The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/community/)
Perhaps the best part of Libe Slope is the privilege to simply sit atop it, quietly gazing into the world below. To sit, and know you belong, knowing that you climbed your own slope, no matter how steep, and made it to Cornell. And here you are, but only for a little while. A proper heathen on the hill never rests for too long, never lingers or wearies.
A new app, Sidechat, is increasingly becoming Cornell students’ new avenue for memes, confessions and jabs at Greek life.
In moments like these, I’m reminded of how thankful I am that music remains such an important part of my life. So why, then, is the joy I feel when performing only so strong when I’m playing in an ensemble? Why can I not extract these same emotions when playing by myself?
New organization hopes to bring together the Ithaca community to celebrate the arts.
From card tricks to optical illusions, founders of the new Cornell Magic Society are sharing their love for performance.
Poker, magic and global market analysis clubs –– among others –– are striving to improve engagement in a virtual setting.
My mom’s favorite things to share about her college experience were all the memories she had of her friends. The late night study sessions, the dorm dynamics, the nights out, and sneaking extra coffee cake from the dining hall. So as I took my first steps on North Campus, I was filled with excitement and expectation thinking of the great friendships that awaited me. Similarly to high school, I was fed a narrative of college being the greatest time of my life, the place where I would make my forever friends and other rose-tinted statements that are simultaneously true and false.
While I certainly talked to and gave a lot of people my phone number during O-Week, a lot of those numbers are sitting in my contacts like emails in my inbox from the club listservs I joined out of genuine interest but never ended up going to. Still, I’ve met many wonderful people that have been invaluable to me as pillars of support, cheerleaders, relationship coaches, comedians, study buddies and just proof that amazing human beings are out there.
Without typical college experiences, community and connection are harder than usual, despite efforts to hold virtual events.
Local nonprofits continue to balance their responses to the surge of need with public health standards that make in-person gatherings a challenge.
As Cornell’s campus face the reality of a fall semester with COVID-19, Cornell’s religious groups are creating support groups via Zoom.