Sept. 1, 2016
Cornell, Ithaca College communities mourn together
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Students, faculty and staff gather Sept. 1 on Ho Plaza for a vigil to remember Ithaca College sophomore Anthony Nazaire and Cornell junior Darryl Wu '18.
Stephen Lee, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, knew right away that Darryl Wu ’18 was someone special.
“I met him earlier this year,” Lee said. “It was the very beginning of a rocket ship that was about to take off. He’s someone that would have made a difference in the world of chemistry. We could see that he, as a sophomore, was someone who could make a difference.”
Lee was among approximately 200 people, representing Cornell and Ithaca College, who gathered on Ho Plaza Sept. 1 to remember the lives of two students, one from each school, who died this week.
Anthony Nazaire, a sophomore at Ithaca College, died just before 2 a.m. Aug. 28, steps away from where the vigil was held, from stab wounds sustained in a brawl following a party in Willard Straight Hall. The Ithaca Police Department is still investigating the incident.
Then on Aug. 30, the body of Wu was discovered in his Collegetown apartment. No official cause of death has been reported.
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Rev. Kenneth Clarke, director of Cornell United Religious Work, speaks at the vigil.
The Sept. 1 vigil began at 4 p.m. with the Rev. Kenneth Clarke, director of Cornell United Religious Work, addressing the somber gathering. He spoke of the transition Nazaire and Wu have made, “from our present to our past.”
“Regardless of whether we knew either of them, we are all either directly or indirectly affected by their unexpected transition,” he said. “We live in a relational world; their deaths reverberate across our campuses, our community and beyond – for those who knew them and for those who only knew about them, their abilities, their kindness, their drive, their abilities, their curiosity, not only about their life of learning, but about life itself.”
He asked the question that undoubtedly all who knew both of the young men have asked repeatedly: Why?
“It’s that bottomless question for which there is never a sufficient answer,” he said.
Clark closed by calling for the community to draw strength from each other and move forward as one.
“Together, let us move forward,” he said. “Together, let us grapple with the question, why? Together, let us grapple with the lack of immediate answers. Together, let us make a community in which violence is not the way in which we settle conflicts. Together, let us make nonviolence the norm and not the exception.
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Gretchen Ritter '83, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, hugs an attendee at the vigil.
“Together, let us watch out for our friends … and show care for every student,” he said. “Together, let us ensure that underrepresented students survive and thrive on our campuses. Together.”
Lee and linguistics professor Abby Cohn then gave brief tributes to Wu, and an Ithaca College student also spoke, thanking the community for helping with the healing process. The student is a member of Brothers4Brothers, a club for men of color at the college to meet and discuss social, academic and political issues. Nazaire was the organization’s treasurer.
Candles were lit and Catholic chaplain Carsten Martensen offered closing remarks before the gathering dispersed at around 4:30 p.m.
幾天前 (約9.25)，我看過康乃爾大學歡迎新生的大學簡介影片，真是一流的--我"訂閱"的美英大學中最好的。
今天(29)收到校方的一則通知，安全是最重要的......
我去找這則新聞：
Ithaca College student fatally stabbed on Cornell University campus
ITHACA, N.Y. – One Ithaca College student was fatally stabbed and a second was injured during a fight on Cornell University's campus, officials said Sunday.
Police say several hundred college-age people had attended a student-organized event in Willard Straight Hall Saturday night and that several fights took place outside after the event ended. Police discovered both men lying wounded on the ground after they responded to the scene shortly before 2 a.m.
Ithaca.com reported that police officers held up a white sheet to shield the victims from the dozens of bystanders.
Anthony Nazaire, 19, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was pronounced dead at Cayuga Medical Center. He was a sophomore at Ithaca's School of Business Administration.
Police said Nazaire was Ithaca's first homicide victim since December 2011.
"He was a really nice kid," Ithaca student Amber Edwards told Ithaca.com. "He always had a smile on his face when I saw him."
The injured student, who was not identified, was airlifted to SUNY Upstate University Hospital before being treated and released.
Police said a weapon was recovered from the scene, though they did not specify what type. No arrests have been made in the case.
Local news website 14850.com reported that Saturday night's party was an orientation week gathering hosted by Cornell's chapter of Omega Psi Phi, a predominently African-American fraternity.
Investigators said that a number of partygoers were recording the fight on their phones and appealed for anyone with footage to come forward.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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