A Journey Through Bookish Ithaca

Ithaca: a place where the gorges echo with stories, the trees whisper tales of the past and the libraries brim with wisdom. Stories weave together to form a tapestry of rich creative culture that invites all to get lost in the pages of imagination. Being surrounded by natural beauty, a thriving arts and culture scene and intellectual discourse, it seems only natural Ithaca would become a haven for booklovers. As fall is settling in, it is the perfect time to review all the wondrous offerings of bookish Ithaca. The most obvious place to start is to explore all of the independent bookstores scattered throughout Ithaca.

SEX ON THURSDAY | To Screw or Not To Screw (In the Stacks)

Today I write with a confession of my own naivety, willing to admit that despite my self-proclaimed breadth of knowledge regarding Cornell’s sexscape, there is one element of our campus’ sensual situation that I have critically overlooked: I did not realize that people were actually fucking in the stacks.

Curating a Summer Reading List

If you, like me, are looking forward to some reading this summer, let’s embark on this ill-fated journey together. Will we achieve our reading goals? Almost certainly not. Will we still enjoy the act of resistance that is leisure in a society that values only productivity? We must — or perish.