When a fire broke out in the kitchen of Miyake, a Japanese restaurant in Collegetown, in the early morning of March 7, four Cornell students chose to stay behind in the burning building and alert their neighbors of the danger before evacuating.
Developer John Novarr's proposal to dramatically transform the face of Collegetown moved forward yesterday, as the City of Ithaca's Planning and Development Board moved toward approving the Environmental Impact Statement for public review.
Residents of 201 Collegetown Court, apartment 201, were nursing off a night of partying when they got a knock on their door at 5:15 a.m. Sunday morning. Elizabeth Manapsal ’10, who is also a Sun senior writer, opened the door to find several police officers, with a suspect in detention and questions needing to be answered.
Renting season is upon us. I know this because every day now, I get interrupted by at least two groups of clueless freshies looking for their first real home as they parade through my room.
They gawk at my spotless décor, all the while exclaiming to themselves how well-decorated everything is and how, “It’s absolutely perfect! We’ll take it!”
Only they never do. Or else the tours would cease.