Yesterday at noon, about three dozen Cornell workers and students gathered in front of Day Hall carrying signs that read “Cornell workers deserve a fair contract” and cheered as passing buses and cars honked in agreement.

“What do we want? Fair contract! When do we want it? Now!” yelled participants in the rally. “When working families are under attack what do we do? Stand up, fight back!”

To the Editor:

Re: “Rally Protests Hamas Rule, Calls For Peace,” News, Feb. 24

Yesterday’s article “Rally Protests Hamas Rule, Calls For Peace” quoted me as saying that “Hamas is not democratically elected; they have seized control.” In seeming contradiction to my assertion, the article went on to immediately cite the Washington Post saying that Hamas had, in fact, won a majority of the Palestinian parliament in democratic elections in the Gaza strip.

Dozens of excited students cheered on speakers at the Barack Obama Rally for Change outside the Straight yesterday. The rally featured several students all of whom are passionate about politics and getting the Cornell population out to vote.

Rally for Change was put on by Cornell Students for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), a student group dedicated to organizing support for Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign.

D.P. Dough and the Ithaca Police Department are at the center of controversy this week amid allegations of racial prejudice against members of the black student community.

Local residents and students gathered yesterday at the Ithaca City School District’s offices to rally against what they see as tolerance of racism by the district.

The most publicized accusation of racism came from Ithaca resident Amelia Kearney, whose daughter reported she was physically and emotionally abused by her classmates two years ago at the district’s DeWitt Middle School.

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Tompkins County Democrats rallied for their party’s candidates Sunday night at the Lansing Community Center.

“A rally gets people excited to vote, and gives ordinary people a chance to meet the candidates,” said Shary Zifchock, the former Democratic election commissioner of the Board of Elections in Tompkins County.