Transfer students
Lack of Connection Defines Transition to Cornell for Transfers
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“I don’t think the strategy quite worked,” Will Bodenman ’23 said of Cornell’s attempts to make transfer students feel included in the campus community this semester.
COVID-19
Tompkins Records Case Highs, Resident Deaths Through Thanksgiving Week
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As most Cornell students have left the Ithaca area until spring, coronavirus cases have dwindled on campus — but across Tompkins County and throughout the nation, case numbers are soaring to record highs.
CUPD
S.A. Debates Stand Still Over Calls to Disarm CUPD
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Student Assembly members kicked off their latest meeting with calls for the University to disarm the Cornell University Police Department — the assembly’s latest move in a semesters-long push for police reform.
winter break
Students Exhale as Winter Break Nears
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After 10 weeks of uninterrupted classes — with only one day off to break up a semester riddled with Zoom fatigue and burnout — students are eager to finally have some much-anticipated time off.
financial aid
Financial Aid Delays Stretch Halfway Into Semester
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Despite significant processing delays at the beginning of the semester, many students have finally since received their financial aid package. But for some, the financial aid process has stretched into October, causing financial and mental stress.
halloween
Spooked by the Virus, Students Mask Up for a COVID-19 Halloween
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As the spookiest holiday of the year approaches, students are planning what candy to buy and costumes to wear — but the old routine of parties and trick-or-treating won’t look the same.
Columns
WANG | Smile, You’re on Camera
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As most of you reading this probably know, online classes kind of suck. Yes, online classes do mean I can get up ten minutes before class and still be on time. However, this also means that when I collapse into my desk chair and open up Zoom, there is a very high chance that my brain is still half asleep, and I will not fully process the majority of what my professor is saying. But in my opinion, that’s not the worst part of online classes. To me, the worst part is showing up to my classes and discovering that pretty much every single person has their camera off.
Opinion
FOX | Hybrid Semester Threatens Cornell’s Claim to Nonprofit Status
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I’m spending the month of October in Michigan, a key swing state among a small cohort sure to decide both the presidential election and control of the Senate. While this is the priority I chose to set for myself this semester, I remain enrolled as an online student taking a full credit load at Cornell. The readings are immersive and the lectures are informative. Given that most of my peers living in Ithaca have only one or two in-person courses, the class component of my education this semester is not too dissimilar to theirs. Still, without the ability to study in groups, engage in free-flowing conversation and take full advantage of university facilities, a pressing truth becomes clear: This is not worth the money.
clubfest
Clubs Reimagine Recruitment Past Barton Hall Handshakes
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After ClubFest, clubs continued to recruit online.
161 cornell
LORENZEN | 161 Things Every Zoom University Student Should Do
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We need a new list. Zoom University is a big place. There’s a lot to do. Here are some of those things. Some of them are very serious.