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Vol. 139, No. 15
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022 n ITHACA, NEW YORK
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Cornellians celebrated the Jewish new year in the week before fall break with religious services and fasting. | Page 3
Isabella Hacket '26 gives her reccomendations for scary books to read as Halloween approaches. | Page 4
Football lost to Harvard 35-28 on Friday in a home game. | Page 8
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University Requests Post-Fall Break Tests By ELI PALLRAND and AIMÉE EICHER Sun News Editor and Sun Assistant News Editor
Cornell has decided to continue its COVID-19 testing policies from the beginning of fall semester as fall break comes to a close, asking students to self-test with antigen test kits before returning to classes on
“I was surprised to see the email for return from fall break COVID-19 testing.” Isabel Hou ’24 Wednesday, according to an email sent to students. The University’s response to COVID-19 has changed from previous years during the fall 2022 semester, doing away with mandatory PCR surveillance testing and masking
and replacing those rules with optional but encouraged antigen tests, which are available at sites across the Ithaca campus. As students return from fall break, many of them returning from travel outside Ithaca, the University is asking students to take a few precautions. In an email from the Cornell Campus Public Health Support Team, students were asked to test before leaving for Ithaca and again before beginning campus activities — ideally upon return to Ithaca and then again 3-5 days after arrival — and to report any positive test results through the Daily Check website. In 2021, after students’ return from fall break, COVID-19 rates did not see significant spikes. In 2020, the University removed the fall break period in an effort to stop the spread of COVID19.
See TESTS page 3
JASON WU / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Tested methods | As students return from fall break, they will not
complete mandatory surveillance tests in keeping with University rules.
CHUKWUDUMEBI JOSHUA OBI / SUN DATA SCIENCE STAFF
CHUKWUDUMEBI JOSHUA OBI / SUN DATA SCIENCE STAFF
Varying violations | Since 2019, drug violations have decreased while liquor violations have increased.
Crime drops | Crime dropped from 2019 to 2020 before rising again in 2021, possibly due to campus de-densification during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Crime classifications are made by the University in accordance with Clearey Act categories.
Fire and Security Reports Released By AIMÉE EICHER Sun Assistant News Editor
The University released the 2022 Annual Security Report and Annual Fire Safety Report — which include records of all reported crimes and fire incidents on campus from 2019 to 2021 — this fall. In accordance with the Clery Act, a federal law requiring colleges and universities to disclose information about crimes on and around campus, Cornell releases an annual security report by Oct. 1 each year. The reports contain campus crime statistics from the past three years, as well as relevant campus security policy statements. The Clery Act also defines each crime, and the University must categorize reported situations according to these definitions. If reported criminal activity does not fit any of the established definitions or is not attached to a specific location, it is not required to be included in the report’s statistics. This year’s report stated that 40 reported situations over the past three years did not fall into a Clery Act defined category and 16 cases had no specific location. These cases were not
included in the report’s crime statistics. The most prevalent crime reported over the past three years was burglary, followed by stalking, dating violence and rape. The data also disclose whether crimes violate the Violence Against Women Act — a federal act that supports responses to gender-based violence against women. For crimes to be classified as VAWA offenses, the data must be classified by gender. All reported incidents of dating violence and stalking were VAWA offenses. The total number of reported crimes fell dramatically from 2019 to 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic struck campus and led most instruction for the 20202021 school year to be virtual. In 2021, crime levels increased slightly. The Security Report also included statistics for Liquor, Drug and Weapon Law Violation disciplinary referrals and arrests from 2019 to 2021. Referrals involve notifying the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards of the Violation. See SAFETY page 3
Forbes Ranks Cornell Seventh For Billionaire Alumni By ANGELA BUNAY Sun Managing Editor
On Oct. 2, Forbes released a list of the universities where most billionaires attain their degrees — Cornell placed seventh. The University tied with fellow Ivy Columbia University, as well as the University of Michigan. All universities listed have well known business schools, with Michigan’s Ross School of Business and the Columbia Business School being known as some of the best in the nation. Every Ivy League School — except for Brown University — is on the Forbes list. The University of Pennsylvania, with
its famed Wharton School of Business, is ranked as first. Recently, the University surpassed
“I’m not surprised with the report, given the incredible wealth of students here.” Ankith Kurapati ’23 Columbia in the U.S. News and World Report rankings, making it the number one university in New York State. The New York City uni-
versity fell after an investigation of the data that the school provided for the report. Cornell’s business school, the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, consistently ranks highly among the best business schools in the country. Most recently, the U.S. News and World Report ranked the graduate school as the 15th best business school in the country. The Johnson School did not provide a statement in time for publication. The namesake of the business school is an alum, and the connection to the University runs deep with See FORBES page 3
ASHLEY HE / SUN FILE PHOTO
In business | Students study in Sage Library in the Johnson School of Management, which has produced multiple billionaires.