The board elected Robert Harrison ’76, CEO of the Clinton Global Initiative, to be its next chair on Friday morning. Harrison will follow Peter Meinig ’61, whose second term as chair concludes at the end of the year.

It's been a rumblin’-tumblin’, rough and wild, but altogether HEROICALLY SA-WEET first week on the job down here at HEROES & VILLAINS. We’ve been on a HEROICALLY wild ride getting things in order and figuring out what the heck we’re supposed to do now that we’re in charge on the 127th. Scary, scary thoughts. Despite the ensuing misery, chaos and debauchery that is a — HEROIC? Naw, more like VILLAINOUS — Sun editorship, we’ve got the HEROIC Spring Break on the horizon and things couldn't look brighter.

Stocks crashing! Endowments disappearing! Budgets trimming! The start of this semester has seen incredibly trying times as establishments across the country fall to shambles. In light of the times, the University plans to cut budgets across the board. Our crack team of Berrypatch reporters have also discovered that in order to pick up some of the fiscal slack, the University Board of Trustee’s voted to incur its own budget cuts for its upcoming Trustee Weekend. The following provisions are to take place ...

Pack ’em like Sardines

The Board of Trustees arrived in Ithaca last night for what will be a series of long and daunting days marked by uncertainty. No one knows when world markets will stabilize or when the job outlook will become sustainable. As the trustees grapple with all of this, we cannot offer any comprehensive solutions. What we can do, however, is posit some advice.

Serving as Cornell’s governing board, the trustees have two overarching responsibilities. First, it is in their power to determine the University’s financial policies, while making decisions pertaining to construction, financial aid and academics. But second, the Board of Trustees must also keep in mind the moral and social responsibilities as managers of a multi-billion dollar investment portfolio.