While some Cornell students look for “employability” in their choice of major, many students, particularly freshmen, also take personal interests into account when determining a course of study to pursue — and that, some Cornell officials say, is a good thing.

Despite its rigorous workload, the international relations minor has increased in popularity among students, leading administrators to consider changing the I.R. minor into a major in “global affairs.”

Patricia Kim '14 discusses the pressure to choose a career path at 18, the reality that most of us don't have it figured out yet and the fact that we will. 

I’d like to talk about the poor emphasis higher education has placed on math and science. Before you write this off as another economics column a la mode Thomas Friedman, hear this: I’m leaving the economy out of this one, and instead I’m going to try and convince you merely that your classic liberal arts education has failed you intellectually. Sound good? No comparing paychecks, no “useful” versus “non-useful” or “hard” versus “easy.” We’re keeping this above the belt and speaking solely of intellectual merit. Alright let’s get started.

To the Editor:

Re: “A Disappearing Haven for Humanists” and “Looking Beyond Our Own Bums,” Opinion, March 4

I’ll be clear. It is more exciting for me to talk to someone who mentions Keats without stammering than someone who starts a conversation effusive about stock splits, but do I really think that because someone would rather study AEM than art history they are somehow destined for a life of emotional bankruptcy in an expensive apartment?