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Cornell Daily Sun
GUEST ROOM | Shame Must Change Sides
Professor Kathryn S. March Ph.D. ’79, anthropology, is a Graduate Professor of Anthropology and Professor Emerita of Feminist/Gender/Sexuality Studies and Public Affairs at Cornell University. She can be reached at ksm8@cornell.edu. “Shame!” was a prominent chant on Monday at the largest demonstration Cornell University has seen since I first...
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Ithaca College increases fines and updates parking policy for first time in over a decade
The Ithaca College parking citation structure was updated for the first time in over 10 years at the beginning of Fall 2026. Under the new citation structure, fines for parking violations have increased between $15 and $40 depending on the violation. The citation changes were announced in a Aug. 26 Intercom post.
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Truxton Academy Seeks Support During Upcoming Public Hearing
Truxton Academy Charter School is seeking public support ahead of an upcoming public hearing on its charter renewal application. The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, October 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the HTEC Building at Homer High School. The building is located at the corner of S. West Street (Route 281) and Copeland Avenue.
The Star Gazette
Students, teachers can win chance to study at Mark Twain's Quarry Farm
The Center for Mark Twain Studies and Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes have launched two new programs that will give local students and educators rare access to Quarry Farm, the Elmira property where Mark Twain wrote many of his best-known works, according to a community announcement. The Carl and Cindy Hayden Prize offers a $10,000 award for a high school student researcher and writer, while the Carl and Cindy Hayden Teaching Fellowship provides a $5,000 honorarium and residency opportunity for educators. Created by Carl Hayden, LLD '99, and Cindy Hayden '71, the initiatives are administered through a partnership involving the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes and Elmira College's Center for Mark Twain Studies. "Cindy and I believe in the power of high expectations, in the power of great teaching, and in the capacity of young people to meet formidable challenges," said Carl Hayden, chancellor emeritus of the Board of Regents and former chair of the State University of New York. "The Hayden Prize and the Hayden Fellowship celebrate each of these things and our historical association with the Langdon family, Quarry Farm, and America's greatest writer, Mark Twain. This has been made possible by
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Marathon School Teacher Finalist in National Contest: Public Voting Open Through Oct. 22
Marathon Central School history teacher Bill Perks has been named a finalist in Kleenex’s national “Heroes of the Classroom” contest, which recognizes educators who have made a lasting impact on their students and communities. According to the Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation, Perks is a beloved...
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Keuka College makes counseling services available after student dies in residence hall
KEUKA PARK, N.Y. — Keuka College has made counseling services available after a student died inside a residence hall on Tuesday night. Yates County sheriff’s deputies say they responded to Davis Hall for a report of a woman with breathing difficulties just before 10 p.m. First responders performed CPR and other life-saving measures, but deputies […]
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SUNY Corning Community College Marks Banned Books Week With Campus Readout
CORNING, N.Y. — Students, staff and faculty at SUNY Corning Community College gathered on campus Thursday afternoon for a Banned Books Readout, performing dramatized readings from some of this year’s most challenged titles and discussing the cultural implications of book banning. The event was held in observance of...
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Faculty try to address ongoing concerns and frustration with AI major
Some parts of the campus community were frustrated with the creation of the artificial intelligence major at the start of Fall 2026. In response to the frustration and confusion, the Department of Computer Science held the “Demystifying the AI Major” town hall Sept. 29. Despite the outrage created...
Cornell Daily Sun
Cornell to Become First Ivy League University to Offer Degrees in Prison
Cornell will become the first Ivy League university to offer a degree to incarcerated students when the Cornell Prison Education Program launches its Bachelor of Professional Studies program at Cayuga Correctional Facility in Fall 2027. The program, offered through a partnership with Cornell’s School of Continuing Education, features organizations, markets,...
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Students March on Campus for Cornell University
Students at Illinois State University took a march on the quad after recent events at Cornell University were brought to attention. The march was used to let students voices be heard and to demand change after the Cornell 7. Student Asha Wallace shares why people have joined the protest, “Yeah,...
McSweeney's
An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student
- - - Dear Cornell University,. My son is six, so admittedly, we have some time. Still, college admissions have become terribly competitive, and it is never too early to start researching the institutions that might one day shape him. Cornell seemed like a good place to start. My son...
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Cornell case prompts campus safety conversations in the Fox Cities
Cornell Daily Sun
GUEST ROOM | Cornell Treated Nightlife as a Liability. To Fix Campus Safety, Break the Fraternity Monopoly
Timur Polyakov '28 is a student in the David A. Duffield College of Engineering. He can be reached at tp428@cornell.edu. After The Sun covered the lawsuit against the seven men from Chi Phi, many were angered by the systemic failures surrounding Jane Doe’s search for justice. Beyond the legal filings, a fundamental question remains: How does our campus culture enable sexual misconduct to persist?
Cornell Daily Sun
‘Above All Nations Is Humanity’: A History of Internationalism at Cornell
Everyone knows Ezra Cornell’s motto, “ … any person … any study,” but does anyone really know that Cornell, so bound to its international origins, once had a secondary motto, declaring, “Above all nations is humanity”?. Cornell has been international from the start....
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Ithaca boys soccer surges through STAC play
The Section IV soccer postseason gets underway next week. The Ithaca High School boys soccer team will be one of many local teams hoping to bring some hardware back to town, and the way they’ve played throughout the regular season has shown plenty of promise in that regard. The...
Cornell Daily Sun
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | An Open Letter to President Michael Kotlikoff Regarding the Chi Phi Lawsuit
Editor’s Note: The following is an edited version of an open letter delivered by Marco Fuentes ’85 to President Michael Kotlikoff and members of Cornell University’s Board of Trustees. He can be contacted at marco_a_fuentes@hotmail.com. Mr. Kotlikoff,. Through your administrative negligence and spineless handling of the alleged...