President David Skorton joined more than 50 students for tea and cookies in the Memorial Room of Willard Straight Hall to talk about successes and failures throughout his life Tuesday. 

Despite market volatility and increased operational costs, Cornell Dining has attempted to keep prices low for its coffee products, according to Karen Brown, director of marketing and communications for Campus Life. 

Harry Flager reviews a new waffle restaurant in the Commons.

A group of recently unionized Ithaca Coffee Company employees has decided to cancel an election that could have allowed them to collectively bargain with the company, in favor of a "community campaign."

With a Starbucks in Collegetown and the locally beloved Collegetown Bagels down the street, it isn’t surprising that every day thousands of Cornellians give in to temptation and order a delicious, steaming cup of Joe. Many of them have been told that the caffeine in coffee is unhealthy, and that it may lead to high blood pressure. But how much truth is there to those accusations directed at this seemingly innocent drink? What really is the science behind caffeine?

With prelim season upon us — and the cruel February winds driving our minds to Cancun and our bodies into the surrogate warmth of Libe Café — it is the time to remember our humanoid ancestor who first harnessed fire. We would certainly be stuck from a culinary standpoint without such a breakthrough, since many of the tastiest foods are cooked. While we may be able to get by on apples and tree bark for a little while, life without hamburgers and apple pie would be just plain un-American. And so, this article goes out to our ambiguously gendered ancestor Og, for without him (her?) we would be without a couple of hot (and historic) beverages.

So why are you here [in Libe Café] socializing when everyone else here is working?

That’s a good question. It’s because I spend a significant amount of my time in Olin studying so I like to mix it up with some Libe Café time. It’s a good pit stop especially in this weather. I like to get my dose of coffee here, too.

How many cups of coffee do you a drink a day?

[Silence] I’m counting. … I’m going to go ahead and say three on a good day.

Since you study international relations, do you plan to do a study abroad?