring that the college is requir- school’s political atmosphere, critically an- to learn about a college’s climate. iar. Last fall, the college was communicating ing all students to be vaccinated in order to alyzing the current events of a college can Following the pandemic, it is even more ambitiously for three months that it would be attend in Fall 2021 and shows a commitment allow them to see how the school treats important to consider how an administra- open for in-person instruction in Fall 2020. to a successful reopening. To have another its constituents. tion navigated such volatile times. Learning The college reversed its decision just 10 days semester of remote or hybrid instruction Higher education in the United States is how a college led and supported its com- before the first phase of students was set to would be detrimental to our education and a business. Schools will market themselves munity members can prepare prospective move onto campus. well-being. The most we can do now is follow through favorable reviews and flattering students for how they should expect to be led. Now that we are further into the pan- guidelines that were established to keep us advertisements. Ideally, it would be great Choosing a college is complicated as is, demic, it should be a given that all plans are safe and prevent the spread of the virus. If we if colleges were more transparent with but providing students with transparency subject to change. Even with a robust vaccine want to return to our normal lives, we have to their issues, but it should be expected can help them decide which college is best rollout across the nation and in New York put in the work now. that schools are less likely to shine a light for them.

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BY RAZA RUMI public health and climate change. For months, the Ithaca Col- Whether the new commitments lege community has been in a translate into well-resourced state of turmoil. The pandemic long-term policy is yet to be seen. ASK A FRESHMAN era has impacted every sphere At IC, not surprisingly, the MIKAYLA TOLLIVER of human activity including high- response to the pandemic has in- er education. Within a year, the volved some revisioning through shape of IC’s present and future the ‘The Shape of the College’ has changed causing conster- and other instruments. But the Time flew by nation, especially among the crisis requires a bigger rethink faculty members. I have tried to beyond balancing the books. The this semester keep up with the multiple con- argument unfolds as follows: with The old saying goes, “Time flies when versations that continue in the declining enrollment, the size of you’re having fun,” but I’d like to critique somewhat impersonal Zoom college will shrink and therefore that. While I agree with the saying, as sessions — not to mention the va- we need to cut costs. But those it’s been true more often than I’d like it riety of commentaries, petitions asked to leave are already low- to be, I’d like to add that, “Time flies by and emails — that all point to- paid, vulnerable instructors. Raza Rumi, director of the Park Center for Independent Media, when you’re in a completely new place, ward the disquiet that continues The much-celebrated neolib- has over two decades of experience in public administration. surrounded by different circumstances to brew. eral virtue of austerity is at work. ASH BAILOT/THE ITHACAN and experiences.” Cutting down 116 full-time This approach presents two prob- I have this running joke with my equivalent faculty members at lems. First, austerity programs to why they have lagged behind experience invaluable for the friends in which sometimes we’ll admit a well-known place of higher seldom work and end up deplet- while other colleges have made incoming students. The realign- that we can’t recall what we were doing learning makes news. Indeed, ing institutions. When applied adjustments to thrive. Laying this ment of schools, departments in the morning. While, for the most part, IC has become a part of na- to countries by organizations crisis at the door of faculty is at and degree programs needs to we’re only commenting on how busy the tional discussions and news such as the International Mone- best a diversion. be based on the imagination of day has been, I’m starting to think there’s coverage. Amid the cacoph- tary Fund, the results have been Furthermore, the cost-cutting those who teach, think, research some truth in that. Each day on cam- onous noises and seemingly devastating. Second, faculty cuts measures that have become nec- and write — the faculty. pus feels like a week. A week feels like well-intentioned messages by the may end up making the college essary need to be evenly applied. We understand that the IC a month. management, a few central ques- even less attractive to potential The number of faculty cuts has senior leadership — two dy- I can only attribute this to the compari- tions remain unanswered. students. High school students been made public. Yet, the scale namic women of color — have son between the remote semester at home Despite the disruptive nature and their parents, among other of the administration’s own vol- braved public health and eco- and being here on campus. At home I had of the pandemic, it has been a things, value the quality of teach- untary salary cuts and a review of nomic crises and they need our a predictable routine. Now, the events time for reflection and reprioriti- ing and the intellectual standing the administrative positions actu- support. But they also need that happen in a day would have been zation. Within the United States, of the faculty. ally needed are yet to be shared to hear the dejected voices enough events for a week back home. the self-confessed Mecca of cap- Faculty members are also with the community. of those marginalized in the What I hadn’t considered when com- italism, elites in response have concerned about the alleged This distinctive moment is decision-making processes. ing to campus is how much my daily adopted unprecedented injec- lack of transparency. Data reveals also a time for democratic delib- routine would change. Every day is dif- tions of public spending through enrollment was falling even eration. The future vision should RAZA RUMI is the director of the Park Center for Independent ferent, so it’s been impossible to follow a the two major stimulus packages before the pandemic. The ad- hold intellectual ideas at its core. Media and teaches in the consistent schedule. worth more than 4 trillion dol- missions office and other related It is this kind of education that Department of Journalism. lars. There is renewed focus on units need to be questioned as would make the IC academic Contact him at [email protected].

While I still strive to GUEST COMMENTARY prioritize and turn in my assignments on time, I’m Consider moving away for college finding that living real life is like a class of its own. BY NILE GOSSA-TSEGAYE If you plan on going to college — go – Mikayla Tolliver away. Growing up in a college town has led to frequent field trips to college campuses all throughout K-12 schooling, assemblies and talks led by familiar professors and seeing far I thought coming to college would too many recognizable faces during trips to make me a more productive student. Wegmans. When applying to colleges during While I still strive to prioritize and turn senior year of high school, there are so many in my assignments on time, I’m finding factors that students must consider — price, programs, people and perception are some that living real life is like a class of its own. of the most noteworthy factors in a college, Now that I’m on campus, I feel like I’ve and location is sometimes deemed less im- started living in a new way. I’m not say- portant. Granted, all students are different ing I wasn’t changing and developing as a and are looking for different things if they are person at home, but I remained in my considering college, but location should be Junior Nile Gossa-Tsegaye was born and raised in Ithaca. She reflects on staying in comfort zone. Being here at Ithaca College emphasized more. has allowed me to step out of that comfort her hometown and urges prospective students to deliberate college location more. My time spent in Ithaca as a college student MIKAYLA ELWELL/THE ITHACAN zone, do some exploring and get to know has often felt stifling and underwhelming, myself in ways I couldn’t at home. primarily a result of being a “townie,” or environment to actually fully live in the mo- there isn’t a contagious virus circulating (and It’s about doing what once made you someone who attends college or universi- ments of young adulthood. college is much more affordable), going away uncomfortable. The pandemic has been ty in the same town that they are originally I often wish I had gone away for college. for college should be strongly encouraged. one huge experience outside of my com- from. During a time when exploration is More specifically, I wish that I had access Factors like diversity, institutional goals fort zone. I find that taking things one day inevitable, there have been moments in which to knowledge about the opportunities that and values, and overall campus life were never at a time is the best option. That means self-reflection and growth have felt nearly were available at other institutions that I on my radar as a high schooler. If I could go trying not to worry about tomorrow or impossible because of my surroundings. The am only finding out about years after my back in time, I would have taken a much more the past. Time continues to pass, but feeling of intense surveillance, a result of application cycle. strategic and diversified approach at looking staying in the moment and experiencing knowing people in what feels like most areas For high school students, many resources into the institutions I applied to, trusted my- today ensures you get to enjoy it. of town, is tiring and draining. are available, but it takes strategy in order to self and taken more leaps of faith, which all Truly pushing yourself to be uncomfort- know where how to find them — especially prospective college students should do. ASK A FRESHMAN is a column that answers able in your surroundings is an important skill when it comes down to factors like the cost questions about the freshman experience. MIKAYLA that can be ignited and fostered during col- of attendance. Especially now, in the middle NILE GOSSA-TSEGAYE is a junior IMC and politics TOLLIVER is a freshman writing and cinema double lege. With the safety blanket that comes along of a pandemic, the price of college is difficult double major. Contact her at major. Contact her at [email protected]. with the “student” label, college is the perfect to justify. However, in an ideal world where [email protected]. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 9 | PHOTO ESSAY

ONLINE SEE MORE ON THEITHACAN. GettingGetting BackBack toto BusinessBusiness ORG/BUSINESS Visiting local businesses one year into the COVID-19 pandemic

Nothing Nowhere began with Caleb Harrington, the current sole proprietor of Nothing Nowhere, as a small art pop-up shop and moved into Home Green Home on the Commons three months before the COVID-19 lockdown. During the summer of 2020, high rent on one end of the Commons moved Nothing Nowhere and Home Green Home to their current location at 126 E. State St., where they have operated since their reopening in October 2020 as a coffee shop with everything from matcha lattes and passion fruit truffles to their secret beverage menu based on tarot cards. ALYSSA BEEBE/THE ITHACAN

Kristin O’Scammon opened Alley Cat Cafe on the Commons in June 2018 with the intention of creating a homey, welcoming community space for cat adoptions. O’Scammon holds a cat that is available for adoption in the cafe March 7. “Now, there are a lot more students than there were during COVID,” O’Scammon said. “We’re like, ‘Thank god, the students. We’re not empty.’” LEXI DANIELSON/THE ITHACAN

Robert Quackenbush, manager of Sunset Grill, located on South Hill, has worked at the restaurant for nine years. Before the pandemic, Sunset Grill would be so packed on weekends that crowds of people formed as they waited for an open table. “We used to carry trays over people,” Quackenbush said. BRENDAN IANNUCCI/THE ITHACAN

Doug Levine ’04 has been the executive director of The State Theatre in Ithaca for the past 11 years. When the theater’s shows were canceled due to the pandemic, artists who were originally scheduled for performances shifted to livestreams throughout summer 2020 and into 2021. The State Theatre began fundraising efforts including its “Save Your Seat” campaign, which allowed From left, Cornell University senior John Push and junior Dani Luntz members of the community to purchase a physical plaque on enjoy meals outdoors on Sunset Grill’s deck March 30. “If that deck a seat in the theater. The campaign helped close the theater’s wasn’t there, this restaurant would not be open,” Quackenbush said. $160,000 budget gap by selling 1,600 seats in about eight weeks. BRENDAN IANNUCCI/THE ITHACAN ALYSSA BEEBE/THE ITHACAN DIVERSIONS 10 THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 crossword By United Media ACROSS 50 Mallard cousin 28 Store info 44 Wake up 1 Cow’s “second 52 Caustic solution 29 Brandy glasses 46 Unduly severe course” 54 Unpaid, as a bill 30 Banned bug 47 Mountain feature 4 Relish 55 Kind of turf spray 49 True 8 Q-tip 56 Ireland 32 Cycle starter 51 Depot info 12 Before, to bards 58 Erstwhile 33 Big lug 52 Open meadow 13 He directed Swedish auto 35 Teacup handles 53 Puppy plaint Marlon 60 Serpent 36 Double helix 55 Stomach muscles 14 Gov. division 61 Basilica area 39 Speak falsely 57 Shoe width 15 Humiliate 62 Large deer 41 Pulls down 59 Nome’s st. 17 Can 63 Any woman 43 Wrap up 19 Comedian — Costello DOWN 20 Money 1 Stop repository 2 Built-up 21 Kind of soup 3 Unhearing 23 Dash size 4 Zuider — last issue’s crossword answers 24 Opposite of post- 5 Subway opposite 26 Straw roofing 6 Location 29 Conservative 7 Pollute 31 Roulette color 8 Pierre’s st. 32 Cargo unit 9 Prosperous 34 Bored and tired (hyph.) 37 Prosecutors, for 10 GI address short 11 Heat meas. 38 Complain bitterly 16 Fall mo. 40 Latin dance 18 — degree 42 Less certain 21 R2-D2’s owner 45 Funny Charlotte 22 Oddjob’s creator — 25 British rule in 46 Prom place India 48 Male vocalists 27 KGB counterpart

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BY ELIJAH DE CASTRO sale April 15–17 to celebrate 10 years of being expanded its website for ordering books. “Keeping bookstores alive, including Buffalo a community-owned bookstore. The store was ”We fit a really unique place,” Swayze said. Street Books, would really ensure that books Across the street from DeWitt Park founded in 1991 as The Bookery II, in refer- “We are doing all of these things to strengthen don’t get thrown into the trash heaps and are sits Buffalo Street Books, a quaint in- ence to its former neighboring bookstore, The our community that builds a culture of books continued to be taken care of.” dependent bookstore. With large glass Bookery. In 2009, the store was renamed Buf- and learning and literacy.” In the early days of the pandemic, the store windows revealing timely selections of book falo Street Books. Chris Holmes, associate professor and had to remain closed from mid-March un- recommendations, the establishment has Lisa Swayze, the bookstore’s current man- chair of the Department of English at Ithaca til May 2020. During and after this time, the proven itself an essential business in Down- ager, said the Great Recession, the rise of College, said the store’s success in Ithaca is bookstore held virtual events on Zoom. Anna town Ithaca. Now, it is celebrating a decade of Amazon and the unsustainability of the in- because it made a public-private partnership Gardner ’19, who worked at the bookstore being a community-owned bookstore. dependent bookstore model led to the 2011 that people rarely get to experience. Holmes, from June to August 2020, said one of the ben- In February 2011, a quarter-million-dollar community buyup. Swayze cited the American who was a member of the bookstore’s exec- efits of this was being able to bring writers into community-led buyout took place, trans- Booksellers Association’s 2004 study, which utive board until 2019, said he hopes that as the Ithaca community who live around the forming the store into a community-owned says that making a 2% profit is the sign of a the pandemic begins to wane, Buffalo Street world — like Louisa Onomé from Canada and workplace. For $250, Ithacans can buy a stake successful bookstore. Making this profit mar- Books will become a place of transition Charlotte McConaghy from Australia. in the store, gain the opportunity to vote on gin, Swayze said, is extremely difficult. and comfort. However, despite being able to survive policy decisions and run for the store’s exec- In 2021, the economy is far worse, and “When we come out of this pandemic the worst of the pandemic, the Buffalo Street utive board. Buffalo Street Books will have a Amazon is significantly more powerful than properly, it’s going to take us a while to know Books community that Ithaca once knew in 2011. By connecting how to be fully in the community,” Holmes looks different. Swayze said she tries to keep with the Ithaca commu- said. “The bookstore can be a really nice kind no more than 8–10 people in the store at a nity through curating of way into that return to the community for time, who are required to wear masks and bookshelves with current people who might be nervous about it or feel sanitize their hands before browsing and events in mind — like like they’ve just had so long where they’ve touching books. its bookshelf highlight- been apart from each other.” Bob Proehl, director of operations, was the ing Black female writers Junior Jason Langford attended a reading original person behind transforming Buffalo — and creating an event for the New Voices Festival at Buffalo Street Street Books into a community-owned book- schedule, Swayze said the Books during his freshman year. The New store. Proehl said he believes that after the store has found stability Voices Festival is organized by the Department pandemic, the store has a purposeful future. and success. of English and the Department of Writing ev- “My hope is that it can come back to being a Over the last decade, ery year and features authors who are at the community place,” Proehl said. “That’s always there has been a resur- start of their careers. one of the aspects of it that’s really dear to me, gence for independent “The bookstore gave the festival a certain is the idea of the bookstore as a community bookstores, according to atmosphere that felt exciting and real,” Lang- space, as a third space, as a communal space.” the American Booksell- ford said. “It made me want to be featured in ers Association (ABA). the New Voices Festival as an author one day.” CONTACT ELIJAH DE CASTRO The number of American Junior Luis Hernandez sees Buffalo Street [email protected] independent bookstores Books as a valuable place for preserving has risen from 1,651 physical books. in 2009 to over 2,500 “In a matter of time, people are going in 2019, according to to be reading everything online, if we ar- the ABA. en’t already doing that,” Hernandez said. Swayze said that this March, the store cre- ated bookshelves for the community with the Southside Commu- Ithaca resident Mahinder Kingra browses for books in the nity Center. The store science fantasy section at Buffalo Street Books on April 3. has held virtual events ASH BAILOT/THE ITHACAN during the pandemic and

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Buffalo Street Books is an independent bookstore in downtown Ithaca. In April 2011, the store was bought by the Ithaca community to prevent it from going under. ASH BAILOT/THE ITHACAN 12 | LIFE & CULTURE THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 New wellness rooms open for music students

BY GRACE AZAULA day, students tend to get there in the morning and be booked with classes Fairy lights twinkle, illuminating and study time and practicing until a wellness room filled with pianos, the evening, and so it’s often hard to calming tapestries, a computer and separate that work into a safe space bean bag chairs. This relaxing space where you can relax and unwind.” contrasts starkly with the other bus- Freshman Emma Commisso, a tling rooms located in the James music education major, said she J. Whalen Center for Music. took a test in the wellness space and Ithaca College’s Mental Health found that it was a much more re- Awareness for Musicians Associa- laxing place to spend time than the tion (MHAMA) created six of these practice rooms. wellness rooms this semester. The “You can hear everyone from spaces are set up in old faculty offic- other practice rooms,” Commisso es throughout the School of Music said. “You’re here for the first time and can be signed out by all music with other people, and you’re like, students through a form on 25Live. ‘Oh my gosh, am I good enough?’ Junior Caitlin Dansereau, and you’re just so in your head. And president of MHAMA, said the or- so then to be in a space that says, From left, sophomore Tim Coene and junior Erin Smith take a seat in one of the new mental health ganization first thought of creating ‘Hey, you’re allowed to relax.” rooms in the James J. Whalen Center for Music. Students helped create this resource this semester. wellness spaces last year, but the Junior Erin Smith, secretary MIKAYLA ELWELL/THE ITHACAN idea had to be put on hold due to of MHAMA, said the Whalen Stu- professor or with other students, it’s prestigious music school, it has to meeting about mental health and the pandemic. dent Council, formerly known as just really hard because they don’t be like lava and you’re a diamond. students’ needs. Junior Caitlin Glastonbury, trea- the Dean’s Advisory Council, met want anyone to feel like they can’t And if you can stand the pressure, Dansereau said that in future surer of MHAMA, said the idea was with Ron Dow, a social worker in do their part or be a part of the en- then you’ll harden into something MHAMA events and initiatives, she sparked when they went with ju- CAPS, in 2020 to discuss mental semble.” amazing and beautiful and artful. hopes to continue advocating for nior Gavin Tremblay, an officer of health in Whalen and articulate Dow said that after this meeting, And I’ll be totally honest, I think mental health, particularly in areas MHAMA, to the rooms set up in the students’ needs. he told Interim Dean Keith Kaiser that’s total BS.” that are not frequently addressed. Hammond Health Center that are Smith said that shortly after the and Interim Associate Dean Ivy Walz Smith said that last semester, “I think we’re just continu- designated for stress relief. meeting, MHAMA met with Dow to about the wellness spaces idea. MHAMA wrote a letter to Whalen ing with finding topics that aren’t Glastonbury said they enjoyed discuss mental health issues further Smith said the deans reached out faculty and administration in sup- necessarily talked about, or that the spaces but felt that it was inac- and to propose the wellness spaces. to MHAMA this semester and agreed port of the mental health subgroup we want to talk about but other cessible to students in the School Dow said he has been working as to fund the project. of the Whalen Student Council. people are kind of shying away of Music. a consultant for the School of Music Tremblay said that the administra- She said the subgroup had spo- from,” Dansereau said. “But we “We had to dedicate a lot of time for 8–9 years. tion’s support of the wellness spaces ken to administration but felt that want to be bold and confident out of our day, which we didn’t nec- “Even though they know that was generous and is a good start but no change was being made in about that and be like, ‘We need essarily have, to engage with this they’re here in school to learn, that it does not resolve how students’ response to the mental health strug- to talk about this because this has resource,” Glastonbury said. “And there’s still a part of them that feels mental health is impacted by Wha- gles students were facing because some issues right now.’ Let’s bring that then brought up the conver- like they should be perfect,” Dow len’s high-pressure culture. of the pandemic. some awareness to it, let’s start sation that I think a lot of Whalen said. “So that feeling of being able “This is not a small-level, insig- Smith said the mental health that conversation.” students have, which is that we don’t to share that they’re struggling nificant change,” Tremblay said. subgroup of the Whalen Student CONTACT GRACE AZAULA often leave that building. During the with anxiety or depression, with a “This idea that, because we’re such a Council presented at a faculty [email protected] IC students share their Taylor Swift ‘Love Story’

BY ARLEIGH RODGERS “I feel like I’ve grown up with her,” Lubenow said. Actually, the old Taylor can come to the Swift said in a 2019 interview that as of phone right now. Nov. 1, 2020, she would legally be able to re- From her country romps in 2008’s “Fear- record her first five albums. less,” to shattering expectations with 2020’s Lubenow said that after watching the “folklore,” Taylor Swift is known for rein- 2019 interview, she saw conspiracies on venting her sound while simultaneously TikTok about when the albums would be re- transforming her public image. released. The night before Swift posted about She will take another step into a different “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” Lubenow said era by rerecording her first five albums — her she saw a video that correctly predicted the From left, freshmen Allie Barbaro and Lauren Lubenow listen to their favorite Taylor 2006 debut, “Taylor Swift”; 2008’s “Fearless”; next day’s announcement. Swift song, “All Too Well.” Swift is rereleasing some of her old music April 9. 2010’s “Speak Now”; 2012’s “Red”; and 2014’s “I was listening to ‘Fearless’ on repeat, like ARLEIGH RODGERS/THE ITHACAN “1989” — an act of reclamation as much summoning it in my mind, and then I woke as re-creation. up in the morning, and I was so excited,” by Scott Borchetta. By signing a new songs like “exile (feat. Bon Iver)” and “betty.” Swift’s official announcement for “Fearless she said. “I literally cried. I was sleeping, so I contract with Republic Records and Uni- “She appealed to country fans in the (Taylor’s Version)” came in a post on her social didn’t want to wake [my roommate] up. I ran versal Music Group in February 2020, she beginning, and then more pop fans, and media Feb. 11. A photo of Swift reminiscent of around the hallway.” negotiated control of all her future masters, now, just a whole different avenue of fans in the original “Fearless” cover was paired with a Freshman Allie Barbaro, Lubenow’s room- including 2019’s “Lover” and 2020’s “folklore” general,” Davis said. “Changing the style of longer note that comprised a hidden message mate, also sought Easter eggs in Swift’s posts and “evermore.” music but remaining true to how she writes in capital letters — “APRIL NINTH.” before the “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” an- Now full owner of her music starting with and stuff and the way that she interacts with In this case, April 9 is the date of the nouncement. When the two discovered “Love “Lover,” Swift also became the first woman her fans.” “Fearless” rerelease. Along with the origi- Story (Taylor’s Version)” was being released at and one of four artists ever to win “Album of Sophomore Sammi Frieri, who has been lis- nal track, Swift will include six new songs midnight, they decided to listen to it together. The Year” three times at the Grammy Awards. tening to Swift since her debut, said she took “From The Vault” that were cut from the “At first I was like, ‘Oh, there’s not much On March 14, Swift joined musicians Stevie inspiration from Swift as a musician herself. original “Fearless.” that’s different,’ and then we listened to it Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon with “I love her storytelling,” Frieri said. “The The thrill of new music from a again, and I was like, ‘Oh my god, she sounds her win for “folklore.” lyrics are so rich. ... I’m an English major, long-beloved artist was something Ithaca Col- different here,’” Barbaro said. Kyle Davis, second-year graduate student in too, so I always can appreciate a good sto- lege freshman Lauren Lubenow said she felt Swift’s reason for rerecording is to the physical therapy program, said that when ry and good metaphors, ... and I always when she read the announcement. regain ownership of her work as its creator, Swift announced the imminent release of get that from her songs. I feel like they’re “Fearless” was the first album Lubenow lis- an issue she has voiced her support for “folklore” on July 23, 2020, he had just start- never two-dimensional.” tened to by Swift, and in third grade, Lubenow in the past. The November date marked the ed listening to her music again. He said that CONTACT ARLEIGH RODGERS said her mom surprised her with “Fearless” end of a 13-year long deal with her former on the drive to work, he listened to the whole [email protected] tour tickets. label Big Machine Label Group, owned album, overwhelmed with excitement by THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 REVIEWS | 13 Comedy movie is filled with cliches POPPED MOVIE REVIEW: “Bad Trip” Orion Pictures CULTURE BY ELIJAH DE CASTRO by sending the village idiots Borat and Brüno to America — a Eric Andre loves nothing more country of village idiots — Co- than overstimulating unsuspect- hen created clever satires of ing passersby with confusion, American culture. disgust, awkwardness and even Perhaps Andre didn’t want fear. The corrosive, surreal to make a satire of American cul- Disney franchise pranks of Andre’s eponymously ture, which is fine. However, titled “Eric Andre Show” humor- the film needed to parody, sa- stunts progress ously wear down expectations torize or make fun of something of sane public behavior. So, in order to be fully fleshed out. BY AVERY ALEXANDER giving Andre a bigger budget and The pranks are great — within After the recent release of Disney’s “Raya and a longer runtime would be the first three minutes of the film, the Last Dragon,” there has been speculation the perfect equation for a great Andre is completely naked and among fans as to whether or not the titular char- comedy. Right? screaming in front of a stranger acter will become the company’s next official “Bad Trip,” Andre’s first ven- — but it’s hard to hang these mo- Disney Princess. While Disney has yet to confirm ture into feature filmmaking as ments off of a plot so simple or deny Raya’s princess status, the conversation a writer and producer, features and unoriginal. has set my mind abuzz — why do Disney Prin- Andre playing Florida loser Chris In order to get to the Big cesses even exist in the first place, and why are Carey. However, the difference Apple, Bud steals his vicious they still relevant today? between Andre himself and the sister Trina’s (Tiffany Haddish) The Disney Princess franchise as we character he plays is essentially trashy pink car. After hear- know it was conceived in 2000 by Andy Mooney, nonexistent — Andre puts on the ing that her little brother stole former president and chairman of Disney same persona for the film that he her car, she goes to hunt Bud Consumer Products. does for his show. After Chris runs and Chris for vengeance. Had- It is painfully obvious that the franchise was into his high school crush Maria dish is a funny enough villain created as a way for Disney to rake in a little extra (Michaela Conlin) while work- for the film, combining ele- cash. The Disney Princess franchise is one of the ing his job at a smoothie store, ments of legitimate threat and most lucrative media franchises in existence, and he convinces his best friend Bud disorganized irony. it continues to pull in billions of dollars annually (Lil Rel Howery) to join him on a However, all of this is dress- Eric Andre’s movie “Bad Trip” is filled with lackluster hidden for the company. road trip to New York City to see ing on a film that needs more camera pranks that depict more cliches than creative humor. Becoming an official Disney Princess isn’t as Maria’s art gallery. time in the writers room. The film COURTESY OF ORION PICTURES. straightforward as simply being a princess in a Before “Bad Trip” was re- hits all of the cliche story beats Disney film. After all, Mulan isn’t a royal, but she leased, Andre screened the of buddy road trip comedy, gorilla is insane, shocking, hilari- appearing in moments throughout is a Disney Princess. While there aren’t any offi- film to hidden camera prank making for an experience that, ous and unforgettable. the film, “Bad Trip” isn’t as special cial rules dictating who can and cannot become veteran Sacha Baron Cohen. aside from the pranks, is hollow. However, what connects these as it could, and perhaps should, a Disney Princess, hardcore Disney fans have Cohen, who pioneered the genre If the film is trying to be a scenes are underdeveloped at- have been. Without a more estab- compiled a list of prerequisites that many official in the late 2000s with films like parody of the overdone road trip tempts at parodying the overused lished story, the excellent prank Disney Princess share. “Borat” and “Brüno,” clearly had a drama, that part is unclear. If it melodramatic moments of the scenes that are scattered through- Besides being born or marrying into major influence on Andre’s film. isn’t, all the worse. road trip formula. out the film are likely to be chopped royalty, a character can also be crowned a However, what Andre missed The film has its moments, Andre and Howery’s delivery out of the film and posted on Princess if they perform an act of true hero- is that the offensive guerilla though. A prank scene that is enough to make scenes amusing YouTube, leaving the rest of “Bad ism — hence why Mulan is included. Other pranks of Cohen’s films serve begins with Andre wander- but doesn’t succeed at pushing Trip” unwatched. requirements say that the character has to be a greater thematic purpose. ing into a zoo cage and ends the film over the line into humanoid, must be animated, can’t be in- The noise created by Cohen’s with Andre on his knees get- substantive satire. CONTACT ELIJAH DE CASTRO troduced in a sequel and needs to be from a characters is funny enough, but ting sodomized by a silverback Despite Andre’s classic insanity [email protected] Disney property. When you take a fine comb to Disney Prin- cesses, it quickly becomes clear that the idea behind them is wholly arbitrary. When you look at Disney’s massive list of female characters, Talented trio shows off there are a large number of them who qualify for the title but miraculously are not included. Besides the arbitrary nature of the selec- ALBUM REVIEW: “OK ORCHESTRA” AJR Productions BMG tion process, there are many people who accuse the concept of Disney Princesses of being old-fashioned. The argument says that older Princesses like Snow White reinforce outdated standards for young women. BY SYDNEY BRUMFIELD listener to sway along to the music. Whether or not Disney Princesses are The musical stylings are paired beau- anti-feminist or relevant is a rather contentious AJR came out swinging with its latest tifully with the theme of finding small issue, but there is some level of truth to the ar- studio album, “OK ORCHESTRA.” Written moments of joy in the sadness of quarantine. gument. Media shapes young minds, and there is last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, The packed instrumentation enhances lyrics evidence to suggest that Disney Princesses shape “OK ORCHESTRA” offers listeners intricate that convey a complicated mix of melancholy the way children see the world around them. It musical stylings and thought-provoking and alleviation. “OK ORCHESTRA” does is hard to tell if this influence is wholly good or lyrics that culminate into an incredible not shy away from discussing the bleak and bad, but it is crucial to understand that these characters are much more than a way for Disney listening experience. Combining elements of uncomfortable moments that have occurred “OK ORCHESTRA” displays AJR’s vocal to line its pockets. electro-swing, pop and alternative stylings, no over the last year. The truth of the lyrics, like talent and willingness to experiment. My issue with Disney Princesses is that the two “OK ORCHESTRA” songs sound alike. “But I’m not dead yet, so I guess I’ll be alright,” COURTESY OF AJR PRODUCTIONS The trio of brothers excels at may sting, but the accompaniment manages to franchise ultimately reduces strong female curating a full and voluminous sound. cushion the blow. As a whole, the lyrics serve decade. Lyrics like “Plan on this / You’re no characters to superficial, voiceless versions of By playing with its members’ vocal rang- to relate to listeners who have been suffering longer gonna be the plan I miss” offer a themselves. Removing characters from the con- es, the group creates immense depth in its through suffocating isolation. pragmatic yet heartwarming depiction of text of their movie might have been okay for songs. Demonstrated primarily in the Perhaps the most notable track with this love. The lighthearted accompaniment of more classic princesses like Snow White and song “World’s Smallest Violin,” the broth- theme is “Way Less Sad,” which was released woodwinds and acoustic guitar offers a Belle. As Disney continues to release charac- ers’ voices are stacked into chords, creating as a promotional single for “OK ORCHESTRA.” comfortable sonic atmosphere to the lis- ters who rely on deeper cultural and historical a satisfying progression. Their vocals, along Delivered with a catchy melody, the lyrics tener and builds up a feeling of truthful contexts — characters like Moana and with ukulele stylings throughout this piece, express the youthful nature of latching on to love — one that isn’t always perfect. Tiana — it becomes more unacceptable to re- craft a beautiful discourse, making for an the little things that bring moments of fleeting AJR has mastered the ability to write move them from those contexts. This is the entertaining tune. happiness when the world is filled with pain. heavy and moving lyrics without weighing primary reason why I do not want Raya to But “OK ORCHESTRA” isn’t just an The lyrics are painfully reminiscent of the down the tracks. Each song on “OK ORCHES- become a Disney Princess. exemplification of AJR’s vocal arrangement emotions that the pandemic brought about, TRA” has new and exciting compositions that Strong, culturally influential characters abilities — it’s a demonstration of the group’s like “I don’t wanna hurt no more / So I set culminate in a sound unlike any of AJR’s pri- like Raya should be allowed to exist with- musical bravery. The group isn’t afraid my bar real low.” However, the lyrical wit of or work. This mixture of lyrical genius and out being tied to an arbitrary, superficial to experiment with lush instrumentation, the group really shines when the group is beautiful melodies saturates the album in hierarchy. It seems like including the first especially on the track “3 O’Clock Things.’’ able to make “Way Less Sad” into a deranged a bittersweet aura, capturing the complexi- Southeast Asian princess in the Disney It features brassy instrumentals and jazz satirical song of victory for individuals who ty of emotions like love, loss, excitement and Princess elite would be a great idea in theory, but rhythms over a modern percussion sec- — after surviving 2020 — are hanging on irritation. AJR offers listeners a sense of com- she deserves to stand on her own. tion that includes the use of xylophones. by a thread, especially with lines like, “Living munity, allowing beauty to be found in a The trumpet line — which takes prom- sucks / But it’s sucking just a little now.” sea of darkness. POPPED CULTURE is a weekly column, written by inence in the instrumental breaks of AJR shows off its songwriting tal- Life & Culture staff writers, that analyzes pop culture the song — is swung, giving the piece a ents again in “Christmas in June,” the CONTACT SYDNEY BRUMFIELD events. Avery Alexander is a junior English major. jazzy feel. These components entice the realistic ambitious love song of the [email protected] Contact her at [email protected]. SPORTS 14 THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 2018 Trojans take over South Hill High school teammates reunite on college court

BY JACK MURRAY and Stefanski to the college. “I think a lot of it has to do with the prestige When freshman tennis player Ally Stefanski of the academics here,” Hayes said. “‘Spo’ is in was in high school, sophomore Sarah Sposito the [Roy H. Park School of Communications] was consistently a player who inspired her to which is obviously outstanding, and Ally is in improve her game. This season, the two have the [physical therapy] program, which speaks reunited as teammates on the Ithaca College for itself as well. The number one reason you women’s tennis team. are coming here is because of the education, In Fall 2016, the pair stepped onto the as there is life after graduation besides tennis.” tennis court as teammates for the first time During her high school career, Sposito at North Pocono High School in Covington played at the varsity level for four sea- From left, sophomore tennis player Sarah Sposito poses with freshman Township, Pennsylvania. Having schools sons, won team MVP during her senior Ally Stefanski at the 2018 PIAA District II girls tennis championship. that consistently send players to a particular season and was a part of the first COURTESY OF SARAH SPOSITO college for a specific sport is not uncommon doubles team in school history to in the college athletic landscape. However, advance to the state tournament. having two consecutive years with a new play- Stefanski statistically led the team glad she picked it.” but also comforting. er from an out-of-state high school is a new after Sposito’s graduation, went on to be Stefanski said her interest in “It’s different seeing her more on development for the women’s tennis team, named a league all-star and had the best the college was piqued by the my level now because there’s other peo- which currently has a roster of 12. singles record on the team. physical therapy program, but knowing ple leading both of us,” Stefanski said. “It’s Head coach Chris Hayes said this is atypi- Sposito was deciding between the that Sposito was on the tennis team made nice to be on that level with her and have sim- cal for recruiting because when players who college and DePaul University in Chica- her look into playing tennis at the ilar questions and problems.” graduated from the same high school join the go during her senior year of high school. college level. Sposito said Stefanski was always a program, they are usually from the same Her high school coach, Hosiah Davis, “I wasn’t really sure if I was going to reliable player in her high school’s lineup, family. The last time this happened was the reached out to former Ithaca ten- be playing on the tennis team or how especially in doubles play, and had a strong 2010–11 season with sisters Melissa Nunez ’11 nis coach Bill Austin about Sposito, rigorous it would be and was actually work ethic. and Cristina Nunez ’13. which led to Hayes recruiting her considering club tennis,” Stefanski said. Sposito said that playing with a familiar “I think it is an anomaly,” Hayes said. “It and eventually Sposito committing “Sarah said that it takes a lot of time but face and someone who shares her high school is more common with brothers and sisters to the college. that she loved it, and I decided to try out. I memories with her is a nice change from who go to the same high school and play the Sposito said she loved knowing Sarah because it definitely last season. same sport and then want to play togeth- was ecstatic to hear helped my nerves at the tryout.” “It’s nice to have someone to talk about er. ‘Spo’ and Ally’s situation does not that Stefanski was The last time the two were team- memories that I have from high school come around often, not just in our considering the col- mates at North Pocono, Sposito was the that I couldn’t talk about with anyone really sport, but in many sports.” lege and gave her a run- team’s captain. Earlier in their careers, from Ithaca because they wouldn’t understand When recruiting athletes, down on the academic and athletic Sposito was number two singles and even- it,” Sposito said. “It’s nice to have someone Hayes said the academic culture on South Hill. tually rose to top singles for the team. to relate to and to talk to about things from reputation of the college “When I heard that someone from Stefanski, who later became a captain af- home. It’s just refreshing to have that person.” is a huge selling point, home might be coming to Ithaca, I was ter Sposito graduated, said her rise up the Senior Sara Steinberg, captain of the and this was instru- really excited,” Sposito said. “When she depth chart was longer, but women’s tennis team, said the familiarity that mental in bringing told me, I talked [the college] up. I did having Sposito ahead of her Stefanski and Sposito have is noticeable both both Sposito really want her to come here, and I am helped her learn the ropes on and off of the court. and visualize a path toward “I’ve noticed an extreme amount of success. Stefanski said chemistry,” Steinberg said. “I know the two that in this role, Sposito get along really well and can predict each was kind and open and other’s movements.” displayed all characteristics Hayes said that recruiting from high schools of a good leader. that past and current athletes have come With both of them be- from is vital to the success of the program. ing underclassmen at the “You always need sources to go back to college, Stefanski said the and dig up players,” Hayes said. “Devel- new dynamic is new oping pipelines is definitely important. The more connections you have, the more well-equipped you will be to succeed, like job-searching.”

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Sposito and Stefanski are back together on the same team after successful careers with the women’s tennis team at North Pocono High School. HANNAH WILKINSON/THE ITHACAN $

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 SPORTS | 15 Athletes cut hair for cancer research College updates spectator policy BY QUINTIN PELZEL BY ARLA DAVIS Two Ithaca College athletes Ithaca College will permit students to raised money and shaved their attend home athletic contests in person heads to fund research for finding starting April 9. a cure to childhood cancer. The decision was made after the Liberty Sophomores Tyler Purdy, a League agreed on a new spectator policy men’s tennis player, and Aidan for the rest of the Spring 2021 athletic Keenan, a men’s soccer player, cut season March 30. Outside fans, which in- their hair together after planning clude student-athletes’ families, will not it for eight months. They shaved be allowed to attend events. Individual in- their heads for the St. Baldrick’s stitutions have the choice whether or not Foundation to draw awareness to allow current students, faculty and staff to the cause while also raising a to attend. total of $1,700 for the charity. Students must display their green The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a badge after clearing their COVID-19 nonprofit organization that funds Daily Health Screening survey from the research and cures to help fight college’s Center for Counseling, Health childhood cancer. Sophomores Tyler Purdy and Aidan Keenan shaved their heads together and livestreamed it and Wellness. Social distancing will be im- One of the ways the via Instagram to collect donations for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. They raised $1,700. plemented at events. St. Baldrick’s Foundation con- BRENDAN IANNUCCI/THE ITHACAN Students will be able to attend home tributes to this fight is through competitions for baseball, softball, ten- head-shaving events. Keenan and a head-shaving charity event that an even $1,200. On top of that, Tompkins County and the sur- nis, lacrosse and crew. There are capacity Purdy each decided to donate to benefited St. Baldrick’s. they also received an extra do- rounding area, providing them limitations at each location that will be the McCandless family fund, a “I used to do it growing up,” nation of $500 from Restoration with gifts during the holidays, announced later and are based on New family that Purdy knew from his Keenan said. “It was a pretty Kitchen and Cocktails. backpacks in the summer and York state guidelines. The outdoor track hometown on Long Island. big event in my town. A lot of Although the two decided warm blankets in the fall. and field teams do not have a home “We personally donated to this the boys in my town would al- to shave their heads on their Cabeca said that watching the facility for competition. family that’s from my hometown,” ways do it every year. It was just own, athletic teams at the college duo fundraise for the organiza- “After a full year with no competi- Purdy said. “I know them and it’s something that we would always have been involved in similar tion was a special experience. tion, the ability to compete this spring an example of what you can do. do together.” causes. Some student-athletes “I’m very proud of the guys,” is truly a privilege,” Susan Bassett, asso- It’s a family that has gone through Sophomore soccer player Alec are raising money for Bomber- Cabeca said. “Watching them raise ciate vice president and director of the a lot and my boss actually recom- Cabeca, who is a friend of both THON, a dance marathon that so much money was so cool, and Office of Intercollegiate Athletics, said mended we donate to them.” Purdy and Keenan, shaved their raises money for Upstate Gol- I felt really proud to call them in a statement. “Our goal is to complete Purdy works for a restaurant heads. Cabeca said he gave his isano Children’s Hospital in my friends.” our seasons, contend for Liberty League that donates to local charities family and friends haircuts at the Syracuse, New York. Over the The St. Baldrick’s Foundation Championships and qualify for the NCAA every year called Restoration start of quarantine, so he was ex- holiday season, the Bombers is accepting donations at https:// Championships. Every additional contact Kitchen and Cocktails, which is cited to pick up where he left off. were involved in supporting The www.stbaldricks.org. puts the seasons at risk.” located on Long Island. Keenan and Purdy raised Elves Program. The program, For Keenan, this is not the just under $1,200 and donated affiliated with Cornell Univer- CONTACT QUINTIN PELZEL CONTACT ARLA DAVIS first time he has been involved in their own money to make it sity, helps children in need in [email protected] [email protected] Alumni plan to ride bike across country for charity BY EMMA KERSTING journey in Anacortes, Washington, on June Two Ithaca College alumni will be biking 6. They plan to reach their destination in Bar nearly 4,000 miles across the country starting Harbor, Maine, on Sept. 12, making their trip in June to raise money and awareness for those nearly 100 days. Toribio said the pair plans on with life-threatening illnesses and disabilities. staying at campsites to rest overnight rather Tim Conners ’17 lost his eyesight at 15 years than hotels. old from T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Conners was inspired to begin this journey Fellow alum Carlos Toribio ’18 is joining to bike across the country after going on a dif- him to explore and to support his friend. ferent mission in which he set out to summit They plan to raise $20,000 to cover the Mount Kilimanjaro in 2017. costs of the mission and establish a “I was trying to think of something else we not-for-profit organization called The Redefine could do to make a similar impact along those Possible Foundation. lines but closer to home,” Conners said. “I also “The idea of this foundation is to really want to just make a positive impact and get help people forward, to help others through people to really think about hope and stop education and opportunities to live life fully, focusing on the negative stuff, bringing each to make a difference, and redefine what’s pos- other down and start focusing on bringing Carlos Toribio ‘18 and Tim Conners ‘17 practice before they begin their journey riding the Northern Tier Bike Route from Washington to Maine on June 6. sible like I’ve been able to do with my life with each other up.” COURTESY OF CARLOS TORIBIO so much support,” Conners said. Toribio has also been on expeditions in Toribio met Conners in an economics class preparation for this experience. While spend- Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse, he still has a life to live.” at the college and through the wrestling pro- ing a summer in 2018 backpacking across New York, where he was treated. Conners Junior wrestler Logan Ninos said he gram. Toribio said Conners’ father knew head Europe, Toribio said he became inspired to is hoping to continue this work with the worked with Toribio during his freshman wrestling coach Marty Nichols, so Nichols bike across America after talking to an old- children’s hospital with The Redefine season in 2018–19 before Toribio began as- brought Conners in to meet the team. Toribio er couple in an airport who told him that Possible Foundation. sistant coaching at Long Island University. said that while they already had class together, anything he saw in Europe, he could see in “[This mission] is much more than Carlos Ninos said this service project is not out he found it easier to talk to Conners once he America. A few months later, he was catch- and I just riding a bike across the country,” of character. found out Conners was a wrestler too. The two ing up with Conners, who mentioned he Conners said. “It’s more about these ideas “Just in general it’s a really cool thing be- developed a friendship that has lasted even was looking for someone to bike across the of hope and possibility and knowing you’re ing done by a really cool dude,” Ninos said. after graduating. country with. more than your circumstances.” “Carlos is a very selfless person, and this event “You have different views and perspec- Conners participated in community ser- Conners published a book, “It’s Impossi- doesn’t surprise us at all as a team.” tives, and we argue, but at the end of the day, vice during his childhood and has continued ble Until You Do It,” in 2016 that highlights Donations for the mission can be we’re really good friends,” Toribio said. “I to give back as an adult. When the COVID-19 the idea of paying it forward. Toribio said made on GoFundMe, and more information guess the arguing is just part of it to get closer. pandemic hit and delayed his planned Conners has worked to inspire others. about Conners’ life mission can be found I’m just grateful to have him in my life like my start time of summer 2020, he started the “Tim wants to help others know that at timconners.com. process to create The Redefine Possible Foun- other friends.” they’re not their situation, but what they do CONTACT EMMA KERSTING Conners and Toribio will be starting their dation and volunteered to help at the Upstate with it,” Toribio said. “Tim may be blind, but [email protected] THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 THE ITHACAN | 16

The Ithaca College men’s crew Varsity 8+ boat rows against Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) on April 3 at the Cayuga Inlet. Ithaca won with a time of 6:23.1. The home regatta against RIT and Colgate University on April 3 was the first competition for the men’s and women’s crew teams since November 2019 due to COVID-19. ASH BAILOT/THE ITHACAN