Dalai Lama Stresses Tranquility at Ithaca College
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The small man seated with his legs crossed beneath him, draped beneath gold and maroon fields of fabric, spoke animatedly and laughed freely, much in the same way he did at Cornell the day before. The Dalai Lama gave no signs in his talk, entitled “Eight Verses on Training the Mind,” that he was deterred by the 2,000 member audience seated before him on folding chairs yesterday in Ithaca College’s Ben Light Gymnasium, or that he was tired from over five hours of speaking at three different Ithaca locations over the past two days.
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Men’s Harriers Take 11th; X.C. Women Seize Seventh
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Whether by bus or by plane, the Red’s miles of travel and miles of summer training paid off this past weekend.
The women’s cross country team bussed it to the 34th annual Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. The men’s team flew to South Bend, Ind. to compete at the 52nd Notre Dame Invitational. Though each team faced their strongest competition yet, racing against 47 and 23 teams respectively, the Red returned to Ithaca with its share of success.
In a field of 47 teams and 317 runners, the women’s team placed 7th overall, defeating nationally ranked teams such as Tennessee (28) and Heps rivals Penn and Harvard.
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Columbia U. President Fires Questions at Iranian Leader
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NEW YORK — The press release issued by Columbia University introducing speakers for the Annual World Leaders Forum mentioned seven leaders, but made no mention of the man whose invitation and presence yesterday at the university incited widespread protest and demanded the attention of most major media outlets in the country, and in the world — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Many present on campus for the talk yesterday said that the intention of the university in inviting Ahmadinejad to speak was unclear. The ambiguity also brought into question the extent of the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
Bollinger addressed the ambiguity regarding the Columbia’s intention on inviting Ahmadinejad in his first words.
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Housing Subdivision Halted
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Last Monday the Ithaca Town Board voted unanimously in favor of adopting a 270-day building moratorium for an area in northeast Ithaca adjacent to Sapsucker Woods, effectively freezing the development project Briarwood II. The decision represents a further step toward what may become the final resolution of a six-year disagreement involving neighbors, environmentalists, developers, the local government and the Lab of Ornithology.
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Graduate Students Aim for More Unity
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The top rankings of Cornell’s graduate programs in many fields of study by U.S. News and World Report — 14th in business, 13th in law, 15th in research medicine, 10th in engineering — are well-known. What may be less known are the faces behind the numbers: the students, faculty and family members that make up the graduate and professional community at Cornell. The aim of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly is to bring these people together and help to create an individual, yet integrated, identity for the students — outside the rankings.
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Cornell Pitches In to Improve Collegetown
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The city of Ithaca contributed $75,000 to an urban design study at the Ithaca Common Council meeting Wednesday evening, the first time the city has donated funds to the Collegetown area in a number of years. Cornell collaborated with the city by agreeing to match the donation — dollar for dollar — totaling $150,000 towards the improvement of Collegetown.
The newest resolution is the latest step in what has been an ongoing process to study and recommend improvements for the future development of Collegetown as outlined by the Collegetown Vision Statement, which was presented to the Common Council in February 2006. The statement described how the community envisioned Collegetown in 20 years. The council also established a task force to help manage the project.
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University Reorganizes Division of Finance and Administration
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Originally published July 19, 2007
After years of quiet research and planning, Executive Vice President Stephen Golding announced the reorganization of Cornell’s Division of Finance and Administration last month. Golding is responsible for 1,800 employees throughout the eight units established by the reorganization, according to the CUFA’s website. The focus of the restructuring is the coordination of these eight divisions. Major changes that resulted from the reorganization, according to a University press release, include the merging of the Office of the Treasurer into the Department of Finance, the establishment of new Office of Environmental Compliance and Sustainability, and the merger of Transportation and Parking and Mail Services. Golding further elaborated on the broad change to administrational infrastructure, describing the transformation in terms of two major initiatives.