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Girisha Arora is a member of the Class of 2020 in the College of Arts and Sciences. She was the Managing Editor on the 136th Editorial Board and is a Senior Editor on the 137th Editorial Board. She can be reached at [email protected].
“I just wish they had thought through it first and said this all at once, than have three different emails come out saying three different things — it’s consistently changing.”
Vice President Mike Pence confirmed during the conference that the coronavirus has now reached 46 of 50 states.
The Faculty Senate discussed the effects of transitioning to virtual classes on their students, and also passed a resolution on fossil fuel divestment, during an eventful meeting on March 12.
Student reactions to Cornell’s decision to cancel in-person classes.
The International Transgender Day of Remembrance was first held in 1999 to commemorate the life of Rita Hester, who was murdered on Nov. 28th 1998. Since then, it is held annually on Nov 20th to raise awareness of hate crimes against transgender people.
The water and sewer work on College Ave started this summer, frustrating Cornellians returning at the start of this semester with the closure of the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare.
Around 7 p.m. Thursday evening, the power went out for many Collegetown businesses on the 400 block of College Avenue — plunging student hangouts like Collegetown Bagels, Rulloff’s, Apollo’s and 7/11 into near-darkness. Calls made by the businesses to NYSEG had employees estimating that power will return to the block by 9:45 p.m.
“If not for the regrettable actions of the police, she likely would not have intervened,” the judge wrote.
The case of two black residents that began with a controversial arrest in April has brought national debates on police brutality and systemic racism home to Ithaca.
Members of the Employee Assembly discussed the availability and state of mental health benefits for Cornell employees and staff vacation day policies at their meeting Wednesday afternoon.