Students, faculty and staff began circulating an online petition yesterday to criticize the way Cornell officials executed the University’s closing this past Wednesday. The letter urges Cornell to re-examine “the University’s policies concerning extreme-weather closures and the way it carries out those policies.”

It just may be the nicest place to take your Valentine’s date — and still use your CornellCard.

After undergoing a six-week renovation process that began in December, Taverna Banfi in the Statler Hotel, formerly known as Ristorante Banfi, re-opened last week. According to Statler employees, patrons have been pleased with the newly remodeled restaurant.

Hundreds of students gathered on West Campus yesterday afternoon as the new Noyes Community and Recreation Center celebrated its grand opening.

Members of Cornell Catering offered students samples of new food and drink items that will be sold in Noyes’ new convenience store, Cosmo’s. Building staff also offered tours of the facility and highlighted new entertainment options including a climbing wall and an air hockey table. Many students were impressed with the changes from the old building.

Despite many recent vacancies in Collegetown, two new businesses hope to reinvigorate the area.

The Mango Café and City Style Salon and Sake Bar, both located on Eddy Street, offer different ways for Cornell students to enjoy Ithaca nightlife.

Cornell University was recently chosen by the Department of Homeland Security as part of a team of universities to receive funds in an effort to monitor overseas written communication about the United States.

Anna Burger, chairperson of the Change To Win Federation, spoke Friday on the current challenges facing the labor movement, as well as the strategies her organization is using to shape the labor movement in the 21st century.

The normally quiet Ithaca Commons was crowded by dozens of Ithaca residents and local college students rallying support for a single-payer healthcare system in the state of New York yesterday afternoon. After the event on the Commons, supporters marched up Buffalo Street to Bailey Hall and continued to rally until the start of the gubernatorial debate between Eliot Spitzer and John Faso.