The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/libe-slope/)
I am lucky enough to live on one of higher education’s most beautiful and unconventional academic quadrangles: Cornell’s Library Slope evinces a gently rolling, manicured arcadia worthy of Capability Brown.
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.
Libe Slope serves as a Cornell staple for student gatherings; however, COVID-19 risks remain prominent in the area despite its outdoor nature.
Libe Slope is the inspiration behind the 50th annual LABash — an annual, student-run landscape architecture conference, which Cornell is hosting for the first time in April.
The sun dipped below the horizon from the Slope when the last bout of laughter from my friends faded into appreciative silence. “Should we go?” my friend asked, settling her gaze on me — the person who consistently offers the most resistance to departing a sunset viewing. The dimming collage of pink, purple and orange not warranting a struggle, I stood and relented. I respected my friend’s desires, but not because the view was any less beautiful: Staying would entail my friend physically shaking through her discomfort. She wanted to leave not because of how the sunset looked, but because of how it was starting to make her feel: cold.
Students gather on Libe Slope to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Box Day, a once-prominent Cornell tradition. By transforming waste into art, students say they aim to remind each other of the positive impacts they can cause in Cornell’s community.
After several rounds of voting, the S.A. committee decided to pass McBride, Devatha and Sanders’ resolution.