A dumpster outside Clara Dickson Hall on North Campus caught fire at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Sunday. The IFD extinguished the fire in the dumpster and said they had the situation under control by 6 p.m, according to emergency radio reports.
In an essay in The Wall Street Journal, a professor of public policy at the University of Chicago gives members of the Class of 2012 10 pieces of advice that he believes are actually useful to 22-year-olds.
As thousands of students stumble towards Libe Slope on Friday, it might come as a surprise to many to see a camera crew running after them, trying to catch their drunken antics for an online video series. I’m Shmacked Productions, infamous for videos of legendary parties such as Mardi Gras at Tulane University and State Patties Day at Pennsylvania State University, will be attending Slope Day to catch every revelrous minute of it on camera.
Boasting a diverse menu of local and organic ingredients, AGAVA, a Southwest cuisine-inspired restaurant, opened Wednesday at East Hill Plaza. The venture is the product of more than a year of work by Collegetown Bagels and Ithaca Bakery owner Gregar Brous.
Never one to shy away from criticizing his former home of four years, comedian Bill Maher ‘78 said on Friday’s episode of his talk show, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” that he has never donated to Cornell, saying that the University has enough money already
Cornellians vying for dates with campus politicos boasting of their “cuddling skills” may have been pleasantly surprised to see that also up for grabs at the Cornell Democrats’ date auction Monday night was none other than Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09. The annual auction, which was held at Rulloff’s, wrapped up the Democrats’ spring semester efforts for the 2012 elections.
The fight for New York’s newly-redrawn 22nd Congressional District is starting to take shape, with a Democrat and two conservatives set to face off against incumbent Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.).
The Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport is now fully operational after technical malfunctions to the airport’s landing system caused more than 20 fights to be cancelled since April 20.
Contrary to media reports, the Sigma Chi and Phi Sigma fraternities will not be kicked off campus, according to Travis Apgar, associate dean of students in the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Affairs.
Since Stanford University dropped its bid for a tech campus in New York City three days before Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that Cornell won the competition, the university’s administration has largely kept the reasons for the pullout secret. However, a new profile of Stanford in this week's The New Yorker sheds light on the negotiations between the school and the city that ultimately led to its withdrawal.
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