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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 132, No. 122
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016
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Kimberly Guilfoyle of Fox News discusses her transition from being a lawyer to co-host of The Five. | Page 3
Julia Curley ’19 reviews RAMS, which will play twice at Cornell Cinema this weekend. | Page 8
With a 10-7 victory over No. 10 Penn State, women’s lacrosse moves to 10-1 on the season. | Page 16
Kotlikoff Responds to U.A.Qatar Resolution
Addresses alleged labor violations at Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha By DAVID BROTZ Sun Staff Writer
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Workers of Qatar | The U.A. requested information on labor practices at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar after reports of possible labor abuses in the region. Two ovoid lecture halls at the Qatar campus are seen above.
Ithaca Police Respond To Gunshots at West Village Apartments Ithaca Police responded to multiple reports of gunshots fired at West Village Place apartment complex last night at approximately 11:53 p.m., according to a police department press release. After surveying the scene, officers found several shell casings in the street but no victim or suspect, the release reported. Witnesses in the area said they heard shooting but no suspect information has been confirmed, according to the release. The investigation is ongoing. No suspect or victim has been located at this time, according to Officer Jamie Williamson. This event follows an unrelated incident on Tuesday afternoon where Ithaca Police arrested Nicholas Monaco, 38, for allegedly threatening another man with a gun on the Commons, according to a police department press release. Monaco fled into a building with multiple apartments after making the threat, the release reported. Police charged Monaco with two class A misdemeanors — menacing in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. He was taken into custody at the Ithaca Police lock-up and arraigned at the Ithaca City Court Tuesday night, according to the release. — Compiled by Josephine Chu
Provost and Acting-President Michael Kotlikoff released information addressing allegations of labor abuses at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar Wednesday, over a month after the University Assembly passed a resolution “Cornell is requesting information on Qatari labor vigilant about practices. In his response to the U.A.’s petition preventing any requesting answers, Kotlikoff assured stumigrant worker dents that the administration is doing what it can to prevent any labor abuse on Weill’s abuse from campus, citing Cornell’s reputation as a occuring at “progressive employer.” [Weill Cornell “I can provide you with assurance that Cornell is vigilant about preventing any Medical Qatar].” migrant worker abuse from occurring at Provost WCM-Q,” Kotlikoff said. “More broadly, we take measures to ensure that all WCM-Q Michael Kotlikoff personnel are treated respectfully, in accordance with Cornell’s values, and have working conditions that reflect the University’s high standards as a progressive employer.” Kotlikoff’s response detailed worker protections granted people on See QATAR page 4
S.A.Debates Straight Reservation Policy By EMILY FRIEDMAN Sun Staff Writer
The Student Assembly discussed a revision to the S.A. charter concerning the Willard Straight Hall room reservation policy and passed a resolution to fund increased lighting on Libe Slope at its Thursday meeting. The discussion centered around an amendment to the S.A. charter that would ensure that student organizations that regularly use space in Willard Straight Hall have priority in reserving the space. “The Willard Straight Hall Student Union will allow representative organizations with a compelling public interest to reserve rooms for regularly scheduled meetings in Willard Straight Hall before times are made available for programming events,” proposed Gabriel Kaufman ’18, S.A. undesignated atlarge representative. In a 7-9 vote, the S.A. ultimately did not pass this amendment. Matthew Stefanko, S.A. vice president for finance, said he believes that giving the S.A. the power to “strong-arm” the Willard Straight Hall Student Union Board is “absolutely unreasonable” and sets a “bad precedent.” “Us as a body saying that we are going to make an organization do what we want it to do is something that I think is overstepping our power as a representative body,” Stefanko said. “I think it assumes that we are more important than we actually are … at the end of the day, we have to understand that this organization has autonomy just like we have autonomy.” Kaufman argued in favor of the amendment, citing a need for the S.A. to prevent student organizations from being kicked out of their meeting spaces. “I think that it is important that people recognize that the Student Union Board has multiple times tried to kick the S.A. and other organizations out of their rooms,” Kaufman said. “Organizational autonomy is important, but they have attacked other student organizations and I think that it is our responsibility to do something when they do that.” College of Arts and Sciences representative Robert Dunbar
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Let’s debate | The Student Assembly discusses whether certain groups should have priority in booking rooms in the Straight.
’18 said he believes the S.A. has “every right to ask the Willard Straight Student Union to reserve this time and place for us.” “This building is the home of the students, and we are the body representative of the students, so it is only fitting that we See ASSEMBLY page 4