Pfeiffer in action Jan. 2
by Nathan Jordan, Staff Writer
 Students living in Rood House, the 8th Avenue apartments and various converted living spaces on campus will be pleased to hear that they will be able to move into the newly renovated Pfeiffer Hall on schedule for Jan. 2, 2009.
Some of the new changes to Pfeiffer Hall include an electronic swipe card entry system, an elevator, upgraded fire safety systems, new plumbing throughout the building, space saving radiators, a classroom and conference room in the lounge and a kitchen and lounge space on every floor except garden level, which will share a kitchen with the first floor.
All Pfeiffer rooms will also be receiving brand new R.T. London furniture like that found in Merner. Pfeiffer will retain its built-in closets instead of armoires. The floors will be tiled, and the room colors were selected by a panel of 15 students...
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A tradition with a future
by Danielle Green, News Co-Editor
Since 1912, alumni from colleges and universities have flocked to their alma mater once a year to gather in memory of the good college times. Homecoming is an occasion for each college to host their alumni and to showcase the college in all its glory. This year is no exception. Cornell College alumni are welcome to join the college Oct. 10-12 for Cornell’s annual Homecoming. It is also a time for currents students to join together in merriment and support their football team —and of course, Homecoming is always a great excuse to throw a party.
This year the Cornell Homecoming Committee has sought to bring us not only the traditional activities such as football and the final nominating of homecoming queen and king (which took place Thursday, Oct. 2), but it is also venturing to add new and exciting activities to the week’s events. Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m., Cornell will host comedian Kelly Taylor and then it’s off to the Small Multi Sports Center for a volleyball game against Simpson...
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Celebrities at Cornell pull for Obama
by Erin McNeill, Co-Editor-in-Chief
The morning of Saturday, Sept. 27, Iowa native Ashton Kutcher, along with wife and fellow Hollywood superstar Demi Moore, spoke to Cornell students on the Orange Carpet about the importance of voting and why they were choosing to support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Kutcher began his impassioned speech by defining insanity as “someone who does the same thing again and again and expects different results,” saying that the United States as a country has defined insanity for the last eight years.
Kutcher then said that Republican presidential candidate John McCain is guilty of attempting to perpetuate this insanity, saying, “It wasn’t the coach, it’s not George W. Bush, it’s the team and John McCain is on the team. We need a new coach and that coach is Barack Obama.”
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View from the entrance on the first floor of Pfeiffer Hall. Renovations have been in progress all summer and are scheduled for completion Jan. 2, 2009. Students are expected to move in second semester of this academic year. | PHOTO BY Aaron Hall
In Brief
This afternoon, the Berry Center: National Security Speakers Series presents a lecture by Roger Cressey former member of the United States’ National Security Council staff. Cressey is currently president of the Good Harbour Consulting Group and an adjunct Professor of counter-terrorism policy at Georgetown University, but served in senior cyber security and counterterrorism positions in the Clinton and Bush Administrations. He has also acted as a non-exclusive foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama. While in governmental employment, Cressey managed the government’s response to the Millennium Bombing plot, the USS Cole attack, and the Sept. 11th attacks. His speach will take place today in Hedges and will focus on international terrorism. For more information contact: cbaker-olinger.
This evening at 7:30 p.m. in King Chapel, Music Mondays Concert Series hosts Stephen Marchionda, an up and coming guitarist in the international concert scene. According to his biography, Marchionda is dedicated to performing and promoting contemporary music and thus has recently premiered many new works including those written especially for him by internationally renowned composers. For more informationscontact: Cathy Schonhorst.
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