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A branch of the GreenStar grocery will open in Collegetown this week. | Page 3
Lorenzo Benitez ’19 praises The Avalanches’ sophomore album, Wildflower. | Page 19
Cornellians past and present faced off against the world’s best in Rio this past month. | Page 28
Local Officials Prepare for Summer Drought Impacts
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Urge reduction of water usage,despite recent rainfall By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer
In response to a severe drought in the Ithaca area, officials from both Cornell and the City of Ithaca are closely monitoring water levels as students arrive back on campus. “There’s a period of time right around the end of August and the beginning of September where our usage peaks as a county,” said Dan Cogan, Chief of Staff for the City of Ithaca. In response to this escalating situation, the University has formed a Drought Emergency Planning Team to track the situation and manage potential problems until water levels have risen sig-
Precipitation Trends in Ithaca
High and dry | Low water levels in the Ithaca area may lead to mandatory water restrictions and rationing.
C.U. Faces Sexual Assault Policy Probe By PHOEBE KELLER
complaining that Cornell did not allow him a hearing before suspending him from school in The Department of accordance with a process he Education announced today called “arbitrary and caprithat it has opened a new invescious.” He demanded that the tigation into Cornell’s hanUniversity halt its disciplinary dling of sexual assault and proceedings and pay him harassment complaints $500,000 in comunder Title IX. pensation for his The department’s “Harassment investigations tend to be suspension. Office for Civil Rights highly complex and often involve Both suits find began this probe last fault with the systemic issues.” week, simultaneously University’s Policy opening investigations 6.4, pointing out Department of Education at Princeton University perceived disparities and Duke University, between Cornell’s according to POLITICO. January — claimed in his civil internal system of justice and Cornell has been scrutinized by suit that the University’s state education law. Policy 6.4 the department four times and “flawed” investigation of the was criticized in a December was last investigated in 2015, incident did not comply with 2015 report and is currently regarding “possible violations” state regulation, according to under revision; an updated verof Title IX, The Sun previously court documents. The docu- sion of the regulations is expectreported. ments point out that a defen- ed to be released on Aug. 31. Two students — Wolfgang dant must be allowed to preCornell last faced Ballinger ’17 and a student vent evidence and testify at a Department of Education using the name “John Doe” — hearing under New York State review in the summer of 2015. have also filed suits against Education Law. See TITLE IX page 5 Cornell this summer, alleging Doe also filed a suit in May Sun Managing Editor
that the University conducted sexual assault investigations against them “unlawfully,” The Sun reported. Ballinger — who was charged with assaulting a female student at his Psi Upsilon fraternity house in
nificantly, The Sun previously reported. “The current efforts of the DEPT are to assess and respond appropriately to the drop in water supply resulting from the current drought,” said Chris Bordlemay, Cornell’s water and wastewater manager. “We’ve built on a lot of experience because water conservation is a longstanding commitment at Cornell.” Planning for Low Water Levels
The University released a Stage Two Water Restriction Plan on July 28, informing community members of the severity of the situation and proposing necessary cutbacks for students and faculty. “To help combat the dry conditions, we each need to contribute creative and consistent behaviors every single day to reduce our water usage,” said Sarah Brylinsky, Cornell’s sustainability communications and integration manager. “Our goal is to reduce our overall daily water usage by 30 percent in order to be resilient during the drought. That means taking every opportunity to look for water savings in our daily habits.” If the water levels in Fall Creek — where Cornell draws its water — continue to fall, mandatory water restrictions and rations be imposed, The Sun reported. Recent rainfall in the area has helped hold off movement into a Stage Three Water Restriction, See DROUGHT page 4
Conservative Donor Klarman ’79 Pledges Support to Clinton Seth Klarman ’79 — whose Republican nominee is unfit to family’s gift to the University was be president. the primary funding for conSome of Trump’s recent lanstruction of Klarman Hall — guage is “so shockingly unacannounced this month that he ceptable in our diverse and will support former Secretary of democratic society that it is simState Hillary Clinton’s campaign ply unthinkable that Donald to defeat Republican Trump could become presidential nominee our president,” KlarDonald Trump. man said in a press This endorsement release from Baupost, diverges from Klara hedge fund that he man’s recent giving helms as president. Klarman charactrends. He, along terized Trump’s sugwith his wife Beth, gestion that the generwere among the top KLARMAN ’79 al election will be “rigdonors to U.S. conservative causes in 2014, accord- ged” as “particularly dangerous.” Klarman, who gave $5,400 to ing to the Boston Globe. In an announcement, Clinton’s campaign in June, said Klarman said he “knew that [he] he plans to continue backing could never support someone Clinton as the election approaches. “I will continue to find ways like Donald Trump,” adding that some of Trump’s recent inflam- to support Hillary Clinton and matory statements have further defeat Donald Trump,” he said. convinced him that the — Compiled by Madeline Cohen