Dressing Carolyn: The Making of a Style Icon

If you have not yet heard of Ryan Murphy’s new show Love Story: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr., I am sorry to say you are probably living under a rock. My social media feeds have been bombarded with photos of both the real life individuals and moments from the show since it first began airing on Feb. 12. Love Story tells the story of JFK Jr. (JFK and Jackie Kennedy’s middle child) and his wife Carolyn Bessette. Nostalgic romantic story aside, the real star of the show is neither of the two fated lovers, but the heavily curated ’90s closet of Bessette, a then publicist at Calvin Klein. 

Meet Maximo Mander ’26, Viral Cooking Content Creator and Pasta Start-up Founder

Loud chatter blends with the sound of champagne fizz as bottles are opened and glasses are filled. Steak sizzles in the background, filling the room with its rich aroma. This is not a restaurant. This is a typical dinner party hosted by Maximo Mander ’26 at his Collegetown apartment. 

Hutt, Hutt, Hike!: 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Trailer 2 Breakdown

In their typical fashion, Star Wars fans all over the internet are raving about the newly released trailer for the upcoming film The Mandalorian and Grogu, which will potentially cap off the escapades of the beloved duo. These two fan favorites have kept viewers occupied during an uncertain era of Star Wars media characterized by complaints about prioritizing quantity over quality. I admit, I myself have been among the critics of this sort, especially in terms of the dialogue and narrative quality for recent projects. In all fairness, this fanbase, possibly more so than any other, is notoriously difficult to please. Despite this, everyone is flocking together to welcome this Beskar clad mercenary and his little green pal back to the screen, this time, in theatres.

CORNELL DINING STUDENT WORKERS | Student Dining Workers Have Had Enough

“To speak a true word is to transform the world.” — Paulo Freire 

Physically at Cornell, Mentally at Bama: The Origin of Jordy at Corny

At Cornell University, there are certain names you hear before you ever meet the person. Somewhere in between a late-night Collegetown run and a crowded lecture in Goldwin Smith Hall, you’ll hear it whispered, laughed or shouted across Libe Slope:“Wait, that’s Jordy at Corny!”

The Cost of School Spirit: A Look At The Cornell Store

I am a certified sucker. I purchased a $17 pencil case from The Cornell Store, and for what? Was it just because it had the Cornell University logo emblazoned on the front? Looking through Amazon, I see rows and rows of generic options for a fraction of the price. I know I am not alone in getting sticker shock from The Cornell Store: $80 hoodies, $50 paperweights, plushies that go up to $100. It is no secret that Cornell’s price markup for the brand alone is insane. It is difficult not to pause and consider how a logo alone can justify prices that feel unreasonable for what you’re actually buying. 

Jarra Jagne DVM ’90 Recognized For Distinguished Alumni Service After 35 Years of Service in Veterinary Medicine

College of Veterinary Medicine Prof. Jarra Jagne DVM ’90, Public and Ecosystem Health, has been awarded the Daniel Elmer Salmon Award for Distinguished Alumni Service by the College of Veterinary Medicine. This prestigious distinction is the Veterinary College’s highest alumni honor and bestowed to only a handful of doctor of veterinary medicine graduates who have had notable achievements in their profession and community.

In Memoriam: 95 Years of Toni Morrison

Although it's been nearly six years since her death, the words of Nobel Prize-winning author and Cornell Alumna Toni Morrison, M.A. '55, reverberate as though she were still here among us. They pulsate throughout conversations on Black feminist thought and in retellings of American history, especially in the stories that make us uncomfortable, as Morrison boldly recognized them as the ones most worth telling. 

Expecting the Unexpected in 'Knives Out'

By now, I feel like it’s fair to say that the ‘whodunit’ mystery is a relatively tired formula in literature and film. While you could probably logic out an infinite number of plotlines with as many twists and turns as there are days in the year, finding ways to make an overdone genre feel fresh again is certainly a challenge. Though the same can be said for most other film tropes — slasher, sci-fi, survival, biopics, the list goes on — I don’t think that audiences will ever lose hope that the next murder mystery they watch will shock them in a completely new way. It is this craving for novelty that has continued to drive the whodunit industry forward since the 1900s, perhaps to exhaustion. Maybe I’m more cynical than I used to be, or maybe I just need to stop watching so much TV, but either way I’ve started to grow tired of the predictably placed red herrings and theatrical monologues of today’s whodunit mysteries.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | A Fragile Index

For the inauguration of the 12th president of Cornell University, David Skorton, Ithaca poets were asked to contribute to a small volume of poetry in his honor. The title of the volume, taken from a poem by Kenneth McClane, was Like a Fragile Index of the World. The poem was not about climate change, but it was inspired by the struggle of a glowworm to climb a branch.

February 25, 2026 | Crossword: Honor Roll

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The Diamonds of the Season

Dearest Gentle Reader, 

Alpha Phi Alpha’s Leadership Commends New Campus Facility, Residence Hall’s First Months

Cornell’s chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity established a new facility on campus that houses both a community hub and residence hall associated with the fraternity in October. Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Black Greek-letter organization in the U.S., was founded at Cornell in 1906 and comprises 90,000 current members. 

Where Ithaca Meets Ethiopia: Deep Dive on Hawi

At the start of the semester, out of the blue, my friend asked to get dinner. While I expected him to suggest a standard Collegetown spot like Collegetown Bagels, Xi’an Street Food or Pokelava, he instead recommended a restaurant, unlike any eatery offered in Ithaca: Hawi. Located in Ithaca Commons, Hawi serves traditional Ethiopian dishes. I was shocked when my friend told me that there was an Ethiopian restaurant in the area, and as I had never heard of Hawi before, we immediately went for dinner the next day.

Black History Month: A Taste of Home at Cornell

It was an uneventful Monday dinner at Morrison Dining. My phone was in my hand as I ruminated on some nameless Canvas assignment. That’s when I heard a song I’ve only listened to in the car with my parents on one of their old CDs. 

BUTLER | Academia Wants Impact? Black History Already Wrote the Manual

“More than ever before in the recent history of this nation, educators are compelled to confront the biases that have shaped teaching practices in our society and to create new ways of knowing, different strategies for the sharing of knowledge.” - bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins), Teaching to Transgress

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AYSW? | Vintage Haze Films

There is no feeling quite like nostalgia when watching films. I love watching movies and being hit by a wave of yearning for different, better days. However, I’ve realized that some of my favorite films involve a different type of nostalgia: longing to experience a time in which I’ve never lived. In modern films, producers use a variety of techniques to place films in past decades, from physical appearances to film grain and coloring. These production techniques create a haziness to films that bring the past to life, transporting contemporary viewers into past generations.

How Ithaca is Leading New York State’s ‘Multifaceted’ Reparation Efforts

In 2024, former Ward 1 Alderperson Phoebe Brown and Kayla Matos (D-1st Ward) co-sponsored and passed a proposal allocating $50,000 of Ithaca’s 2025 budget to funding a study on reparations for Black residents. The proposal was a part of ongoing reparations efforts in New York state, which groups across the state continue to advocate for.