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April 17, 2001

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Distance Medley Wins at Sea Rays

By ryan | April 17, 2001

Proving that Ivy League track & field is no push-over, the women’s distance medley team withstood a barrage of competitors from the nation’s top conferences to win at the highly competitive Sea Ray Relays last weekend in Knoxville, Tenn.

The crew of junior Lena Mathews (1200 meters), freshman Hannah Garrity (400), and seniors Meredith Freimer (800) and Kim Chatman (1600) crossed the line in a time of 11:27.73 for the victory.

“The DM team ran really, really well,” lauded head coach Lou Duesing.

Duesing offered some advice to Mathews before her 1200 leg, telling her to be patient, not grab the lead too early and let the race come to her.

“She followed her instructions,” Duesing said.

Following Mathews, Hansgate ran a personal best in the 400, clocking 56.7. Then after Freimer’s 800, Chatman also broke her personal record, running 4:47 for the 1600.

However, Duesing noted that the team has not fulfilled its true potential.

“All of them walked away [saying], ‘We can go faster,'” he explained.

The women’s 4×800 relay —

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Kyoto Now! Protest Ends

By ryan April 18, 2001

Seven days, several rallies and thousands of signatures after the Kyoto Now! protest began last Wednesday outside of Day Hall, an agreement was reached yesterday between protesters and administrators on Cornell’s effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. A statement was issued by Harold D. Craft Jr., vice president for administration and chief financial officer, that asserted the conclusion reached through yesterday’s negotiations. “The standards established by the Kyoto Protocol serve as a standard for communities as well as nations to emulate,” Craft said in the statement, adding, “With this in mind, I hereby commit Cornell University to do everything within its ability, consistent with the University’s obligations … to implement the Kyoto Protocol standards.” The goal set by the protesters and the University, based on the Kyoto Protocol, is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to seven percent below the 1990 levels by 2008. Craft’s statement also addressed Cornell’s previous successful efforts to reduce emissions, including the Lake Source cooling project, the renovation of heating and cooling systems and the relamping of campus buildings. According to Craft, these projects have led to a reduction of approximately 150,000 tons below the level that would have otherwise been emitted. “We didn’t talk about specifics; we talked about establishing Cornell’s commitment to the Kyoto Protocol while respecting the mission of education and outreach,” said Doug Krisch ’00 about yesterday’s meeting, which he called a “victory for the world.” “We spent a long time today working on wording and compromises we were willing to make,” said Frankie Lind ’01. “We compromised over the strength of the wording of the commitment.” “We never really differed in terms of objectives, we just had to find common ground,” said Henrik N. Dullea ’61, vice president for University relations, noting that the two sides “started from a common commitment to improve the environment.” “The next step is setting up a committee, which will take place next week,” said Emily Cikanek ’04. According to the agreement, the committee will include faculty, students and staff, with representatives from such “governance groups” as the Cornell Greens and the Student Assembly. “We need to define the committee and we need to do an environmental survey with experts,” Lind said, adding that the ultimate objective at this stage is to assess “what implementation [of the goals] is going to involve.” To ensure advancement toward the emission reduction goals, administrators have agreed to issue regular progress reports. “This is going to be a very serious undertaking,” Cikanek said. “The community is going to make sure it happens,” she added, commenting on the widespread support shown, for example, by the frequent honking of horns throughout this week in response to the protesters’ signs. “This is a great victory,” said David Unger ’02, “but it is only the first. Now it’s up to the University, the Greens and the community to ensure that this commitment results in a real change.”Archived article by Stacy Williams
Ithaca Religious Leaders Meet, Voice Support for Living Wage

By ryan April 18, 2001

Six of Ithaca’s religious leaders joined keynote speaker Marvin Mich at Anabel Taylor Hall yesterday to express their support for a living wage and to address the question of how Cornellians can balance moral and economic imperatives. A living wage is a minimum income required to meet a household’s basic needs, including healthcare, rent and childcare. “We have to start with the words ‘working poor,'” said Mich, an official of the Rochester Catholic Diocese and co-chair of Rochester’s Labor-Religion Coalition. “How can working people be poor? We should work to make that phrase obsolete,” he added. Discussing the work of Paul Herzog, author of Parables as Subversive Speech, Mich sketched a portrait of Jesus as a controversial social critic. “Jesus was confronting an oppressive situation. It’s interesting that 40 years later the church turned [his teachings] around and made them less radical,” Mich said. Rabbi Lisa Freitag from the Ithaca Reform Congregation of Tikkun v’Or focused on the spiritual dignity of work as expressed in the Torah. “The Human condition on earth is to work,” said Freitag. “The environment you create for workers also affects them from an emotional and spiritual perspective.” After reading a selection from the Talmudic, Freitag added, “We must cultivate a sense of blessing and gratitude for the products we use and the people who produce them. Not seeing the people who make what we wear … or eat, blocks channels for that appreciation.” Omar Afzal, advisor to the Cornell Muslim Educational & Cultural Association (MECA) encouraged the Cornell community to keep in mind that “everything on Earth belongs to God, we are only trustees who spend His trust.” Presbyterian Reverend Bill Gibson, retired director of the EcoJustice Project in Ithaca, challenged the capitalist system’s capacity to sustain economic justice. Capitalism, said Gibson, by its very nature must expand and subordinate human relations to profits. “If the driving force of capitalism could speak, its motto would be, ‘enough does not suffice,'” Gibson said, quoting author Ezra J. Mishan. “If indeed the system we have is fundamentally flawed, then we must do more than patch it up, but move toward something fundamentally better,” he added. Unitarian Universalist Rev. Stan Sears contributed his observations of local purchasing habits. “Ithacans consume more Equal Exchange Coffee than anyone else around. If we are so willing to [spend a little more] on people in Brazil and Costa Rica, why are we reluctant to support people who work with our children or provide infrastructure for our universities?” Jordan Erenrich ’02 questioned the relative effectiveness of the living wage in light of available economic alternatives such as the Income Tax Credit, which targets the families most in need by accounting for the number of children and the spouse’s income. “A large percentage of living wage benefits go to families that are already above the poverty line, families where one spouse has a middle class income,” said Erenrich following the conference. “Cornell’s tax base for the community is low since the school pays no property taxes,” said David Unger ’02 in response. “It’s unfair for the federal tax base to subsidize wages so Cornell doesn’t have to pay as much.” The panel discussion was sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy (CRESP), The Cornell Living Wage Coalition, the local United Auto Workers and eight other campus and community organizations. Archived article by Sana Krasikov