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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 135, No. 47
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Exhibit on Martin Luther King Jr. features ephemera from the civil rights activist's work in the labor movement. | Page 3
Nick Swan ’19 discusses On the Basis of Sex, which casts Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54. | Page 9
Both women's and men's hockey take on Colgate in home-and-home series this weekend. | Page 16
HIGH: 44º LOW: 22º
Louie’s Lunch Returns, New Owner States By HUNTER SEITZ Sun Staff Writer
Students returning from winter break noticed a North Campus icon missing from its usual spot — the Louie’s Lunch food truck. While some students took to the “Any Person, Any Meme” Facebook page to worry about the truck’s whereabouts, the reason behind the disappearance turned out to be rather benign. Previous owner Ron Beck was transferring ownership over to a former employee, Evin Munson. “The truck closed in the fall, when winter break started. Everything has been running and operating as it previously was, it just changed ownership,” Munson told The Sun. Munson bought out the company shares in the fall and became the new owner of Louie’s Lunch food truck, but declined to share the transaction cost with The Sun. Beck had been operating the food truck since 1997 and wanted to retire, according to Munson. The new owner started out as a cook in the truck before a promotion to truck manager. “[Beck has] been doing it for 23 years, I think. He just wanted to retire from it, and I’ve been working for him for eight years and I’m just taking over the ownership,” Munson noted. The Sun was unable to reach Beck for comment. While Munson had hoped to open the truck earlier this week, the truck remained closed through Wednesday. “The only reason we are opening a few days later than typical is because the City of Ithaca has put into place more strict regulations in regards to food See FOOD TRUCK page 4
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Famed fast food | Louie's Lunch truck’s absence startled students.
BORIS TSANG / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Heaters on high | Many residents reported that their heaters were repaired after dorms across North Campus reported widespread malfunctioning on Monday night.
North Campus Dorms Regain Heat Cold weather and confusion led to the outage that left freshmen without warmth By ANNE SNABES Sun Assistant News Editor
After an icy start to the semester, maintenance staff restored warmth to the rooms of several North Campus residents who were lacking heat on Monday night. Multiple students had broken radiators Monday night, The Sun reported. Robert King, director of residential and new student programs, said this was not caused by an outage but rather was a
“product” of the heating system. “Each of these issues were individual to student rooms for a variety of reasons. In some cases, heating valves were stuck, there was some operator confusion over how to adjust radiator temperature, and persistent extremely low temperatures were a factor on the demand for heat,” said Karen Brown, senior director of campus life marketing and communications, in an email to The Sun. Since it is a forced air system, there
Campus Codes to Be Revised for Clarity year,” said Joseph Anderson ’20, who serves as the vice president of the Student Assembly as well This semester the Codes as the executive vice chair of the and Judicial Committee of the University Assembly. While recent revisions have University Assembly will underincluded a couple of minor take a structural revision of the Campus Code of Conduct, the amendments, including changdocument that outlines the prin- es that updated the process to ciples and policies that govern appoint judicial administrators and holding events on University Cornell’s judicial system. property, this “Among the C o m m i t t e e ' s “[The code] is a living s e m e s t e r ’ s review will be various goals document that we very substanis making look at every year.” tial, Anderson the Code of said. The code Conduct easiJoseph Anderson ’20 was last edited er to read and in August 2018 understand, updating its provisions concern- to extend the term of the current ing harassment and stalking, and Judicial Administrator. The committee is looking into codifying various Alternative Dispute Resolution proce- “a reorganization of the campus dures,” said Matthew Battaglia code of conduct: how it looks, law, chair of the University how it reads to students” with the goal of making the document less Assembly. The code is a “living document that we look at every See CODES page 5
is not instant heat output, according to King. He noted that students likely turned off their radiators before break and it is taking time for them to fully warm up again, in addition to the negative effects of the cold weather. According to King, the defects are known issues. “Our heating system is the same that has been in place for years,” he said. “We See HEATING page 4
Speaker says no
By LEANN McDOWALL Sun Staff Writer
ERIN SCHAFF / THE NEW YORK TIMES
As the government shutdown continues, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has refused to invite President Trump for the State of the Union Address, unless the shutdown ends first.