Every star has his Achilles Heel (19 replies)
The best lacrosse player in college has one weakness ... he's still building skills creating and presenting the drab PowerPoints so useful in dulling down corporate America. (Unless this was tongue in...
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Cornell on Academic/Sexy college chart (6 replies)
[www.buzzfeed.com] purports to show colleges on a matrix of Academic and Sexy. Cornell is near the top (More Academic) and straddling the middle on Sexy/Less Sexy. Brown and Dartmout appear to be the...
View ArticleWinetasting is BS (7 replies)
Why Winetasting is Bullshit. Cornell is cited indirectly (people think more highly of food when served in good settings) io9.com Statistician and wine-lover Robert Hodgson recently analyzed a series...
View Article"Dear Uncle Ezra" is dead? (1 reply)
Dear Uncle Ezra, the oldest online helpdesk, has been removed from the Internet, incl. 25+ yrs of archives. [t.co] #SaveEzra— Corey Ryan Earle (@crearle) July 1, 2013 From the archived history page...
View ArticleCornell in "pay-as-you-go mode" (12 replies)
Interesting Bloomberg article on how Cornell is piling up debt to pay for the New York tech campus and other expansion. Debt reportedly is just under $2 billion.
View ArticleThe intern behind Sum Ting Wong et al. (3 replies)
The NTSB intern who "confirmed" pilots' names in SF crash identified as Cornell student.
View ArticleR.I.P. Dick Kazmaier (2 replies)
Dick Kazmaier died this week. Before Ken Dryden and Bill Bradley in the 1960s, there was Dick Kazmaier who 15 years earlier won the Heisman for Princeton, then turned down the NFL because he felt he...
View ArticleThe 100 Most Financially Fit Colleges (3 replies)
Here is what Forbes on-line says about Cornell, 30th out of 100 listed: The 100 Most Financially Fit Colleges Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y. Financial GPA: 4.5 Grade: A+ No trace of red ink at Big...
View ArticleSierra Club's 10 Coolest Schools (3 replies)
Cornell ranks 5th on the Sierra Clubs 10 Coolest schools list: Cornell description
View Article2014 US News Ranking (10 replies)
Down 1 to 16. [colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com]
View ArticleHomecoming is working (3 replies)
Cornell Homecoming, the weekend event, not just the football game, was 3 quarters of rainfall short of being a rousing success. Cornell has moved homecoming to the front end of the season and focused...
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data streaming question for the smart phone techies (1 reply)
I was wondering if anyone knew how much data is used when you stream audio of a hockey game on your smart phone (and using the smart phone's data plan). I drive across alligator alley on Friday...
View ArticleBig Red Band Memorabilia (1 reply)
I'm in search of pictures of the Big Red Marching Band - Seasons Fall 1964 or 1965. I'm also searching for the CBS (?) coverage of a half-time show at a football game during those seasons. It may have...
View ArticleHerbie breezed through Cornell University in just three years (2 replies)
Herbert the "Hermit"
View ArticleIdaho Steelheads Hockey Fans Sue Over Size of Beer (4 replies)
Definitely my favorite lawsuit this week. [ftw.usatoday.com]
View ArticlePierre McGuire Imitation (no replies)
This is quite funny.........and there's a Clarkson "near Ivy" reference. Pierre McGuire's reporting style drives me crazy. Non-fans my find this amusing.Pierre McGuire Imitation
View ArticleSenior Convocation speaker announced. (3 replies)
Andy Bernard '95 to speak at Senior Convocation.
View Article50 GB of storage at 99cents per year (1 reply)
Even if this is buggy, it is worth the price. Also, it's worth noting that, although you need an Android device to take advantage of this offer, once you have your iDrive account, you can use it...
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