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Hip-Hop Artist Drake Will Take the Stage for Slope Day 2010

February 9th, 2010
By Ted Hamilton
Canadian rapper Drake will headline this year’s Slope Day, according to Dan Tracy ’10, chair of the Slope Day Programming Board. Read More

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New Office Will Help Cornell Minimize Spending and Streamline Departments

February 9th, 2010
By Elizabeth Krevsky
In an effort to cut back on the proverbial Big Red tape, the University recently created an Initiatives Coordination Office. Provost Kent Fuchs announced the creation of the ICO on Dec. 16. As one of the newest Reimagining Cornell initiatives, the ICO seeks to maintain and augment efficiency in the face of the ongoing economic recession. Read More

Appellate Court Will Hear IHS Newspaper's First Amendment Case

February 9th, 2010
By Dani Neuharth-Keusch
Eight former editors of The Ithaca High School Tattler gained a small victory in their fight for First Amendment rights in high school journalism: On Jan. 26., U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue issued a decision allowing an appeal of his earlier ruling that dismissed some of the students’ claims. Read More

Professors Work to Bridge Department Gaps with Digital Cross-Disciplinary Initiatives

February 9th, 2010
By Ben Gitlin
Yesterday approximately 25 faculty members and graduate students gathered in the Guerlac room of the A.D. White House to consider ways to improve interdepartmental collaboration by bridging gaps between related fields of study at the University. Read More

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Sports

W. Icers Clinch Share Of Ivy Title With Victory Over Princeton Tigers

W. Icers Clinch Share Of Ivy Title With Victory Over Princeton Tigers
Matt Hintsa
Freshman defensewomen Laura Fortino sparked the Red’s offense in a 6-0 victory over Princeton.
February 9th, 2010
By Reena Gilani
The women’s hockey team had a successful, undefeated weekend consisting of matchups with two conference opponents. Quinnipiac and Princeton both traveled to Lynah Rink and were unable to score any goals on Cornell sophomore goaltender, Amanda Mazzotta. These two shutouts for the goalie set a new University record for number of shutouts in a single season, and contributed to her being named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week. Read More

Editorial

Admittedly Big Shoes to Fill

February 9th, 2010
Editorial
When Doris Davis leaves her post as associate provost for admissions and enrollment, Cornell will lose a veteran administrator with 30 years of higher education experience, but more importantly, an innovator who consistently used the tools at her disposal to push the University in the right direction, even when it was not the easiest or simplest option. The importance of the admissions office cannot be understated, as it plays a pivotal role in shaping the face of the University and the individuals with whom we interact on a daily basis. The utmost care must be taken to ensure that the transition period and Davis’s replacement continue building upon the legacies she leaves, and fixing the problems that remain. Read More

Sun Blog

The Ad Savant's Christmas: Superbowl XLIV Commercials

February 8th, 2010
By Sydney Arkin
Last night was my version of Christmas. I wish I were kidding. I think my roommates are about to have my head with how much I talk about commercials and how I refuse to acknowledge the fact that while yes, we do have DVR… no, I will not fast forward commercials. So with what little qualification of being an advertising maniac I have, here’s my commentary on the commercials that stuck out in my brain during my last night’s binge (aka the Super Bowl). Read More

Opinion

Putting the Arts Cuts in Perspective

February 8th, 2010
By G. Peter Lepage
Because The Cornell Daily Sun is an influential news source on campus and beyond, I was troubled to see several factual errors in last week’s reporting on the Theatre, Film and Dance budget reduction. Those errors, as well as conjecture in the two articles, seem to have informed much of the reasoning in last Thursday’s editorial on Reimagining Cornell. I feel compelled to write about Cornell’s critical challenge to honor excellence and breadth in our offerings, but within the financial constraints recently imposed on universities across the country. It is essential to start by clarifying the request to Theatre, Film and Dance. Read More

Opinion

Conservatism and the Arts

February 9th, 2010
By Maurice Chammah
It is reasonable to assume that the budget cuts which have recently bludgeoned the performing arts at Cornell will only expand, as departments, majors and disciplines deemed “peripheral unit to the University’s core” (as a Feb. 3 editorial put it) lose funding. The departments that will be saved, because they are certainly not peripheral in any way, like the hard sciences, will never have to question whether or not they are serving the University’s “mission.” Read More

Arts & Entertainment

The Power of a Woman’s Face

February 9th, 2010
By Will Cordeiro
The small exhibit of contemporary portrait photography now showing at the Johnson Museum, In Your Face, contains a bewildering array of attitudes that strike — and strike out — many views toward sex and gender, reflecting and redefining the different and sometimes overlapping waves of feminism and queer theory that have evolved over the past four decades. Read More

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Blogs

Pop Culture and the Teen Pregnancy

February 3rd, 2010
By Cara Sprunk
With shows and movies like Teen Mom, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Pregnancy Pact, and 16 & Pregnant I’ve begun to notice a new trend — American’s intense fascination of pregnant teenagers. Perhaps this interest surged when Britney Spears 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, told the world of her pregnancy in December 2007. Read More
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