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Samantha Stern ’17 debuts a new exhibit combining her love for fashion and metal. | Page 3
Prof. Holly Prigerson finds that chemotherapy can be harmful to end-of-life cancer patients. | Page 8
The heavyweight rowing team looks to build off of last season’s success. | Page 16
Grad Students Call for Clarification of Newly-Announced Garrett Initiatives By TALIA JUBAS Sun Senior Writer
While graduate student advocacy organizations applauded President Elizabeth Garrett’s proposed expansion of employee rights to graduate student workers following her Monday announcements at a Graduate and Professional Student Assembly meeting, some have said that more progress is necessary. “We are excited to have a president so focused on graduate and professional education,” said Richard Walroth grad, president of the GPSA. However, he said he believes some of Garrett’s initiatives were not adequately defined.
“Her statements on housing and workers’ compensation were not as specific as we would like,” he said. In an interview with The Sun, Garrett said Monday’s announcements were shaped in consultation with the GPSA and she that plans to coordinate with the group going forward. “I did meet with the leadership of the GPSA when I was president-elect in the spring; we talked about some of that,” she said. “So there has been a long process of discussing kinds of initiatives with the GPSA and with graduate students in general.” Walroth said the GPSA plans to work closely with See GARRETT page 4
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Hit the ground running | President Garrett speaks with Sun editors the day after she announced dramatic policy changes.
Klarman Construction Inches N.Y. Creates Special Victims Toward January Completion Unit for College Campuses By DAVE JANECZEK
installation of glass on the roof of the building’s atrium, leaving much of the remaining work on the project to be done in the interior of the Klarman Hall is on track to open in mid- building, Wilhelm said. January 2016, according to Gary Wilhelm, pro“Construction workers are continuing to ject director at Cornell Infrastructure, install drywall, [paint and work on] the Properties and Planning. mechanical and electrical systems,” according The 33,250 square foot building along East to Wilhelm. Avenue is slated to be the first Wilhelm highlighted the building built at the complexity associated with University dedicated to the “The contractors have connecting the new construchumanities since the 1905 tion to Goldwin Smith Hall. done a good job of opening of Goldwin Smith “The building connects to Hall. integrating all tasks.” Goldwin Smith at four locaWhen the project began in tions on the first and second Gary Wilhelm 2014, the targeted complefloor, as well as at the ground tion date was December level, Wilhelm said. “For a 2015, but because of complications earlier in major addition to a historic building, a very the construction schedule, the building is now complicated project, the contractors have done expected to be finished early next year, accord- a good job of integrating all tasks.” ing to Wilhelm. Wilhelm said students and staff have been “The contractor is behind the target sched- “cooperative and understanding” of the conule. The causes include extra time needed for excavation and removal of rock in the spring of See KLARMAN page 4 2014, complications in the sequencing of the curtain wall installation and bad weather last Construction winter,” Wilhelm said. Workers are installing the building’s curtain reduction | Klarman wall façade along East Avenue Hall construction and have completed continues along t h e East Avenue. Sun Staff Writer
MICHAELA BREW / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
New unit to address sexual assault cases
By JOSEPHINE CHU
ity, and in expertise and sensitivity on the part of the police is a good idea,” said Prof. Kevin Clermont, The New York State Police law. “[Acts of sexual violence] are Department is launching a special- serious crimes and need to be ized, “first-intreated serioust h e - n a t i o n” ly.” “These are serious police unit dedThe new icated to better law requires all addressing col- crimes and need to be New York state lege rape cases. colleges to have treated seriously.” The unit, an updated defcalled the inition of affirProf. Kevin Clermont Special Victims mative consent, Unit, is part of a New York the “Enough is Enough” law State Student Bill of Rights and an signed by Governor Andrew Alcohol and Other Drug Cuomo (D-N.Y.) this past July. “I think an expansion in capacSee SVU page 4
Sun Staff Writer
Fire Department Rescues Two Stranded Climbers at Ithaca Falls Two people who were stranded on a 40 foot ledge by the Ithaca Falls Tuesday evening have been recovered safely by firefighters after over an hour of rescue efforts. The Ithaca Fire Department reported on its Facebook page that the two people — a male and a female — had only minor injuries. The rescue effort was aided by the Ithaca Police Department, Bangs Ambulance and Cornell Emergency Services. Firefighters used ropes to rappel halfway down the waterfalls to pull the two people to safety after the crew was called to the scene. Stewart Avenue was closed as a result but has since been reopened, according to The Ithaca Voice. Ithaca Police Department Sgt. Michael Nelson told The Voice that the two people may or may not be ticketed for climbing. — Compiled by Paulina Glass