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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 131, No. 64

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Climate action group KyotoNOW! has gathered over 1,000 signatures in support of divestment. | Page 3

Emily Fournier ’17 was impressed by Ingrid Michaelson’s show at the State Theatre. | Page 8

Cornellians Examine Implications of Obama Immigration Order By DAVE JANECZEK Sun Staff Writer

Cornellians say executive orders issued by President Barack Obama Thursday to expand protections for undocumented immigrants from deportation will likely not affect students or admissions directly, but added that the action will free many from the worry that comes with having family members who lack legal status. The program will give four million undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria a new legal status that would require them to pay taxes and “defer their deportations and allow them to work legally,” according to The New York Times. A.T. Miller, associate vice provost for academic diversity, said most undocumented students at the University are in the country legally under the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Action for Childhood Arrivals Policy. According to Prof. Stephen Yale-Loehr ’77 J.D. ’81, law, DACA — which was expanded by Obama’s executive orders on Tuesday — generally encompasses students coming to Cornell to study. “DACA said that if you came to the United States before the age of 16, you arrived before 2007 and you’re under the age of 31, you could See IMMIGRATION page 4

The men and women’s squash teams each defeated all three opponents over the weekend. | Page 12

Commons Construction Slows Due to Weather The recent cold weather has forced construction crews to slow down progress on the Ithaca Commons renovations, according to a notice on the project’s website, marking yet another delay for the Commons project. Citing “rain and sudden sub-freezing temperatures,” Project Manager Michael Kuo said in the notice that the schedule for installation of pavers on Bank Alley and the 200 block of State St. has been altered. Laying down the concrete pavers requires using two types of sand — one for setting and one for finishing — which require dry conditions to be properly laid down, Kuo said. In addition, installing the granite seat blocks and planter curbs are made impossible by the cold weather because the mortar freezes before it sets. Kuo said in the notice that the date for when the 2014 construction season wraps up will “depend on the weather in the following weeks.” “If the weather warms, which it is supposed to over the weekend and into next week, the paving and masonry contractors will resume work on Bank Alley,” he said. “The glass ceiling for the pavilion will be field measured and installed as soon as it is fabricated in 2015.” This is not the first delay that the project, which was supposed to see completion last July, has faced. The project was initially

RILEY YUAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A hard day’s work | Due to complications from cold weather, the end date for the Ithaca Commons renovation project been delayed again.

delayed to be completed by this month; however, in October, the final completion date of the project was pushed to next year. — Compiled by Jonathan Dawson

Rachel Harmon’15 Wins 2015 Rhodes Scholarship for Oxford By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer

Rachel Harmon ’15, a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, was one of 32 American college students selected to be a Rhodes Scholar for 2015. She will be given a full scholarship for two years

of graduate study at Oxford College in England beginning next October. Harmon — who plans to pursue a Master of Philosophy in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation at Oxford — is currently writing an honors thesis that discusses “strategies for economic justice for low-income Mississippians,” according to the

profiles of the scholarship recipients on the American Rhodes Scholarship website. “My academic interests center on the economic, political and social well-being of disadvantaged communities,” Harmon said. “I have a particular interest in See SCHOLAR page 4

Grand Jury Will Not Indict Ferguson Cop in Death of Black Teen FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A grand jury declined Monday to indict Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting by a white officer sparked weeks of sometimes-violent protests and exposed deep racial tension between many AfricanAmericans and police. Within minutes of the announcement by St. Louis County’s top prosecutor, crowds

began pouring intoFerguson streets to protest the decision. Some taunted police, shattered windows and vandalized cars. Several gunshots were also heard. Officers released smoke and pepper spray to disperse the gatherings. Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch said the jury of nine whites and three blacks See FERGUSON page 5

Thousands Rally Across County Following Decision

WHITNEY CURTIS / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Masked resistance | A masked protester stands outside the Ferguson Police Department after the the grand jury’s decision was announced on Monday.

(AP) Thousands of people rallied late Monday in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and New York to passionately — but initially peacefully — protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer who killed a black 18-yearold in Ferguson, Missouri.

They led marches, waved signs and shouted chants of “Hands Up! Don’t Shoot,” the slogan that has become a rallying cry in protests over police killings across the country. Activists had been planning to protest even before the nighttime announce-

ment that Officer Darren Wilson will not be charged in the shooting death of Michael Brown. The racially charged case in Ferguson has inflamed tensions and reignited debates over See RALLIES page 5


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