It was a Friday afternoon in late May, just a few weeks before the school year would end and students would be huddled on curbsides waiting for ice cream trucks to make their hourly rounds.
But for one teacher, six weeks was too long. That afternoon, she turned in her keys and her grade book. “I won’t be in on Monday and I’m quitting teaching — and that’s that.”
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The Divest For Our Future Campaign is a partnership between Better Future Project, Students for a Just and Stable Future and 350.org. According to Divest For Our Future, their main goal is to “have all college and university presidents and boards immediately freeze any new investment in fossil fuel companies and divest from direct or indirect ownership of fossil fuel stocks and bonds within 5 years.”
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Spreading Mr. Park’s philanthropic message in a different way.
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Socialist Party candidate Lindsay takes the ballot.
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Local Ithaca youth groups fight hunger with healthy food programs
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The cell door closes and the solitude begins. By isolating and incarcerating prisoners as a form of punishment, prisoners are effectively removed and marginalized from mainstream society. -
This is a common reaction I get when I tell people I am an Outdoor Adventure Leadership major. There is an assumption made by many as soon as they hear it: we make fires, go camping and share spooky stories — all the while paying $50 grand a year for it. -
Are Cornell gorges’ nets overshadowing mental health responsiveness? For decades, Cornell University has had a reputation as a “suicide school.” Friends warn nervous high school…