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Cornellians Read Names of Holocaust Victims for 24 Hours

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An anonymous band of students and faculty began to read a list of names yesterday morning at 11 a.m. Although the names were read to the pace of a ticking clock, 24 hours is simply not enough time to name all 6 million on the list.
“Lova Rozenberg, Country of residence: Czechoslovakia. Place of Death: Auschwitz. Year of Death: 1944. Age: 40.”
This was just one of the many names that a young woman read aloud on Ho Plaza yesterday as she went through part of a long list of Holocaust victims. As a way to commemorate and remember those who died, Cornell Hillel organized a Holocaust vigil, in which the names of thousands of Jews killed in the Holocaust are being read for 24 hours straight. The vigil comes just four days before Yom HaShoah, the international Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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C.U. Refurbishes Computers for Third World Countries

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Working both locally and internationally, the Cornell Computer Reuse Association, a small group that formed less than two years ago, recently collected, refurbished and distributed over 500 computers. Among the recipients were Ithaca’s Computer All Stars program and other local activities centers. Its next task: sending large shipments of computers to outdated schools in Ghana, Rwanda and Afghanistan.
The CCRA collects computers, monitors, printers and other technologies that have been replaced or broken from all over the Cornell campus. Their main contributor thus far has been from the Cornell University Library system.

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N.Y. Times Journalist Links China, Darfur

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Yesterday afternoon, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nicholas D. Kristof delivered a lecture on the current human rights violations in Sudan and China’s controversial involvement in the continuation of the civil conflict. The New York Times columnist has visited the war-torn region of Darfur in Sudan on several occasions and urges the international community — especially Americans — to focus their attention on providing more aid, including political relief, in hope of ending the genocide.

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Burglaries Plague Collegetown

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A string of burglaries left many Cornell students living in Collegetown distraught and angered after returning from spring break. According to the Ithaca Police Department crime logs, there were at least six incidences of larceny between March 14 and March 23 in Collegetown, many of which involved breaking and entering.
Over spring break, burglars targeted student homes to steal personal items and, in some cases, damage property. Laptops, televisions, game consoles and jewelry were the most common items stolen from the Collegetown homes.­

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C.U. Installs Sirens On Campus

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In an attempt to improve security and safety on campus, the University installed emergency sirens on the roofs of Mary Donlon Hall, the Hans Bethe House, the Veterinary Medical Center and Bartels Hall over Spring Break. The $250,000 project is expected to improve the efficiency of Cornell’s emergency notification system.
The battery-powered sirens were installed on mounting poles, which were lifted and placed on the reinforced roofs of the four designated buildings by cranes.

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Students Fundraise for Kenya Relief

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In an effort to ease the tensions and help the victims of the recent political and ethnic violence in Kenya, students of Cornell’s Wananchi Association have organized a month-long fundraising event with the hope of creating awareness and providing relief to Kenyans who have been displaced from their homes.
Between 300,000 and 600,000 Kenyans have had to flee their homes and over 1,000 have died as a result of the violence. The Kenya Red Cross, the Kenyan government and various non-governmental organizations have set up over 300 camps for the displaced on the grounds of schools, churches and police stations. These organizations are trying to provide food, shelter, water and medicine for victims and are working to re-connect families who have been torn apart due to the strife.

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Mars Rover Adjusts After Storm

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On Jan. 17, scientists from Cornell’s astronomy department moved the Mars Exploration Rover, Spirit, toward the sun after a dust storm last summer covered its solar panels, making it more difficult for the Rover to access energy. Both Spirit and the other rover, Opportunity, have had to function on low power since the storm.
Opportunity and Spirit have lasted much longer than the originally planned 90-day mission. However, after making many discoveries and functioning for more than 1,450 days, the rovers have been through their share of wear and tear.