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Case Against Day Hall Protestors Conditionally Dismissed A case against Cornell student and staff protestors will likely be dismissed. Twenty-four members of the Coalition for Mutual Liberation who staged a sit in at Day Hall in March appeared before Judge Seth Peacock Wednesday. The charges will be dropped provided the defendants don’t commit further violations in the next month. According to the Ithaca Voice, Lance Salisbury of the Tompkins County DA’s offce described the group as “people engaging in peaceful dissent, trying to exercise their first amendment rights.” HWS Professor Suspended Over Comments A professor at Hobart and Willam Smith Colleges has been suspended for comments about Hammas’ October 7 attack on Israel.…
Esther Racoosin speaks with Dr. Gilly Leshed of the Cornell University Department of Information Sciences about human-computer interaction and how citizens can use technology to engage in public policy-making. This interview originally aired on the December 29th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreLori Sonken talks with Jay Wrolstad, former editor of the Tompkins Weekly, about how journalism has changed the past 20 years. This interview aired on December 11, 2015.
Read MoreEsther Racoosin talks with George Ferrari, Jr., CEO of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County about “Giving Tuesday”. They discussed how the Community Foundation raises funds for its recipient organizations, and how the social media event “Giving Tuesday” helps the Foundation reach new donors. This interview originally aired on the November 30th, 2015 edition of…
Read MoreAron Gutman talks to staff and guests at Farm Sanctuary near Watkins Glen and captures the sounds of the annual Celebration for the Turkeys. This piece originally aired on Thanksgiving day, November 26, 2015.
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Case Against Day Hall Protestors Conditionally Dismissed A case against Cornell student and staff protestors will likely be dismissed. Twenty-four members of the Coalition for Mutual Liberation who staged a sit in at Day Hall in March appeared before Judge Seth Peacock Wednesday. The charges will be dropped provided the defendants don’t commit further violations…
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ICSD Board Cuts Proposed Budget Ahead of May 21 Vote The Ithaca City School Board has made cuts to their proposed budget. According to the Ithaca Times, the adjustment was made after a 5-hour meeting with the public. Board members heard from a range of homeowners who spoke to the effect of rising taxes on…
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Graduate students at Cornell are pushing the administration to act more quickly in negotiations with their union. According to the Ithaca Voice, last week about 200 graduate students rallied at Day Hall. Organizer Sadie Seddon-Stettler said that the university isn’t making contract negotiation a priority. The union maintains a dashboard showing the status of various…
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Competing rallies were held at Cornell Sunday. One was billed as a “Jewish Unity” rally and featured speakers who decried what they say is a rise in antisemitism at Cornell and across the country. The other was organized by the Coalition for Mutual Liberation whose demands include that Cornell divest from what they call genocide…
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