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Hey, it’s Friday again. We, the Sun columnists, are mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore. That means we get to...
Complain
Someone needs to explain to sorostitutes that if you're sitting in a place called "The Kinkeldey QUIET Room" there's a good chance you're expected to remain QUIET!!! I don't care how ridiculous you find silent study during the first full week of classes; some of us have real majors and care about class performance. So please, head downstairs to the mezzanine, or Tower Cafe, or Starbucks, or maybe even ANOTHER PLANET where stretchy leggings and letter shirts are considered an academic discipline!
— MAS
Carp
Cornell's little tantrum with Schedulizer is now (allegedly) over, but its inability to handle schedules persists. Professors seem under the impression that the assigned class lengths are merely a formality, and that the 15 minutes between classes are reserved for extra pontification. I need to get to Psych 101 on time, sir! I refuse to look foolish and jog!
— TH
Grouse
The vending machines in my newly built residence hall don’t accept
my Cornell ID as a form of payment. I have to use actual cash money to buy a soda. What is this, the ’50s? Next time Cornell, why not give me Disney dollars instead of BRBs? I can spend them in just as many places.
— YF
Whine
What kind of world is it when the “labor” school has classes on Labor Day. “A sad, sad story,” quipped one ILR professor. Kind of like the story of the labor movement itself... no wonder it’s dying.
And damn you Bursar 1) for mistakenly refunding me $4,000 last week, only to claim I am now past due $4,000; and 2) for getting Labor Day off.
— DKK
Nag
On the first day, God created light. Then He came up with cars, cell phones, and morons who use cell phones while operating motor vehicles in the left lane. And then God, bored with the current state of human peril, created text-drivers. This particular breed of geniuses sees it fit to compose and send elaborate text messages at the wheel.
Anyone with a truly valid reason for checking their Crackberry on I-90 is probably:
A.) Too busy to be driving.
B.) Too stupid to drive.
C.) Rich enough to pay for a driver AND someone to do their texting for them.
God had better create some more limo drivers.
— ASG
Moan
Who does Mother Nature think she is? The only reason I chose to go to this “barely Ivy-League” school was because of the proclaimed “abysmal” weather. What have we done to deserve the combination of warmth and sunshine we have been smitten with over the last few days, where is all the snow and ice?
— SW
Vent
Why can't Cornell figure out TV? Do they not watch? This is ridiculous. Is it too much to expect that anyone who wants TV can get it in a reasonable amount of time with a reasonably small amount of effort? Screw DirecTV, screw Cornell, this sucks. How am I going to waste my time?
— TM
Rant
Time Warner, I would like to thank you for wasting 32 collective hours of my time. Hours sitting in my living room, waiting for someone to come install my cable. 32 hours of sitting in my living room without television to watch, or homework to complete. And thank you, really, for the 4 hours spent on hold waiting to ask where the guy was. And the 6 hours of waiting for supervisors to call me back. Thanks for never calling back, thanks for making me cancel my dinner reservation on Friday night to wait, and thank you for never showing up. Thank you for making me miss Gossip Girl on Monday and both party conventions. And thank you, FINALLY, for showing up this morning. Three hours after you said you would. While I was in class. Fuck you, Time Warner. I am switching to satellite.
— LK
Rave
Something about the Cornell Abroad Fee just pisses me off. Bad enough my dollar is worth jack shit (even when I trek third world countries specifically to travel on the cheap) BUT, that $4,850 dollar hit (5,250 in Israel or U.K.) taken just for the privilege of staying a Cornell student — ugly. Next time I'm asking for a leave of absence.
— AK
Vex
The newest freshman class got into Cornell amongst the lowest acceptance rates in history. These kids worked really really hard to get here — a lot harder than me, and they are really smart. So, what does this do for us? We have a bunch of freshmen who can only talk about AP scores. Shut up and get drunk already.
— BHE
Gripe
I am so tired of white-guy Asian-girl couples. It's not because they're so ubiquitous, or because they implicitly support an Orientalist culture, but because they're so boring. They wear plain t-shirts, drink bubble tea, and do homework together — what else is new? And yet, they're still getting more action than I am. I resent that.
— CZ