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| 1 | An academic hub: A look at Cornell's 13th annual Student Symposium by Danielle Greenand Ariel Glasman · News | Volume 129, Issue 15 The month of April can be an exhilarating time in the life of a college student as graduate school acceptance letters filter in and the end of another year begins to approach. For Cornell students, April also means the Student Symposium is at hand, and despite a rather chilly and un-spring-like day, this year’s 13th annual symposium was bustling with student presenters and their advisers, parents and friends. Seventy students spanning from freshmen to seniors converged in the Commons to give both oral and poster presentations, as well as performances. Eighteen of Cornell’s academic departments were represented, with 33 faculty members lending their expertise to their students’ work. |
| 2 | Juggling housing on a residential campus by Ariel Glasman · News | Volume 129, Issue 15 Returning students received some surprising information when they opened an email from Judy Goetschius, Housing Facilities Coordinator. The purpose of her message was to inform students about available rooms for the 2009-2010 school year. Because Cornell is a primarily residential campus with over 90 percent of students living in a residence hall, room selection can be a time of anxiety and speculation as people find roommates, draw lottery numbers and search for a new dwelling. |
| 3 | A ticket to ride... or not by Ariel Glasman · News | Volume 129, Issue 14 Students were invited March 24 to take part in a set up known as the Purple Bike Program. According to an email sent to the student body by John Harp,Vice President of Student Affairs, the Purple Bike Program was coordinated and funded by Student Senate. The intent is to encourage students to have fun and perhaps save on fuel by using these distinctly colored bikes to ride around on campus and into Mount Vernon. According to Harp’s email, “Feel free to ride one if you see it; then return it to a Cornell bike rack so someone else can use it.” Along with this came a list of six expectations that included asking students always to return the bikes to a rack and to treat the bikes with respect. However, beginning April 6, the purple bikes have been recalled pending repairs. |
| 4 | Transitioning between leaders by Ariel Glasman · News | Volume 129, Issue 12 Using the momentum Student Senate was able to achieve under the leadership of last year’s Executive Board, newly elected President Nick Light, along with Vice President Eli Wade-Scott, Emory Wesson (Chair of Appropriations), Taylor Koch (Chair of Organizations), Harry Blackwood (Chair of Student Life) and Quin Purkey (Chair of Academic Affairs), has outlined several goals for the upcoming session. Before thinking about their long-term objectives, Light, along with past president Leslie Tweeton, is focusing on the transition from the past e-board to the current one. |
| 5 | Problems with accessibility at Cornell by Ariel Glasman · Opinions | Volume 129, Issue 8 I wish there were a concrete rule somewhere that explicitly outlined when it is appropriate to use an elevator. As a sociology and education double major, most of my life at Cornell is spent at College Hall — by a further twist of fate, I am almost always on the third floor. That leaves a pressing question: Do I, a young, relatively in shape, girl of nineteen take the elevator? If it has been raining, I give myself permission, but if there are lots of people milling around, I take the stairs. Sometimes, I press the button and walk away for a couple of seconds and come back with a surprised look on my face, like, “My goodness! The elevator has mysteriously arrived. Might as well hop in!” My worst moment was taking the elevator up with a very wise, albeit very aged, professor — the sort of person who deserves a ride up or down every now and then. As we rode the elevator up in silence, I found myself thinking the entire time, “He thinks I’m lazy, he thinks I’m lazy, he’s judging me and thinking that I am lazy.” Right before the doors opened, I blurted out a big, fat lie: “I was glad to take the elevator this morning after twisting my ankle!” I doubt he believed me. |
| 6 | Election on the OC: A true American experience by Ariel Glasman · Opinions | Volume 129, Issue 5 During the past eight years, I have had a hard time believing in hope. I came of age during Bush policies, when No Child Left Behind was starting to eat away at schools and the war in Iraq had just begun. I can remember exactly how I felt in 2004 when, after months of campaigning for John Kerry and John Edwards, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney won for a second time. I thought the entire country had lost its mind; I thought there was no going back. Everything I believed in — stem cell research, a strong educational system, an end to corruption in our government and resolution in the Middle East — seemed lost. I still followed politics, but everything after 2004 seemed like nothing more than a countdown, when Bush would finally leave office — but then what? I, like so many other people my age, was disenchanted. |
| 7 | Students with disabilities at Cornell by Ariel Glasman · Opinions | Volume 129, Issue 4 Before the introduction of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, having a disability in America was much more problematic than today. There was no guarantee that buildings would have wheelchair access and elevators. Young people with disabilities that inhibited their learning did not consider secondary education a possibility, and many colleges and universities declined to accommodate their needs. With that in mind, it is safe to say that Cornell has made great strides in reaching out to students who have different needs. I wanted to explore this question in two parts, beginning with students diagnosed with learning disabilities or other mental disabilities, such as autism. My next article will concern students with physical disabilities and their accommodations with living and learning on campus. |
| 8 | Appreciating Mount Vernon by Ariel Glasman · Opinions | Volume 129, Issue 3 I really like Mount Vernon. Yeah, it’s a small town, and the nightlife isn’t much to write home about, but there’s something much more to Cornell’s hometown than the Silver Spider or the Lincoln Cafe: tolerance. For the most part, people have respect for one another, regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, disability and political views. I’m writing about this today because there are towns in Iowa — some bigger than Mount Vernon, some smaller — that lack this respect, and for people like me who come from these towns, that’s kind of a big deal. |
| 9 | Clean air, dirty sidewalks by Ariel Glasman · Opinions | Volume 129, Issue 1 “On July 1, 2008, the Smokefree Air Act went into effect across Iowa. As of that date, smoking became illegal on any and all Cornell College property, including outdoors, inside vehicles parked on campus, as well as on any College-owned property. The Cornell campus, like the rest of Iowa, is now entirely smoke free.” — The Class Agent online handbook |
| 10 | Ten useful secrets of Cornell College by Ariel Glasman · Opinions | Volume 129, Issue 0 |
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