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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 134, No. 79
TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018
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Dairy Day
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Students observe and pet the calves at close distance on Dairy Day. | Page 3
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By SARAH SKINNER
Cornell Dining removed all romaine lettuce from its 27 oncampus dining facilities after an outbreak of E. coli infected over 60 people across 16 states, according to The Washington Post.
The spreading infection has prompted an official warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention against buying or eating “romaine lettuce at a grocery store or restaurant unless you can confirm it is not from the Yuma, Arizona, growing region,” which is where the infected lettuce originates. The University was informed of the outbreak by Maines Paper & Food Service, the primary supplier of fresh products to Cornell’s Ithaca
Busy night | GPSA members passed four resolutions addressing international students’ positions in Maplewood Apartments, language requirements, representation of professional students and byline funding.
GPSA Tackles Proposed College Merger
Opinions also differ on proposed change to consensual relationship policy By AMINA KILPATRICK Sun Staff Writer
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Signs were posted in dining halls and convenience stores across campus, including Bear Necessities, Amit Bhatia Libe Cafe, Okenshields and Rusty’s Cafe, proclaiming that the lettuce had been removed out of an “abundance of caution” after the warnings that had been issued nationwide.
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campus, during the late evening of Friday, April 13, according to Mark Anbinder, a spokesperson for Cornell Dining. See LETTUCE page 5
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C.U. Removes Romaine From DiningFacilities Sun Assistant News Editor
Three singles performance helps power Cornell men’s tennis to a sweep of Brown and Yale. | Page 16
The Arts section continues its countdown of the 10 best superhero movies.
The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly tackled the issues of the possible restructuring of the social sciences and the proposed consensual relationships policy, while passing four resolutions at their meeting on Monday. Ted O’Donoghue, the Zubrow Professor of Economics and senior associate dean for Social Science, who is currently co-chairing the Committee on Organizational Structures in the Social Sciences, discussed the
ideas for changes that could come about in the context of graduate education. He mentioned proposals for consolidation of departmentments to create clarity for incoming students. “A lot of [the proposals] were about clearly articulating what different fields are to help clarify exactly to an incoming student where you should be going,” he said. “If we don’t see differences [between the fields], [we will] think about forms of consolidation.” Another change regarding graduate education was an effort to unify graduate fields that are
“big and cross multiple academic units and multiple departments” to increase the sense of community. The committee considered making graduate fields feel like one community, rather than the “core and periphery,” according to O’Donoghue. No proposals or changes to the social sciences have been decided on at this point, including the merger of the College of Human Ecology and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. The committee is still currently listening to feedback See GPSA page 13
Experts Debate U.S.-N. Korea Relations and Denuclearization By AVRAHAM SPRARAGEN Sun Staff Writer
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The audience waves the faces of the senior players of the Cornell men’s lacrosse team as they beat Brown in the Senior Day game on Saturday.
Experts on North Korea diverged over whether a denuclearized Korean Peninsula is achievable through negotiations between the Trump administration and Kim Jong Un’s government in a debate on Monday night. Facing off in the debate were Soo-Hyuck Lee, former head of South Korea’s delegation to nuclear negotiations and Sue Mi Terry, a longtime East Asian intelligence official in the U.S. government. Lee expressed an optimistic view of recent developments, calling them “extremely dynamic and remarkable.” He explained that his optimism stems from the fact that, in his view, Kim Jong Un has made a tactical shift, agreeing to suspend his nuclear program in
return for concessions from the United States. “As a person who has dealt with the nuclear issue since 1992, I maintain that there is no other option but to negotiate. I see the See NUCLEAR page 14
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Face-off | Prof. Hirokazu Miyazaki moderates the debate.