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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.…
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Read MoreEmma Rizzo and Faith Meckley sit down with Josh Brokaw of the Ithaca Times to discuss current Ithaca news: the Tompkins County minimum wage study, the new rental bicycles at the Ithaca Youth Bureau and the latest on the plans for bringing affordable housing to 210 Hancock Street. This interview originally aired on the July…
Read MoreLori Sonken speaks with Mark Chao about the 10th Annual Spring Bird Quest led for the Finger Lakes Land Trust. During the quest, Chao led a group on a walk around the Finger Lakes Land Trust preserves. The group counted bird species and pledged money to protect bird habitats. This interview originally aired on the…
Read MoreSamuel Whitehead speaks with Ryan Clover-Owens about the 40th Anniversary of the Durland Alternatives Library. This interview originally aired on the Monday, June 29th edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
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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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