community spread
Black and Hispanic Residents Disproportionately Affected as County Cases Continue to Surge
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Black and Hispanic people, as well as those aged 10 to 29, have been overrepresented in Tompkins County’s COVID-19 case numbers.
disarmament
The Student Assembly Rejected Cornell Police Disarmament. The Aftermath Erupted Into a Week of Hate and Harassment.
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A three-hour Student Assembly meeting over campus police disarmament turned into a week and a half of online harassment.
CUPD
S.A. Vacillates For 3 Hours, Ultimately Rejects Cornell Police Disarmament
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Interruptions, hostility and heightened tensions set the tone for Thursday’s Student Assembly meeting — which ultimately saw a resolution to disarm the Cornell University Police Department fail by razor-thin margins.
thanksgiving break
Cornell Updates Travel Policy Guidelines
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The University reiterated its travel and visitor policy for students planning to return to Ithaca after Thanksgiving.
2020 election
Big Red, White and Biden: First an Ice Cream Name, Now a Campus Cheer
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Cheers, honks and relief filled the unusually-warm Ithaca fall air after Biden officially clinched the presidency at 11:25 a.m., surpassing 270 electoral votes after winning Pennsylvania.
presidential election
Post-Election, Abolitionist Groups Rally for Efforts ‘Beyond the Ballot Box’
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Local anti-racist activists gathered at the Bernie Milton Pavilion Nov. 4 for an informational rally called “Beyond the Ballot Box.”
BIPOC/Related
Africana Department Refuses to Support Creating Caribbean Studies Minor
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The Africana Studies and Research Center, the home of most Caribbean studies classes, is not supporting the creation of a Caribbean studies minor.
demand
Indigenous Students Demand Recognition of Cornell’s History, Recourse for Injustice
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Some of the demands includes renaming of Morrill Hall and returning University land in Ithaca that isn’t “immediately utilized for educational purposes.”
IPD
IPD Arrests Protesters After GOP Event, More During Demonstration
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Ithaca police began arresting several protesters outside of police headquarters Thursday evening. The arrests followed a demonstration against the arrests of three protesters earlier in the day.
rally
Trump Supporters Backed Into Headquarters in Rally Face-Off with Counterprotesters
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Friday afternoon’s Make America Great Again rally was met with a counterprotest organized by the Ithaca chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.