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Carshare Program Fosters Sustainable Transportation in Ithaca

August 11th, 2008
By Alex Berg
Imagine if one car on the road could take the place of 15. There would be less pollution, less traffic, fewer accidents and subdued road rage. Finding a parking spot would be like shopping in a fully-stocked store, and the cost of gas would drop in keeping with a reduced market demand. Thanks to Ithaca Carshare, a program that launched on June 25 with similar goals in mind, such a utopian vision could become a reality. Read More

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Cornell Names New Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion

August 1st, 2008
By Jasmine Marcus
On July 15, Elizabeth A. "Beta" Mannix, the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Management at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management and the Robert S. Harrison Director of the University's Institute for Social Sciences, became Cornell’s vice provost for equity and inclusion. The announcement of Mannix's appointment is the culmination of a search that began last fall, after Robert Harris decided that he would step down as the vice provost for diversity.

City of Ithaca Pledges to Overhaul Contaminated Gun Factory Site

July 30th, 2008
By Molly OToole
On May 30, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced a final resolution for the Ithaca Gun Factory Site, closing a long and precarious chapter in the City of Ithaca’s history. However, many Ithacans feel the future of the site may still be up in the air.
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The Ithaca Gun factory sits perched above Ithaca Falls, pictured here, and has long been a source of contamination in the area. Now, the site will be cleaned up and turned into condominiums and a park.Courtesy Cornell University | View Photo

Sports

Red Rower's Run Stops Short of Podium

August 13th, 2008
By Allie Perez
Single Sculler Ken Jurkowski '03 dropped out of medal contention with a fifth-place finish in this morning's semifinals. Jen Kaido '03 is Cornell's last remaining representative at the Summer Games in Beijing. She will compete for women's quadruple sculling gold Sunday morning. Read More

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Sun Blogs

Music Makes Us Lose Control?

August 11th, 2008
By Justine Fields
Alcohol.edu needs to add a new section because music has now been linked to alcohol intake. Results from a new study show that bar-going, loud-music-listening drinkers could be more likely to hug the toilet the next morning. Research done on the effect of music and alcohol consumption found that loud music leads to more alcohol consumption in less time. Read More

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Weathering the storm: Design's take on print journalism's decline

August 9th, 2008
By Munier Salem
Design alone can't save print journalism, but it wants to help in the effort! Websites might have fancy graphics and endless room for rapidly changing content, but the old school folks bringing you your morning daily are not about to concede defeat to the inter-webs. Read More

Opinion

Badger Bullies

June 18th, 2008
Editorial As an administrator, former Provost Biddy Martin was devoted to improving the lives of students, faculty and staff. As President David Skorton’s first deputy officer, she pioneered initiatives to increase financial aid, appoint new deans and increase communication and cohesion across our large and disparate University. It’s because of her stellar academic and administrative record at Cornell that we’re disappointed to learn of the controversy surrounding her appointment as the new chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Read More

Arts & Entertainment

Movie Review: Entertainment @ It's Best

July 30th, 2008
By Daniel Fipphen
As the Piano Man himself once said, “only the good die young.” Just don’t tell that to Eileen Hall, Stan Goldman, Fred Knittle or any of the other twenty-three members of the Young @ Heart chorus. Read More

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Stormy Waters: Charting The Sun’s Place in the Journalism Industry

August 7th, 2008
By Ben Eisen
Anyone who’s followed the media industry in the slightest knows that print journalism isn’t what it once was. With the internet making news so much easier to obtain, print editions are getting slimmed down, reporters are getting laid off and editors are quitting. So, the world is scrambling to find the next big thing that will save the newspaper business, but no one really knows what it is yet. Amid all this hustle and bustle, where does The Sun stand? Read More

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