The Sun provides the light that we need to live, but beneath its warmth lies a potentially dark and destructive side. In this week's special issue we investigated the science behind solar storms.

The Hanrath Energy laboratory, also known as the Hanrath Group, combats one of the biggest obstacles that marketable solar energy technology faces: cost. Led by Prof.

Can solar power really solve the issue of fossil fuels? Are solar cells economically efficient? And how do they build those solar panels anyway? New Cornell research strives to transform solar technology, using newer, cheaper materials to generate renewable energy.

The Sun will not publish today, Sept. 1, in observance of the Labor Day holiday in the United States. Please stay with us here on CornellSun.com for the latest updates on breaking news across campus and around the world.

To our visitors that have the day off: may your holiday be enjoyable. To our fellow students: enjoy your classes!

— CRB

Summertime, and the livin’ is easy! Your dedicated Sun editors are currently scattered across the US (and beyond) enjoying a much needed reprieve from Cornell prelims and endless “Sunny” nights putting together Ithaca’s favorite morning Daily.

Despite these large distances, e-mails have been whizzing over the heartland as we take this break from publication to examine the basic elements of the sun and how to improve them. One fun little project I’ve been working on for the past couple days is a logo for a new blog covering developments in the departure of Provost Biddy Martin.

Alright people. It’s time for me to confess a dirty little secret. I am a Capricorn… no, not a casual Capricorn— a hard core, anal retentive, pica wielding, algebra-double-checking, relationship-controlling Capricorn. During this stressful time in the life of Cornellians we call “finals week”, I please my anal desires (tehehehe) by making a detailed study schedule.

When a page designer makes a schedule, it of course has to reflect all his design fetishes. For me, it’s neat, clean cut boxes, with gentle shades of green, punctuated by rich bloody red. My font of choice? California FB— light and springy, like the weather that beckons from beyond the library walls.