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Consul General of India in N.Y., Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay, spoke at Cornell Friday. | Page 3
Marissa Tranquilli ’15 reviews Into the Woods, which was performed at Ithaca College. | Page 10
Men’s soccer came out of the weekend with a win over Dartmouth. | Page 16
Demonstrators Picket Hobby Lobby Protest company’s decision to challenge Affordable Care Act
By HELEN DONNELLY
“We’re protesting because employers should not have the right to control the private lives and bodies of their employees,” Gardner said. “They do not have the right to Carrying signs that read “War on women, sponsored by tell their employees whether they can use birth control or Hobby Lobby” and “Hobby Lobby: anti-birth control for whether they can have access to birth control.” employees,” 15 picketers rallied outside Hobby Lobby According to Gardner, the purpose of the protest is to Monday afternoon to protest the retail giant’s decision to raise awareness about Hobby Lobby’s views on what is challenge the birth control requirements of the Affordable often referred to as the birth control mandate and to Care Act. encourage consumers to rethink shopHobby Lobby, a retail chain of arts “They ... should let ping at Hobby Lobby. and crafts stores, opened a store in Ithaca Eileen Berlow, one of the protesters, their employees said although the Affordable Health Care this month. The company is aiming to get the Supreme Court to review the conAct is not perfect, it is worth defending. choose.” stitutionality of the birth control man“I have some problems with the date of the Affordable Care Act, which Affordable Care Act because it’s not uniSue Robinson requires businesses with more than 50 versal health care, which is what we realemployees to provide health insurance ly need. But there are some very good covering birth control and contraceptives. The ACA does things in it. It allows people who otherwise wouldn’t be not exempt for-profit businesses owned by religious fami- able to get health care to get it,” Berlow said. lies, like Hobby Lobby, according to SCOTUS Blog. According to Berlow, Hobby Lobby does not have the Lori Gardner, president of the Tompkins County right to push their religion on their employees. National Organization for Women, a group that fights for See PROTEST page 4 gender equality, led the protest against Hobby Lobby.
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CHRIS PHARE / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Lobbying | Members of the Tompkins County National Organization for Women protest Hobby Lobby Monday.
Scandal ,West Wing 14 Billionaires Among C.U.Alumni
Actor to Visit Cornell
By ALISHA FOSTER
you’re passionate about something, like how Josh is passionate about his Jewish Television viewers know identity, then you can bring actor Joshua Malina as the that passion into whatever fast-talking chief-of-staff in you do later in life,” she The West Wing and the as- said. “So if somebody is sistant district attorney with really passionate about an ideological streak in hit their religion, or a specific drama Scandal — but at a subject or music or anylecture next week, they will thing, they can bring that get to know the story behind into what they end up the characters he plays. doing with their life.” On Nov. 19, We i s m a n Malina, a consaid that the talk servative Jew, is of interest self-proclaimed beyond the Jewprankster and ish community the son of two at Cornell, too. Cornell alumni, “[Malina is] will deliver a talking about not lecture called only how being “How to Make Jewish has helpMALINA It in Hollyed him in his life, wood and Remain a but ... [also] about his expeMensch.” The event is rience and journey to organized and sponsored Hollywood, which can imby the Cornell Hillel Major pact so many students and Speaker Series Committee. reach a lot of people,” she Samantha Weisman ’15, said. “And he’s really funny.” vice president of the Hillel In a promotional video Executive Board, said the for the event, Malina distalk will address how played the range of roles he’s Malina was able to incor- played in the industry using porate his religious identity logoed baseball caps from into his career. his previous shows, The West “I think it’s important to Wing, Scandal, The Nine, all students that he’s gonna See MALINA page 4 talk about that because ... if Sun Contributor
By DARA LEVY Sun Senior Writer
Cornell students who want to be billionaires can look to the University’s own alumni for inspiration, as Cornell ranks seventh in the list of universities with the most billionaire alumni, according to the Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2013. According to the report,
Cornell has 14 alumni with net worths of over $1 billion. The billionaires’ combined wealth totals $35 billion. Cornell ranks fourth among other Ivy League institutions, following Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, according to the report. “This represents an invaluable opportunity for fundraising for
On fire
these elite universities,” the WealthX and UBS report said. Harvard, which topped the list with 52 billionaires valued at $205 billion, has an endowment of $32.7 billion, the Harvard Crimson reported Sept. 24. Cornell’s endowment is $5.7 billion, The Sun reported Oct. 30. Robert Ziff J.D. ’92 is one of See BILLIONAIRE page 4
Passerby Extinguishes Porch Fire,Calls 911 By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer
SHAILEE SHAH / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
The Flaming Lips perform at Barton Hall Sunday. See page 8 for Kaitlyn Tiffany’s ’15 review.
The quick acting of a passerby resulted in the extinguishing of a porch fire before it “became a big deal” Sunday, according to Lt. Thomas Basher, public information officer for the Ithaca Fire Department. When she was out on a walk Sunday afternoon, Luzi Tapia noticed a porch fire at the Hudson Heights Studio Apartments complex on South Hill and called 911, an IFD press release said. Tapia also alerted others in nearby units, leading neighbor Rakim Jones to use an extinguisher to put out the fire. Although the fire was extinguished by the time firefighters arrived, the IFD went in along with the Ithaca Police, Bangs Ambulance and the Ithaca College Police Department to ensure that the area was safe, according to the press release. They left the scene by 2:45 p.m. Responders determined the fire was the result See FIRE page 4