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By Cameron Pollack and Josh Girsky | November 2, 2017

When Eli Shanks ’18 got fed up with paying Ithaca rent, he decided on an unconventional solution; he moved to Trumansburg, bought a police bus, and built himself a new home.

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2 Jan

From a crowded ClubFest and winning hockey games to weekly protests and deserted classrooms — here’s a look back at 2020, in photos.

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1 Jan

A raging pandemic. Climate justice protests. A racial justice movement. A nail-biter election week. This was 2020.

Here is a glimpse — beyond Instagram stories and Zoom backgrounds — of what the year actually looked like for Cornellians.

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1 Jan

The year ticked by in numbers — so The Sun tallied them. The 22 emails from President Martha Pollack. The 351 coronavirus cases on campus this fall. Here’s 2020 in the numbers that defined it.
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