Nathan Poffenbarger ’08 stabbed Charles Holiday, a visiting student from Union College, in front of Baker Tower around 1:15 a.m. on Feb. 18, 2006.

Poffenbarger, who is white, was yelling racial epithets before and during his confrontation with Holiday, who is black.

A year ago yesterday, Nathan Poffenbarger ’07 stabbed Charles Holiday, a visiting student from Union College, in front of Baker Hall near the intersection of University Avenue and West Avenue.

According to a voluntary statement given to the police by Jennifer Malvica ’07, who was with Poffenbarger at the time of the stabbing, Poffenbarger was at a party at Sigma Pi fraternity with other residents of the Transfer Center by 12:30 a.m.

Former President Hunter R. Rawlings III commissioned a report about a year ago to examine Cornell’s effect on economic activity in New York State. The results, released yesterday, show the billion -dollar impact the University has had on the surrounding area and the entire state.

Two people have been charged in connection with the robbery of a female Cornell student that occurred on Linden Avenue Jan. 21, the Ithaca Police Department announced.

Corey Henderson, 21, of Lansing was charged with robbery in the third degree, a Class D felony, and grand larceny in the fourth degree, a Class E felony. Henderson was arraigned in Ithaca City Court yesterday.

A man convicted of raping a Cornell student was sentenced to a maximum of 25 years in a state prison Monday.

According to police, Draper Welch broke into the victim’s apartment on Feb. 22, 2006, woke her, threatened to shoot her and sexually assaulted her. He then stole several hundred dollars in cash and some DVDs from the victim before leaving her apartment, which was located on the Commons.

The Codes and Judicial Committee of the University Assembly continued to examine possible changes to the Campus Code of Conduct at a public meeting yesterday. The CJC is seeking input from all members of the Cornell community, mainly through open forums and online feedback.

When Cornellians gathered at the University Assembly meeting Wednesday night to discuss proposed changes to the Campus Code of Conduct, all but one of the individuals who stepped forward to speak expressed their displeasure with the proposal.

In an open e-mail to the Cornell community last week, President David J. Skorton made his first public contribution to the debate about possible changes to the Campus Code of Conduct and invited “all members of the community and other interested parties” to take part in the discussion.