The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/ho-plaza/)
Speakers at an anti-fascism protest organized following Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election criticized both major parties’ Israel-Palestine stances and Cornell’s discipline of protesters.
This past week, the Cornell and Ithaca communities came together to take a stand for and honor the causes and conflicts they are most passionate about. Cornell Graduate Students United — Wednesday, Oct. 2
Last Wednesday, approximately 180 Cornell Graduate Students United members and supporters gathered in front of Bailey Hall and Day Hall to protest the suspension of international graduate student Momodou Taal. (Ming DeMers/Sun Photography Editor)
CGSU argued the union should be able to bargain Taal’s suspension with the University under a Memorandum of Agreement reached last July. Taal taught a First-Year Writing Seminar class before his suspension, meaning his working conditions were impacted by the University’s disciplinary action.
Cornell’s clocktower will remain under construction until November 2024, closing the 161-step tower to visitors and reducing the Cornell Chimes’ concert schedule.
Dozens of impassioned individuals from across Cornell and Ithaca gathered on Saturday in the Ithaca Rally for Reproductive Rights to march against a recent Texas law that outlaws an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
Dance teams, music groups and refreshments brought life to Ho Plaza Friday night, where the annual Mid-Autumn Festival took place after a two-year hiatus.
Disregarding Olin, the Arts Quad is architecturally cohesive. McGraw, Morrill, and White Hall form a symmetrical, vaguely gothic trio. While the buildings themselves may be crumbling and held together by metal beams, in part due to the chronic underfunding of the humanities, they’re nevertheless exactly what you would picture an Ivy League university to look like, especially with the iconic Slope right behind it.
A mock wedding, staged by Climate Justice Cornell, married Cornell University and the fossil fuel industry in protests of The University’s unwillingness to divest from fossil fuels. Protesters donned orange for Global Divestment Day while marching down Ho Plaza carrying larger than life puppets.
Early Friday morning, the Cornell University Police Department responded to a report of an armed robbery near Uris Library on Ho Plaza, where suspects brandished a gun and took the belongings of two Cornell students. The robbery was reported at 2:49 a.m., according to the press release.
According to Qiao, the boxes inspired some unexpected attention and several inquiries from the student body.
A protest led by the Cornell Students for Animal Rights and Cornell Vegan Society, led to some people putting a “Canada Douche” sticker on their Canada Goose jackets.