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City of Ithaca Sees Uptick in Towing Following Street Cleaning

Manu Rathore  —  Apr 19, 2013

Citing a lack of advance notice and insufficient signage, Cornell students whose cars were towed this week expressed anger and frustration with the city and its street cleaning policies. 

Sigma Pi Brothers Say They Tried Stopping Man in Racial Attack

Jinjoo Lee  —  Apr 19, 2013

In the aftermath of a racial attack at the Sigma Pi fraternity in May, Sig Pi brothers told law enforcement officials they tried to stop the individual responsible from throwing beer cans at the group of black students passing by the house.

Mock Oil Spill at Cornell Raises Awareness of Drilling

Emma Quigley  —  Apr 19, 2013

The scent of chocolate syrup wafted through Ho Plaza Thursday as student activists staged a mock oil spill to mark the three-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, the largest accidental marine oil spill in U.S. history.

Ithaca City School District Superintendent Stresses Importance of Social Media, Technology

Anushka Mehrotra  —  Apr 19, 2013

Dr. Luvelle Brown, the Ithaca City School District Superintendent, said the district must increase its online presence through the use of social media, which he said can be a “tool to engage, empower and educate young people.

Cornell Employee Jailed After Environmental Protest

Kritika Oberoi  —  Apr 19, 2013

The protesters blockaded a company's gas compressor station site at the southwest end of Seneca Lake, keeping the company’s trucks out for an hour before being arrested for refusing to disband, according to Reed Steberger ’13.

For Second Year, Two Cornell Students Named Truman Scholars

Lauren Bergelson  —  Apr 18, 2013

Simon Boehme ’14 and Samuel Ritholtz ’14 were among the 62 recipients of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship — a merit-based fund for student leaders interested in government or public sector service — this year. 

Plan Pushing Diversity in Organizations to Face Student Assembly

Noah Rankin  —  Apr 18, 2013

A new resolution that could require every student organization to submit plans detailing how they will encourage diversity and inclusion in their group will be discussed, and possibly voted on, at a Student Assembly meeting Thursday.

Rawlings Scholars Present Final Research Projects

Christopher Yates  —  Apr 18, 2013

As the culmination of their research at Cornell, 49 seniors presented projects with topics ranging from pollination to “prep” fashion at the Rawlings Cornell Presidential Research Scholars Senior Expo Wednesday. 

Cornell Tech Campus Students: Classes Are ‘Inspirational’

Tyler Alicea  —  Apr 18, 2013

“It was as if Cornell Tech were written for me,” one student said.

Visiting Professor Encourages Sustainable Architecture

Elizabeth Kussman  —  Apr 18, 2013

Prof. Joel Sanders, architecture, Yale University, encouraged students to address the divide between the fields of landscape and architecture and consider the potential of unifying the two topics at a lecture Wednesday. 

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