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'Jungle' Residents Protest Amid Rumors of Eviction

Liz Camuti  —  Aug 30, 2011

Residents of the Jungle I and the Jungle II  — a set of encampments occupied by many of Ithaca’s homeless residents — protested outside City Hall Friday amid rumors that eviction notices would be issued by the Mayor’s office in the coming weeks.

Camping Out: Economy Renders Student Homeless

Sam Cross  —  Sep 9, 2009

Zach Biegun ’11 is not your typical Cornell student. He does not really like to drink or go out. He is 24 years old. He postponed college for three and a half years to pursue his passion in ballet. He is the 12th person in his family to attend Cornell: His sister majored in anthropology, his brother in mechanical engineering, his mother in art history and his grandfather in animal food science. He works two jobs, as a yoga instructor in Helen Newman and as an Emergency Medical Technician in Boston on weekends. Oh, and he’s homeless.

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