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Students have a list of companies that they don’t like
Student protesters at Cornell University are calling for the divestment of the school’s investments in companies that do business with South Africa, including Boeing and Lockheed Martin, because of that country’s apartheid policies. The protests were led by students at Columbia University. “We remain committed to divestment but won’t do it until we have a…
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A robot finds trouble under a glacier
Scientists have created a 13-foot pencil-shaped robot that swam under the ‘grounding line’ where the Thwaites Glacier first juts over the sea to monitor its melting. The robot was created by scientists Britney Schmidt of Cornell University and Peter Davis of British Antarctic Survey. The melting is dominated by what is happening underneath, where warmer…
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Tipped workers are having a fight over wage rules.
Customers should approach the touch screen option the same way they’d a tip jar, according to etiquette experts. When prompted on the screen, leave change or a small cash tip in the jar. “Asking the worker if there’s a suggested tip amount is a great way to find out what you can do,” Cornell University…