The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/agiufurta/page/2/)
Smoke from the West Coast’s devastating fires stretched across the nation, from sea to shining sea, to reach Ithaca this week. “I wouldn’t have even thought,” said Claire Stein ’24. “It brings out the gravity of the situation: Climate change is very real and affects everyone.”
After 13 days at the yellow alert level, Cornell has returned to its “new normal” as it reported zero new cases for two days straight and only three confirmed on-campus positives since Sept. 12.
With the onset of fall semester, libraries undergo changes to promote social distancing, including reservation-based study spaces.
On Thursday — the second day of classes — Cornell entered a yellow alert level, indicating a low to moderate risk level. There are now 47 total active cases on campus and 61 active cases in Tompkins County.
In an interview with The Sun, Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) touched on his plans to move the legislative machine in Congress, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and his vote for The United States Post Office.
Formalizing what was likely a foregone conclusion in a pandemic, the ban comes as several localized outbreaks of COVID-19 have been traced to college fraternity parties and houses nationwide.
Tracy Mitrano J.D. ’95 sat down with The Sun in the backyard of her Ithaca home in August. The gun-owning Democrat, labeled a “radical liberal” by her opponent, insisted her policies aren’t that radical and distinguished herself form the party’s more progressive leaders.
Tompkins County Legislator Anna Kelles garnered 34.1 percent of the vote in the seven-person assembly primary, followed by Ithaca Common Council Alderperson Seph Murtagh Ph.D. ’09 (D-2nd Ward) with 20.2 percent. In the primary for Tompkins County District Attorney, local lawyer Ed Kopko led incumbent Matthew Van Houten with 57.5 percent of the vote.
UPDATE: As of 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, Tompkins County Legislator and assembly candidate Anna Kelles and D.A. challenger Ed Kopko lead election night returns. And downstate in New York’s 17th Congressional District, two Cornell alumni running for Congress are trailing behind a progressive favorite.
All three Reactivation Committees chartered by President Martha E. Pollack have submitted their reports on time, an announcement slid onto Cornell’s COVID-19 FAQ page reads. It is the ‘hope’ of the administration to announce the status of the fall semester in Early July.