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Council Listens to Concerns About Off-Campus Housing
November 14, 2008 - 12:00amThe hasty search for off-campus housing was among the various topics discussed by Kimberly Fezza of the Cornell University Off-Campus Housing Office at last night’s Collegetown Neighborhood Council meeting with Collegetown landlords, property owners and student renters.
OCHO, which opened its doors in last April, aims to provide off-campus housing information, resources and referrals to interested members of the Cornell community.
At this fall’s First-Year Parents’ Weekend, OCHO learned from concerned parents that a majority of parents and students alike already feel the pressure to sign a lease for the following year.
“Some first year students sign a lease within 30 days of their arrival on campus,” Fezza said.
Election Excitement Grips C.U., Ithaca
November 5, 2008 - 12:00amObamania erupted in Collegetown just after 11 p.m. as Barack Obama was declared the next president of the United States. People poured out of bars and crowded the streets as they soaked in the historic moment.
“It’s crazy, oh my God,” Leslie Tseng ’10 said. “Everyone is running up and down Dryden Road, yelling ‘Barack Obama’ and setting off fireworks.”
It was a time of unbridled celebration across campus.
“After McCain conceded, everyone was on cell phones, smiling and screaming. Everyone was really happy and the atmosphere was great,” Claudia Mattos ’11 said.
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Perps Sentenced In Ctown Robberies
September 17, 2008 - 11:00pmTwo robbers who have been convicted of robbing students in and around Cornell received prison sentences on Sept. 9, according to The Ithaca Journal. Whitley “Cash” Taylor, 26, faces four years in prison, while Frisco C. Meeks, 20, faces three-and-a-half years in prison. Both felons will receive post-release supervision.
Taylor and Meeks arranged to meet their victims by telling them they were interested in purchasing marijuana. But when they met, the pair would pull out a weapon and robbed the victims. Some of those robbed were Cornell students.
Meeks was arrested on April 1 and Whitley was found in Washington D.C. two weeks the later.
Students Scramble to Sign Leases Early
September 4, 2008 - 11:00pmWhile college students across the country settle into their new apartments and dorms this fall, many Cornellians are scrambling to sign leases for the next academic year.
Many students feel pressure to sign leases for apartments in Collegetown early in the year, sometimes before being able to compare different properties.
Elizabeth Truax ’11 said she was concerned about signing her lease as early as September.
Collegetown Vision Committee Approves Master Plan
September 2, 2008 - 11:00pmThe Collegetown Vision Implementation Committee, in its final meeting before an indefinite hiatus, has begun to conclude a master plan that has been a year in the making. Since the moratorium on Collegetown construction went into effect last year to enable consultants to formulate the Collegetown Master Plan, the CVIC — under the direction of Mary Tomlan ’71 (D-3rd Ward) and Svante Myrick ’09 (D-4th Ward) — has been hard at work guiding the planning process.
The result is a master plan that will likely steer the future development of Collegetown. Residents hope that it will improve issues of pedestrian transportation, add mixed-use developments, provide for student parking and open up public spaces.
Ithacans’ Visit to Charlottesville Puts City in Context of Other College Towns
July 27, 2008 - 10:37pmCorrection Appended
From Ithaca Hours to the Ithaca Commons, no one can deny that the city Cornell calls home has its fair share of quirks. But the question of how unique Ithaca really is has surfaced recently with the city’s comparison to other college towns.
Last month, a delegation from the Ithaca Downtown Partnership took a trip to Charlottesville, where they observed the town, met with public officials and brought back a wealth of information on how the two cities compare. The trip was part of an effort to develop a 10-year master plan for downtown Ithaca.