{"id":18198,"date":"2023-03-01T17:46:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T22:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=18198"},"modified":"2023-03-04T16:58:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T21:58:44","slug":"fictional-cornellians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/fictional-cornellians\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018March Madness\u2019 Contest Will Crown the Top Fictional Alum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Cornell history maven Corey Earle \u201907 is running a Twitter poll with 64 contenders\u2014and you can vote<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Beth Saulnier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Who\u2019s the greatest fictional Cornellian in the history of TV and film? That burning question will be answered this month (March 2023), as Big Red history expert <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/earle-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Corey Earle \u201907<\/a> conducts a bespoke March Madness tournament. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Corey Earle\" class=\"wp-image-18200 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/2021_1047_005-A-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Run through <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CREarle\/status\/1630943849781551104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter polling<\/a>, the contest pits 64 Cornell \u201calumni\u201d against each other in four divisions: characters from comedy\/romance and drama, each split into movies and television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love seeing Cornell in pop culture,\u201d says Earle, the longtime instructor of a wildly popular course on the University\u2019s history, who has more than 5,000 Twitter followers. \u201cI\u2019ve trained several generations of students to, whenever they see a Cornell reference, email me or tweet at me. So I\u2019ve become a collector of fictional Cornellians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I\u2019ve trained several generations of students to, whenever they see a Cornell reference, email me or tweet at me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And Earle\u2019s contest is no slapdash effort: he has created a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1MxnWvIy8r_bTPFy5cVpnbS_FjyLSLkFl_8jG6Rbpr9E\/edit?fbclid=IwAR1pX0Vpu-JHOij0ZO-jdRBgclhz6swByKv3kTYSWKEPXfD-Oo2jZxJZxVk#gid=1108555858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comprehensive bracket<\/a> and meticulously seeded the 64 spots, using such metrics as how popular the show or film was (based on factors like number of episodes and IMDb rating) and how significantly the Big Red connection factors into the storyline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In narrowing down the contenders, Earle focused on alumni characters\u2014no faculty\u2014and eschewed anyone based on a real person. (Meaning, for example, that Felicity Jones\u2019s portrayal of Ruth Bader Ginsburg \u201954 in <em>On the Basis of Sex<\/em> was out of bounds.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd if it\u2019s a movie adaptation of a book, and it\u2019s only mentioned in the book that they went to Cornell, I eliminated it,\u201d he explains. \u201cThere\u2019s a character from <em>Twilight<\/em>, for instance, who was referenced as attending Cornell in the books, but it\u2019s not in the movie\u2014though it would have been nice to have a <em>Twilight<\/em> character in the bracket.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-2.03.10-PM-A.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of Corey Earle's tweet of his bracket\" class=\"wp-image-18257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-2.03.10-PM-A.jpg 587w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-2.03.10-PM-A-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-2.03.10-PM-A-316x350.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-2.03.10-PM-A-400x443.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-2.03.10-PM-A-200x221.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-2.03.10-PM-A-100x111.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The top seed in TV comedy? Unsurprisingly, it\u2019s Andy Bernard\u2014the amiable blowhard from \u201cThe Office,\u201d who constantly touts his Cornell pedigree and penchant for <em>a cappella<\/em> singing. (And in fact, the actor who played him\u2014Ed Helms\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2014\/05\/take-it-tvs-andy-bernard-be-fool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke at the real-life Convocation<\/a> for the Class of 2014.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other familiar TV names include Sideshow Mel from \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d; Tom Kirkman, the hero (played by Kiefer Sutherland) of the political thriller \u201cDesignated Survivor,\u201d who\u2019s the top seed for drama; characters from two current HBO shows, Tom Wambsgans (\u201cSuccession\u201d) and Shane Patton (\u201cThe White Lotus\u201d); and Ling Woo, Lucy Liu\u2019s character on \u201cAlly McBeal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over on the film side are the title character in <em>Citizen Kane<\/em>; Natalie Keener, the corporate striver played by Anna Kendrick in <em>Up in the Air<\/em>; Hotelie Neil Kellerman, nephew of the resort owner in <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>; and veterinary student Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson) in <em>Like Water for Elephants<\/em>\u2014which, Earle notes, takes place partly on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Corey Earle and Ed Helms with a faux Cornell diploma\" class=\"wp-image-18201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/0470_14_408-A-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Earle (left) with Ed Helms during the actor\u2019s Convocation visit. Earle is holding Andy Bernard\u2019s faux diploma from the set of \u201cThe Office,\u201d which he received as a birthday gift from his brother, University Archivist Evan Earle \u201902, MS \u201914.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Earle\u2019s contest will progress through two initial rounds into a Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, and so on; new ballot match-ups will be posted regularly, and each voting session lasts 24 hours. The championship\u2014like the bracket\u2019s real-world basketball inspiration\u2014is set for April 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is Earle pulling for anyone in particular? While he doesn\u2019t want to skew the results, he admits a soft spot for Francis LaPierre of <em>Love Story<\/em>, an underdog in the film comedy\/romance division. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the bottom seed, but he\u2019s one of the few characters where Cornell is central to his personality; he\u2019s captain of the Big Red ice hockey team,\u201d Earle says. \u201cHe\u2019s probably the one whom I want to see exceed expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All photos by Jason Koski \/ Cornell University.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Published March 1, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cornell history maven Corey Earle \u201907 is running a Twitter poll with 64 contenders\u2014and you can vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":18200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alumni_hub_syml_posts":[7813,8405,3988],"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[],"cornell_year_post":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-18198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cornelliana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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