Students started a pro-Palestine encampment on the Arts Quad early Thursday morning, following demonstrations at several other institutions which have prompted mass arrests and suspensions.
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MULTIMEDIA | An Orchard’s Battle Against a Changing Climate
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eather editor Nicole Collins visited with LIttletree Orchards to chat with Amara Steinkraus, operations manager, about the total wipeout of last year’s apple crop.
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MULTIMEDIA | Student Bands Compete to Perform at Slope Day
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On Saturday, bands Safe in Sound, After Six, Twin Court and Paragon performed at Bailey Hall in a Battle of the Bands event. They competed against each other for a coveted opportunity to perform at Slope Day, which will be held on May 8.
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MULTIMEDIA | Coalition for Mutual Liberation Rallies for Divestment Amid Board of Trustees Meetings
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On Friday, approximately 150 protestors gathered at Ho Plaza and marched to the sidewalk directly in front of Sage Hall, the building where the Board of Trustees held meetings throughout the day.
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MULTIMEDIA | Coalition for Mutual Liberation Occupies Day Hall as Board of Trustees Convene in Ithaca
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The Coalition for Mutual Liberation staged a 24-person occupation at Day Hall, Cornell’s primary administrative building, on Thursday.
Columns
OPINION | Faculty Senator Gives Administration an F for Free Speech Year Gone Awry
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Editor in Chief Gabriel Levin sat down with Prof. Richard Bensel, government, to talk about the controversial Interim Expressive Activity Policy and the administration’s political pratfalls throughout its free expression academic theme year.
Columns
EDITORIAL | The Futile Cycle of DACA Rhetoric
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DACA has been a point of contention for years. Undocumented children, now adults, walk among us at universities like Cornell. But with their status on the line come 2024, many fear being returned to foreign countries full of crime, violence and war.
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LEVIN | Bill Nye Talks AI and More: Under The Sun, Ep. 1
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In the one-on-one 45-minute interview filmed at Cornell in Washington, Bill Nye and Levin touched on everything under the sun, from GOP climate change deniers including Vivek Ramaswamy to Carl Sagan’s role in planning the Voyager 2 spacecraft to ultimate frisbee to the intriguing mechanics of clockwork.
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WATCH | Sciencenter Brings Student Workers Into the Ithaca Community
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Peter Terrazas ’23 and Lizette Conde ’23 talk about their experiences working at Sciencenter, a local hands-on science museum, as part of their off-campus federal work-study jobs.
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WATCH | Fossil Fuel Divestment Day Brings Protestors Into the Streets
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Student climate activists protested for four hours on Feb. 13 — staging a “wedding” and blocking traffic — urging Cornell to divest from fossil fuels. The protests continued on Feb. 19, when protestors blocked traffic again.
Arts & Culture
Video: Regina Mun and the Cornell Fashion Collective Stun Cornell’s Barton Hall
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Our consensus favorite show was Regina Mun’s ’19 Full Circle, which incorporated discarded fabrics to create a collection of unisex garments.