The Cornell women’s basketball team will hit the road for the first time this season on Friday night, when it travels to Chicago, Ill. to take on the No. 17 DePaul Blue Demons in the second game of the Maggie Dixon Classic. The game, which is scheduled to tip-off at 7:30 p.m.

The Cornell Organization for Labor Action and the Cornell Students Against Sweatshops are joining student activists nationwide in celebration of what The New York Times called the student anti-sweatshop movement’s “biggest victory by far.”

Cornell is once again experiencing an increase in the number of cases of likely H1N1 influenza, according to University health officials.

The Arts and Sciences Reimagining Cornell Task Force Report, released on Nov. 6, outlined potential plans that could alleviate the college’s financial burdens as well as improve the quality and efficiency of its teaching and research.

“Last winter there were too many questions. Now there are clearer things to work on,” Dean Peter Lepage said.

Local farmland alleged to be a Native American burial ground was partially bulldozed to make way for a manure storage tank, but work in the area has been halted thanks in part to the work of a Cornell professor.

The Cornell University Police Department and Ithaca Police Department will start jointly patrolling campus, Collegetown and other nearby areas, the University announced yesterday.

The joint patrols — usually reserved for large events like Orientation Week, Slope Day and Senior Week — are a response to a rash of crimes reported near Cornell’s campus.

Cornell men’s and women’s squash open their seasons tomorrow at the Belkin International Squash Courts, with three consecutive days of matches.

In a statement following the Yankees’ World Series clinching victory, in classic Steinbrenner fashion, The Boss said simply, “The quest for Number 28 begins.”

Part fantasy sports, part spending spree, and part defense against guilt-trips, welcome to the Yankees Offseason.

Returning to the same room where he once took exams, Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III law ’80 addressed Cornell Law Students about current pressing defense issues such as Guantanamo Bay and the novel threat of cyber warfare, stressing the advantages that his background in law training provides.

A listen to Mumford and Sons debut LP, Sigh No More, undeniably recalls the sounds of Arcade Fire, Beirut, Kings of Leon, Noah and the Whale, Fleet Foxes or Damien Rice at one time or another. If you like any of those groups, then there’s a huge chance you’ll love at least one song by these barely 20-something Brits.