This week, after six-and-a-half years at Cornell, I finally enrolled in HADM 4430: Introduction to Wines — it was my last shot to take the course.
And, while sitting in Statler Auditorium during the first class, I got to thinking about the “161 Things Every Cornellian Should Do” list that we published in The Sun almost four years ago now, on Feb. 28, 2005.
After class, I went back to the list to see how much of it I had actually accomplished during my six-plus years on the Hill. The verdict: not nearly enough. Below is a list of the things I have actually completed, along with some commentary:
3. Camp out overnight for hockey tickets.
I have had hockey tickets all seven years, but I only had to camp out four times for them.