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October 17, 2003

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Crews Row at Head of the Charles

By wpengine | October 17, 2003

The crew intends to build upon the strong starts made at last weekend’s Head of the Ohio at this weekend’s Head of the Charles in Boston, Mass. The Red will face stiff competition in the waters of the Charles; the regatta is the marquee event for the fall race season. It attracts not only the top collegiate boats in the nation but also some of the best teams in the world, including last year’s world champion — the Canadian men’s national team.

“The level of competition is pretty much the best there is,” said men’s heavyweight coach Dan Roock. “The Head of the Charles is a race against anyone and everyone

NPC Honors Cornell Panhel

By wpengine October 20, 2003

This past Saturday Meghan Dubyak ’04, president of the Cornell Panhellenic Council, traveled to Rancho Mirage, Calif. to accept the National Panhellenic Council’s Award for Overall Excellence on behalf of Cornell’s chapter. The award, presented at the council’s Biennial Conference, is the highest honor given by the NPC, an organization that is represented on over 620 college and university campuses. “I am obviously very pleased that we were presented this prestigious award,” Dubyak said. “It shows the progress we’ve made in following NPC and NPC’s unanimous agreements.” Dubyak worked with Sarah Pettengill ’04, vice president of finance for Panhel, to put together application materials last April. “We spent about 6 hours each before we got together. The night before, Meghan and I were up until 4 a.m.,” Pettengill said. “We worked for about 16 hours just on the awards packet. All of the officers put together different pieces.” The final application included a NPC application as well as the council’s constitution, membership recruitment rules, code of ethics and alchohol-free social activities resolution. Both Dubyak and Pettengill worked together to compile an accurate account of all programing for the past two years using letters from advisors and individual accounts of success within Cornell’s sorority system. The Award for Overall Excellence is an honor given to only three recipients, each according to the size of their sorority system. Cornell received the highest NPC award for its system of over 10 sororities. Birmingham Southern College accepted the award for campuses with six to ten sororities while New Mexico State took home the award for two to five sororities. The award ceremony was part of a five-day conference held by NPC that also included delegate voting on resolutions. Dubyak accepted the award from Lynne Chambers, a Chi Omega sorority representative, who co-sponsored the award. There was “no connection to Chi Omega’s position at Cornell,” according to Dubyak, although Dubyak did speak with chapter representatives over the weekend. Besides applying for the overall excellence award, Panhel also applied for recruitment, scholarship, leadership and public relations. “We had not won this particular award before,” Pettengill said. “According to our records … we have applied before so it was exciting,” Pettengill said. As for the future, Dubyak hopes it will “push us to continue to strive for excellence in our programming.” Indeed, Pettengill hopes the award will allow Panhel to continue with the very programming the award praised them for. “Right now the NPC is doing a lot to work with us. I think the award proved that we are a strong chapter,” she said. Dubyak acknowledged that all eyes within the NPC will now be turned on Cornell because of the award. “With the award comes a certain responsibility. Cornell is going to be considered in the NPC community at large.”Archived article by Logan Bromer
How Students Get Home

By wpengine October 20, 2003

The prospect of getting away from Cornell tingles in the air weeks before fall break begins. Yet Cornell’s 19,575 students all have to find ways of getting back home. With the student ride boards full of requests, many Cornell students look for more secure methods of transportation. Bus services, planes and rides from friends are among the most popular choices for students seeking a way to leave the Ithaca area. The CB-Bus service, started in 1995 by the mother of a Cornell student, is one of the ways that many Maryland-bound Cornellians choose to take home. With stops on North and West Campuses and Collegetown, the bus offers direct transportation to the Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Md. Over the years, the popularity of the CB-Bus has grown dramatically. “It started with only one bus, but has grown to include Thanksgiving and Spring Break,” said Elyse Grossman ’05, student coordinator for the bus. In addition to the increased number of bus rides each year, each bus is normally filled to capacity, although Grossman said that “usually fall and winter break sell out immediately after ticket sales begin.” Future generations of Cornell students should be able to count on the CB-Bus for convenient rides home, as Grossman said the service “hopes to continue.” Fast and fun, the bus service is “really cool. You get to meet people from the area, and it’s like one giant party,” Grossman said. For students who don’t want to take the bus or pay for expensive plane tickets, rides from other students with cars can be the best option for the trip home. The Cornell ride board allows students to request and post opportunities for rides online. Often, obscure connections provide students with a ride. Emma Hamme ’07 received a ride from “my friend’s friend’s apartment-mate’s frat brother.” In exchange for gas money, Hamme was able to obtain a ride that was “from the same town … [and] there on time.” Often cheaper then public transportation, many Cornell students opt to give and use rides from each other. While many Cornellians find it easy to get home for the fall break, it’s often inconvenient for West-coast and international students to go home. Unless they are willing to spend money on long-distance plane rides, these students hang around campus for the break while their friends leave. “It’s definitely tough, especially when I saw the other people packing,” said Jane Jeong ’07. From Korea but living in China, Jeong can look forward to going home for the long winter break when she will “definitely take a plane.” But no matter where or how students spent there fall break, the long weekend was certainly a welcome respite from the rigors and stress of Cornell academics. Archived article by Sarah Van Duyn