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February 21, 2002

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Get Your Gold, Korfballers

By wpengine | February 21, 2002

The year is 1920 and you are waiting for your event to begin while chugging a cold one and slicing a juicy piece of meat from a roasted carcass. The place is Antwerp, Belgium —

S.A. Approves Distribution of Free Papers

By wpengine February 22, 2002

Don’t be surprised if shortly after Spring Break you see someone picking up a copy of the New York Times, USA Today or the Ithaca Journal without paying. Last night, the Student Assembly (S.A.) approved a four-week pilot program to offer those papers free to students in residential halls as well as Trillium dining and at the Straight. The free trial period is part of the College Newspaper Readership Program, which currently sells papers at a discount rate in bulk to 185 colleges nationwide. The program is designed to encourage readership among college students; after four weeks, membership in the program is paid for by the student government or the administration. “We get four weeks of free papers. Who can disagree with that?” asked Michael Moschella ’02, vice president for finance. The program has attracted opponents among campus newspapers at the University of Louisiana at Layfette, Western Michigan University, Vanderbilt University and Pennsylvania State University, according to an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Papers at those schools have cited concerns about lost advertising revenue and decreased circulation because of the program. “What we’re proposing is simply a pilot program,” said Robin Irwin, regional marketing manager for USA Today. “We have worked with other school papers and they have worked well with us.” Representatives of The Sun attended at the meeting to express their concerns about the program. The Daily Collegian, the student newspaper at Pennsylvania State University, reported a 9 percent drop in circulation following the implementation of the program, The Wall Street Journal reported. Still unclear is what will happen when the pilot program ends and the free papers stop. When the S.A. debated this issue in November 2000, a representative from The New York Times estimated that the papers would cost $10 to $13 per student per semester. He added that the University had told him that it would likely not fund the program. “When something is given to you for free, it is harder for it to be taken away,” said Daniel Braun ’04, Arts & Sciences representative. A permanent readership program would likely be funded by a combination of the student activity fee, the office of the Dean of Students and the office of Campus Life, according to Moschella. The S.A. plans to measure the trial program’s success at its conclusion and then choose whether to begin paying for the complete program. The S.A. also unanimously passed a resolution commending Travis Mayer ’05 and Hanna Hardaway ’03. Mayer won the silver medal in the men’s freestyle skiing competition and Hardaway came in fifth place in the women’s. Esther Tang ’04, Hotel representative, announced that effective today, Ezra’s, the coffee and snack shop in Community Commons, would close due to a lack of student patronage.Archived article by Peter Norlander
Fencers Expect Tough Weekend

By wpengine February 22, 2002

The fencing team is looking forward to its toughest weekend to date. It will be facing four of the strongest teams in the NCAA. Penn State finished second in the NCAA championships last year and was the NCAA champion the previous four years. Cornell is also matched against rivals Penn, Columbia, and Temple. Head coach Al Peters is confident his team will play well coming off a bye week. “[The team has] trained very well and it’s always fun to go out and fence against the best,” stated Peters. Senior Tara Hatami, the foil team captain, enthusiastically agreed. “Everyone will fence well, because everyone has been practicing really hard. [The meet is a] good test of how far we’ve come. [It would] be nice to finish strong,” she said. Penn State is a powerhouse in the collegiate fencing community, but Cornell senior epee captain Patricia Blumenauer believes the Red can have some success. “We can do SELl if we’re on top of our game,” she commented. She stated that the team has been practicing vigorously during the past two weeks in anticipation of challenging a potential NCAA champion. “[It’s an opportunity to] boost individual records, which will look good for regionals,” said Blumenauer. Home-Court Advantage Penn, which is hosting the match, should enjoy the advantage of being the home team. Temple, the other Philadelphia school at the contest, should also have fans present. The match begins tomorrow morning.Archived article by Joe Licitra