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November 30, 2000

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Women's Hockey Team Lends a Helping Hand

By ryan | November 30, 2000

Ok, so they may not be Wayne Gretzky

Continental Airlines to Land in Ithaca

By ryan December 1, 2000

Starting this holiday season, students will have more options when they fly from Tompkins County Airport, as the Continental Connection adds services to the Ithaca area. The airline celebrated the start of the new routes yesterday with a reception hosted by the airport. The flights, which begin tomorrow, “will include nine flights a day to Boston, Elmira and Washington D.C./Dulles airports,” according to Continental Connections representative Susan Gorski. Commutair, an affiliate company of Continental Airlines based in Plattsburg, N.Y., runs Continental Connections. President and CEO of Commutair, Andrew Price, accompanied the first Continental Connection flight as it flew from Elmira to Ithaca late yesterday afternoon. “We have experience in the New York area,” Price said about the decision to start flights to Ithaca. “We felt we could make a go of it.” As Continental Connection settles into Tompkins County Airport, airport manager Robert Nicholas says he is looking forward to the expansion of the airline’s flights and the competition it will create. “We’re hoping that as they [Continental Connections] becomes established here, we can look at service to other areas,” Nicholas said, noting Cleveland and Newark as two possible future destinations. “It is an opportunity we’ll press for in the future.” U.S. Airways, the only airline currently serving Tompkins County Airport, will face competition from the new airline. Nicholas noted that the main competition between the airlines will be on the nonstop flight to Boston because, “with first-time competition, people start to pay attention to the prices of the tickets.” While Cornell students are traveling for the holidays, Continental Connections will be in the first weeks of its service, adding its flights from Ithaca to the 300 other daily Continental Connections flights in 22 cities. Like Price, Nicholas says he is confident that there is a place for Continental Connections in the future of Tompkins County Airport. “We know there’s a guaranteed market,” he said.Archived article by Kate Cooper
W. Swimmers Head to Pa.

By ryan December 1, 2000

After a tough loss to Ivy rivals Penn and Princeton, the Cornell women’s swimming and diving team looks to rebound this weekend at the Penn State Invitational. At Teagle Hall Nov. 18, the Red lost to the Quakers by a score of 185-115, and 167-122 to the always tough Tigers. Also over the winter break, the women will return to Ithaca early to swim against Yale on Jan. 14, then travel to Londonville, N.Y., to face Siena and Binghamton on Jan. 17. The Red is off to a slow start this year with a 1-3 overall record in the Ivies, with its only win coming against Dartmouth (218-81) on Nov. 11. There have been many stars though throughout the season. Sophomore Courtney Tawresey has won three individual events. She leads the Red in individual victories. As for the divers, senior Lisa Dughi and sophomore Elizabeth Druy have made a significant contributions to the overall scores for the squad. Dughi won the 1-meter dive against Harvard and Dartmouth with a score of 250.10, with Druy finishing third in the 3-meter in both of the women’s meets. The men are off this weekend, coming off an out-of-conference win against Binghamton last Tuesday, but will return to action on Jan. 13, when they travel to New Haven to face-off with Yale and Navy. The Red will also face Army over the break, at Teagle, on Jan. 20. The men are also off to a somewhat slow start with an overall record of 1-2 (0-2 Ivy). Cornell won eight out of the 13 total events at Binghamton, defeating the Bearcats in only 57 minutes. The first meet after the break for the men and women will be at Colgate on Jan. 27.Archived article by Josh Vlasto