Here’s an interesting excerpt from an article reviewing the new Heath brothers book Switch: The book opens with a story from the Food & Brand Lab at Cornell University. Researchers set up at a movie theater and gave movie goers a free soft drink and bucket of popcorn—in exchange for them answering some questions about...
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Monday Reading Madness #32
– A Cornell sociologist sheds some light on online gambling. – Months after causing great inconvenience and personal trauma to students by removing dinner trays from a number of dining halls, Cornell gets some national recognition for its efforts. – We still have the Ivy League’s only interior design program. – Here’s the Sun’s article...
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Contest Over Thanksgiving
In the most recent issue of the Review, staff writer Brendan Devine discussed the holiday placards (seen on next page) that were set up in the Flora Rose dining hall around Thanksgiving. On a related note, the following is the response Jennifer Majka, Assistant Dean of Flora Rose, gave when one student inquired as to...
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Food for thought: Ivy Room prejudice?!
Ivy Room, the popular eatery located below Willard Straight Hall, has recently gone under some serious renovations. Some of you may be asking why Ivy Room officials would do such a thing to the perfect cave of solace that is the IR. In the (altered) words of Rick Ross, what’s their desire – is it...