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Overheard: Hey, my dad should sleep with your mom, they're both loud snorers!

Jessica Stitt — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

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State St. Diner Waitress: She’s about as useful as tits on a nun.

— State Diner

Flamboyant Boy on Cell: I need to black out tonight. I totally deserve it.

— Outside Olin Library

Math Lecturer: So I can do orthogonal vectors in 2-D ... I can't do it in 3-D ... Not without being obscene anyways ...

— Engineering Quad

Rebel Freshman: I slept through my first class today ... I feel like a badass ...

— Goldwin Smith

(In line for the Decemberists tickets)

Exasperated Girl: And so I was home over the weekend, and my sisters were back home as well, which I'm not used to. It was like when we were growing up, except now we're huge, and I had to sleep with my mom!

A New Dawn for Upstate New York

Kevin Casey McAvey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Good morning, my fellow Cornellians,

My name is Kevin Casey McAvey, the new Executive Director of the Upstate Foundation and a grad student here at Cornell, finishing up my second Masters in Applied Economics. While to some, the "applied" portion of the title may still seem abstract, I assure you, very much like much of Cornell itself, my studies and interests revolve around the very real problems facing Upstate New York.

President Skorton Answers Your Questions

Christine Nelson — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:52:03 -0400

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Munier Salem — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:48:02 -0400

Cornell Fuel Cell Institute

Christina Kam — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The most important type of science is the kind that “everybody gets,” that students “can go home and discuss with their families,” remarked Prof. Francis DiSalvo, the co-director of the Cornell Fuel Cell Institute. With the Institute’s focus on a deceptively simple technology ultimately capable of solving America’s fuel crisis, the CFCI represents exactly this type of science.

Without Transfer Center, Students Placed on North, in C-Town and on West

Sam Zarnegar — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

It was move-in day and he was a 30-minute walk from Central Campus. His window opened up into a cement wall. His room was located one floor below ground level. Living in the basement of graduate housing was not what Kyle Doebler ’10 was expecting when he transferred to Cornell from East Stroudsburg University.

Technically, Schuyler House, where Doebler lives, is “on-campus housing” because it is owned by Cornell, although it is located just beyond lower Collegetown. The closest dining hall where he can use his meal plan is on West Campus.

Like most other transfer students, Doebler submitted his housing application in June before the July 1 deadline. But unlike the other transfers, Doebler is living with graduate students.

Let's Do Greek - Greek Week 2008

Christine Nelson — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:56:49 -0400

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Let's Do Greek: Greek Week 2008

A Tragic Reminder to Gorge Swimmers

Lindsay Myron — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:26:02 -0400

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On June 12th, undergraduate student Douglas Lowe tragically drowned in Fall Creek's rapid waters. Condolences and concerns have been voiced by many who wish this incident to be the last of its kind.

Cornell Reunion Weekend 2008

Lindsay Myron — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:42:14 -0400

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Cornell University's Reunion Weekend 2008 took place June 5-8. Alumni, their friends, and their family reunited with classmates and reminisced about their time spent at Cornell.

Inspiration From Tragedy

Josh Perlin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

I started to cry. I haven’t cried in a long time.

I don’t know why it happened, but something about his story leveled me. It made me horrified, saddened, inspired and reflective, all at the same time. Maybe you’ll feel the same way.

Adam Frey, a junior and Cornell wrestler, has always been a man of incredible physical and mental strength. On March 25, only a few days after competing in the NCAA championships, Adam was in a car crash. A car came at him in the wrong lane, and going 55 mph his car fishtailed, rolled, hit a tree and sent him flying to the back of the vehicle.

The first time I read the words describing this, I was sitting in my chair at my desk, unaware of what I would learn next. It was Thursday, two days after the accident.

Francis Fukuyama on the War in Iraq

David Wittenberg — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:08:47 -0400

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Cornell Sun Opinion and Associate Editor David Wittenberg take a look at the Iraq War with political economist Francis Fukuyama

A Cornell Sports Weekend King Leonidas Would Be Proud Of

Josh Perlin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Madness? THIS IS SPARTA … I mean ITHACA!

I am not even kidding: if there has ever been a time to show your school spirit and attend a Cornell sports event, this is it. Cornell sports are absolutely amazing this Friday through Sunday.

You have a chance to see three teams with projected NCAA entrants: that’s three teams with some of our nation’s best athletes, right here, at Cornell!

THIS IS BLASPHEMY!

Cornell sports … advancing on a national level?

Students Go Into the Streets for an Afternoon of Service

Christine Ryu — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Over 1,200 Cornell students found themselves doing everything from cleaning up Collegetown to harvesting carrots Saturday as Into the Streets celebrated its 16th annual day of service in Ithaca. Organized into approximately 140 student-led teams, volunteers made their way to over 60 Ithaca-area agencies to lend a much-appreciated hand.

The day began with an 11 a.m. kickoff in Barton Hall, where groups had a chance to mingle and have lunch before their projects began. While the 1,268 registered volunteers, a substantial increase from the 500 students in 2005, represented a wide variety of Cornell clubs and organizations, volunteers were motivated by a similar interest in community service.

C.U. Accelerates West Campus Construction

Willimina Bromer — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

If like many not-so-early-birds you’ve been snoozing through that 8:40 class, you probably should have dropped your class. Or lived on West Campus.

“It’s like a second alarm,” said Rachel Holloway ’10. “The construction starts at 8 a.m. every morning which is fine because it helps me get up. It’s really no inconvenience at all.”

Since construction on the West Campus Residential Initiative began in 2003, the “Class of” halls have all been demolished and three of the five new residential dorms — Cook, Becker and Bethe — now house students.

Construction on the remaining two houses was originally set to be completed in 2010, but is now scheduled for August 2008.

Skorton Praises C.U. Staff In Second Annual Address

Suzy Gustafson — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

President David J. Skorton requested the crowd who gathered to listen his second annual staff address yesterday afternoon in Alice Statler Auditorium to call him “David.” The only exceptions, he noted, were the vice presidents in the audience who he requested to say, “Good afternoon, Your Immenseness” in exchange for their salaries. The laughter that followed set the tone for the next hour, which included both Skorton’s speech and his responses to a compilation of questions and concerns of Cornell employees.

Skorton’s speech was filled with praise for the Cornell community’s recent and upcoming achievements, awards and projects. He noted the ever-unfinished nature of success and the often under-appreciated role of Cornell employees in these institutional successes.

C.U. Uses Grant to Fund Ph.D. Program in Ghana

Nikhita Parandekar — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Cornell plans to use a $1.7 million grant from The Alliance for a Green Revolution to provide support for the West African Center for Crop Improvement.

Duke vs. Cornell

Josh Perlin — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:00:00 -0400

The Duke and Cornell men's basketball teams will face off on Jan. 6 in Durham, N.C. (Photos courtesy of goduke.com and cornellbigred.com.)

The Sun's Cornell Glossary

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

This glossary appears in the 2007 edition of The Sun's annual Student Guide.

AAP: College of Architecture, Art and Planning. Found on the north end of the Arts Quad.

Aggies: Students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Akwe:kon: Residential program house focused on Native American culture, pronounced “a-gway-gohn.”

AEM: Applied economics and management, a popular undergraduate business major in the ag school.

Appel: Appel Commons, the newest Cornell Dining attraction on North Campus.

Bear Access: Software suite with all the programs you need to check your e-mail, get your grades, find a book in the library, sign up for classes, scan for viruses or post a webpage.