Cornell students, Ithaca College students and other members of the Ithaca community marched in a protest that went through Day Hall, the Commons and Dewitt Park Wednesday in honor of May Day — also known as International Workers Day.

With the tuition hike, the overall cost of attendance for students in the endowed colleges will be $58,987 next year.

Students gathered outside Day Hall  Monday to present handwritten letters to President David Skorton calling for the University to divest its endowment funds from the fossil fuel industry.

“I just don’t think the provost should mandate what should be required, though we are encouraging [the colleges’ associate deans] to think about it,” Provost Kent Fuchs said.

President David Skorton delivered his State of the University address Friday, recounting the year's ups and downs and challenging the Cornell community to continue to strive to move the University forward.

Student protesters who voiced grievances about the administration’s handling of bias incidents on campus took their demands from the doorstep of Day Hall — where they staged a sit-in protest Thursday — into a conference room with President David Skorton on Friday.

Approximately 25 protestors organized outside Day Hall on Thursday afternoon to porotest what they called the administration's inadequate response to recent sexual crimes on and near campus. 

President David Skorton defended changes to financial aid announced this summer.

In a march that denounced the alleged racial incident at Sigma Pi and the reportedly inadequate response from the administration, protesters from Cornell, Ithaca College and the Ithaca community walked from the fraternity to Day Hall Wednesday, bringing with them the sound of syncopated drum beats and the fervor of about 100 shouting voices.

In the wake of an alleged racial incident at the Sigma Pi fraternity, an estimated 100 protesters marched from the fraternity to Day Hall Wednesday to decry what they called the administration’s lack of action in response to the event.