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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 130, No. 17
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
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ITHACA, NEW YORK
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Natalie Domiesen ’15 wins the highest Congresssional Medal of Honor. | Page 3
Gina Cargas ’14 reviews Sebadoh’s new album, which was released after 14 years of silence. | Page 10
The men’s lightweight rowing team has added seven new freshmen to its roster. | Page 16
Univ.Business Minor ConcernsAEM Majors
Net-working away
By ALEXA DAVIS Sun Senior Writer
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Wendy Weiss ’14 speaks with Julian Ordman ’13 representing the Nielsen Company at the Career Fair in Barton Hall Tuesday.
Cornell Embraces Global Studies Number of students studying abroad went up,Univ. says By CAROLINE FLAX Sun News Editor
More than a year after President David Skorton released a white paper urging Cornell to invest in international studies, University officials say they have seen rising enrollment in not only study abroad programs but also foreign exchange programs. In the white paper, Skorton says the University’s goal is to have more options for students to have an international experience, “whether through Cornell Abroad, other overseas study programs, well-designed internships or service learning.” “Our goal should be to ensure that no less than 50 percent of Cornell undergraduates have an
international experience by the time they earn their degrees,” he says in the paper. According to Kristen Grace, associate director of Cornell Abroad, there has been an increase in the number of people going abroad through C.U. Abroad both for the fall semester and for the whole year. It is, however, too early to tell what the enrollment numbers will be for this spring, she said. “Last fall, we had 101 students, [and] this fall, [we will have] approximately 130 students. For the full academic year, we had 44 students in 2012-13. This year, we have 45, but our spring numbers are much heavier — [typically around 350 students],” Grace said. See ABROAD page 4
Applied economics and management majors are expressing concerns that the new University-wide business minor may strain resources and hamper course enrollment in their department. The business minor, which launched Spring 2013, currently enrolls 660 students. Some students in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management lamented that the influx of business minors has diluted the school’s culture by making AEM too accessible to other students. Peter Galbo ’14, an AEM major, said he is worried that the inclusion of students who do not share a strong passion for business might harm the “I feel a strong Dyson school’s national reputation. attachment “AEM is a very competitive and attractive brand for Cornell that towards AEM, and draws a lot of people in because it is a when people talk well-ranked program,” Galbo said. “If, in the future, the major itself about the program, becomes less competitive or internally loses some of its value due to the I feel a sense minor and this dilution concept, then of pride.” it has the potential to decrease AEM’s ability to draw students in from high Aaron Weinstein ’16 schools.” Galbo added that the opportunity for students outside of AEM to minor in business creates a more competitive pool for postgraduate positions. A more competitive recruitment climate may be a threat to AEM majors and weaken Dyson’s eminent reputation for job placement, he said. Other AEM majors, like Aaron Weinstein ’16, are concerned that the creation of the business minor has changed classroom dynamics for AEM majors. “I feel a strong attachment towards AEM, and when people talk about the program, I feel a sense of pride. You don’t get those same emotions when you’re a [business] minor … If you major in something else, you feel a stronger sense of attachment to that other major,” he said. Other students fear that the business minor will make class enrollment for prospective transfers significantly more stressful. “A lot of my friends who needed to take intro-level classes to declare their majors in AEM had to delay their transfer applications because enrollment preferences went to business minors,” Amanda Henick ’16 See BUSINESS page 4
Group Rallies for Living Wage By NOAH RANKIN Sun Senior Writer
Chanting “What do we want? Living Wage! When do we want it? Now!”, more than 50 people — including labor advocates and students — gathered Tuesday in the City of Ithaca to rally for a living wage in Tompkins County. A living wage is the minimum amount a worker must be paid an hour to be able to meet basic needs. Protesters who gathered Tuesday in front of the county legislature said the state’s minimum wage — which is currently $7.25 an hour — is not adequate enough to allow an average
worker to live on a 40-hour week in Tompkins County, according to Pete Meyers, director and cofounder of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center. A living wage in Tompkins County is $12.62 an hour, according to the Alternatives Federal Credit Union. Though Tompkins County must pay at least a living wage to all of its own government employees, the requirement does not yet apply to contract workers, according to Meyers. As a result, approximately 25 percent of contract workers make less than living wage. “The contracted workers that are not See WAGE page 5
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Members of the Ithaca community and the Cornell Organization for Labor Action met downtown Tuesday to rally for a living wage in Tompkins County.