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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 131, No. 66
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The GPSA passed a resolution Monday to help lower carbon emissions from labs on campus. | Page 3
Arts staff writers count down the 10 best singles of 2014, with Beyonce’s “Partition” taking first place. | Page 8
The women’s basketball team earned a split record after a game during Thanksgiving Break. | Page 12
City of Ithaca Continues Development Review By DAVE JANECZEK Sun Staff Writer
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Residential renovation | A preliminary drawing shows the proposed Chain Works District on Ithaca’s South Hill near S. Aurora St. / Route 96B. Existing structures of the Emerson industrial site (shown in color) would be repurposed for muliple uses, including housing. Dashed lines signify other areas on the overall site on which future new buildings may be built.
The Planning and Development Board continued deliberating last Tuesday over several proposed developments in Ithaca, including a new development on Blair Street. The board gave preliminary site plan approval to a housing development on 114 Catherine St., which was first brought forward earlier this semester. The project, when completed, will add 17 bedrooms to the Collegetown area. In addition, a proposal for two
duplexes at 112 Blair St. in Collegetown would add 12 beds to the neighborhood if the initial plan for a site currently occupied by a parking lot is approved. The houses would have two units each with three beds per unit and two off-site parking spaces per house, according to preliminary plans filed with the city. Because the project is in the initial stages, no architectural renderings are available, though the design of the buildings will most likely be similar See PLANNING page 5
Cornellians Address Stigma of Reporting Sexual,Domestic Violence Campus-wide discussion to facilitate positive dialogue about the state of sexual violence at Cornell By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer
In light of recent local and national events — including the death of Shannon Jones ’15 last week — members of the Cornell community say they are seeking to reduce the stigma associated with reporting incidents of domestic and sexual violence. A campus-wide discussion titled “Status of Sexual Violence at Cornell,” which was planned by Yamini Bhandari ’17, vice president for outreach and women’s
representative for the Student Assembly, will be held Wednesday. It will feature speeches from University officials, including Judicial Administrator Mary Beth Grant J.D. ’88 and Mary Opperman, vice president of human resources and safety. Bhandari said she hopes that the event will stimulate productive dialogue on campus about domestic violence as well. “The purpose of this event is to provide a space for collaboration between organizations and to set goals for the Cornell community at large on the issue [of
Domestic Violence],” Bhandari said. As women’s representative for the S.A., Bhandari added that she seeks to raise awareness and find solutions to issues that affect women. “More recently the focus of this position has become sexual and domestic violence on campus,” she said. For example, the Cornell Women’s Resource Center provides resources to all students affected by domestic violence — including friends of victims — according to See VIOLENCE page 5
Events Educate Students About Impact of AIDS Third annual AIDS Awareness Week aims to create more inclusive campus By SAMANTHA ACRICHE Sun Staff Writer
In an effort to increase awareness for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and commemorate national AIDS Awareness Week, various Cornell organizations are hosting a series of events this week to educate students about the disease. This year marks the third annual Cornell AIDS Awareness Week, according Maddie Gerrick ’17, a coordinator for the event. She added that the goal for the week is to reduce the stigma associated with being diagnosed with HIV or AIDS. “I hope that through AIDS Awareness Week we can educate the campus and reduce the prevalence of the stigma and poz-phobic attitudes on campus,” Gerrick said. Other coordinators of the weeklong event include Juliana Batista ’16, executive vice president of the Student Assembly, and Lex Brown ’15, an HIV-positive student,
according to Gerrick. “As an HIV-positive student and experiencing first hand the stigma and poz-phobia on campus, I felt that something should be done,” Brown said. During the planning process, Brown said he organized speakers by communicating with Haven: The
“As an HIV-positive student experiencing first hand the stigma ... I felt that something should be done. Lex Brown ’15 LGBTQ Student Union and GlobeMed, a global health organization on campus that aims to improve the health of individuals in impoverished countries. “I put most of my effort in trying to bring HIV and AIDS awareness
back to campus, to show that global includes the United States, not just everywhere else,” Brown said. The week kicked off with a speaker from the organization the Southern Tier AIDS Program speaking about his own experience living with HIV. After his speech, Noah Cooper, a member of STAP, discussed the laws, rights and regulations of people living with HIV or AIDS. “It is important to recognize that this is difficult. It is here and its very real,” Cooper said. “Our whole goal is to work with college students to talk about HIV and AIDS and let people know that it does exist and that it does impact the community.” During the event, Brown also spoke about his diagnosis and personal experiences as an HIV-positive individual. “I chose that it would best for me to come out, so that everyone else knows that its not just elsewhere, its See AIDS page 5
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Day of awareness | Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City addresses an audience at the Apollo Theater on World AIDS Day Monday. Cornell will celebrate its third annual AIDS Awareness Week with a variety of events this week.