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John Ashcroft Was Not a Bad Man
May 20th, 2007I have been a fan of John Ashcroft from the very moment he was selected as Attorney General for Bush's first term. My admiration probably started because of his Missouri connection (I hail from St. Louis for those of you who do not know). Read More
One of Cornell's Most Controversial Alumni Resigns World Bank Post
May 18th, 2007World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz '65 announced yesterday that he would resign at the end of June after becoming the center of controversy again in the last month. A special bank panel recently found that Wolfowitz "placed himself in a conflict of interest situation" when he became involved with his girlfriend's, Shaha Riza, pay and work negotiations. Read More
Why Romney Won the Republican Presidential Debate
May 6th, 2007Thursday night, Republican presidential candidates squared off in their first debate. While everybody had their eyes on McCain and Guiliani, the candidate who emerged as the true winner was former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. He gave fluid answers to every question with both style and substance, giving him an almost Reagan-like appeal. Read More
Supreme Commander Technical Review
May 5th, 2007After participating for months in the beta program, I picked up Supreme Commander the day it came out. Since then, I’ve played the game both casually and competitively for hundreds of hours. I can confidently say from personal experience that the game is truly revolutionary in the real time strategy genre. Read More
Diary Blog from Penn, Part 1
April 27th, 2007Freshman Charlie Hatch will be diary blogging his experiences at the Penn Relays here at cornellsun.com. The Red will be facing some of the nation's top teams at UPenn's Franklin Field. Read More
Windows XP Snafu
April 24th, 2007Two weeks ago, my laptop had a physical hard disk failure. I was forced to order a new one, so I took the opportunity to upgrade to a new high-performance disk. New disks come blank, of course, so I needed to go through the process of setting up the operating systems again. Since I decided to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista, XP had to go on first. I’ve performed this procedure several times before, so I expected it to be quick and painless. However, what happened was something completely unexpected for me. Read More
Behind the Code: News About the Newsletter
April 24th, 2007While every editor at The Cornell Daily Sun would contend that every section and every story is worth reading, let's face reality. Some people check out the paper to read the opinion columns, some read the sports section to find out about lacrosse's latest victory, while still others may read Arts and Entertainment/DAZE/whatever they call it. Read More
We Need More Days Like This Past Saturday
April 23rd, 2007Saturday was everything Cornell should be. Read More
Michael Mix's Blog for the 10-6 Men's Lacrosse Victory over Princeton
April 22nd, 2007Pregame Thoughts: Here we go, biggest game of the season. Great weather, great crowd, it does not get better than this. Princeton has a great defense, so my key player of the game for Cornell is junior John Glynn. Glynn seems to thrive when the defense focuses on David Mitchell and Eric Pittard, so I look for him to have a big game today. First Quarter: Read More