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INDEPENDENT SINCE 1880

The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 132, No. 45

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

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ITHACA, NEW YORK

16 Pages – Free

Science

Arts

Sports

Weather

Not Matt Damon

Out of This World

Staying Strong

Rain HIGH: 63º LOW: 57º

Mary Beth Wilhelm ’12 shares her experience with NASA and the search for water on Mars. | Page 8

Jacob Rubushkan ’18 says he was disappointed with The Martian.

The women’s hockey team drops two against Boston College this weekend.

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ELECTIONS 2015

Shinagawa’05, KellesVie for Legislature Seat Following residency switch, Shinagawa hopes to represent Fall Creek

By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Contributor

After representing the fourth district for 10 years in the Tompkins County Legislature, Nate Shinagawa ’05 announced on Sept. 16 his resignation and his residence switch, which would allow him to run for an open seat representing the second district. Shinagawa, the Democratic candidate, faces

“I think that one of the big issues is law enforcement accountability.” Nate Shinagawa ’05 independent opponent Anna Kelles to represent the Fall Creek community, where he has owned property since 2011 and moved to recently. “I’ve wanted to move [to Fall Creek] for a long time,” he said. “I recently got married and decided that it would be a good time to move with my wife. My sister and my younger brothers have lived there for a number of years, and [the house] has been a home for my family.”

Shinagawa said he bought a Fall Creek house because his sister and her partner could not find an affordable place to live in Ithaca. Shinagawa also has two younger brothers, one of whom has special needs and the other who is in college, who live with him. Shinagawa cited his current living condition as the foundation for one of his major issues that he is running on — sustainable community growth, not only for the community as a whole, but for Cornell students as well. Shinagawa acknowledged that students and residents alike have similar worries about living arrangements. “I represented Collegetown for a number of years, and I believe what we need to do is build up housing stock in the town, not just for students, but for everyone,” he said. “If we build up the housing stock, that means that there are more options for housing, and with more options, there will be more competition and the quality of the housing will be better. As of now, landlords can get away with having housing that isn’t well kept and is poorly maintained. I am pushing towards changing these dynamics.” One of his other priorities is keeping law enforcement accountable for their actions. “I think that one of the big issues is law enforcement accountability,” he said. “Anyone who cares See SHINAGAWA page 4

Local activist Anna Kelles to draw on community organizing past if elected

By KYLE OEFELEIN Sun Contributor

important to create policies which encourage landowners to update their properties, as it would create affordable and livable conditions for students and residents of Ithaca. “Having someone in office that understands that people need a home and people need a certain quality of life, [and] that anytime I have an opportunity

Local Ithaca resident and activist Anna Kelles is running as an independent candidate to represent the second district in the Tompkins County Legislature. The Fall Creek district includes parts of North Campus and lower Collegetown and is home to many students and affiliates of the University. “I saw a lack of Kelles will run responsiveness. a g a i n s t Democratic canI saw a lack of didate Nate Shinlistening.” agawa ’05, who resigned from his Anna Kelles position representing the fourth district in the Tompkins to update policies to do that I County Legislature so he always will,” Kelles said. could run to represent the “Because there is no housing left second district. According to Kelles, it is See KELLES page 4

ELECTIONS 2015

Local Attorney John’81 Enters Race Against Elie Kirshner’18 By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Writer COURTESY OF FOX NEWS

Confrontation | John Carberry, senior director of University Media Relations, tells Jesse Watters he cannot interview students on campus.

C.U. Stops Fox News From Interviewing Students By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Assistant News Editor

Officials from Cornell’s media relations office asked Fox News anchor Jesse Watters to stop interviewing students on campus in a segment that

aired on The O’Reilly Factor Monday night. Fox’s “Watters’ World” segment shows the anchor interviewing students about possible political “indoctrination,” after a study by The Sun revealed that 96 percent of Cornell’s faculty

donations over the past four years have gone to liberal campaigns. In his segment, Watters misquoted this study when he reported that 96 percent of faculty donated to Democrats. See FOX page 5

Two Cornellians are running against each other to represent the fourth district — which includes Collegetown and the Commons

neighborhoods — on the Tompkins County Legislature. Write-in candidate Rich John ’81 launched his campaign two weeks after candidate Elie Kirshner ’18 obtained the Democratic nomination. DAVID NAVADEH / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Off to the races | Rich John ’81 speaks at a candidate forum Tuesday.

While John said he believes Kirshner is “a very nice young man” and that “their political positions really aren’t that far apart,” John said he has more experience, making him a better candidate. John has practiced law in Ithaca for 29 years after having worked as a city prosecutor, municipal attorney and general councilman and chief compliance officer for Intertech, an international testing laboratory. Additionally, he has lived in Ithaca for 50 years and is a graduate of Ithaca High School, Cornell University and Notre Dame Law School. Referencing his daughter who graduated from Cornell in May, John said he has been paying particular attention to Cornell-related matters. “It is important to have students involved in the government, but I disagree that students have to be represented by a stuSee JOHN page 5


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