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Skeptics Challenge Clinton's Push to Fund C.U.'s Arecibo
May 1, 2008 - 12:00amAs the Cornell-operated Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico struggles to find financial support after the National Science Foundation slashed its funding, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) is proposing, in legislation she introduced two weeks ago, that the NSF completely restore the research facility’s grants. But with just a month until the Puerto Rican primary, some Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) supporters are calling the move political posturing.
On April 15, Clinton introduced a bill in the Senate — S.2862 — that directs the NSF to “ensure that the Arecibo Observatory is fully funded.” The bill cites the scientific and research value of the observatory and also calls for the observatory’s collaboration with NASA for the research of near-Earth objects.
N.Y. Times Associate Editor Discusses Presidential Race
March 12, 2008 - 12:00amOn his way to Ithaca yesterday, Robert B. Semple Jr., New York Times associate editor and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, got a call from his wife. She told him that when he was speaking to students at Cornell, he should tell them not to give up on politics.
With recent news of Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s (D-N.Y.) involvement with prostitution, many are losing hope in the way our government works. But Semple, in his lecture to students in Goldwin Smith’s Lewis Auditorium last night, tried to stay optimistic. As one of the editors who puts together editorials for The Times, he gave his perspective on the three remaining presidential candidates and challenges that each of them faces in the coming months.
McCain Best of GOP
February 5, 2008 - 1:00amYou may or may not agree with the endorsements on this site, but we hope that regardless of your political inclinations you make your voice heard. Get out and VOTE!
Among the Republican field, John McCain is a rare breed of politician — a man who consults his conscience instead of the latest polls, a man who puts his country’s interests above his own, a man who tells voters the truth rather than what they want to hear. On the campaign trail, he distinguishes himself from rivals on both sides by refusing to pander to local special interests and to his party’s fringes. As Republican voters in 21 states go to the polls today, The Sun deems him the best of the field in the GOP primary.