Campus Visitors

Sister Helen Prejean, right, author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S., and the person on whom the character in the movie "Dead Man Walking" is based, talks with junior Waitz Ngan before giving her public lecture in Statler Auditorium, Oct. 24. Robert Barker/University Photography

Richard Joel, president and international director of Hillel, speaks in 165 Statler Hall, Oct. 26, to an audience of students, faculty, trustees and council members. Joel, who was introduced by Dan Jossen, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences who is co-president of Cornell Hillel, told his audience that Cornell Hillel has grown threefold in recent years in response to student needs. "Hillel offers [Jewish students] a community in which they can celebrate their Jewishness in an array of ways," he said. Nicola Kountoupes/University Photography

U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Clinton addresses supporters, and some detractors, on a cold and wind-swept Cornell Ag Quad Oct. 28. On stage with her during her morning appearance is senior Michael Moschella, president of the Cornell Democrats, the group that sponsored the event. Clinton was accompanied by her daughter, Chelsea, and movie actor Ben Affleck, and music for the day was provided by the rock band Nine Days. Robert Barker/University Photography