The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/page/3/?s=remember+the+ladies)
By MICHAEL MAUER
A few weeks ago I wrote a post covering this season’s anime and what I thought looked good. My overall impression basically boiled down to “It’s all sequels plus a few interesting shows. But not as good as last season.” Having just caught up on some shows from this season, I need to revisit that opinion. Because there is some pretty awesome stuff coming out right now. Remember how I said not to judge a book by its cover in that post?
By CHRISTO ELIOT
“And my whole crew is lounging
Celebrating every day, no more public housing
Thinking back to my one-room shack
Now my moms pimps a Ac with minks on her back”
– The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher George Latore Wallace, who most of us know by the moniker The Notorious B.I.G., grew up in a single bedroom, subsidized housing project in the Brooklyn neighborhood, Bedford-Stuyvesant. Today the tree-lined streets of Bed-Stuy are wearing the after effects of gentrification, with renovated brownstones purchased largely by outsiders attracted by the affordability of houses in the area and a crime rate that has declined substantially since the days of of the late 20th century. In the 1980s, Bed-Stuy was struck with the same crack cocaine epidemic that plagued so many major American cities. Born in 1972, Biggie was 12 years old when he was swept into the trade and began to pedal the drug. Future undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world Mike Tyson grew up in the same streets and frequently fought with classmates and contemporaries who made fun of his lisp growing up.
By BEN DENSON
Remember me. Remember me for something. Remember me for greatness or futility, for breaking records or breaking barriers, for love or hate. Please don’t let me be average. Mediocrity breeds forgetfulness.
By DEON THOMAS
Being a member of Greek life, I’ve had many interesting conversation with members of other fraternities. In these conversations I’ve noticed a certain number of trends. At parties and especially under the influence of alcohol I’ve heard men and women speak very disrespectfully of women. I have also seen my fair share of derogatory mixer names such as “G.I. Joes and Army Hos.” Lastly, and perhaps the most revealing trend I’ve noticed has been guys complaining about the girls at the party in everything from their the way the dress, how boring they may be, how tame they are acting, which commonly alludes to how willing they are to “put out.” Putting out meaning how willing a girl may or may not be to engage in sexual actions. After noticing these trends I did as any worthy columnist should do: I investigated.
By DONNY J.
Hello loyal readers, I’m back from my month-long literary hiatus. Hope you all have been having the best sex of your lives (or at least, for now). Here at Sex on Thursdays, we’re all about advice and funny experiences. Is it possible, however, that we’ve been overlooking key areas of sex? I mean there’s only so much that can be said on how to give a good blowjob or how threesomes are most exciting when the inevitable group high-five happens.
By CHRISTO ELIOT
One day last week I saw a young man — presumably another Cornell undergrad — not paying attention to where we was going, and walking straight into a tree. The tree was not a particularly old tree. I was on my way to class, so I didn’t get the chance to chop it down and count the rings but would estimate (probably wrongly) that it was an adolescent tree because it seemed angsty. I once fell badly enough to tear a massive hole in my jeans and chin while running down Ho Plaza and slipping on some ice, but nothing (except a basic knowledge of gravity) could have prepared me for what happened next: Apparently one of the branches was in a state of unstable equilibrium, so when the man’s cranium perturbed the trunk, the branch decided it was a good time to get rid of the snow it was holding. Gravity took over, and covered this guy in snow.
By JASON ECKER
A few weeks ago, powerhouse men’s style blog Four Pins published a study that attempted to answer an age old question: what are the most popular fashion brands in the world? Previous attempts to answer this question had focused solely on sales figures. The problem with that metric, however, is that it neglects to account for expensive and hard to find luxury brands that many people lust over via the internet, but would never have the funds to actually acquire. For example, is Old Navy more popular than Prada? This newly released study would answer that question with a resounding no.
By RYAN O’HERN
It is strange to feel like there is a need for a column that teaches the intelligent and careful members of Cornell’s student body to better perform an elementary task. Thus, I pondered this piece for weeks. Each time it came to mind again, it was due to some fresh unpleasantness I encountered while navigating campus. But, as is often the case with small slights and busy days, something would distract me from the annoyance and then it would be forgotten and this unwritten. Yesterday, however, fortune favored complaint.
Welcome back to the dirty Ith, friends. And hello to the Freshmen who mysteriously chose to join the overachievers on the hill. It is time to start your college experience on a good foot. As I am an expert in most things, I have created a comprehensive guide for all you new students (and your parents, if they read this) that will allow you to have the best freshman year of your ever-loving lives. First lesson: if you are a parent and reading my post, that’s awesome!
Like many of my fellow Cornellians, I have packed my bags and moved to NYC for the summer to pursue the dream that is the unpaid internship (read: indentured servitude). I love everything about it — the nonexistent paycheck, the thrill of standing at the copy machine so long that I might have damaged my ovaries (because isn’t a copy machine essentially the same thing as a microwave?), the joy you feel when a staff member knows your name. And on top of all of this, you get to live in the city that never sleeps on a budget that doesn’t exist! So, to all those guys and gals out there who are also living the dream, I’ve created a simple how-to guide for all the New York-isms that you may be unaware of, e.g. even though Buddy the Elf made it look cool and sanitary, eating gum off of a street lamp post will get you a lot of looks and a frisking from the police. How to: Ride the subway
New York City has one of the greatest transit systems in the world, and you have the pleasure of benefitting from its reliability, cleanliness and lack of crazies.