More than desiring a diverse student body of Americans, Ezra Cornell envisioned a university comprised of foreign students studying alongside Americans.

Vladimir Nabokov’s posthumous The Original of Laura, released nationwide today, is marketed as “A Novel in Fragments.” A more accurate title may have been “Fragments of a Novel” — as a collection of detachable notecards with little continuity, they represent only the bare outlines of the master’s final, unfinished work.

It’s incredible how much music you can make just using some drums and electronics. In a blend of the primal and the technological, four distinct performers brought their unique blends of genre-defying music to the William Keeton House last Saturday night, courtesy of Fanclub Collective. These four musicians, DJ Dog Dick, Ed Schrader, Adventure (the three of whom are in the midst of their own tour) and Cale Parks, doing a one-off solo show, brought the goods to a crowd eager for any opportunity to dance. The performers delivered, making for a night filled with blips and bleeps and quick-footed dance moves.

The University’s response to last Monday’s stabbing incident raises concern about Cornell’s safety protocols and alert procedures. Cornell’s crime alert e-mail reported the incident as merely a robbery and was sent over two and a half hours after it happened, both downplaying the fact that a student was physically harmed and failing to alert the community about suspects who remained at large.

Questions persist surrounding the details of the situation, particularly about the degree of physical harm endured by the student. While The Sun reported the incident as a stabbing, the University has refused to acknowledge this wording, insisting that only a “small puncture wound” was endured.

As I went through the door of my apartment, the opening between the literal wall of books at the entrance to our house revealed a brand new bookcase my husband had just made. Eight feet long and three rows high, it fit perfectly between the piano and the smaller black bookcase right next to my desk. The house completely filled with sawdust, we happily set out to finally fight back what I have started referring to as “the book invasion.” And, to our surprise and relative dismay, it turns out we filled the entire thing.

I met her at a rest stop in Blandford, Mass. this past Sunday. I was standing in front of a wall of snack food at the gift shop when I saw her slowly pacing through the adjoining Sbarro’s, squinting through her glasses at the grease-soaked pizzas on display.

I went numb.

I’d caught just a glimpse of her, out of the corner of my eye no less, but I knew it was her instantly. It was a sub-conscious recognition, as if I’d already memorized her every dimension, as if hours of television exposure allowed me to keep a mental blueprint of each of her distinguishing traits.

This past Sunday, the women’s fencing team traveled to Vassar College for its first competition as a team, hoping to glean an accurate measure of its skill and training so far this season. Sunday’s bouts at Walker Field House, home of the Brewers, bode well for the Red. In eight matches, the Red responded with eight resounding victories. Under head coach Iryna Dolgikh, the Red defeated Vassar College, 24-3, Haverford, 23-4, Stevens Institute of Technology, 25-2, Drew, 25-2, Hunter, 24-3, Yeshiva, 25-2, CCNY, 25-2 and Sacred Heart University, 19-8.

Tucked away in a side street off the Ithaca Commons is the new Wildfire Lounge. The exposed brick walls and industrial piping that greet you after you walk up the steps to the bar seem out of place in a décor marked by mini-chandeliers and couches with oversized pillows. This was the perfect venue to see Why the Wires and A Sunny Day in Glasgow, who played the Lounge last Sunday night. Both bands took traditional genres of music and added their own style and flavor to it, although one group had more success than the other.

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Although the crowd was somewhat quieter — there were no boo’s of displeasure or sign-waving supporters — the discussion of byline funding allocations for Cornell Cinema and the Slope Day Programming Board at yesterday’s Graduate and Professional Student Assembly meeting was just as heated as the Student Assembly’s recent discussion of the same matters.

Danielle Davis was embedded in First Platoon’s Third Squad for the majority of the Field Training Exercise weekend for Saturday and Sunday events.