Amelia Brown asks if the growing populism of high fashion will compromise its artistic goals in favor of financial gains.

While college students across the country settle into their new apartments and dorms this fall, many Cornellians are scrambling to sign leases for the next academic year.

Many students feel pressure to sign leases for apartments in Collegetown early in the year, sometimes before being able to compare different properties.

Elizabeth Truax ’11 said she was concerned about signing her lease as early as September.