Two new eateries, Manndibles in Mann Library and Moosewood in Anabel Taylor Hall, have opened this semester to answer the demands of Cornell students for increased sustainability on campus.

Moosewood Restaurant, a longstanding Ithaca landmark for vegetarian eating, opened their lunchtime café this semester.

Anthony Kveragas, senior executive chef of Cornell Dining, said that he has “been working with students to get more local and sustainable practices on campus” and that bringing in Moosewood to implement this plan brought in name recognition and helped Moosewood to test pilot the organic interest on college campuses.

Many can remember a moment when an intoxicated friend has to be convinced not to drive. For most students, this confrontation ends properly with the keys being given to someone else, or the friend backing down after some debate. Sometimes, however, students ignore the warnings and risks.

According to data published by the Cornell University Police Department, there was an average of two driving while intoxicated arrests per month last academic year. The CUPD has tracked DWI data since 2003, when the administration requested that an annual report be produced to help evaluate the University’s response.

According to a recent study completed at Cornell, students “trust Google’s positioning more than their rational judgments.” The study revealed that students are biased towards links that appear first when using a search engine such as Google.

The study obtained information through the use of “eye tracking,” where a small camera captures the reflection off a subject’s cornea to determine the position of the eye on the computer screen. According to Prof. Geri Gay, communication, co-author of the study, researchers were then able to know exactly what each subject looked at and for how long.

Twenty two Cornell undergraduates were randomly selected to participate in the study, and each was given 10 questions to find the answers to on Google.

After more than twenty years since its last stand in Congress, the Equal Rights Amendment – the constitutional guarantee for equal treatment of women – is back on Washington’s agenda.

This spring, Democrats in both the House and the Senate reintroduced the measure as the Women’s Equality Amendment, a new name for an old idea. Empowered by the Democratic sweep of Congress during the 2006 elections, the new majority plans to hold a vote on the issue by the end of the session.

“I think this is something that should be key to the Democratic agenda,” said Dr. Francine Moccio, director of Cornell’s Institute for Women and Work.

In its continuing fight for universal health care in New York State, the Tompkins County Workers’ Center delivered 2,207 petitions to Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) Thursday, Sept. 5 demanding health care for all New York residents. The petitions were delivered in Glen Falls, N.Y. at the first of five statewide health care hearings on the issue.

The petitions specifically ask for a single-payer health care system throughout the state of New York. A single-payer system is one in which hospitals and health care providers are paid by a single payer — in this case the New York State government.

According to the Tompkins County Workers’ Center, there are currently 3 million people without insurance in New York.

The Town of Ithaca will hold a primary election for the Democratic Party today. Polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m.

The town supervisor and three town council positions are up for election this year, but only the supervisor race involves a primary.

Town Council member Herb Engman, a senior extension associate in the Department of Human Development, is running against incumbent Town Supervisor Cathy Valentino, who has served for 12 years.

There are no announced Republican candidates. If Engman loses the Democratic primary, he will run as part of the Working Families Party. Valentino filed to run as part of the Sensible Government Party, but did not collect enough valid signatures.

The general election will be held Nov. 6.