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Student Assembly Votes to Defund Cornell Cinema
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In a 19 to 5 vote, with three abstaining, the assembly approved the Student Activity Appropriation Committee’s recommendation to reduce byline funding — from $10.90 to $0.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/shivanisanghani/page/2/)
In a 19 to 5 vote, with three abstaining, the assembly approved the Student Activity Appropriation Committee’s recommendation to reduce byline funding — from $10.90 to $0.
Approximately 550 Cornell students — 75 student teams and 50 individual volunteers — participated in community service projects, ranging from cleaning playrooms at the Ithaca Community Childcare Center to clearing up trails at the local YMCA.
With the surge of Cornellians returning since mid-August and some embarking on Ithaca’s hills for the first time, students and Ithacans alike share mixed reactions of the new transportation options.
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A veterans’ advocate position will be instituted at Cornell to serve both as a tool for student veterans and as a liaison for Cornell’s administration and recruitment efforts.
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The GPSA passed Resolution 9, aimed at protecting Cornell’s Graduate Students from the Trump Administration’s Immigration Ban, and other future immigration-related issues which may prevent students from completing their education at Cornell, on Monday.
Among other proposals, many democrats suggested reaching out to Republicans and supporters of President Trump as a “way to heal” and “move past division.”