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Vol. 139, No. 25
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2022 n ITHACA, NEW YORK
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Cornell Votes hosted an event to celebrate Cornell's voter turnout and dedication to democracy this year. | Page 3
Tom Sandford '24 reviews Black Adam, a new DC Comics movie that was in the making for 15 years. | Page 5
Cornell football redeemed last week's loss with a victory over Dartmouth on Saturday.
HIGH: 38º LOW: 26º
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Bangs Ambulance to Unionize By FINLEY WILLIAMS Sun Staff Writer
tude. We cover roughly 82,000 people and we get paid less than any other agency,” Dunn-Hindle said. “So, we'd like to see an increase in pay that reflects both our training as providers and the intensity of our work in regards to how many calls we run and the kinds of calls we run.” To continue reading this article, please visit www.cornellsun.com.
When employees at Ithaca’s only ambulance company officially began the unionization process, they were looking for better shift scheduling, protocols, benefits, pay and a 40-hour work week, among other goals tailored toward improving patient care delivery, employee safety and work-life balance. Now, after narrowly winning the Nov. 9 union vote by 22-20, Finley Williams can be reached at fwilliams@cornellsun.com. Bangs Ambulance employees face an uphill battle: they must unify the workforce and attempt to improve their working conditions, while also strengthening the new union. “We had the goal of making our profession viable in terms of pay and the intensity of the work and the amount of hours we have to work in a week, in order to provide better care to our patients at the end of the day,” said Gus Dunn-Hindle, an emergency medical technician at Bangs Ambulance and member of the Bangs Ambulance Workers United organizing committee. “If we're better rested, if we're better paid, better prepared, then we are going to be able to do right by our patients.” Dunn-Hindle added that among workers’ grievances is the discrepancy between the quality of pay and the magnitude of JASON WU / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR calls to which Bangs Ambulance responds. “We, at Bangs Ambulance, run more calls than any other Out with a Bang | Bangs Ambulance is slated to unionize on emergency medical agency in the county, by an order of magni- Nov. 19, which has led to confusion and strife among employees.
Students Shut Down Coulter ’84 Event By LUCAS SANTIAGO Sun Staff Writer
Conservative media pundit and author Ann Coulter ’84 was invited to speak at Cornell on Wednesday, Nov. 10 to talk about the midterm elections and host a Q and A. Coulter was met with a strong coalition of students standing against her with at least eight individuals being removed from the venue for disrupting her speech. The event was hosted by the Network of enlightened Women, a campus conservative women’s network. Members of Cornell Republicans assisted in the promotion and staffing of the event. The event was barely off its feet, however, before protesters interrupted. When Coulter was introduced, one student played “Entrance of the Gladiators" by Julius Fucík — commonly known as the Circus Theme — as she approached the podium. As the music reverberated throughout the silent lecture hall, the student said, “Go
back to the circus Ann.” The student was escorted out without incident. Not more than a few minutes had gone by before other protesters began sporadically interrupting the event. Some blew raspberries and shouted their disapproval, another blew a loud whistle. “No KKK, no fascist USA,” said two students, before being escorted out. Coulter rose to fame for her criticism of the Clinton Administration in the late 1990s, but has since grown into a harsh critic of American liberalism and what she deems as the silencing of conservative values. She has also gained notoriety for her controversial and offensive statements over the course of the last two decades. In the past, Coulter made targeted remarks of hate against numerous marginalized groups including Muslims, Latino immigrants, Jewish people and women. As early as Tuesday evening, pamphlets were placed throughout Goldwin Smith Hall, rallying students to protest
outside Cornell Law School, where Coulter planned to speak. “Bigots Like Ann Coulter Aren’t Welcome at Cornell,” read one sign, “Don’t allow Ann Coulter a platform for her hate: Protest her speech at Cornell!” The entrance to Landis Hall at the Cornell Law School, where Coulter planned to speak, was patrolled by security guards, and several were scattered throughout the hall itself. Campus police officers were also stationed, standing in the sidelines and the back of the hall, as well as three outside the Law School building. Outside, a few protesters gathered, but not amounting to more than 20 in total. One protester held a sign, reading, “We don’t support white supremacists.” Bags were forbidden from the hall, as per Coulter’s team’s requests. Many students had booked tickets on Eventbrite, but were declined at the door after being told that only tickets reserved through Cornell’s Ticket Office website were valid. However, students with Eventbrite reservations were suddenly let in right before the event was about to begin, filling the empty seats in the left wing of the hall. Coulter partnered with the Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization that trains conservatives in activism and leadership, as part of her Campus Reform project. It aims to combat perceived liberal bias on college campuses across the country by publicizing such circumstances to larger conservative media outlets and the public. To continue reading this article, please visit www.cornellsun.com.
JULIA NAGEL / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Icelandic influence | President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson visited Cornell and gave a lecture on the country's global impact.
Iceland’s President Gives Talk at Cornell By AIMÉE EICHER and ERIN YOON Sun Assistant News Editor and Sun Staff Writer
President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson visited Cornell on Thursday and gave a talk titled “Can Small States Make a Difference? The Case of Iceland on the International Scene” to the University community. Addressing a packed Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Jóhannesson discussed Iceland’s international impact, climate change and his thoughts on pineapple on pizza. Jóhannesson took office after winning Iceland’s 2016 presidential election. He ran for reelection in 2020, claiming 92.2 percent of the popular vote. Unlike many heads of state around the world, Jóhannesson did not have a political background prior to his election. When he ran for president, Jóhannesson was a history professor at the University of Iceland. He has also taught at Reykjavik University, Bifröst University and the University of London. The lecture began with introductions from Prof. Rachel Beatty Riedl, government, who is the director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, and Prof. Peter Katzenstein, government, who moderated the question and answer session later in the event. Jóhannesson introduced his philosophy on the limits of a president’s power, as well as his experience of constant media attention as president, through a lighthearted story about pineapple on pizza. He recounted visiting a high school in Akureyri, Iceland in 2017, where a student asked him his opinion on pineapple on pizza. Jóhannesson sarcastically responded that he disliked the topping and wished to ban it in Iceland. While he thought the joke would stay within the classroom, a local newspaper picked up the story, presenting the proposed ban as a serious policy position. Jóhanneson said that in the following days he received media requests from global news outlets such as BBC and CNN, which prompted him to eventually release an official statement to clarify the situation. “While I do not like pineapple on pizza, I do not have the power to ban that ingredient. Furthermore, I would not want to live in a country where a president can ban pineapple on pizza,” Jóhannesson said. “Presidents should know the limits of their powers. That’s how democracy works.” Though Iceland is one of Europe’s smallest countries — with a population of 380,500 and land area of just under 40,000 sq. mi — it is also the most peaceful, having held the top spot in the Institute for Economics and Peace’s Global Peace Index ranking since 2008. On the 2022 list, the United States earned 129th place. To continue reading this article, please visit www. cornellsun.com.
JASON WU / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Protesting political pundit | Students protested outside of the Cornell Law School, where a talk from conservative media pundit Ann Coulter '84 was scheduled.
Lucas Santiago can be reached at lsantiagokermani@cornellsun.com.
Aimée Eicher can be reached at aeicher@cornellsun.com. Erin Yoon can be reached at eyoon@cornellsun.com.