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COLA Brings Sweatshop Issue to Cornell

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The problem of sweatshop labor met the ivory tower on Tuesday in Ives Hall, as representatives from a closed Honduran Russell Athletics factory pleaded for students to support them in their crusade against the clothing giant.
“This particular factory went through a particularly hard battle to recognize a union,” said Marlene Ramos ’09, a member of the Cornell Organization for Labor Action who also helped translate the Spanish dialect of the workers.

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Budget Constraints Limit Dining Hours

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University budget cuts have finally reached North Campus, as North Star dining hall in Appel Commons will no longer be open for Friday and Saturday dinners. Though a mild inconvenience for many freshmen, authorities say the decision is sound and relatively innocuous to the overall University dining experience.
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“We made that call in between semesters, but it was something we had been thinking about for many years,” said Richard Anderson, general manager of Cornell Dining. “We’re more than capable of feeding the amount of people that come through, but Friday and Saturday are our slowest nights.”

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The Bell Tolls for New Chimesmasters

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Cornell students’ ears have become accustomed to hearing the multitude of songs that rings out from the bells of McGraw Tower throughout the day. Soon, the people who perform those songs will be replaced by a new generation of chimesmasters as the Cornell chimes program begins its 10-week audition process this week.
“There is a significant learning curve when playing the chimes,” Head Chimesmaster Wayne Kim ’09 stated in an e-mail. “To reflect this, our competition is a 10-week long process where ‘compets’ are expected to devote a significant amount of time towards practicing.”

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Univ. Looks to Replace E-mail With Gmail, Microsoft Outlook

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Cornell Information Technologies is in the midst of an overhaul of the University e-mail system that will increase storage quotas, speed and amenities for students and faculty. The project, called Ensemble, will enable faculty and staff to use such programs as Microsoft Outlook and Entourage. Students’ e-mails will be provided through third-party vendors.
“We’re talking with Google and Microsoft, but we don’t have contracts yet,” Ricky MacDonald ’71, director of systems and operations for CIT, said of the student e-mail accounts. “Our intention is that all students will be provided with accounts on both services. We would like students to have the option to use either.”

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Ithaca Residents React to Recent City Shooting

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When residents of First Street saw part of their neighborhood being sectioned off with police tape, their emotions ranged from weariness to genuine shock. In a community that is home to a day care center and several houses, a shooting earlier this month was simply too close for comfort.
According to neighbors, the police surrounded a nondescript house on the 300 block of First Street on the evening of Jan. 8, where the suspect and several other people exited and were later taken into custody.
The shooter was later identified as Caesar Young, 52, of New York City. The victim suffered no fatal injuries.
“I was shocked to find out about it,” said Michael Salmines, a music teacher who lives on the corner of the 100 block of First Street.

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Obama Names Sutley '84 Chair of White House Environmental Council

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Nancy Sutley ’84 has a passion for the environment honed far above Cayuga’s waters. Now, the current deputy mayor of Los Angeles for energy and the environment is bringing her political acumen and progressive mindset to the executive office as President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

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Student Group Aims to Increase Awareness of Fiscal Responsibility

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Amidst the increasing economic turmoil, the Responsible Economic Action Leaders are looking to educate Cornellians in the often confusing but crucial topic of personal finances. Founded this semester by seven business-minded undergraduates, R.E.A.L.’s mission statement declares that it “strives to foster responsibility in and out of the corporate setting,” through activities including a mandatory personal finance class for students, which was the central point of yesterday’s R.E.A.L. Personal Finance Roundtable yesterday in Goldwin Smith.

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Commissioner of Corrections Expounds on America’s Prisons

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As students filed into Goldwin Smith Lewis Auditorium last Tuesday for GOVT 3141: Prisons, a different face than Prof. Mary Katzenstein, government, greeted them at the front of the room. Brian Fischer, commissioner of corrections for New York State, was brought in to talk about the Prison system in America.
“We talk about the structure of society that often ends up directing people to the prison system,” Katzenstein said of the class.

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C.U. Remembers Evan D. Wade ’08

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The University community gave a final goodbye to Evan Dowland Wade ’08 yesterday at a memorial service in the Anabel Taylor Hall Chapel. Wade, a mechanical and aerospace engineering major who died in a car crash Oct. 24, was lauded for his faith, humility and talent.
After a brief opening prayer by Reverend Kenneth I. Clarke, director of Cornell United Religious Work, mourners were welcomed by Dr. Susan H. Murphy ’73, vice president of Student and Academic Services. Murphy remarked on a recent reading of Wade’s archived admissions application, saying that the personal beliefs he expressed in his admissions essay were manifested in his everyday life.