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Skorton Meets With Iranian Official in Science Exchange

December 1st, 2008
By Emily Cohn and Molly OToole
While in Iran from Nov. 14 to Nov. 20, President David Skorton met with Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi, despite reports that the president would not be meeting with Iranian government officials. Read More

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Edwin Salpeter, Transformative Leader in Astrophysics, Dies

December 1st, 2008
By Emily Cohn
One of Cornell’s most renowned astrophysicists, Edwin Salpeter, died of leukemia last Tuesday at his home in Ithaca. The 83-year old professor leaves a long legacy at Cornell and was a revolutionary figure in the world of science.

Wal-Mart Remodeling Moves Forward

December 1st, 2008
By Sam Cross
Upon garnering preliminary approval from the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board on Nov. 18, Wal-Mart’s plans to expand are moving closer to becoming a reality. Not only will also Wal-Mart be increasing in size, but will feature an improved exterior with a new façade and vestibules.

Commissioner of Corrections Expounds on America’s Prisons

December 1st, 2008
By Brendan Doyle
As students filed into Goldwin Smith Lewis Auditorium last Tuesday for GOVT 3141: Prisons, a different face than Prof. Mary Katzenstein, government, greeted them at the front of the room. Brian Fischer, commissioner of corrections for New York State, was brought in to talk about the Prison system in America.
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News From The Associated Press

Obama to name Clinton secretary of state on Monday
Nov 30 2008 - 12:31am
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Sports

M. Icers Battle Back for Split at North Dakota

M. Icers Battle Back for Split at North Dakota
Tina Chou
Senior co-captain Michael Kennedy (18) notched points in both of the Red’s games at North Dakota over Thanksgiving break, tallying a goal in the Game 2 win.
December 1st, 2008
By Allie Perez
A recent trend for the men’s hockey team has been to give up a few too many goals in highly-anticipated non-conference contests over Thanksgiving break, as the Red fell to Boston University in Madison Square Garden last year, 6-3. At unranked North Dakota this break, No. 12 Cornell suffered another Thanksgiving rout on Friday, 7-3, but came back to win the next day, 2-1. The adjustment, however, came after the Red (5-1-2, 4-0-2 ECAC Hockey) took its first loss of the year in Game 1, which was broadcast nationally on the NHL Network. Read More

Editorial

A Close Reading

December 1st, 2008
Last week, Professor and former University President Hunter Rawlings gave his hypothetical “Last Lecture” to a packed auditorium. He began his talk by setting the historical stage: It’s 1968 and the Vietnam War is raging. Rawlings is a graduate student of classical philosophy at Princeton. And his disillusionment is palpable. “I had a very hard time,” Rawlings said, “seeing what my studies had to do with what I was seeing every day around me.” Read More

Sun Blogs

Horror in the Library

November 30th, 2008
By Josh Pothen
Although this story took place at the University of Illinois, it could conceivably have occurred at any college campus. A sex offender carrying a three-inch folding knife was recently arrested at 2:30 in the morning in the university's undergraduate library. The scary part? He may have been living there for a few days behind movable bookshelves. Read More

Opinion

Why Speak With our ‘Enemies’?

December 1st, 2008
By David J. Skorton
My recent trip to Iran as part of an academic delegation has confirmed my belief that while tensions abound in our world, “people-to-people” exchange is ever more important. Our world is polarized along lines drawn by our race, ethnicity, religious convictions, politics, gender, sexual orientation and many other attributes. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the current tensions defined by the intersection of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic worlds. The events of last week in India are just the most recent manifestations of these tensions. How to respond to this polarization? Read More

Arts & Entertainment

Student Artist Spotlight: James Orlando

December 1st, 2008
By Suzanne Baumgarten
It’s rare to find a student so passionate about his field that he started their career before coming to Cornell, but that is exactly what senior James Orlando did. Instead of coming to Cornell to figure out what he wanted to do with his life, he came to Cornell to perfect what he was already good at: photography. He also happens to have the perfect name for a photographer. Read More

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Blogs

Why Your Vote Counted More Than You Think

November 25th, 2008
By Alma Aldrich
Election Day is almost a month behind us and a healthy majority of the country has been celebrating the victory of President-Elect Barack Obama. Though a large number of people went to the polls November 4th, many still did not. For those Cornell students who used the excuse "my vote doesn't count in liberal Ithaca, New York" — you were wrong. Alma Aldrich tells us why. Read More
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