Any Person, Any Husband?

The ice has slowly melted, and that can only mean a few things: sangria at Collegetown Bagels, Crocs without the fur, and above all, the springtime of young love. Yet those exposing their fleshy behinds to Cupid’s bow in the next few weeks might be disappointed to learn that at Cornell, Spring Fever is not quite so contagious as is commonly thought.

One of the campus’ most pervasive comfort tales is the alleged marriage rate among Cornell grads — sometimes said to be as high as 50 or 60 percent. This statistic has always struck me as awfully high, and with only a few weeks remaining before graduation — and spousal prospects looking as slim as the job search — I decided to don my “Mythbusters” beret, and debunk this conjecture.