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Nixed Spring Break Sparks Student Ambivalence
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With this year being one of the few academic years without a spring break in Cornell’s history, the news has elicited mixed emotions from students of all classes.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/spring_break/)
With this year being one of the few academic years without a spring break in Cornell’s history, the news has elicited mixed emotions from students of all classes.
Cornell has eliminated weekend prelims and is now focusing on student input in efforts to improve mental health on campus.
Cornell University has kept its information on the spring semester limited. Spring break has been set to be two days long.
With the number of COVID-19 cases rising, tensions are rising on Cornell’s Ithaca campus. Students’ spring break plans are coming to a halt while the University urges the community against international travel.
Alternative Breaks, a Cornell student group, is providing 11 different spring break options, aimed at social justice.
The goal of the trip was to give Cornell students a greater awareness about Pakistan beyond how the country is typically portrayed in the mainstream media.
No matter what, getting ready for Spring Break is all about being healthy and feeling good in your own skin. Any time you choose an apple over a donut is progress even if you don’t see an immediate change when you look in the mirror.
Despite the weather right now, Spring Break is on its way. Once prelim season subsides everyone will start getting worried about how to get their bodies in shape for warm weather and swimsuits.
Athletically speaking, Cornell may have one of the most unfortunate academic calendars.
Like many young sports fans, I grew up mesmerized by the college basketball tournament every March. I got so excited, so wrapped up in the story lines of the various schools I might not have even heard of before. I literally spent time just sitting in my living room, or lying on my bed, imagining what it would be like to be a student at any one of these Cinderella schools — wondering what it would be like to be surrounded by such energy and enthusiasm.
It’s spring (purportedly) and there’s growth sprouting all around — and I don’t just mean on the Arts Quad, I mean on the faces of men, young and old, on campus and all around the world. Many news and celebrity outlets have been commenting on the resurgence of facial hair, especially among younger populations. Celebrities like Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp and Jake Gyllenhaal (the list goes on and on) are sporting various types of facial hair, and they are growing it on your average Joe -Plumber, -Hipster, and everything in between.