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Student Group Pressures G.E. To Pull Business From Hotel
November 16th, 2009The Workers United Union and Cornell Organization for Labor Action were planning to protest as General Electric’s CEO was to give his keynote address in the 2009 Net Impact Conference at Cornell, but the rally was called off after COLA’s secretary Chad Gray ’10 met with General Electric’s global human resources manager and convinced G.E. Read More
C.U. Not Alone in Changing Bio Curriculum
November 16th, 2009University administrators say they will carefully monitor the transformation of the undergraduate biology major and elimination of introductory classes that will go into effect next semester. Read More
ROTC Prepares Cadets for War
November 16th, 2009Danielle Davis was embedded in First Platoon’s Third Squad for the majority of the Field Training Exercise weekend for Saturday and Sunday events. Read More
C.U. Prof’s Research Redefines American Dream
November 16th, 2009Fifty percent of all non-immigrant American children will use food stamps at one point in their lives, according to a Cornell researcher who co-authored a study on childrens’ food stamp use in this month’s issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, a monthly professional journal published by the American Medical Association. Read More
Obama Mentor Looks Back
November 13th, 2009President Barack Obama has frequently commented on the incredible influences he encountered on his road to the White House. One such influence, Prof. Charles Ogletree of Harvard University, spoke yesterday at Ithaca College, commenting on the President’s impact and early years before being elected to the highest position in the country. Read More
Recent Stabbing Makes Students Question University Response
November 13th, 2009Emily Farella ’12 was studying in the Africana Library Monday when the two policemen came in around 10:30 p.m., looked around and walked out without saying a word. About 10 minutes later, the policemen returned and continued looking around without addressing the students. At that point, the librarians told Farella that someone had been stabbed and that the library was closing early. Read More
Convocation Gets Increased Funds
November 13th, 2009The possibility of using paid tickets to close the Convocation Committee’s funding gap generated a heated debate during yesterday’s Student Assembly meeting. Read More
After Nine Sweet Years, C-Town Candy and Nuts Closes Its Doors
November 13th, 2009Collegetown Candy and Nuts served its last ice cream cone this past Tuesday, shutting its Dryden Road doors after a nine-year run. “The recession happened, and Starbucks came in,” said Owner Caroline Green Wald ’94, J.D. ’98 of the store’s failing. “I also spent a lot less time here as my family grew. I have three little kids, and when I started [the store], I had none.” Read More
Col. Emphasizes Need to ‘Communicate’
November 13th, 2009In his lecture “Military History and the American Experience: A Soldier’s Personal Reflection,” Colonel Bart Howard, participant of Operation Desert Storm and the war in Afghanistan, emphasized the need for citizens of a democracy to learn about the history and nature of its military, especially when warfare is constantly in the public eye. Read More
Admins. Talk Enrollment With Cornell Community
November 13th, 2009About 15 members of Cornell’s staff, faculty and students gathered in Duffield Hall yesterday afternoon to eat “Brown Bag” lunches as part of a series to facilitate dialogue about the University's strategic planning initiative, “Reimagining Cornell.” Read More