News
Celebrating Struggle, Joy and Triumph: Campus Affinity Groups Honor Black History Month
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Student groups at Cornell University celebrate Black History Month with educational and entertainment events.
Columns
FRIEDMAN | D.C. Dispatch
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In D.C., opportunities for internships, networking and exposure to the inner workings of government and politics abound. Though the competition for these opportunities is high and the will to succeed is palpable, the Cornell experience in Ithaca and the residence in DuPont circle both provide tremendous backing for unlocking the district’s offerings.
Cornel in Washington
Ithaca College Ends Partnership with Cornell in Washington Beginning Spring 2020
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Ithaca College is severing its nine-year long partnership with Cornell in Washington — beginning in spring 2020, IC students will no longer be able to participate in CIW. IC withdrew from the partnership, citing concerns over program costs.
congress
Students Lobby on The Hill for Federal Financial Aid
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Students traveled to Washington D.C. to speak with members of Congress and their staff about federal financial aid.
Cornell Adult University
Cornell Historian to Lead New Civil War Tour Next Fall
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By busing participants to various battlefields and including a lecture each day by Prof. David Silbey ’90, the tour aims to bring “understanding [of] the battle at the ground level,” Silbey told The Sun.
Columns
VALDETARO | Let D.C. (Yes, D.C.) Vote
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Growing up just outside of Washington, D.C., I had ample interaction with the federal government. My dad worked for a government contractor, the parents and neighbors of friends were government employees and officials of all levels of importance and, most importantly, the daily mass migration of federal workers from their jobs often left me stuck on gridlocked roads between about 4:30 and 7:00 p.m. To this day, when I meet somebody from outside the area I grew up in, I introduce myself as being from D.C., because it often feels like I am just as much a part of what happens in D.C. as are those who actually live there. In every way but one, this is categorically false; the speed with which I take back this claim when I mistakenly make it to an actual resident of the District is evidence enough of that. And yet, I, along with every other resident of Virginia, Maryland and the other 48 states in the union, have one thing that those who live in the capital do not: representation in the government that sits there. Residents of D.C. have no voting representation in Congress, despite taking in those which the rest of the country seems to collectively loathe and then having to be under more direct control of those 535 people than any other municipality.
The F Word
Women’s Empowerment Club Members Learn About Modern-Day Feminism in D.C. Conference
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Five members of Cornell’s organization The F Word attended the National Young Feminist Leaders Conference this past weekend. According to the conference’s website, its goals were to “provide young activists with the opportunity to network, grow their knowledge on pertinent domestic and global feminist issues, and fine-tune their organizing methodology.”