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Amanda H. Cronin is a member of the Class of 2021 and studies environmental science, law, and communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She is a News Editor on the 137th editorial board and can be reached at acronin@cornellsun.com.
In front of the Ithaca Police Department, after a peaceful march filled with chants from the heart of Cornell’s campus to the Commons, a light rain began. The crowd of over a thousand knelt on the pavement in front of the police department for eight minutes and 46 seconds — the time it took for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to suffocate George Floyd to death.
A federal judge ordered that New York’s June 23 Presidential Primary must continue. Cornell Progressives called the move “democracy restored.”
On June 23, NYS registered voters will now only be able to vote for candidates in congressional and local races — not the presidential.
“It makes no sense to me to tell people you have to put your life at risk, violate social distancing, to come out to vote,” Cuomo said in a Friday press conference.
Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) joined Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), in a Thursday Zoom seminar on bipartisanship while en route to D.C. to vote on a $484 billion stimulus package.
On Wednesday April 8, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. The Cornell Democrats want unity among Cornell for Biden and Students for Bernie groups.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) pushed the state’s presidential primary from April 28 to June 23. His decision comes after 11 other states and territories postponed their presidential primaries.
As COVID-19 has people retreating indoors and vacating public spaces, political campaigns are forced to rethink the blueprints.
As students spent the weekend scrambling to box bedding and vacate campus dormitories, Gov. Cuomo weighed options for expanding hospital capacity as COVID-19 cases continue to spike statewide.
“Approximately 1 in 4 college students has an STI at some point in their life,” Rachel Clark, Cornell Health clinical director of women’s and sexual health, told The Sun. She said the clinic sees about 8,000 patients for STD testing each year.