Tompkins County residents will rally on The Commons today at noon in front of Center Ithaca to voice their opposition to federal budget cuts in hopes of gaining the support of Maurice Hinchey and Richard Hanna, local congressmen.
Students at Ithaca College are protesting against the social networking giant, Facebook, this week as part of a nationwide campaign launched by Greenpeace.
When Sheri Johnson, a law professor at Cornell University, adopted two children, Christela and Danielle, from Haiti in the aftermath of January’s earthquake, she saw the devastating effects of malnutrition. Both of the children were shell-shocked and extremely skinny. Since then, Johnson has taken action to improve the global child hunger epidemic.
