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| 1 | Knocking your block off by Heather Stocker · News | Volume 128, Issue 16 While clouds threatened rain on Fri., April 9, the sun stayed out long enough for members of the Cornell community to enjoy Knock Your Block Off (KYBO). KYBO is an annual event hosted by Pauley-Rorem’s Hall Council and co-sponsored by PAAC, NRHH, Student Senate and Pfeiffer Hall Council every ninth block. The event ran from from 3-7 p.m., and people were able to come and enjoy being outside while participating in an afternoon of carnival-like activities. Three separate inflatable arenas provided friendly competition in the forms of a boxing ring with oversized gloves, a plush gladiator-style platform from which to try to push your opponent and a race between two friends with the limitation of being strapped to a bungee cord. Participants were able to walk around the Ped Mall and partake in tie-dying shirts, face painting, water balloons and a dunk tank, which was a very popular attraction. |
| 2 | Protecting the right to abortion an issue of safety by George Ellerbach · Opinions | Volume 128, Issue 16 Recently, I saw one of the most frightening films: “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days.” It is a fantastic film — gripping, tense and most of all, just plain scary. It is a film set in communist Romania in 1987. It focuses on two college-aged girls, Otilia and Gabriela. Gabriela becomes pregnant, but because of the government’s ban on abortion, she is forced to go to great lengths to terminate the pregnancy. Otilia and Gabriela have to book a hotel room, at great expense, in which to perform the procedure. They find a man willing to perform the abortion, but he uses his power, describing the risk he is putting himself in, to demand sexual favors plus a large sum of money in exchange. The reason this film scares me so much is the thought that with the religious right’s assault on the freedom of choice, our nation creeps closer to conditions like those in the film. |
| 3 | Smoking ban signed into law by Brittany Szczepanik · News | Volume 128, Issue 16 A new smoking ban has been passed for the state of Iowa. This ban will go into effect July 1. The Iowa Smoke Free Air Act was signed by Governor Chet Culver on April 15 and outlines specifically where smoking is permitted and where it is outlawed. The places where smoking is prohibited include, but are not limited to, the following locations: all public areas, enclosed areas within places of employment, outdoor seating or serving areas, public transit stations and, most applicably to Cornell, on all school grounds. |
| 4 | Stephanopoloulos at Cornell by Vincent Anderson · News | Volume 128, Issue 16 Cornell received a visit from George Stephanopoulos, senior Washington correspondent for ABC News and former political adviser to President Bill Clinton, Thurs. May 8, In his lecture at King Chapel, “Politics: the Art of the Ampossibl,e” Stephanopoulos provided analysis on the current state of the election. The lecture was the most recent of the Delta Phi Rho lecture series, which in the past has included speakers Bob Woodward and Fareed Zakaria. |
| 5 | “Speed Racer” is a ridiculous, yet colorful experience by Bryan Roush · AE | Volume 128, Issue 16 “Speed Racer” sped into theaters May 9 to razzle and dazzle audiences. It did exactly that and only that. The movie tells the story of Speed Racer, played by Emile Hirsch. You are reading this right, first name Speed, last name Racer; I can only imagine the middle name, possibly Car. From the beginning of the movie you can see that Speed Racer only wants to race and he does exactly that the entire movie with 15 to 30 minute interludes of bad acting. |
| 6 | Finishing Dr. King's Work by Danielle Greenand Mariel Canas · News | Volume 128, Issue 15 Despite the torrential winds and rain of April 10, Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock captured the attention of his Cornell audience in King Chapel. A diverse group of individuals from all over Mount Vernon, including high school students and other locals, came to hear the words of this revered pastor. Warnock serves as the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of Dr. King. Before entering the Church, Warnock was a student at Morehouse College where he vigorously protested against the first war in Iraq. He has organized and served on peace conventions and has been a leader in the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. |
| 7 | Homemade and heavenly: Augusta restaurant by Jessica Jones · AE | Volume 128, Issue 15 Even with gas prices as high as they are, I will make the trek to a restaurant if I hear good enough things about it. After repeatedly being told to visit Augusta Restaurant in Oxford, IA (about 40 minutes southwest of Mount Vernon), I decided to make the drive and go for it. Luckily, it was worth the time and every penny. |
| 8 | In with the new by The Cornellian Editorial Board · Opinions | Volume 128, Issue 15 While this year’s final issue of The Cornellian will come out next block, it will be under the leadership of a new staff; thus, this issue marks the end of 2007-2008 editorial board and staff, and for many of us, the end of our collegiate journalistic careers. |
| 9 | Iraq veteran shares experiences by George Ellerbach · News | Volume 128, Issue 15 Local Iraq veteran Joshua Casteel, of Iowa City, spoke about his experiences in the military Thurs, April 10. Casteel is currently a graduate student in playwriting and fiction at the University of Iowa. He came representing Iraq Veterans Against the War, as part of the Cornell Democrats’ sponsored event, Liberal Awareness Week. |
| 10 | One Bok, One Campus, One Community by Brittany Szczepanik · News | Volume 128, Issue 15 The Ped Mall is frequently full of students rushing (or sauntering) to classes with stacks of books in their hands and papers spilling out of their book bags. Most college students have limited themselves to reading books solely for their classes, which leaves very few students walking around with a book for their own reading pleasure. For the first time, Cole Library is sponsoring a program called One Book, One Campus, One Community. Through this reading program there is both a motivation and an opportunity for students to read outside of the classroom and still benefit from intellectual lectures and discussion. |
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