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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 132, No. 72
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016
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Marlee Matlin, the first deaf Oscar winner, will speak at Cornell Feb. 8.
Jael Goldfine ’17 explores how The Walking Dead treats race.
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U.A.UrgesTabling College of Business Plan By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Writer
At its first meeting of the semester Tuesday, the University Assembly passed a resolution asking Cornell’s Board of Trustees to table plans for the proposed College of Business until the Board’s Mar. 24 meeting, according to the resolution. The U.A. — which represents and voices the interests of Cornell faculty, staff, graduates and undergraduates — passed the resolution with a final vote of 9-0-2. If created, the College of Business would combine the School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management into one college. The Faculty Senate previously approved a motion — requesting that the Board of Trustees table the vote at its January meeting — on Dec. 16 in a unanimous vote. Tabling the vote until Mar. 24 would allow time for community engagement with the proposal, the Faculty Senate argued in its resolution. In its Tuesday motion, the U.A. joined the faculty in asking the University to promote community feedback on the proposed college. The U.A. decision stressed that the creation of a new academic unit concerns multiple parties — the curriculum of undergraduates and graduates, the research and teaching opportunities of the faculty and the
consolidation of staffing units — and all should provide input. Faculty and alumni have also raised concerns about the funding, administration and potentially lower ranking of the proposed College of Business, The Sun previously reported. In response to the proposal, a number of alumni have threatened to reallocate their future philanthropic contributions — decreasing gifts designated for scholarships, named professorships and the University’s general fund. According to the U.A. resolution, this would have a markedly negative effect on students, faculty and staff if See RESOLUTION page 4
C.U.Receives Record E.D. Applications Almost five thousand students early apply to join Class of 2020 By JACK WENDLER Sun Staff Writer
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Let it snow | Students struggled to return to campus in the aftermath of winter storm Jonas.
Storm Jonas Delays Student Return to C.U. By DEVON GILLIAMS Sun Staff Writer
Cornell students and faculty members scrambled to return to Ithaca in time for the first day of classes in the aftermath of winter storm Jonas, which hit the East Coast last weekend. The storm halted travel in several East Coast states, grounding more than ten thousand flights, freezing and covering roads and crippling mass transportation systems, according to The New York Times. Kevin Kee ’18, a Washington D.C. resident, remembered that stores were “packed” as people prepared for the storm. “We went to the grocery store to stock up and you should've seen the bread aisle. Almost all the bread was gone and the lines were packed,” Kee said. “By the third day, our household was almost out of food, and my cousin and I had to go on a food run with our backpacks.” Kee said he was surprised by how his hometown of Washington D.C. responded to the storm. See STORM page 4
Cornell received the highest number of early decision applications in its history for its Class of 2020 — a total of 4,882 applications, three hundred more than last year — according to Jason Locke, associate vice provost of enrollment. Columbia and Harvard University also received a record number of early decision applicants this year — 3,520 and 1,927 respectively. Yale College took in 17 percent of its 4662 early decisions, according to The Yale Daily News. Princeton University also admitted the largest early decision class in its recent history, according to the Daily Princetonian. DATA PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY
See EARLY DECISION page 4
Faculty Debate New Environmental Major By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Writer
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Let’s talk science | Prof. Christine Goodale, ecology and evolutionary biology, the chair of the proposal committee, speaks about a potential environmental studies major at forum Tuesday.
Students and faculty from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences gathered at a forum Tuesday to discuss the introduction of an environmental studies major. The major would span both colleges with concentrations in areas
including environmental humanities, ecology and economics, according to Prof. Christine Goodale, ecology and evolutionary biology, the chair of the proposal committee. The College of Arts and Sciences does not currently offer environmental science as a field of study. According to Goodale, the proposed major See ENVIRONMENTAL page 5
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