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11,260 Receive Flu Shot at Gannett During Flu Season
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11,260 Receive Flu Shot at Gannett During Flu Season

Getting a flu shot is now out of the question: according to Gannett’s website, due to recent high-demand, it no longer has any flu vaccines available. According to Gannett, Cornell’s Health Service, “the seasonal flu of 2013 has hit early and is unusually intense”. It recommended getting a flu vaccine as the best way to...

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Cornell Student Group Promotes Jihad As An Internal Struggle

A student club at Cornell called the “Islamic Alliance for Justice” has launched an awareness campaign to alter and redefine the controversial word “jihad,” likening the term often associated with terrorist acts to instead mean moral struggle. “Jihad is a human experience of internal struggle,” argues the organization’s website highlighting the campaign. “It holds a...

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Llenroc and Alpha Delt Rank in Top Ten Best Fraternity Houses

Cornell University’s Llenroc (Delta Phi) and Alpha Delt (Alpha Delta Phi) houses are ranked by BroBible in the top ten of all fraternity houses nationwide. Llenroc comes in at number ten and Alpha Delt is ranked at number four. The fraternities are ranked based on pictures of the physical houses. See the Full Rankings Here

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The Pink Elephant

In a discovery that might lead us to revisit our perception of the long standing leftist bias on Cornell campus, some editions of the Conservative humor journal “The Pink Elephant” dating back to 1969 were retrieved from Carl A. Kroch Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. The journal was published by the “Young Republicans...

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Joanna Guy Places in Miss America Competition’s Top Ten

Cornell student and Miss Maryland Joanna Guy placed as a top ten finalist in the 2013 Miss America pageant. During Wednesday night’s preliminary, Guy won first place in talent with her song “I dreamed a dream” from Les Miserables. See Our Exclusive Interview with Joanna Here Congratulations to Guy for placing in the top ten!

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Is Africana Studies Relevant As An Academic Discipline?

The context of an academic discipline is as important as its content because the parameters of our knowledge are often defined by the manner in which we choose to learn, teach and research. Several disciplines that were once regarded as legitimate areas of human inquiry have now become obsolete. A few centuries ago, students could...

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President Skorton Signs Ambiguous Document Advocating Gun Control

In response to the Newtown shooting, Cornell University’s own President David Skorton has joined nine other university presidents in signing a document advocating for “strong, meaningful action needs to occur in three domains: gun control, care of the mentally ill, and the culture of our contemporary media.” However, no specific details are given as to...