– An article on Cornell hockey standout Rebecca Johnston, who will be representing Canada at the Olympics. – Despite falling to 15th in the U.S. News rankings, Cornell finds itself in 8th place when it comes to…website popularity? – Cornell apps are up 5% this year. – Now, some serious opinion/commentary on Cornell sorority happenings....
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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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Monday Reading Madness # 31
– Our prestigious school is known for a lot of things…but bird counting? – The ultimate video-head: only in Ithaca will someone wearing “pink gloves and a hat with floppy ears” rob a GameStop. – Engineers will be interested to hear that Cornell profs. have recently begun to run MATLAB on a new high-performance parallel...
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Increasing Global Disenchantment with Dollar
Years of fiscal overstretch and the recent accentuation of it will lead to currency issues for the US
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Top Five News Stories of the Decade
Happy New Year’s! For me, today marks the last day of what was, for all intents and purposes, the first full decade of my life. I know this is also the case for many of our readers. I encourage you all to look back on the personal events of the last decade that have had...
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Monday Reading Madness #28
As we begin study week, here’s an extra long MRM to assist with your procrastination. – MetaEzra seems to be optimistic about the idea of a “College of Public Policy.” – This has to be a joke to make the cash strapped administration feel good, right? – Let us hope this product does not hit...
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SNL ready for more fact-checking?
The last time Saturday Night Live ran a funny skit satirizing the Obama administration, MSNBC reacted by asking for Ray Finkle, and a clean pair of shorts. It will be interesting to see how the left reacts to the most recent SNL parody about the President’s visit to China, where he ‘made love’ with his...
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ObaMao a Hit in China
According to the Associated Press and the Houston Chronicle, President Obama’s recent visit to China prompted a controversy over certain lines of Obama memorabilia sold there. Liu Minjie owns a shop in China that (once) sold T-shirts and other merchandise decorated with a likeness of Obama manipulated to look like Mao Zedong, the architect of...
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Monday Reading Madness #26
– Bilmes has the scoop on new vice president for budget and planning Elmira Mangum. – The father of a 9/11 victim says that Attorney General Eric Holder did not reassure families of 9/11 victims about why KSM deserves a criminal trial. – An interesting piece that defends lectures over discussion-oriented seminars. Similar discussion about...
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MRM #25
– A Cornell senior was stabbed last Monday night near North Campus. The university received deserved criticism for not notifying students quickly enough about the incident. – Obama would be “wise to shift right” as he loses the support of independent voters, according to Rasmussen. – If you’ve got time, try playing around with this...