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Jeffrey Gettleman '94, New York Times Iraq war correspondent, gave an in-depth and dramatic lecture yesterday on his experiences as a journalist covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The lecture, sponsored by Cornell's Program on Ethics and Public Life, was titled "From Ithaca to Baghdad."

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Award-winning authors Bill Press and Ronald Kessler, respectively anti-Bush and pro-Bush, engaged in a thorough debate on the president's policies last night in one of a series of events hosted by Mock Election and a number of other organizations on campus.

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The proposed move of the Cornell Migrant Program from the College of Human Ecology to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has recently come under attack by student groups such as the Cornell Migrant Farmworker Advocacy Coalition (FAC). This controversial change is one of many made by Susan Henry, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS, as a result of the recommendations of the CMP review committee.

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In response to growing local concerns about Cayuga Lake development plans, the Student Assembly voted to "act as a conduit to the administration" by encouraging them to work with "concerned students, professors and residents of Ithaca to share the valuable and irreplaceable resources" of the lake, according to the resolution that was passed yesterday.

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In response to growing local concerns about Cayuga Lake development plans, the Student Assembly voted to "act as a conduit to the administration" by encouraging them to work with "concerned students, professors and residents of Ithaca to share the valuable and irreplaceable resources" of the lake, according to the resolution that was passed yesterday. Prior to its passage, Tim Lim '06, executive vice president of the S.A., said that the Cornell community would be "disenfranchised" if the development plans for Cayuga Lake were to be implemented as they stand now. As of the S.A. meeting last night, over 1,000 signatures had been collected as part of a petition for the University to change its current plans for the lake. Separately, student-elected trustee Josh Katcher '06 reported the selection of two S.A. representatives to the student fees review committee. The committe's purpose will be to review "non-mandatory student fees." According to Katcher, a co-chair of the committee, these would include fees such as "the 25 dollars the University charges to replace lost I.D. cards, or the five dollars you pay when you're locked out of the dorms." They are also known as "nickel and diming" fees. Katcher assured the S.A. that the committee's final recommendations will be taken seriously by the University. The first phase of the review will be completed in January 2005 and the final report will be issued in April 2005. The committee's meetings will remain open to the public until later this year, when it begins to tackle more technical data. Additionally, the S.A. passed a resolution yesterday, endorsing the foundation of a National Tuition Endowment. Michelle Fernandes '06, S.A. vice president of public relations, presented a resolution asking the S.A. to support the establishment of the NTE. According to the resolution, this fund would use money taken from current federal educational policies in order to produce "billions of dollars for national tuition scholarships." The idea was introduced by the Columbia University Senate, which has asked student governments in over 3,000 colleges and universities to support the congressional passage of the 2005 NTE act. The NTE would acquire its funds through methods such as refinancing bond rates, removing the tax-exempt bonds for private banks, eliminating interest charges from the U.S. Treasury to the Department of Education, among other methods. The S.A. also dealt with recent concerns surrounding the revisions to the Cornell Migrant Program -- a program that "educates and provides services to farmworkers" in the upstate New York area, according to Toby Lewis '05, S.A. minority liaison. The University administration created a committee consisting of faculty members, to review the CMP. After discussion, it was resolved that the program should be moved from the College of Human Ecology to the College of Agriculture and Life Science. Several concerned community members raised doubts that this move would improve the program. "This [decision] was based on biased information. ... They interviewed growers and farmers ... and [they] are not the constituency that the program works with," Tony Marks-Block '07 said. Lewis said that the move would "inhibit the purpose of the program," and suggested that a more logical place to move CMP would be to the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. "We must continue the student involvement in the Cornell Migration Program," said Daisy Torres '05. After these students presented their argument for the CMP, the S.A. voted to agree to "work toward what is in the best interests of the farmworkers," and that they "[believe] that the Cornell Migrant Program should not be transferred to the College of Agriculture and Life Science and should be placed in an alternate location within Cornell." The S.A. also dealt briefly with the funding controversy surrounding the Cornell American and the Cornell Literary Society. Josh Bronstein '05, vice president of finance and chair of the appropriations committee, said, "I have a meeting with the ombudsman [today]. ... We have not heard from the ombudsman ... I will convene the committee when we do."

Archived article by Julie Geng
Sun Staff Writer

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The Student Assembly continued to grapple with off-campus housing issues at its meeting last Thursday.

Trustee Jackie Koppell '05 suggested that a student housing board could be created specifically to help students with off-campus housing, offering services such as advising students what their rights are as tenants. She added that, eventually, Cornell law students could be incorporated into the committee, allowing them to provide informal advice on contracts.

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Assembly issues statement on free speech following Cornell American controversy

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In light of recent accusations of censorship, the Student Assembly yesterday issued a statement reaffirming their commitment to free speech on campus. The criticism came after the Cornell American had their funds temporarily frozen and was placed under investigation for potential breaches of ethical behavior.

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Twenty percent of undergraduates experience intrusive behavior by their former partners after their romantic relationships have ended, according to the results of a survey conducted by Prof. Jeffrey Haugaard, human development, and Lisa Seri '00. In the study, about 20 percent of the participants said they felt their physical safety was at risk when their former partners exhibited such behavior.

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Twenty percent of undergraduates experience intrusive behavior by their former partners after their romantic relationships have ended, according to the results of a survey conducted by Prof. Jeffrey Haugaard, human development, and Lisa Seri '00. In the study, about 20 percent of the participants said they felt their physical safety was at risk when their former partners exhibited such behavior. The survey involved nearly 700 undergraduates of Cornell University and the University of Virginia, asking participants to describe themselves, their relationships, the power balance in the relationship, the kinds of intrusive experiences they had and how they dealt with the intrusive behavior. While conducting the survey, however, Haugaard realized that the term stalking was not clearly defined; he found little to no literature on the subject of stalking after the end of adolescent relationships. The study stated, "A generally accepted definition of stalking and the behaviors comprising stalking remains elusive at this early point in the social science research." As a result, Haugaard defined intrusive behavior as occurring for at least two continuous weeks after a dating relationship that lasted at least a month. The researchers found that, on average, intrusive contact continued for eight weeks, while on the extreme end, some participants experienced such behavior for over two years. They could not, however, find conclusive relevance between the tendency to stalk or be stalked and such factors as family life, income, religious involvement and others. When asked to speculate what might cause people to stalk others, Haugaard said, "I don't know. Some people are more sensitive and have a harder time adjusting." He added that the person being stalked "often doesn't make the point that they don't want contact clearly enough, and the stalker thinks it's okay. He or she needs to decide on clear and reasonable limits and needs to tell these limits to [the stalker], and must be willing to enforce these expectations." In the survey, the researchers noted a slight discrepancy between males and females who say they were targeted by stalkers: more females said they were targeted than males did. The number of females who said they exhibited intrusive behavior, however, was roughly the same as the number of males who claimed to do so. "Part of it is the cultural stereotype that men are supposed to love the fact that women are chasing after them," Haugaard said. "They're less likely to see it as intrusive or unsafe." "Ultimately, it just proves what happens when you sequester a whole lot of hormonal neophytes to relationships into a place without real guidance and watch them go at it," said Jonathan Murphy '06, a student who was informed of the results of this survey. The researchers were prompted to conduct this survey after one of Haugaard's students noticed a former high school boyfriend was stalking her by showing up at restaurants where she ate and buildings she had classes in. "This is an issue that many people find to be annoying, but that some find frightening. They can do something about it; it's not something they're supposed to put with. [It's] not their fault, and they should take steps -- that's the right thing to do," Haugaard said. He continued to advise that certain limits must be set and made clear to the stalker. If, however, he or she ignores these limits, one should look to the police or a school counselor for help. "At that point, it may be enough of a realization ... on the person and then he or she may stop," Haugaard said. Haugaard and Seri published the survey on intrusive contact in a recent issue of Criminal Justice and Behavior. It followed an earlier study, also by Haugaard on stalking after the breakup of romantic relationships among college and high school students. Haugaard is currently conducting another survey that asks more specific questions, in particular looking for personality characteristics that might make a person more likely to stalk others.

Archived article by Julie Geng
Sun Staff Writer

Every three months, Ilonke Wolch and a team of volunteers release a journal full of unique news in which they only publish positive and inspiring stories.

Wolch, editor of Positive News, a quarterly journal, came across the publication while living in Ireland. Discouraged by the negativity of mainstream media, Wolch was impressed with the uplifting nature of the articles. She also appreciated that the publication was free.