Claiming 40 million lives, the Great Chinese Famine of 1958-1961 was one of history's worst disasters. Kai Sam Ng '14 reviews Yang Jisheng's indisputably upsetting and strikingly written account, which has been banned in China. This weighty tome is a read to remember.
Kaitlyn Tiffany '15 attempts to digest the lessons and wisdom that legendary poet Seamus Heaney shared with Cornell students at two events last Thursday and Friday.
Professors, students and other Cornellians called this weekend for recognition of Prof. Mary Beth Norton, history, as a scholar who defined the study of the American Revolution.
When Dale Corson became Cornell’s eighth president on Sept. 5, 1969, he inherited a university rife with tension, torn by new demands to include women and minorities on campus. Eight years later, at the end of his tenure, Cornell was virtually unrecognizable, faculty and administrators said.
Seeing the world as a study abroad student is completely different from any other travel experience. You’re not only on your own to organize trips, but you end up traveling to an obscene number of places in your four to five month stay on a foreign continent. Mostly overlooked on a brief stay in Dublin is Kilmainham Gaol, a prison from the late 18th century into the early 20th century.
Information from the University Registrar indicates that the number of degrees awarded in the humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences has plummeted over the last five years. College administrators, though, point out that the number of humanities majors has grown steadily when viewed from decade to decade.
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