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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 131, No. 58
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014
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Cornell hosted the 15th Ivy Leadership Summit this weekend, which drew over 150 students. | Page 3
Emily Fournier ’18 calls Women of Lockerbie “intense, heartwarming and hopeful.” | Page 10
City Council Approves Myrick’s 2015 Budget
The football team won a long-awaited first game of the season against Columbia on Saturday. | Page 16
Let me take a selfie
Addresses calls for increased Ithaca Police staff By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor
The Ithaca Common Council unanimously passed Mayor Svante Myrick’s ’09 proposed city budget Thursday evening, lowering the city’s overall tax rate and implementing a long called-for police budget increase. According to Alderperson Seph Murtagh M.A. ’04 Ph.D. ’09 (D-2nd Ward), this was the first unanimously passed budget in Myrick’s term as mayor. “We basically accepted the mayor’s budget with a couple of exceptions,” Murtagh said. “I think the biggest change [from previous years] is that more money is going to the Ithaca Police Department and the Department of See BUDGET page 4
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President David Skorton and an actor portraying A.D. White commemorate Cornell’s history with a selfie at the sesquicentennial celebration in Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. on Friday, while an actor portraying Ezra Cornell looks on from the side.
CIT PrioritizesTechnology Options forVarious Classrooms By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer
Cornell Information Technologies, utilizing a capital funded initiative, is seeking to sort campus classrooms and outfit them with “standardized” technologies based on their individual function. “Historically, the selection of technology that would go into a classroom was based on the physical size of the room,” said Barbara Friedman ’81, interim director of academic technologies. “We have modified that so we’re looking at how the room is used.”
Last summer, the Cornell Academic Technologies Center prepared two classrooms each within the Colleges of Engineering, Arts and Sciences and Agriculture and Life Sciences, according to Friedman. Additions include new projectors, cameras and sound systems for an improved lecture experience, as well as wireless capabilities for interactivity, she added. This modification has led to a different classroom classification system in order to better account for the different purposes, Friedman said. “A standard classroom where you have a person in the
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front of the room is one type,” Friedman said. “But then there are rooms where you have to have videoconferencing … where there’s a lot of interaction between people in [the] room and other places. And then there’s a concept called ‘active learning’ classrooms, where the emphasis is on flexibility.” Friedman also said the department is looking into personalized solutions designed around the specific faculty members who use each type of room. Since each faculty member has his or her own preference for using technology See TECHNOLOGY page 5
Buress Drops Statler Performance
Fellow comedian John Mulaney to take on Bailey Hall tomorrow By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor
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HaeSoon Cheon ’15 plays the violin in a performance by Cornell’s Chamber Orchestra Sunday.
Hannibal Buress — the comedian and former Saturday Night Live writer who was set to perform in Statler Hall auditorium on Wednesday — canceled his visit due to filming conflicts, according to the Cornell University Program Board. In his place, fellow comedian John Mulaney will perform at Bailey Hall on Tuesday, a day earlier than the previously planned show. “[Buress] is set to film a Seth Rogen movie and cancelled a few dates at the last minute in order to accommodate that schedule,” said Zachary Zahos ’15, president of CUPB, in an email to the CUPB general body. “All tickets already purchased for Hannibal will be valid for entry to John Mulaney’s show on Tuesday.” Like Buress, Mulaney is known for his standup comedy and writing for SNL — with credits including the creation of the flamboyant “city
correspondent” Stefon. He also cre- to fill,” Zahos said. “And since our ated and currently stars in Mulaney, ticket prices remain extremely low a sitcom on Fox that centers around for a Bailey event — $10 — our a fictionalized version of himself. priority now is to sell as many seats Zahos, who is also an arts and as our limited time allows.” entertainment writer for The Sun, Although all tickets to Buress’s said he thinks Mulaney’s humor show are eligible for Mulaney’s, will be well-received by CUPB will also be students. accepting refunds, “Mulaney has a according to Zahos. He casual, observational added that there is a style of humor that can chance that the change still be endearingly in plans will end up strange, as his work being more profitable with Stefon attests,” than the originally Zahos said. “He is a planned Buress show, perfect fit for a collegewhich had multiple MULANEY age audience — accesweeks of publicity. “There is no guarantee we are sible but still surprising, and just making a bigger income on this until really funny.” According to Zahos, CUPB was said tickets are sold,” he said. “But [it able to book Mulaney upon could happen] if we sell out Buress’s cancellation because they Mulaney’s show or at least come close … It is an unfortunate development share the same agent. “We don’t have substantial addi- that, we think, has a happy ending.” tional charges to worry about because of that connection, though Noah Rankin can be reached at the bigger venue means more seats nrankin@cornellsun.com.