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With an open mind and two sides of the story, you’re bound to learn something new. Welcome to the zoo! This is a blog where both the Republican and Democrat viewpoints are represented. The blog is not meant to sway you either way necessarily, just present both sides of the story. You may not agree with the whole article, but hey, you’re likely to agree with half!
Welcome to our new blog: Ithaca A-Live. We’re Ailis Clyne and Olivia Tice, two Cornell Juniors and resident Cayuga Lodgers who love the shows in our basement and around Ithaca so much that we’ve decided to share our experiences with the whole lot of y’all. We’re also into weird facts and little-known tidbits of dinner table knowledge – see the end of this post if you like dogs (or don’t like dogs). Welcome to our musical, factoidal trip: enjoy the show! Sunday Underground: February 7th
Ailis on BRIAN!, The Jitters and Johnny Dowd:
Super Bowl?
Like most of you, we also attempted to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday… Who played again? Okay, we only pretended to watch the SuperBowl, while in true millennial fashion, we were on our iPhones watching and re-watching Beyonce’s new music video, “Formation.” If you have not seen it, you should either stop what you are doing right now and watch it here, or you should re-evaluate your life decisions. GO: “I’m so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress,” is a phrase I really, really wish I could relate to more, but alas I am only reckless in a dress I probably ordered online.
By YVETTE NDLOVU
“Wow, you speak really good English. Did you learn it over there?”
Me thinks: “Why shouldn’t I? … Over where?”
Am I the only one who cringes when someone “compliments” my English proficiency and asks whether I only learnt English when I came to America? Why would I not be perfectly fluent in one of the predominant languages in my country? If you are guilty of this “compliment,” please don’t do it again (snaps fingers in Z-formation).
By GRETA OHAUS and ELENI TOUBANOS
From mid-December to New Year’s Day, we all find ourselves attending dinner parties, ugly sweater parties, awkward office parties, awkward family gatherings, cookie exchanges, secret Santa reveals, Santacons and fancy galas with chic after parties (okay, not everyone, but two girls can dream). With the holiday (and party) spirit in mind, we end up answering the age old question, “If you could invite any historical or fictional figure that has ever existed to a party at your apartment who would it be?”
ET: The O.G. queen (literally) of glitter and glamour to me is Cleopatra. The Queen of the Nile would be carried on a gilded pedestal, mainly because she couldn’t walk in her skin tight gold gown and Chloe shoes. GO: Wow, can totally see that… and being honest, I would be so jealous because you know how much I love attention. Not to mention she would beeline to Cary Grant, the king of 1940s glamour, who would obviously be wearing a beautiful wool suit, a black foulard tie, red pocket square, Gucci fur lined loafers and that stunningly handsome smile.
By MEREDITH CHAGARES
It is November and if you are reading this, you are likely feeling the same emotions as me and everyone else on campus. You are feeling the pressure of a semester coming to an end followed by the inevitable grind of finals. You need to raise those grades or maintain them. You have a ridiculous amount of work to do and not much time to do it. You need to assemble your schedule for next semester and tuition is due soon.
By EVAN KRAVITZ
A couple weeks ago, the Facebook group “Cornell University Confessions” posted a confession that criticized Cornell’s decision to partner with the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, and called for the divestment from Israel. Upon seeing this, I was disgusted to say the least. I wasn’t angry at the post itself; a lot of people post thoughtless things on the page, and others are usually quick to put them down. I was appalled by the fact that this “confession” garnered over 40 likes, which is unusually high for the page, and that people defended the post. On college campuses, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is the main organization that promotes boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) initiatives towards Israel.
By ANDREW SHI
On this small stub of a hill in the middle of nowhere, the life of the mind teems with activity. Pause and consider that at this moment, 14,000 of ours peers are navigating a hive of courses, clubs, research, jobs and opportunities that are as fascinating as they are diverse. For the freshmen who’ve just survived killed their first round of prelims, Cornell is still a very new place, a domain that is perhaps still yet to be explored and settled into. A lot of the first year experience is about coming to terms with the newfound freedom of… well, everything. And the biggest freedom — or arguably the most constraining fear — may be figuring out what to study and what to do in all of these four years.
By KATIE BARLOW and REBECCA SABER
With an open mind and two sides of the story, you’re bound to learn something new. Welcome to the zoo! This is a blog where both the Republican and Democrat viewpoints are represented. The blog is not meant to sway you either way necessarily, just present both sides of the story. You may not agree with the whole article, but hey, you’re likely to agree with half!
By GRETA OHAUS and ELENI TOUBANOS
A week from now many Cornell students will be leaving for Thanksgiving break. For most of us that means a relaxing day of family, food and wine. We love all these things, but we are so excited about the wine in our near futures, specifically the red wine, that we treat ourselves to a glass of Pinot Noir, as we brainstorm what to do with our article this week. Which leads us to an interesting conversation about matching your drink to your dress:
GO: Thanksgiving is kind of a dressy event for my extended family. It’s fun because we all have such unique styles but there is a common color scheme of deep red, forest green, navy and, of course, black. After all, it is transitioning from fall to winter, but I’ve always thought when it comes to drinking red wine you have to wear dark, rich colors.