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Vol. 139, No. 16
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022 n ITHACA, NEW YORK
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As flu season returns to America, Cornell is again offering free vaccination clinics. | Page 3
Kyle Roth '25 discovers what health-conscious Cornell faculty eat to stay physically and mentally fit. | Page 5
Cornell researchers found a way to prevent resistance against chemotherapy drugs. | Page 8
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Safety Panel Discusses Reform By SOFIA RUBINSON Sun News Editor
The Reimagining Public Safety special committee met on Tuesday to discuss recommendations for the Community Police Board, including the possibility of giving the CPB subpoena power. The Reimagining Public Safety special committee was developed in 2021 by the Tompkins County Legislature to recommend and research police reforms to rebuild trust between law enforcement and community members. The CPB is designed to serve as Ithaca’s community liaison and civilian oversight board for policing within the Ithaca Police Department. CPB duties include fostering positive relationships between Ithacans and the IPD and investigating formal complaints made by citizens against the department or its officers. The CPB was invited to the committee meeting to discuss how the two bodies can better communicate with each other and establish guidelines that will lead to more effective oversight. CPB member Michael Simons began the meeting by giving an overview of how the Board conducts its investigations. Each complaint against the IPD must be submitted through a paper complaint form
to the city clerk. Then the CPB appoints at least two commissioners to investigate the complaint, interview witnesses and officers and analyze hours of bodycam footage. CPB Chair Shirley Kane then addressed reports that the Reimagining Public Safety committee was proposing giving the CPB subpoena power. Kane stated that the CPB operated under a charter and that a charter amendment would take a significant amount of time to enact any drastic changes. “We prefer the method of resolutions rather than an adversarial model, which imposing a subpoena would be,” Kane said. “It would be additional funding, we have to have an attorney.” The Reimagining Public Safety report says that subpoena power is recommended in order to build a more trusting relationship between the Ithaca community and the CPB, ensuring that the issues of misconduct are thoroughly and fairly investigated. Additionally, CPB member Michael Simons asked what the CPB was currently doing wrong, to which Kane added that five former IPD officers are no longer active in the department due to prior CPB reports, so the Board feels it is able to perform effectively. See SAFETY page 3
JULIA NAGEL / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Safety measures | The CPB, pictured above, is discussing its oversight methods and use of subpoenas.
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Studying, abroad | VinUniversity staff present on its future.
VinUniversity Program Development Continues By ALLY FERTIG Sun Staff Writer
Construction for the new VinUniversity broke ground in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2018, with Cornell leadership advising and consulting on the project. The first cohort, numbering less than 300 students, arrived at the university in fall 2020. Cornell partnered with Vingroup, a Vietnamese enterprise and property developer, to build the new university, which will be the first private non-profit university in Vietnam. “VinUniversity is an exciting effort, and one of great academic interest for Cornell faculty and students,” said Prof. Emeritus Max Pfeffer, global development, and director of the CornellVinUniversity project. “It was exciting to learn about a university that was being formed from scratch and
that was to become the first private non-profit university in Vietnam.” The project also builds on a history of Cornell involvement with foreign universities, including in China with Peking University. VinUniversity expands these ties, and sets the stage for more involvement in Vietnam. “The ties between Cornell and VinUniversity build on Cornell’s longstanding scholarship in Southeast Asia,” Pfeffer said. “We expect that Cornell will have expanded ties to Vietnam because of the Cornell-VinUniv Project." Pfeffer joined the program a little over a year ago, but his first visit to VinUniversity was in 2019 while construction was in progress. He is currently in Hanoi with other members of the project team who are visiting the university for its beginning
See VIETNAM page 3
Ithaca Voter Registration Deadline Approaches on Friday By JONATHAN MONG
copy of their license. Once they have received the confirmation email from the DMV saying that their address has changed, they can visit It’s an even year, and for Americans, that the voter registration webpage and fill out the means election season. This year features a information required. After they receive the unique convergence of events, including a confirmation email from the DMV, go to the once-per-decade redistricting following con- voter lookup site, input “Tompkins” for countentious court battles and major primary ty and their personal information to confirm fights between high-powtheir registration and ered veteran Democrats polling location. for seats in the House of New York offers early voting If they do not have Representatives. The voter Oct. 29 - Nov. 6. Registered a New York driver’s registration deadline is on or they do not Tompkins County voters can license, Friday, Oct. 14. wish to register to vote Voters can register to do so at the Ithaca Town Hall. online, voters can regvote online if they have a ister by printing and New York driver’s license. filling out the New Go to the New York State DMV website and York State Voter Registration form, then maillog in, or create an account if they don’t have ing or bringing it to the Tompkins County one yet. They should click on “Change My Board of Elections at 128 E. Buffalo Street in Address” and input their address in Ithaca. Ithaca by Oct. 14. This will change their address on file at the New York offers early voting from Oct. DMV, but will not require them to get a new 29 to Nov. 6. Anyone who is registered as a
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Tompkins County voter and wishes to vote early can do so at Ithaca Town Hall, 215 N. Tioga St. or at Crash Fire Rescue, 72 Brown Rd. Check Tompkins County’s early voting webpage for opening hours on each day of early voting, as they vary. If voters are unable to vote in person, they must confirm on the Tompkins County absentee ballot webpage that they are eligible to apply for an absentee ballot. Reasons that will qualify include current study abroad or or physical inability to go to their polling location. If they are eligible, voters should fill out the NY State Board of Elections Voter Absentee Ballot Application Request online to apply for an absentee ballot. Voters may
also print and fill out the Tompkins County Absentee Ballot Application form and mail or bring it to the Board of Elections office by Nov. 8. A list of all polling places in Ithaca is available at the Tompkins County BOE lookup webpage. Voters can simply search their address and they will find their polling place as well as a list of all incumbents. Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If they are in line but have not voted by 9 p.m., they will still be allowed to vote so long as they remain in the line. See VOTING page 3