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Could northern Michigan’s chronic homelessness problem be a thing of the past by the end of the decade? That’s the goal of a new initiative ...

Some are surely immune to it by now, but most food service workers can remember the first time they had to chuck pounds upon pounds of perfectly edible food into the waste bin while on the job. The same holds true for students and full-time workers at Cornell Dining. Its a sort of collective trauma […]

Valeria Valencia ’23 describes her three-year terms in Student Assembly and how she tried to represent more voices on campus.

The candidates for Student Assembly president and executive vice president discussed free speech, Cornells administration and their qualifications at a Q&A-style forum on Tuesday.

President Martha Pollack refuses to support Student Assembly and University Assembly resolutions requesting that the University provide funds for a campus M.D. gynecologist, disappointing several S.A. members.

As a student body, we need to think about the relationship between food and power at this University. Through the lens of food, we can see the symptoms of structural racism. Through the lens of food, we can see how the University fails to effectively care for a significant portion of the student population. And through the lens of food, we can see a path forward.

Without a car, accessing food options is difficult, especially with ongoing TCAT detours and service cuts, according to students.

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Cornell Basic Needs Coalition, Cornell Progressives and the Office of the Student Advocate held their first pop-up to provide students with basic needs.

On the Friday that began Family Weekend, students, employees and alumni from various campus groups rallied for free public transportation and more resources for low-income students among other concerns.