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Marla Love, Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students, explained the ongoing Student Code of Conduct and Procedures revisions and answered one question at the Student Code of Conduct Revisions Town Hall which took place on Thursday afternoon.
Prof. Jon W. Parmenter is an associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in the history of indigenous peoples in the Northeast, particularly that of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). He can be contacted at jwp35@cornell.edu.
As Cornell’s student DJ competition came to a close, those in Willard Straight Hall anxiously waited to hear who the next Slope Day headliner would be. With recent artists such as Gunna, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie and COIN, there was much speculation as to who the next artist would be. Rumors of Zara Larsson and Metro Boomin circulated on student forums. However, eagle-eyed fans of The Chainsmokers found that the group’s Higher Education tour conveniently had its location blacked out for May 6, the exact date of Slope Day. As the time ticked down, it was made official that the 2026 lead artist for Slope Day would indeed be the Grammy Award-Winning duo, with fellow Grammy winner Daya as the special guest.
According to That ’70s Show, Styx was the Nickelback of the ’70s — walk with me here. In the ninth episode of season seven — entitled “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” à la The Rolling Stones — Eric Forman (Topher Grace) decides to buy tickets to see Styx in concert on Thanksgiving. His friends tell him Styx is lame, only for Michael Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) and Fez (Wilmer Valderrama) to be outed as Styx fans themselves. When I first watched this show, I failed to understand why the characters were so embarrassed to listen to such a talented group. Are you embarrassed to have good taste? To add a little bit of theatricality to your life? Needless to say, I have continued to be bewildered by this to this day, so I decided to do some research. The answers I found were murky, to say the least. Some listeners call Styx “corporate sellouts,” while others think the “lush, orchestral sound” that Eric cites in That ’70s Show is just code for pop, and they have no business being categorized as a rock band. I couldn’t help but be reminded of the discourse surrounding Nickelback, widely (and perhaps unfairly) considered to be the sellout of the rock genre. But I’m not here to defend Nickelback. Styx’s rock is dramatic and funky, and only became more theatrical as time went on, contrary to the claims that their music became more commercial. If selling out means selling out arenas, then Styx is guilty as charged. But being successful does not always mean selling out, and Styx’s commitment to histrionics — something that might not suit everybody, as we see in That ’70s Show, and thereby might not be as commercially viable — only increased as time went on. A product of that was the 1981 record Paradise Theatre, an intricate concept album that I would’ve loved to watch the characters of the show experience. Instead, you can experience it with me.
For the fourth year in a row, the onset of spring in Ithaca has brought rain, a potential for snow and the beloved Daffodil Dash, a floral fundraiser organized by the Ithaca Garden Club.
Nobel laureate John Martinis told a packed Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium on Tuesday that the secret to understanding quantum tunneling in physics is to think of nature as a nervous banker.
There are two constants on Cornell’s campus: Stress during prelims season and seeing S.C. Johnson College of Business students in full suits on a regular Monday morning. While I have reconciled with the former, I will never find it normal to see dozens of 18-year-olds in business professional attire in an 8 a.m. lecture. As a self-proclaimed alternative-dressing person raised in New York City, I became accustomed to seeing uniquely dyed hair and outrageous fashion statements wherever I went. However, coming to Cornell’s campus, this uniqueness was replaced with identical button-ups in every lecture. There is no problem with these pieces in and of itself; my issue is that at Cornell, this style feels inauthentic to those who wear it, as if everybody is conforming to the business fashion trends out of necessity.
Campaigning began for the Student Assembly’s Spring 2026 election cycle on Tuesday. Campaigning allows candidates to promote their candidacy through a variety of means, including the distribution of printed campaign materials, visual campaigns such as chalk or posters, speeches and statements and promotion through digital means, according to Section 1(c) of the Student Assembly Election Rules.
Matthew Kennelly, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, ruled on March 31 that the student-plaintiffs who sued Cornell and 16 other top universities for “price fixing” tuition must find a new lead counsel before their antitrust class action lawsuit can proceed.
The Student Assembly passed Resolution 70: The Last Straw, a five-year plan to phase out single-use plastics on campus, during its Thursday meeting.
Since I arrived on campus, I’ve been told that I am a part of a top 15 global institution, but these rankings don’t reveal the 3 a.m. smell of burnt coffee in Carpenter Hall or the collective sigh that is heard within Baker 200 when the physics prelim median is a 48%.
Editor's note: This piece is a developing story, and will be updated when the student DJ winner is announced.
The first time I visited a Tokyo bookstore, I was shocked. I remember walking in and thinking that I had never seen such a wide and accessible selection of translated novels in American bookstores. Not only were there works from numerous languages translated into Japanese, but also selections in English, Korean, German, Italian, French and so many other languages.
Last week, two highly-discussed films hit theaters: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and The Drama. At first glance, these new releases have nothing in common. One is an animated sequel to 2023’s blockbuster video game adaptation that grossed over $1.3 billion, produced by Nintendo and Illumination and distributed by Universal. The other is an original, mid-budget romantic comedy-drama taking up a much smaller slice of the box office pie, produced by Square Peg and distributed by A24.
While many Cornellians left campus and traveled for spring break, softball stayed on campus for its matchups against the University of Pennsylvania on March 28 and 29, Drexel University on March 30, Le Moyne College on April 1 and Harvard University on April 3.
Backstage at the Cornell Fashion Collective Spring Runway Show, Maia Hirsch was not watching the crowd. She was glued to the backstage monitor, eyes fixed on her breathing dress moving down the runway. The dress, a structured gown covered in 3D-printed crystals and soft robotic structures made out of silicone that physically expanded and contracted, synced to the wearer's heartbeats. As her creation moved under the lights, one thought consumed her: Would it work? Until it did, nothing else mattered.
On Nov. 7, 2025, Cornell announced a $60 million settlement with the Trump administration, unfreezing $250 million in funding and closing all open Title VI Civil Rights investigations. Half the sum would go to the government, the other half to support agricultural research. Cornell further committed to additional data sharing on admissions, the use of a controversial Department of Justice memo in internal training and inclusion of questions about antisemitism in our campus climate surveys.
Anna Lovat is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at all287@cornell.edu.
On the evening of March 15, the State Theatre in Downtown Ithaca was filled to near capacity. The lights dimmed, and onto the stage stepped the Lords of the Sound, performing one of their final shows in their U.S. debut tour. A Ukrainian orchestra renowned for its tours across Europe, the Lords of the Sound brought to Ithaca “The Music of Hans Zimmer,” a wide-ranging portfolio of one of film’s most prolific and beloved composers. The selections ranged from the German artist’s most well-known works like “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Interstellar” and “Dune,” to less worldly-acclaimed scores that instead hold great nostalgic value, such as “Madagascar.” The Lords also performed selections from Ramin Djawadi’s critically-acclaimed score of “Game of Thrones,” paying homage to one of Zimmer’s most accomplished students. Behind the orchestra, vibrant animated videos depicted the corresponding films through symbolic imagery to add a beautiful visual dimension to the performance.
This article contains spoilers for The Drama.
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