The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/housing/page/3/)
As Ithaca’s homeless population rapidly expands, the “Jungle,” a stretch of homeless encampments located less than two miles away from Cornell’s Ithaca campus, creates controversies among Ithaca residents and leaders about approaches to aid the population.
Local non-profit Second Wind is planning to finish their Dryden construction project this summer, which will bring affordable housing options to homeless women.
With concerns for late selection slots as well as expectations, students prepare for dorm room selection starting on March 13.
Cornell has spent millions of dollars to build these new palaces. Instead of a happier student body, however, these dorms may have the opposite effect. For multiple years, The Cornell Daily Sun has reported on the isolating nature of the new dorms.
Housing is already going fast in Collegetown, with students signing leases much earlier than in years prior.
How did a humble college town in upstate New York become one of the least affordable zip codes in the United States? To piece together some answers, I turned to a number of local historical and academic sources. What I unearthed was a loose narrative of a small town warping under the weight of student demand.
Rule changes by the Office of Housing and Residential Life regarding murals in dorms have prompted Risley to choose to paint over more than 100 murals in the University’s Creative and Performing Arts program house.
The general room selection process is now underway for students, as Cornellians navigate changing residency requirements and determine desirability of the different residential options.
Robert Cantelmo, grad, won the Fifth Ward Common Council seat in the general election and will be taking office in January tackling issues on housing and sustainability.
Students share their mixed reactions to the University’s policy that all first-years and Sophomores live on campus.