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February 3, 2004

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Track Runs Past Harvard, Brown

By wpengine | February 3, 2004

The Red track program is thriving midseason, posting back-to-back dominant weekend performances against both local and Ivy League foes, most recently on Saturday against Brown and Harvard in Cambridge.

Men

The men’s squad, led by junior Ryan Schmidt, who won the long jump and placed third in the triple jump, was overwhelming in this weekend’s meet, finishing with a score of 90.5. Brown finished with 53.5 points and Harvard scored just 23.0. Schmidt, along with seniors Tyler Kaune, and Jason Hart, as well as sophomore Vito Spadafino swept the long jump event.

“Each one of our captains does a good job of rallying the guys in his event area,” head coach Nathan Taylor said. “Leadership from the team’s captains is an important priority.”

Amid the successes of the day, a theme was the strong performances of the team’s freshmen, including Matt Strasberg, who won the 1000-meter, with an IC4A qualifying time. Kofi Ofori-Ansah won the triple jump with a jump of 15.23 meters, and David Pell took second in the high jump with a clearance of 2.06 meters. Senior captain Rahim Wooley won the 60-meter dash with a solid time of 7.00.

Women

Keeping pace with the men’s blazing exhibition, the women’s squad failed to disappoint, topping Brown’s 38 and Harvard’s 24. The Red totaled 96 points for the day, including eight of 13 first-place finishes en route to the victory.

There were many bright stars to note from Saturday’s action, including Hannah Garrity, who took home first-place finishes in both the 200-meter and 60-meter dashes with times of 25.36 and 8.70 seconds, respectively.

In other track events, Sarah Coseo won the one mile with a 4:57.09 time, while Shonda Brown, Megan Statkewicz, and Linda Trotter netted the top-three finishes in the 400 with times of 56.66, 56.98 and 57.90, respectively. Jessica Brown finished first in the 800, with a 2:12.50 mark, while teammate Natalie Gingerich placed third. Stephanie King was second in the 60-meter hurdle, while Emily McCabe finished third in the 3000 with a time of 10:08.15.

The team will travel to Yale this upcoming week and continue to prepare for the Heps championship.

Archived article by Josh Fox

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TCAT Reroutes Buses Through University Ave.

By wpengine February 4, 2004

The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit has responded to a slew of complaints from Buffalo St. residents and altered one of its regular bus routes on Monday. The popularly-traveled Route 10 will no longer make the frequent trips up Buffalo Street that initially prompted complaints. It will, instead, travel the length of University Ave., making three additional stops along the way. According to Nancy Oltz, manager of operations and maintenance for TCAT, Buffalo St. residents were exasperated with the frequent bus trips that occurred on a daily basis. “We started getting complaints from residents of Buffalo St. because busses came up the road every ten minutes,” Oltz said. Frustrations culminated when Buffalo St. residents voiced their complaints at a TCAT board meeting. Presenting a petition that was signed by numerous members of the neighborhood, they demanded that the route be re-worked. Changes When TCAT managers and directors sat down to reroute the transit service in question, they noticed that University Ave. had no bus stops. In addition, they noticed a number of residential areas on the avenue, including apartment complexes, fraternity houses and rental houses that comprised an untapped transportation market. With this in mind, they redrew Route 10 to run along University Ave., and eliminated the route’s path up Buffalo St. “When we were looking at the Route 10 area, we saw the opportunity to provide service for an area that, at the time, had no service,” Oltz said. The new Route 10, which began its service on Monday, includes three stops on University Ave.: at University Ave. and Linn St., University and Cornell Avenues. and at University Ave. and Lake St. Busses on this route depart from the Seneca St. bus shelter every ten minutes, and, in accordance with existing TCAT policy, passengers can board and disembark the bus at various points while traveling. While the new route eliminates many trips up Buffalo Street and provides three new stops, it also removes the Route 10 stop in front of The Chapter House on Stewart Ave. Responding to objection from Stewart Ave. residents, Oltz called attention to the other bus routes that stop there. “There were already a number of routes traveling from Green Street to campus,” she said. “While that area already had service, we took the opportunity to provide service on University Ave., where there was previously none.” In last Friday’s Ithaca Journal, Rod Ghearing, TCAT CEO and general manager, estimated that 119,000 Ithacans used the Route 10 service, a large number of whom, were students, using the bus to travel to and from campus. In a statement issued to the Cornell News Service, he predicted that the rerouted service would continue to regularly serve high volumes of passengers. “This improved Route 10 will provide TCAT options form many hundreds of potential new riders,” Ghearing said.Archived article by Ellen Miller
Externships Match Alumni, Students

By wpengine February 4, 2004

What are you going to do with that Cornell degree after you graduate? What are you going to do with a major like that? Where do you see yourself next year? These are questions which every Cornell student has heard at some point or another. One program which may offer some answers, however, is the Cornell Extern Program. Started in 1990 as a career exploration program for students in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Cornell Extern program was designed to pair students with college alums working in career fields of interest. Chrissie Schelhas-Miller, director of the Carol Tatkon Center, was the program’s first administrator. With the support of Lynn Abel and Glenn Altschuler, former associate deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, the program was piloted with 50 students. Today, Nancy Law ’84, assistant director of employer relations and alumni volunteer programs, administers the program. It has grown to include students from a wide range of majors and career interests, including those outside of the College of Arts and Sciences. Of the 475 students that applied, 403 were placed in 2004 winter externships. “The goal of the program is to provide students with a glimpse into the reality of an organization,” said Law. “They make a career decision based on first-hand knowledge rather than what they are reading or hearing about.” Students can intern with doctors, lawyers, filmmakers, teachers, advertisers — and the list goes on. Demetra Dentes, senior associate director of employer and alumni relations, wrote in an e-mail, “students have been to the White House to shadow a presidential advisor, to the Virgin Islands to paint with an artist, to hospitals and doctors’ offices around the country, to courtrooms on the East and West Coasts, [and] to count bald eagles in Montana.” The program finds sponsors among many Cornell alumni who, in many cases, were at some point in their lives just as undecided as you are about their plans after graduation. Albert Podell ’56, a Cornell externship sponsor for the past ten years, said that he wished such an opportunity had been available to him when he attended Cornell. “I was poking around for 14 years with different careers until I decided that I wanted to be an attorney. I was an editor for Playboy, I specialized in advertising and did an expedition around the world and wrote a book about it,” said Podell. Barton Mills ’64, an externship sponsor for the past four years, said that while attending Cornell, “I had this sort of willful blindness about life after graduation. I just didn’t want to think about it.” Mills added that he did know that he wanted to become a journalist, however, “I would have known what kind of journalist I wanted to be if I had actually seen them in action.” With the externship program, Cornell alumni are eager and enthusiastic to show students what it is like to work in their profession. Some sponsors may even offer housing or transportation to help. Podell, who owns a law firm, expressed his motivation for working with student externs. “I love it. I feel I can leave a lasting legacy, [it’s] a wonderfully rewarding feeling,” he said. Mills, a freelance journalist and co-owner of Mills Syndicate in Manhattan Beach, CA., said, “I get a shot in the arm talking to students. They are so enthusiastic. Far too few students take advantage of an opportunity like this.” Externships for sophomores, juniors, and seniors occur over winter break and can run anywhere from one day to two weeks. Freshman externships are held during spring break. Students returned from externships this past winter break with plenty to say about their experiences. John Chu ’05, a communications major, externed at Risk Management Magazine for five days. During that time Chu spent three days working and two days talking with his sponsor. “I got to work hands-on and really find out what it really feels like to work in that field. I was lucky enough to write, edit and publish an article,” he said. Anna Ying-Hsi Chen ’04, a biology major, externed with a teacher at R.C. Buckley School in Lansing, NY. Chen, who is thinking about becoming a pediatrician, wanted to get more experience with kids. She said that she now “is just so connected with the kids … that I am going to go back and visit them sometimes.” Economics major Dana Diament ’05 flew from New Jersey to Florida for an externship with Congressperson Kathryn Harris, whose district director was Diament’s Cornell sponsor. Diament spoke to constituents, researched constituent problems, and attended the dedication of a veteran’s home. Her externship lasted for three days and she said that in those three days she learned a lot. “It was definitely worth [flying] down there,” she said. Diament is interested in public policy and was not necessarily interested in running for office. She wanted to get hands-on experience with what government actually does. Diament was also happy with her sponsor, describing her as “really friendly, flexible, accommodating and thorough. She answered all my questions, [and] gave me a tour of the office. She was really good. There were no awkward moments.” Sophomores, juniors, and seniors can find information about the program at the Cornell Career Services website every year around the beginning of October in order to apply and meet a deadline that is usually in November. Freshmen can apply now. Law said, “most people come back with a lot of great stories about all that they learned and the connections they made. Some students will end up getting an interview if they really make an impact.” Archived article by Ikea Hamilton