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University Reduces Greenhouse Emissions By 7% From 2010-12 By CAROLYN KRUPSKI Sun Staff Writer
yogurt shops to bakeries to other pizza places — have contacted George Avramis, the owner of the 401 College Ave. space and of the Stella’s and Starbucks buildings on the same street. But he said he has not been happy with most of them. “I just don’t want to put another slimy pizza shop like what was in there before,”Avramis said.
From 2010 to 2012, Cornell decreased its greenhouse gas emissions by seven percent — an achievement University officials said will move Cornell toward its goal of carbon neutrality. Multiple factors contributed to the seven-percent decrease in emissions, including the University increasing its efficiency in producing heat and electricity, eliminating coal use on campus and upgrading lighting in buildings, according to David Frostclapp, an environmental engineer in the University’s “We are now striving Facility Services. Lanny Joyce, director of energy beyond that for management in Facilities Services, eventual carbon lauded the University’s steps in reducing its emissions. neutrality.” “We’ve made huge steps since 2009,” Joyce said. “We have been Lanny Joyce exceptional in the progress that we’ve made. We stopped burning coal, and we soundly beat our Kyoto protocol goal of [reducing our] 1990 emission levels [by] seven percent by the end of 2012. We are now striving beyond that for eventual carbon neutrality.” The University was also able to reduce its emissions partly because the winter was mild during the 2011-12 academic year, causing its heating needs to decrease, Joyce said. Cornell’s Combined Heat and Power Plant — which was launched in 2009 — also contributed to the decrease in emissions. The CCHPP converts and recycles waste heat as steam
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TIANZE PAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
No pizza here | The bottom floor of 401 Dryden remains nearly six months after Collegetown Pizza moved to a new location.
Nearly Six Months Later, Former CTP Lot Still Empty Owner says he does not want ‘another slimy pizza shop’ tenant By SARAH CUTLER Sun Staff Writer
Plans remain vague for the future of the lot at 401 College Ave., the former location of Collegetown Pizza. CTP moved from the location to 139 Dryden Rd. over the summer, but its old lot is still empty. About 50 potential tenants — ranging from
News Crackdown on Texting Drivers
A new City of Ithaca initiative will heighten enforcement and laws against distracted driving.
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Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My
Jimothy Singh ’13 helps you find your sex totem animal and breaks down what it means for you.
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Arts II Little II Late
“Experimental” Finnish band K-X-P features some creative interludes, but disappoints overall with a repetitive second album, according to Michael Sosnick ’16. | Page 10
Sports Got ’Em
The men’s and women’s track teams prepare for Heps Finals this weekend. | Page 16
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Applicants hope summer internships will blossom into full-time job offers By DARA LEVY Sun Staff Writer
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Search for Finance Internships on for Cornell Students
As students across Cornell pursue summer internships, aspiring financiers have been missing classes and studying answers to tough finance questions to secure a position with a bank — something they hope will lead to a job offer heading into their senior year. Not all students support the influx of Cornell’s “target school” relationship with banks. At a Goldman Sachs event held on campus, one student shouted, “There’s so much greed in this room; let’s get out of here.” At a “Work on Wall Street” conference held in November 2011 at The Statler, protesters held a banner that read, “Stop the Cornell-Wall Street pipeline. Choose the right occupation.” Yet for other students interviewed by The Sun, the stress of preparing for interviews, networking with leaders in the finance industry and travelling to interviews is worth it. “At the end of the day, people are looking to get jobs from their undergraduate education, especially in this day in age with a tough economy,” said Darshan Patel ’14, president of business fraternity Phi Gamma Nu. Patel’s quest for a job in finance meant his winter vacation was “not much of a break,” because it was spent networking and preparing for interviews. Once he returned to campus for this spring, he said he spent the first several weeks
of the semester engaging in multiple interviews per week, not including “superdays”— day trips to New York City to undergo a series of interviews with bank officials. Pooja Patel ’14, a member of Phi Gamma Nu, reported having a similarly gruelling experience trying to secure her summer internship. Patel said she spent her winter break travel-
ing from her home in the suburbs of Maryland to New York City to attend events held exclusively for Cornell students to network with potential finance employers. Even after students secure their internship, though, they said they know they have long See FINANCE page 4
Vandalism at City Hall
RYAN LANDVATER / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Decorative letters were reported missing from a sign outside of Ithaca’s City Hall by Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 Wednesday. “No suspects, but the missing leters are IC,” Myrick wrote in a Facebook post.