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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 133, No. 76
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2017
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A recent S.A. resolution attempts to diminish the University’s ties to pipelines.
Henry Graney ’19 calls the artist “America’s most poignant and compelling storyteller.” | Page 6
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Teat and Fletcher set record for highest scoring first-year pair in men’s lacrosse win over Lehigh. | Page 12
C.U.Charges Student for Sharing Docs With Sun By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS
would have to write two, five-page reflection papers; and would have to meet with Senior Vice Provost Barbara Knuth, who also serves Mitch McBride ’17 walked into Day as dean of the Graduate School. Hall on March 8 determined to come clean But McBride rejected the agreement priregarding internal working group docu- marily because of an additional provision of ments that were published in The Sun. the deal: The Office of the Judicial When Christina Liang, an associate judi- Administrator would maintain a disciplicial administrator, asked McBride whether nary record for McBride until 2023. McBride, who has been accepted by Georgetown “Cornell is trying to stretch Law, worried that pleading the Code to reach responsible and having a reprimand on his record for behavior that the Code six years could keep him does not cover.” out of his dream school. Weighing on him even Prof. Kevin Clermont, law more, McBride said, is his belief that the University is he had shared the documents, he said yes. trying to make an example out of him and Two days later, Liang sent a plea agree- that a plea of “responsible” will set a dangerment to McBride, offering to find him ous precedent. “responsible” for violating two sections of Agreeing to the plea deal, in McBride’s the Campus Code of Conduct. Under the mind, would mean giving in to an overzealous plea agreement, McBride would be put on Judicial Administrator’s office and tacitly disciplinary probation for three weeks; endorsing Cornell’s narrowing definition of free
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Under fire | Mitch McBride ’17, pictured at a Feb. 28 University Assembly meeting, says the charges against him have grave implications for freedom of speech and the press at Cornell.
speech and freedom of the press on campus. “The broader picture is very troubling,” McBride said in a recent interview. At least three faculty members agree with McBride, telling The Sun they believe the OJA’s case against McBride is “ludicrous,” “unjustified” and “Kafkaesque.” Liang and Judicial Administrator Michelle Horvath referred an inquiry from
The Sun to Media Relations. “We’ll decline comment at this time,” said John Carberry, director of media relations. The University Hearing Board is scheduled to hear McBride’s case on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in 163 Day Hall. The hearing will be public, which See McBRIDE page 5
88-Year-Old Woman Robbed on Easter Sunday
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Tour de Cornell | Big Red Bikes opens its five on-campus bike sharing locations in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday.
Bike Share Provides New Type of Transport
Big Red Bikes attempts to make campus ‘accessible’ on two wheels
By KELLY SONG Sun Staff Writer
Bike bells echoed across campus on Saturday with the opening of the “Big Red Bikes” bike share, a Cornell student-run program that allows students to rent and
return bikes at various stations scattered across campus. The program features 32 bikes at five stations around campus: Balch Hall, Stimson Hall, Kennedy Hall, Stocking Hall and Schoellkopf House. The
“My hope is that this pilot bike program can facilitate a conversation with the University.” Erin Tou ’18
bikes can be checked out at any time for on-demand trips. Anyone 18 or older can purchase a weekly or annual pass, and less frequent riders can ride for $3 an hour. Students can also See BIKES page 5
An elderly woman was pushed to the ground and an attacker took her purse on Easter Sunday as the woman was walking home from church, Ithaca Police said. An 88-year-old woman was walking home from church on the 200 block of South Geneva Street around 12:10 p.m. when someone grabbed her purse from behind, Sgt. Robert Brotherton said in a statement. The churchgoer “struggled with her attacker,” police said, before the suspect shoved her to the ground. The strap on the woman’s purse then broke, allowing the suspect to take the purse and jump into a light-colored vehicle, police said. The woman was treated for minor injuries on the scene. A suspect drove the vehicle — a gray or white sedan or SUV — north on South Geneva Street and turned left onto West Green Street, driving toward traffic on a one-way street, authorities said. Officers have so far been unable to locate the vehicle or the suspects, Brotherton said. Police described the suspects as a heavyset black woman in her 30s wearing light-colored clothing and a black man who drove the getaway vehicle from the scene. It was not immediately clear from the release whether the man or woman allegedly grabbed the purse. Police urged anyone with information about the incident to call the Ithaca Police Department’s tip line at 607-697-0333. — Compiled by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs