Aidan Bonner '13 examines the unique community of walkers Ithaca seems to foster. 

Judah Bellin '12 visits Chesterton House and learns what true community is based on.

In a heated debate on Friday, students argued about whether the United States should have a fence along its border with Mexico. 

43.1 percent of Americans attend church about once a week. Estimates say Cornell students' attendance number is similar.

The American Indian Program may move from its home in Caldwell Hall to various rooms in Kennedy Hall, according to a recent administrative proposal from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

As Ithaca and the University continue to emphasize community collaboration on mental health issues, students from Cornell, Ithaca College, Tompkins Cortland Community College and other members of the Ithaca community came together on Sunday to participate in the Reach Out Walk for Suicide Prevention. Walkers started at Ho Plaza, Textor Hall at Ithaca College and Washington Park in downtown Ithaca, and ended in the Commons. 

The Cornell community collectively raised more than $800,000 for Cornell United Way this year, surpassing its fundraising goal of $725,000. 

Through a new community partnership initiative led by the residents of William Keeton House, the Ithaca Children’s Garden will soon own a new sustainable greenhouse constructed from 1,500 recycled two-liter bottles, according to Ethan Stephenson, assistant house dean.

They are not hippie communes. They are not even about “living off the grid.” Largely unknown and misinterpreted, ecovillages are communities striving to “integrate a supportive social environment with a low impact way of life” according to the Global Ecovillage Network.

Last week, the Asian/Asian American Center (A3C) Committee held the first of several information sessions in order to update and inform students of A3C’s progress. However, many students were angry to hear that proceedings were slower than had been anticipated.

At the information session, the students on the A3C committee presented on the importance of the center and answered students’ questions. Clara Ng-Quinn ’10, a member of the committee, gave a PowerPoint presentation to inform students of the purpose of A3C — that it would serve as a central hub for the Asian community at Cornell and in Ithaca and as an institutionalized resource not already available to Asian students.