Opinion
SECTION I: MULTIPLE CHOICE (5 pts ea.)
April 30, 2009 - 11:00pm
The end of the school year is finally here and it’s time for your Sun final exam! Match each question to its correct answer. One quarter of a point will be deducted for wrong guesses. If the total number of correct answers falls on a prime number, 100 extra points will be awarded, unless that prime number is greater than 12. If you’ve laughed at one of my lame jokes in the past month, 5 pts will be deducted for shameless brown-nosing. Please DO NOT move on to the essay question until all your peers have finished this section, otherwise the smart kids practically obliterate the legacies on the essay section. Please use a No. 2 pencil; absolutely no answers written with ink or number 1 or 3 pencils we be graded. But other even numbered pencils will receive partial credit.
1. Which of the following is not true about Rem Koolhaas’ new multimillion dollar building (Milstein Hall)?
a. It’s a box
b. It hangs over a road
c. It follows fire code
d. Square-foot per square-foot. it’s more expensive than an ultra-green bio lab
e. All of the above
2. Which of the following is not an example of a single-degree program at Cornell?
a. A combined fine arts and art history major
b. A combined architecture and engineering major
c. A combined city and regional planning and government major
d. A combined art and computer science major
e. All of the above
3. Which of the following did not occur this year?
a. Angry pro-Israel people tore out signs on the Arts Quad, calling them biased and then rearranged 1,300 flags representing dead people into a Star of David
b. Angry pro-Palestine people tore out signs on the Arts Quad, calling them biased and then rearranged flags representing 13 dead people into a crescent
4. Who is this year’s commencement speaker?
a. Maya Angelou
b. Bill Clinton
c. Keith Olbermann
d. David Ploufe (hahahaha … wait, really?)
5. Which of the following was scooped by the Sun?
a. A Sun reporter leaked information on the new financial aid package
b. A Sun reporter figured out who rearranged the flags on the Arts Quad
c. A Sun reporter figured out the Pussy Cat Dolls were coming for Slope Day
d. A Sun reporter leaked the decision to close the Knight Visual Resources Center
6. Which of the following will Cornell University soon not have:
a. A College of People who want to run hotels
b. Plantations
c. A brand new sailing center
d. A science library
e. None of the above
7. What did the S.A. do this year?
a. Nothing
b. Student Activity fee appropriation, then nothing
c. Campaign chalkings, student activity fee appropriation, then nothing
d. Legalization of coke on campus
e. Both C and D
8. Which of the following is true? 40 years after the Straight takeover …
a. … the number of black students is on par with the national population
b. … the number of black students is higher than at most peer institutions
c. … the number of black students is higher than at Dartmouth
9. The Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics …
a. … was merged into the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in an attempt to boost rankings by following the standard engineering school formula
b. … was falsely termed “the department of Theoretical and Mechanical Engineering” by both a Sun and a Cornell Progressive editorial, proving engineers don’t write for newspapers
c. … has absolutely no practical benefits and can’t garner research funding, and therefore should be merged with the English department
d. Both a and b
10. Which of the following is false:
a. Dr. Zev Rosenwaks, at Weill Cornell’s Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility earned $3,149,376 in one year
b. The average university football coach makes over $1 million a year
c. President David Skorton earned $730,000 in one year
d. All full time staff at Cornell earn a living wage
e. None of the above
11. Which of the following was cut:
a. The Equestrian Team
b. The Department of Viticulture and Enology
c. Dutch and Swedish
d. The Department of Naval Science
e. All of the above
12. Which of the following is false about the Pussy Cat Dolls?
a. They started as a Burlesqe Group
b. Their song “Don’t Cha” plays in the video game: The Sims 2: Pets
c. The guitarist went to Cornell, and the band’s from Geneva, New York
d. They’ve negotiated a deal with Estee Lauder for a line of cosmetics
13. Chris Donohoe ’09 was removed from a leadership position in Chi Alpha Christian group for:
a. Violating the academic code of integrity
b. Illegally downloading movies off of DC++
c. Passing out drunk in Sage Chapel
d. Acknowledging that being born gay is not a sin
e. Overdue library books
The end of the school year is finally here and it’s time for your Sun final exam! Match each question to its correct answer. One quarter of a point will be deducted for wrong guesses. If the total number of correct answers falls on a prime number, 100 extra points will be awarded, unless that prime number is greater than 12. If you’ve laughed at one of my lame jokes in the past month, 5 pts will be deducted for shameless brown-nosing. Please DO NOT move on to the essay question until all your peers have finished this section, otherwise the smart kids practically obliterate the legacies on the essay section. Please use a No. 2 pencil; absolutely no answers written with ink or number 1 or 3 pencils we be graded. But other even numbered pencils will receive partial credit.
1. Which of the following is not true about Rem Koolhaas’ new multimillion dollar building (Milstein Hall)?
a. It’s a box
b. It hangs over a road
c. It follows fire code
d. Square-foot per square-foot. it’s more expensive than an ultra-green bio lab
e. All of the above
2. Which of the following is not an example of a single-degree program at Cornell?
a. A combined fine arts and art history major
b. A combined architecture and engineering major
c. A combined city and regional planning and government major
d. A combined art and computer science major
e. All of the above
3. Which of the following did not occur this year?
a. Angry pro-Israel people tore out signs on the Arts Quad, calling them biased and then rearranged 1,300 flags representing dead people into a Star of David
b. Angry pro-Palestine people tore out signs on the Arts Quad, calling them biased and then rearranged flags representing 13 dead people into a crescent
4. Who is this year’s commencement speaker?
a. Maya Angelou
b. Bill Clinton
c. Keith Olbermann
d. David Ploufe (hahahaha … wait, really?)
5. Which of the following was scooped by the Sun?
a. A Sun reporter leaked information on the new financial aid package
b. A Sun reporter figured out who rearranged the flags on the Arts Quad
c. A Sun reporter figured out the Pussy Cat Dolls were coming for Slope Day
d. A Sun reporter leaked the decision to close the Knight Visual Resources Center
6. Which of the following will Cornell University soon not have:
a. A College of People who want to run hotels
b. Plantations
c. A brand new sailing center
d. A science library
e. None of the above
7. What did the S.A. do this year?
a. Nothing
b. Student Activity fee appropriation, then nothing
c. Campaign chalkings, student activity fee appropriation, then nothing
d. Legalization of coke on campus
e. Both C and D
8. Which of the following is true? 40 years after the Straight takeover …
a. … the number of black students is on par with the national population
b. … the number of black students is higher than at most peer institutions
c. … the number of black students is higher than at Dartmouth
9. The Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics …
a. … was merged into the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in an attempt to boost rankings by following the standard engineering school formula
b. … was falsely termed “the department of Theoretical and Mechanical Engineering” by both a Sun and a Cornell Progressive editorial, proving engineers don’t write for newspapers
c. … has absolutely no practical benefits and can’t garner research funding, and therefore should be merged with the English department
d. Both a and b
10. Which of the following is false:
a. Dr. Zev Rosenwaks, at Weill Cornell’s Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility earned $3,149,376 in one year
b. The average university football coach makes over $1 million a year
c. President David Skorton earned $730,000 in one year
d. All full time staff at Cornell earn a living wage
e. None of the above
11. Which of the following was cut:
a. The Equestrian Team
b. The Department of Viticulture and Enology
c. Dutch and Swedish
d. The Department of Naval Science
e. All of the above
12. Which of the following is false about the Pussy Cat Dolls?
a. They started as a Burlesqe Group
b. Their song “Don’t Cha” plays in the video game: The Sims 2: Pets
c. The guitarist went to Cornell, and the band’s from Geneva, New York
d. They’ve negotiated a deal with Estee Lauder for a line of cosmetics
13. Chris Donohoe ’09 was removed from a leadership position in Chi Alpha Christian group for:
a. Violating the academic code of integrity
b. Illegally downloading movies off of DC++
c. Passing out drunk in Sage Chapel
d. Acknowledging that being born gay is not a sin
e. Overdue library books