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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022 n ITHACA, NEW YORK
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Just Keep Swimming
Protein Packed
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Clear and Sunny
Cornell’s infamous swim test returns to Helen Newman after a two-year hiatus. | Page 4
Grace Kim ’24 shares three easy protein-based recipes.
Cornell hosts annual Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition.
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HIGH: 85º LOW: 60º
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University Updates Fall 22 COVID Policies
Immunocompromised students can request temporary housing if close contacts test positive By SOFIA RUBINSON Sun News Editor
In a University-wide email on Tuesday, the Cornell Campus Public Health Support Center reminded students of the new changes to the COVID19 safety practices and released new guidance for immunocompromised students. “As the pandemic has evolved, it is clear that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming one of the many viruses that surrounds us,” the email read. “Even though it is unrealistic to expect that we will be able to eradicate COVID-19 as a disease, given its ease of transmission, there are special
precautions that should be taken.” The University strongly recommends that students pick up antigen tests during the arrival period until Friday. PCR tests are also available during this period at locations on campus by appointment using the supplemental testing link on the Daily Check. Cornell will discontinue PCR testing on Aug. 31, citing the wide availability of antigen tests which will remain available for pick up on campus. Masking remains strongly encouraged in classrooms, and individual professors reserve the right to require students to wear a mask in class.
For students who test positive for COVID-19, Ithaca-based students should report their test results on the Daily Check and email their academic advising office for academic support. Most students are expected to isolate themselves in their residence hall or apartment. The University acknowledges that while this policy is safe for most members of the Cornell community, individuals who are moderately to severely immunocompromised as defined by the CDC can request temporary housing accommodations should a roommate or suitemate test positive for COVID-19.
Immunocompromised students in University housing can proactively reach out to Student Disability Services should a roommate or suitemate test positive. According to the statement, this would enable a swift move if a room is available. “As we continue to manage the effects of the pandemic, let us act with care and respect toward one another,” the statementsaid. “Together we are learning to live with COVID-19 and minimize its impact on our community.” Sofia Rubinson can be reached at srubinson@cornellsun.com.
LWV to Focus on Rights Inequalities Local League of Women Voters details plans for Women’s Equality Day By SOFIA RUBINSON Sun News Editor
This year’s Women’s Equality Day marks the 102nd anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment into law in 1920, which gave women the right to vote. In a shift from a typically celebratory day, the League of Women Voters of Tompkins County will not be rejoicing this Friday, August 26. Instead, the organization is focusing on the ways they feel women have lost basic rights in recent years. “In 2022, women have fewer rights than they’ve had in decades,” wrote LWV in an official statement. “This year, we’re acknowledging Women’s Inequality Day, uniting to demand that lawmakers restore and protect our rights”. LWV is a national, non-partisan organization that is committed to defending democracy and empowering voters by informing them about local, state and
national elections and public policy issues of concern to voters. The Tompkins County branch is one of the oldest, founded in 1920. Through Women’s Inequality Day, LWV will be demanding that lawmakers restore and protect all women’s rights by passing voting rights legislation, adding the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution to guarantee equality for all Americans regardless of sex and restoring reproductive rights following the overturn of Roe v. Wade. “Normally August 26 is a big celebration, but it isn’t this year,” said LWV Tompkins County Vice President Megan Nettleton. “This year we are going to have a booth on the Ithaca Commons and have various women’s organizations in town as representatives and chat with people who stop by about the issues facing women currently.” See VOTERS page 3
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Women’s rights | Instead of celebrating, the Tompkins County LWV will focus on advocacy this Women’s Eguality Day.
First A&S Nexus Scholars Conduct Summer Projects
When it rains it pours
By TIFFANY ADJEI-OPONG Sun Contributor
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Cornellians are welcomed back to the Arts Quad by heavy rain during the first two days of the semester.
Founded to expand undergraduate research opportunities at Cornell, the Nexus Scholars Program welcomed its first cohort of students this summer for an eight-week paid research opportunity. The Nexus Scholars Program is offered to Arts and Sciences students from any area of study in the college to conduct research in selected fields, including science and technology studies, Asian studies, feminist, gender and sexuality studies program, chemistry
and chemical biology. Students accepted to the program conducted research on the Ithaca campus alongside their faculty research advisor, also known as a principal investigator, from May 31 to July 22. For some students, the program was their first exposure to undergraduate research whereas others took the opportunity as a way to continue and advance research from previous semesters. According to Milani Aviles ’25, many of her peers fell into the first category. See NEXUS page 4