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July 14, 2008 - 12:00amThe moment of truth is upon you. Four weeks from now, mom and dad will unload your last suitcase from the family minivan and bid goodbye in a tearful scene on North Campus. You’ll oblige mom with the requisite one-armed hug, painfully aware of all the witnesses to your moment of un-cool. And then they’ll be gone, mom, dad and the minivan, and you’ll be left to face that intimidating challenge they call college on your own. Welcome to independence.
As the parentals drive out of Ithaca, heavy of heart but lighter of luggage, you may ask yourself if you have what it takes to navigate this campus. Not to worry: you won’t be the only one.
Badger Bullies
June 18, 2008 - 10:52amAs an administrator, former Provost Biddy Martin was devoted to improving the lives of students, faculty and staff. As President David Skorton’s first deputy officer, she pioneered initiatives to increase financial aid, appoint new deans and increase communication and cohesion across our large and disparate University. It’s because of her stellar academic and administrative record at Cornell that we’re disappointed to learn of the controversy surrounding her appointment as the new chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Two weeks ago, a blog post on the National Review Online criticized Martin as a “self-indulged, theory-laden, post-modern scholar.”
A History of Dissent
June 6, 2008 - 12:00am1943: Tuesday, January 5, 1943
It was Cicero who said it would be better if no one knew what the future held in store, for in that case each man would rise to meet each occasion as it exploded in his face, and would meet it in the best way possible. Cicero, though shouldst be living at this hour! For this hour is still within sight of the beginning of a new year — a year loaded with unforeseen occasions to be met in the best way possible.
Welcome Back
June 6, 2008 - 12:00amOn behalf of The Sun’s 126th Editorial Board, I’d like to welcome all Cornell alumni back to campus for the weekend. It’s been years since some of you were last on the Hill, and we hope this issue gives you a hint of what’s been happening at your alma mater. And for all those returning Sunnies, welcome, as well: We hope that a fresh issue of The Sun reminds you of all the good times and long nights spent in downtown Ithaca, losing sleep and laying the foundation for what we have today.
Sloping Upward
May 2, 2008 - 12:00amTo anyone reading this paper on Slope Day: you are awesome. We’re not quite sure why you’ve decided to pick up our last issue of the semester, but we certainly hope you enjoy it.
Down here at the office, insanity is happening. Designers are designing, computers are computing and as for the rest of us — well, we’ll soon be quite severely incapacitated. Good times.
This semester has been great for us. We really enjoy doing what we do, and we are truly thankful to have such a committed readership. We hope you appreciated most of what you’ve read over the past few months — we certainly had a good time putting it all together.
Summer School
April 30, 2008 - 12:00amThe Committee on Special Educational Projects was founded by the University in 1965 with two goals in mind: improve the recruitment of African-American students and support those students on the road to graduation.
Today, students enrolled in the COSEP program get a head start on the Cornell experience. In the summer before freshman year, COSEP students take classes designed to better prepare them for the the University curriculum. They meet good friends, learn about the rigors of college life and even get a Freshman Writing Seminar out of the way. As an added bonus, the COSEP program is free — books, meals, housing and all other major expenses are covered by the University.
Marching Against the Tide
April 29, 2008 - 12:00amOn Friday, a small group of Cornell students marched and chanted their way from Ho Plaza, through the streets of Collegetown, and on towards the Commons, where they took part in Ithaca’s annual “Take Back the Night.”
Now a nation-wide event, “Take Back the Night” is an evening of protest against sexual assault and other forms of violence; its aim is to allow women to take ownership of the night as a symbol of their fear and vulnerability.
This Friday, participants in “Take Back the Night” were forced to march through Collegetown to a beat that ran counter to their rhythmic chants. As the group moved through the streets, it was met with some scornful jeers and hostile cries. At the pinnacle of its march, the group was even asked, loudly, to “SHUT UP!”
Heroes and Villains: High and Mighty
April 25, 2008 - 12:00amFor us here at H&V, this past week got off to a pretty good start. We spent most of last Sunday at home, sharing a bag of chips with two close friends and a camel named Bob. We’re not quite sure where Bob is these days, but we hope to see him again somewhere down the line. He stole our chips while we weren’t looking. Bastard.
Sunday was 4/20 for all those playing along at home, a HEROIC holiday that has contributed more than it’s fair share to the decline of Western Civilization. Let it fall, we say, for the hookah is all we need. It shall lead us to the promised land.
People Try To Put Us Down: The Berry Patch
April 24, 2008 - 12:00amWe are a bunch of sorry cheaters. We live in a world where increased access to the Internet and the erosion of public morals combine in a brutal cocktail that amounts to a noxious potion of cheating stew. Our generation is a generation in crisis — or at least that’s what the old folks around here would have us believe.
This past February, Dean of Faculty (and all-around standup guy) Charlie Walcott declared that the University “fundamentally” has a problem of academic integrity.
“We live in a world where there has been an increasing amount of dishonesty and malfeasance of one form or another,” Walcott said.
On the Way In
April 22, 2008 - 12:00amThe last year has been one of transition for three of the University’s 14 schools and colleges. Last March, Cornell announced that Lisa Staiano-Coico, dean of the College of Human Ecology, was leaving the Big Red for a provost position at Temple. Months later, AAP Dean Moshen Mostafavi told the University he would be leaving Ithaca to lead the Graduate School of Design at Harvard. And just last month, the Johnson School of Management concluded a two-year dean search by appointing Interim Dean Joseph Thomas to a permanent position at the school.