ITHACA, N.Y. (APN) — Pro-Palestinian activists vandalized Cornell University’s main administrative building, Day Hall, on the first day of the fall semester, marking the entrance with graffiti and shattering a glass door, according to university officials. The spray-painted messages, “Israel bombs, Cornell pays” and “Blood is on your hands,” were found on the building’s front…
Police found two victims who said they had been attacked physically by four people, who also “made derogatory comments about the victim’s ethnicity” during the assault.
Instead, students will receive boxed to-go lunches between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. as part of their meal plans at specific residential halls, cafes and retail locations.
Administrators from the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) presented a list of pending and implemented budget cuts to Board of Education members during a special voting meeting Tuesday night.
Vilchez, who is also interning at the DNC, will address the convention as part of a segment focused on the impact of gun violence in the U.S. His speech is scheduled to air Thursday night., just before Vice President Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.
The Ithaca Police Department announced Tuesday it has launched an investigation into a hate crime involving an unknown suspect who allegedly “made derogatory comments about the victim’s gender identity,” according to a statement from the department.
ITHACA, N.Y. — Workers at Cornell University represented by the United Auto Workers began to strike Sunday night, the effects of which have reverberated across the Ivy League school’s campus as it scrambles to find people to plug up its staffing shortage. UAW officials started the strike the night before thousands of new students were…
ITHACA, N.Y. —Service and maintenance workers at Cornell University began a strike Sunday night, just as thousands of students were preparing to return to campus for the fall semester. The United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2300, which represents about 1,200 workers including cafeteria staff, custodians, and groundskeepers, initiated the strike after months of contract negotiations…
UAW Local 2300 President Christine Johnson announced the strike on Sunday to dozens of workers and supporters that rallied outside the Cornell CISER building, where Johnson and other union officials had bargained for hours with Cornell representatives.
ITHACA, N.Y. — As thousands of students prepare to arrive at Cornell University for the start of the fall semester, the United Auto Workers announced on Thursday that Cornell workers — including cafeteria workers, custodians, groundskeepers and more — overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if necessary. The result of the authorization vote comes after…