Casey Carr '14 reflects on her first week studying (and eating) abroad in Geneva, Switzerland and discovers the real secret to staying trim while feasting on European delicacies.
We are all familiar with the feeling of denial right before the semester begins. Flashes of panic enter our minds as we realize that our days will no longer consist of watching three seasons How I Met Your Mother. This is why we decided to bring you the first installment of our new blog series of themed playlists for any occasion.
In the aftermath of New Year’s Eve, most Americans spent Tuesday trying to recover from the previous night’s revelries. However, our nation’s leaders had no such time for relaxation, they were hard at work trying to starve off the fiscal cliff we had technically tumbled over after entering 2013.
The thought that elementary schools, even those with barricaded doors, are no longer safe from the violence that has plagued almost every other public place is unspeakably jarring.
It's finals week, which means Cornellians are studying hard (read: taking to social media to procrastinate and complain). We've compiled the best tweets we've seen this week about finals at Cornell.
Saw a tweet that you liked that's not here? Tweet it @cornellsun and we will update the post below.
Sports staff writer Nick Rielly recounts his experience listening to H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, the famed writer of “Friday Night Lights," who came to Cornell on Nov. 29 as part of the Lawrence and Judith Tanenbaum Distinguished Speaker Series presented by The Sigma Phi Society.
Introductory courses should be about separating talented students from those won't be able to succeed in the field, an idea the computer science department has recently shied away from.
Juniors hoping to secure jobs in the software industry should look to open-source software as a way to learn practical knowledge about software development from peers and to meet developers who have a passion for great software.