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In Trying Times, Employees Struggle to Make Ends Meet

November 21st, 2008
By Elizabeth Manapsal
According to the Alternatives Federal Credit Union in 2007, a single person with no dependants would need to make $20,450 a year or roughly $9.83 per hour for a 40-hour work week to fulfill most of his or her needs. Factoring in housing, transportation, health care, recreation and other necessities, the AFCU conducts the Living Wage Study bi-yearly to keep up with current trends in the economy and the cost of living. This figure represents a 7-percent increase over the estimate of $19,102 reported in 2005. Read More

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C.U. Remembers Evan D. Wade ’08

November 21st, 2008
By Brendan Doyle
The University community gave a final goodbye to Evan Dowland Wade ’08 yesterday at a memorial service in the Anabel Taylor Hall Chapel. Wade, a mechanical and aerospace engineering major who died in a car crash Oct. 24, was lauded for his faith, humility and talent.

AAU Denies Reports of Meeting Between Skorton and Iranian President Ahmadinejad

November 21st, 2008
By Michael Stratford
The American Association of Universities categorically denied yesterday an Iranian news report that stated the six U.S. university presidents currently visiting Iran, including Cornell President David Skorton, were likely to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Local Alums, Local Business Owners

November 21st, 2008
By Keri Blakinger
What do a Korean BBQ, a dance club and a burrito place all have in common? For one thing, they’re all businesses located in Collegetown — Dasan-J on Dryden Rd., Level B on Eddy St. and That Burrito Place on College Ave. — but aside from proximity they hold something else in common. Before each of these places was a real business, it was once a vague dream in the mind of a starry-eyed Cornell student. These dreamers have graduated, though and they’re no longer starry-eyed students, but rather local small business owners and Cornell success stories. Read More

Editorial

Heroes and Villains: Greeks: Socialists?

November 21st, 2008
It’s a cold, dark night here at H&V, where papers are made and dreams are broken. We feel pretty fratty this week, what with all the conversation about Greek life and drinking and brotherhood and sisterhood. We’d like to think we’ve formed a brotherhood of sorts down in our cave at H&V: We spend lots of time with each other, we help each other with homework and we argue about who gets the best chair at dinner. It’s a happy family. Read More

Sports

W. Basketball Travels to Tough Non-Conference IUPUI

November 21st, 2008
By Holden Steinhauer
Only two games into the season, there’s already a buzzword floating around the women’s locker room at Newman Arena. “We need to continue to be aggressive,” said junior guard Virginia McMu­nigal. The women’s basketball team will take its new mantra to Indianapolis tomorrow determined to pull off an upset win against non-conference foe IUPUI. Read More


Opinion

I Kissed A Girl

November 21st, 2008
By John-David Brown
And, yes, I liked it. As you’ll recall, a few months ago I decided to touch my repressive roots and renew my vows with the hetero lifestyle. It hasn’t been easy, but let’s just say it’s been a very exciting ride. I didn’t quite know where to begin, but kissing a girl seemed like the natural first step. This proved harder than I had anticipated — perhaps my skinny jeans and oversized pink Vera Bradley tote turned them off? — and thus I decided to start by styling myself as the virile bachelor in order to fully embrace my new high-testosterone, possibly pussy-chomping lifestyle. Read More

Arts & Entertainment

The Producers

November 20th, 2008
By Ann Lui and Julie Block
The Producers
Imagine it’s 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning. You’re still drunk from last night, you’ve got work and laundry piling up and it’s not even light out. Yet here you are at Barton Hall, chugging coffee and assembling steel trusses, heavy-duty rigging for light fixtures and scaffolds into a stage. You’re making signs that say: ‘Backstage Band Area’ or ‘Bathrooms Here,’ or running errands to Wegmans to buy your guests of honor their organic bottled water of choice. A truck breaks down on its way to Ithaca, so the stage you need to have assembled by 3 p.m. won’t be ready for a few more hours. But the show must go on — will go on, at 6 p.m. Screw how early it is, it’s time to get to work. Read More

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Blogs

A Little Bit of British Humor

November 19th, 2008
By Samantha Hartzband
It’s no secret – we’re different from our friends across the Pond. But the differences transcend politics, pastimes and accents. The United States and United Kingdom have incredibly divergent forms of entertainment. HBO tried to bridge the gap this year, after seeing New Zealand’s Flight of the Concords’ great success, with another series – Little Britain USA. Read More
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