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C.U. Severs Ties With Russell

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Citing anti-union labor practices, the University announced Friday that it will join a growing list of schools who are terminating business relations with Russell Athletics, which currently manufactures Cornell apparel.
The decision, effective March 31, comes after investigations conducted by the Fair Labor Association and the Worker’s Rights Consortium into Jerzees de Honduras, a Honduran textile factory owned by Russell Athletics, revealed that the factory had been closed because its workers attempted to unionize.

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Panelists Examine Motivations Behind Middle East Conflicts

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Kaufman Auditorium was packed last night for a panel discussion focusing on the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip, featuring Prof. David Patel, government, Prof. Matthew Evangelista government, and Prof. Sanford Gutman, near eastern studies.
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The discussion began with opening remarks from both the Islamic Alliance for Justice. and Cornell Hillel. Both groups expressed optimism about the discussion and their hopes for a more constructive exchange of opinions. However, the IAJ also voiced concern over their recent representation in campus media.

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C.U. Offers Variety of Financial Services

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This is the fourth article in a series analyzing socioeconomic issues at Cornell poverty and in the surrounding community.

Despite the nation’s economic crisis, Cornell’s new financial aid initiative, announced last January, has continued to help many students from families of low-socioeconomic status. On top of this, the University offers a number of services and programs to Cornellians from low-income families, many of whom are first generation college students, in order to ease the adjustment to college life.
Currently, the financial aid office offers a number of services to all students at Cornell, including walk-in hours and peer advising.

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Board of Trustees Names Nancy Zimpher First Female Chancellor of SUNY System

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Yesterday, the State University of New York’s Board of Trustees named Dr. Nancy L. Zimpher as the first woman chancellor of the nation’s largest comprehensive university system. Cornell’s own President David J. Skorton was among the 17 members of the search committee that SUNY established to review all potential candidates.
Zimpher is the current president of the University of Cincinnati, a public research university with over 35,000 students and a $1 billion annual budget. Her term as the 12th SUNY chancellor will begin on June 1, 2009, nearly two years after the previous chancellor, John R. Ryan, stepped down. The search was delayed due to the controversial resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D-N.Y.).

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N.Y. Times Film Critic Explores State of Blogs

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A throng of spectators crowded the aisles and blocked the entrances to the Klingenstein Lounge in Egbert Hall at Ithaca College last night to hear A.O. Scott, the famed film critic from The New York Times, lecture about the evolving world of critical journalism. Scott’s lecture, entitled “Criticism as a Way of Life,” focused heavily on the new fad of fast-speed electronic criticism, known to the Internet-savvy as blogging.
Scott opened his lecture by evaluating blogging and questioning the critics who are fading away.
“What happened? Where are the great critics of yesteryear? You look around and you think, ‘Things are so bad now. What happened to the golden age of criticism?’” Scott said.

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Cornell Takes Ownership of University Ave. From City

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After 25 years of debate, the City of Ithaca and Cornell came to an agreement on Sept. 3 over the maintenance of University Ave. The Common Council voted 8-2 to forfeit the right of way of the road, under the agreement that Cornell will finance the estimated $2 million project to repair it. This decision bears no implications for the future of the controversial new building Milstein Hall, which Cornell plans to build over University Avenue.

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Taiwanese Progressive Leader Speaks Of Nation’s Independence from China

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Yesterday afternoon, Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan Dr. Tsai Ing-wen LL.M. ’80 delivered a lecture on the current relationship between China and Taiwan, emphasizing the domination of Taiwanese politics by the Republic of China. The lecture, “Cross-Strait Relations: Past, Present and Future” was presented by the Cornell Law School Clarke Program in East Asia Law and Culture.

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Fence Around Fall Creek Gorge Attempts to Block Access

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As students flock to the gorges of Fall Creek to enjoy the last days of summer, they will run into a problem that may cut their warm weather fun short: a large wire fence. After the tragic drowning of Douglas Lowe ’11 over the summer, the portion of Fall Creek Gorge located under the suspension bridge has been closed off by a fence.
The fence, which runs along one side of the gorge, was erected as a temporary solution to the high number of injuries and deaths that occur at this particular portion of Fall Creek. Plaques commemorating the lives of those who have drowned over the years can be seen along the path leading down to the gorge.

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Provost's Office Reorganizes in Wake of Departures

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As the Cornell community says goodbye to Biddy Martin, the longest serving provost in the University’s history, the Office of the Provost welcomes an addition and a few vacancies.

As the search for the next provost is being conducted, David Harris, deputy provost and vice-provost for social sciences, will act as interim provost. No one has else been named to serve as deputy provost or vice provost for social sciences in the interim period, and Harris will continue to carry out his duties. In addition, an opening remains for the position of vice provost for diversity and chief diversity officer.