Cornell

China Speaker Series  

by 1 day ago

The topic of China—or the theme of China’s inexorable rise—has been popping up everywhere these days. In the media, Republican primary debates, and academic discussions alike, every road leads to China. The attention is not unwarranted; if you’ve been paying even reluctant attention to the news since 2008, you’ll know that the economic powerhouse has raised many fears and concerns among the international community. China’s rise will soon (by 2030) place the pseudo-Communist country atop the worldwide economic pecking order; this in addition to its militaristic attitude, deplorable human rights practices, and general tendency to annoy everyone but Russia and North Korea. It seems banal for this freshman Asian Studies major to harp on the many aspects of China’s rise, but luckily The Cornell Program on Ethics and Public Life is bringing in the experts. In a five-part lecture series dubbed “The Rise of China”, leading figures from China-related academic and economic posts will discuss the problems and prospects of the country’s rise.

In the first lecture given on January 30, David C. Kang (director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California) offered a view that diverges from the popular skeptical-realist take on East Asian security. Professor Kang posited that perhaps the sharing of ideas and values, rather than relative power considerations, will determine stability in the region, a theory that has encountered much controversy among foreign policy experts. Catch the next lecture on February 20 at 4:30 if you want to be able to add some other interesting ideas to the next China-centric conversation you encounter. Speaking on the 20th is none other than the Chief Economist at the World Bank, Justin Lin (he’s kind of a big deal.) Check out http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/EthicsSeries.html for the rest of the dates and details.

Frozen Purple Cow

Frozen Purple Cow: Episode 10: Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk  

by 1 month ago

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Today is a sad day. Don’t worry– no one died or was run over by a John Deere– but it’s the last episode until next semester. That’s right. FPC is taking a two month hiatus, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop enjoying the precious, perfect, pedal-pushin’, party-hoppin’, purple drank. You can still slurp it down while doing other activities, like reading the Farmer’s Almanac or watching the tractor-tipping scene in “Cars.” I bet you are sitting there on your wooden rocking chair straight from the mail-order blubbering like a big baby in overalls. What are you going to entertain your cows with? The radio? Your own singing that’s not even fit for the shower? Your brother’s? Here’s a thought- how ’bout reruns of FPC? Alas, this is goodbye, but not forever. Thanks for being such a great audience for the first semester. Listen next year as the cows get even fatter, produce even creamier milk, and continue to predict when it will rain. Now show me your best bottom-toothed smile.

Keep Slurpin’ Suckas!

Playlist:

Moves like Jagger- Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera

Rise Up- Diane Birch

Save Tonight- Eagle Eyed Cherry

Warwick Avenue- Duffy

The Black Pearl- Pirates of the Caribbean

Blue Jeans- Jesse James

Say Hey I Love You- Micheal Franti

 

 

 

Miscellanea

CU Aids Awareness Week  

by 2 months ago

Events going on this week for CU National AIDS Week:

On Display All Week:

November 28 through December 2, All Day

AIDS Memorial Quilt

Willard Straight Hall, Memorial Room

Please join us for the reception of our display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Willard Straight Hall. “Founded in 1987, The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a poignant memorial, a powerful tool for use in preventing new HIV infections, and the largest ongoing community arts project in the world.”  Panels of the quilt will be on display in the Memorial Room to commemorate the many losses from HIV/AIDS. The reception will have free food and drinks, and will be attended by Scott Fried, the keynote speaker for AIDS Awareness Week. Find out more about the AIDS Quilt here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMES_Project_AIDS_Memorial_Quilt

November 28 through December 2, All Day

AIDS Education Poster Display

Willard Straight Hall, Art Gallery

Chosen from approximately 1,149 posters, this display has been specifically designed for Cornell’s AIDS Week 2011.  The posters have been digitally reproduced from the originals house in the Human Sexuality Collection in Kroch Library.  Each is unique and pertinent to the nation or locale that it was designed to serve in Africa.  More information about the collection is available at http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ead/htmldocs/RMM07723.html 

Tuesday, November 29, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Candlelight Vigil

Ho Plaza

In commemoration of those who have suffered and passed from HIV/AIDS,  join Sexual Awareness For Everyone (SAFE) and the Protestant Cooperative Ministry for the 2011 Candlelight Vigil.  Grab a free cup of coffee, and some baked goods from Ithaca Bakery as we listen to personal accounts of those living with HIV/AIDS and those we have lost.

Wednesday, November 30, 7 p.m.

Wear Red:  CU Women’s Basketball Game

Newman Arena

Join your fellow Big Red Bears in Red as you cheer on the on Women’s Basketball Team as they battle it out against Binghamton University.  Wear your red to show support for National AIDS Week.

Thursday, December 1, Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Lunch with Scott Fried

626 Thurston Ave., Multipurpose Room

Join us for lunch with National AIDS Week keynote speaker, Scott Fried.  The Intercultural Center and LGBT Resource Center invite you to this free lunch to hear Scott talk about what motivates him to be a speaker on the college circuit and to preview his keynote speech.  All are invited to attend.  Taste of Thai Express will be catering (veg and vegan options will be available).

Thursday, December 1, 3 to 5 p.m.

Reception for National AIDS Week

Willard Straight Hall, Browsing Library

Please join us for the reception of our display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Willard Straight Hall. “Founded in 1987, The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a poignant memorial, a powerful tool for use in preventing new HIV infections, and the largest ongoing community arts project in the world.”  Panels of the quilt will be on display in the Memorial Room to commemorate the many losses from HIV/AIDS. The reception will have free food and drinks, and will be attended by Scott Fried, the keynote speaker for AIDS Awareness Week. Find out more about the AIDS Quilt here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMES_Project_AIDS_Memorial_Quilt

 

Thursday, December 1, 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.

Keynote Speech:  Scott Fried

Goldwin Smith Hall, Kaufman Auditorium

Scott is a nationally acclaimed speaker on HIV/AIDS, dedicated to providing education, awareness, and hope about the disease he has had since he was 24.   Scott uses himself as Exhibit A. He begins each lecture with his story of how he got infected with HIV in 1987 at the age of 24, during his first and only unsafe sexual encounter.  His unstoppable approach to educating others can be encapsulated into one thought: one must understand the value of one’s own life, and hold it sacred, in order to refrain from dangerous behaviors that could lead to HIV infection and other crises.  (http://www.scottfried.com/index.html)  Please join us right after the presentation at 104West! for a sit down dinner with Scott, and get the opportunity to have a more intimate conversation with him. (Cost: One meal swipe) Please contact Nate Treffeisen at nt222@cornell.edu  if you don’t have a meal plan.

Thursday, December 1, 7 p.m.

Dinner with Scott Fried

104 West

Please join us right after the presentation at 104West! for a sit down dinner with Scott, and get the opportunity to have a more intimate conversation with him. (Cost: 1 meal swipe, BRBs, or Debit/Credit.) Please contact Nate Treffeisen at nt222@cornell.edu  if you don’t have any questions or need assistance in attending.

Thursday, December 1, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Allied Against AIDS Fashion Show

Clark Hall, Atrium

Help us as we raise awareness about the ongoing struggles with HIV and AIDS faced by millions of people around the globe and also raise funds for those most affected by this disease.  The night will feature:  Condom Couture fashion show, AIDS activist Scott Fried, performances by some of Cornell’s favorite dance and a cappella groups, catered food, raffles and silent auctions, and a free photo booth!   Condom Couture Fashion Show –A popular staple event for other FACE AIDS chapters, the goal of the Condom Couture fashion show is to promote safe sex in a nonthreatening way. Dresses and other clothing items made primarily out of condoms were designed AND made by Cornell students and will be showcased at the event!  Performances by Beketsev Israeli Dance, Anything Goes Musical Theatre Troupe, Illuminations Chinese Cultural Dance Troupe , Hearsay A Cappella, and Teszia Belly Dance Troupe!  $5 Suggested Donation.  Open to entire Cornell Community

Friday, December 2, All Day

Free, Anonymous HIV Testing

626 Thurston Ave.

Free, anonymous rapid (results in 20 minutes) HIV testing will be offered on campus by the NYS Health Department to members of the Cornell community.

Morning appointments (10am-12) will be available by calling 255-4782.

Afternoon slots (starting at 12:30pm) will be walk-in:  first come first served.

For information, call 255-4782.

Sponsored by the LGBT Resource Center and Gannett Health Services.

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Frozen Purple Cow

Frozen Purple Cow: Episode 9: Holy Cow, Go eat a Turkey  

by 2 months ago

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Yo, this Thursday is Thanksgiving- probably a bull’s favorite holiday because it is no longer the focus of dinner. Now, the turkeys will turn heads, and the farmers will give one more last ditch effort to fatten them to perfection. Actually, it’s probably too late as they are already shipped, chopped, frozen, and traveling to your nearest grocery store unless you are into local food and on the day of, travel to the farm and get a bird straight off the chopping block. Every Thanksgiving, I watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Maybe someday they will get the idea of having a cow parade. Think of all the mooing and distractions. Anyway, pandemonium would likely ensue. Maybe it would be easier to stay at home, kick up those boots and listen to this week’s installment of FPC. Enjoy! (as mocha boy says…) these one-word titled songs.

Keep Slurpin’ Suckas!

Playlist:

  1. Crush, David Archuleta
  2. Crawl, Chris Brown
  3. Heartless, Kris Allen
  4. Holiday, Hilary Duff
  5. Complicated, Avril Lavigne
  6. Human, Darren Criss
  7. Fireflies, Owl City
  8. Here- HelloGoodbye
  9. Truth- Alexander
  10. Cheated- Mike Posner
  11. Together- Avril Lavigne

 

Big Red Banter

Cornell Shuts-out the Princeton Tigers in First Ivy League Home Game  

by 2 months ago

Last night the Cornell Big Red Men’s Hockey Team took on and shut out the Princeton Tigers 4-0 in front of a full house. It seemed fitting seeing as this was the first Ivy League game of the season for Cornell.

Cornell started off the game strong with seven shots on goal in the first period.  The game was incredibly fast paced, but ran smoothly. There were very few penalties and stops in the game. It was really enjoyable to watch and the fans were glued to the ice.

Head coach Mike Schafer commented on the great defensive playing in the 1st period. “The freshman are doing a good job of playing, but our upperclassman are doing a great job of coming out and doing better. Eric Axell, I think, was one of our best players tonight.”

At the end of the 1st period, Cornell was up 1-0 thanks to a goal by Ferlin assisted by Miller. Greg Miller has obtained a point during every game so far this season. And goalie, Any Iles, also had his own feat accomplishing his first career shutout game.

“It’s one of those things as a goalie you kind of want to get out of the way”, remarked Iles.  But, he was grateful to his team commenting that it was not an individual achievement, but a team effort.

“There’s no better feeling as a team, when you come out there with a goose egg on the board” and in regards to the Big Red defense, “there’s no better feeling than someone laying their body on the line for the team”.

Missed opportunities seemed to be the theme of the 2nd period though. The score remained 1-0 entering into the final period of the game.

The third period was like a different team, offensively on the ice for Cornell. Sean Collins said that they “turned it on in the 3rd period” with 3 fast paced goals that left the Princeton Tigers in the dust.

Collins explained the final goal that put the Big Red over the top to beat Princeton 4-0.  After Nick D’Agostino got a turnover he was able to “pass it up to Lowry, got between the defensemen’s stick, I got it, backhand, forehand, quick release, and beat him upstairs.” It looked as beautiful as it sounded.

Princeton’s goalie, Sean Bonar, may have let in 4 goals, but he was able to fend off 18 of the other attempts made by Cornell. Their offense took plenty of shots in the 1st two periods, but their momentum was halted in the third when the Big Red became hot.

Their next game is tonight against Quinnipiac in the 2nd game of their 3 game homestand.

Wake Up Cornell

Wake Up Cornell! Season 2 Episode 4 November 8, 2011  

by 3 months ago

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Episode Highlights:

Election Day- Go Vote!

Michael Jackson’s Doctor Convicted of Involuntary Murder

Ice Hockey Update

Plus, weather, random fact, and sports!

Miscellanea

CampusBasement.com/CORNELL  

by 3 months ago

Sassy, sarcastic, and sharp, Cornell’s CampusBasement.com is an emerging gem you’re sure to see on your neighbor’s laptop in Mann sometime soon. That is, if you have not stumbled across the site yourself. A cousin of Collegehumor mixed with The Onion, CampusBasement hosts student-authored mock news stories under web pages for varying campuses involved. While every post is very enjoyable, only a Cornellian could understand all the jokes, guaranteeing laughs.

“Regional Manager or Michael Scott of Cornell’s CampusBasement” Alexandra Post (12), has been working for the site since her friend, who worked for CuseMyCampus.com, expressed their wish to expand. CuseMyCampus was the site’s birth at Syracuse and was essentially what the Syracuse page of CampusBasement is today. Thus, BigRedMyCampus was formed, before other schools including Penn State and BU joined, creating the CampusBasement site. Students from the corresponding schools write and edit their articles.

“We are Cornell Basement after all… we can rock a grammatically correct piece,” according to writer Jennifer Nauheim (12). Anyone can write for the site, “even if you are not funny” said fellow writer Daniel Greener (14), so long as you can manage to find the “contribute” button.

Though it is common to write about once a week, the Cornell Basement contributors write as they see inspiration across campus. Greener feels “you need a sort of snarky, satirical type of humor…we try to take typical Cornell situations and flip them on their head.” However, the site hosts a variety of writers who have a fittingly diverse range of comedic styles.

Experience with comedy is not needed to succeed on Cornell Basement. Greener had experience with the Skits-o-Phrenics, and as Post describes, “my journey began long ago when I first climbed the hill with Jack and Jill. When Jack fell down and broke his crown I ran all the way home laughing. I decided this was my calling.” Yet for plenty of writers, Cornell Basement is their first experience at writing humor.

As a writer, Post feels that Cornell Basement has made her “more confident in her comedy” and brings “joy and cookies” to Cornell students. Though you might be the only person laughing out loud in the A.D. White Library, don’t regret the minute you take out of your day to visit CampusBasement. We could all use a little break.

Cornell Campus Events

International Health and Development Conference  

by 3 months ago

Highlight video from Cornell Health International’s International Health and Development Conference.

Frozen Purple Cow

Frozen Purple Cow- Episode 6: Wake up at 6AM to Milk ‘Em  

by 3 months ago

Yo. I’m so tired. These past few weeks have been really busy. When you’re not studying for heat & mass transfer prelims, you’re doing problem sets about a shell-and-8-tube pass heat exchanger forcing you to stay at Olin Library until 2 AM or doing the thermodynamics questions about fugacity which guest Professor Tester introduced two weeks ago in a dry-as-dry-mud lecture that Prof Hanrath completely ignored until yesterday… Sounds like another week to pull out the comfy plaid shirt and make myself not one, but two HUGE frozen purple cows to cheer me up, and don’t forget the added shots of caffeine. Boy, ya gotta love college. By the way, the recording computer wasn’t working correctly, so no tangible record of this broadcast was made. Sucks because I played some good tunes. Maybe they will make an appearance when I play Kool Kat’s Ultimate Playlist at the end of the semester…

Playlist:

  1. Rude Boy- Rihanna
  2. Put Your Records On- Corinne Bailey Rae
  3. Stacey’s Mom- Fountains of Wayne
  4. All the Above- Maino
  5. Fix You- Coldplay
  6. Red High Heels- Kellie Pickler
  7. Do it Well- J Lo
  8. Geek in the Pink- Jason Mraz
  9. Whatever it Takes- Lifehouse
  10. Banana Pancakes- Jack Johnson
  11. Hold On- KT Tunstall

Keep Slurpin’ Suckas!

Extra Extra!

International, National, and Cornell Headlines 10-25-11  

by 3 months ago

International: 

Gadhafi: Early today, former Libyan ruler, Moammar Gadhafi, was buried at an undisclosed location. Gadhafi ruled Libya for 42 years. Gadhafi was captured alive on Thursday along with his son Mutassim, who also died. There have been multiple accounts of how he died, but according to the autopsy, he died from a gunshot wound to his head, according to CNN. Gadhafi lost his power during a 8 month civil war in Libya. Earlier this week, the Civil War was declared over by interim leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil. Now, Libya will start a 2 year process to create a democracy.

National:

Republican Nominee Tax Plan: With the Iowa Caucus set to take place on January 3, 2012 the race for Republican nominee is already going strong. Today, Texas Governor and candidate Rick Perry announced plans for a flat tax which would cap corporate taxes at 20 percent, eliminate taxes on dividends and many capital gains and essentially cap individual tax rates at 20 percent, according to the Washington Post. The plan would lower taxes on the richest Americans.

Netflix: After 810,000 people canceled their Netflix accounts, the stock plunged today. It dropped 35 percent today and is down 60 percent since price hikes were announced in July. The stock briefly hit $300 on July 13. Now it is around $75. Despite the loss of users, Netflix still has $23 million users. The problems began when Netflix decided receiving movies through the mail was old fashioned and announced splitting into two services, the movies instantly, to still be called Netflix and movies by mail, to be renamed Qwikster. The company now realizes the move was too quick, according to ABC News.

Cornell:

Humanities Building: For the first time since the completion of Goldwin Smith Hall in 1905, a new building will rise on the Arts Quad, dedicated to the humanities. The building will be located in the space between the two wings of Goldwin Smith and will face East Avenue. The building will cost $61 million, which will be paid by donations. The breaking ground is expected in summer 2013 with completion by the end of 2015.

NYC Tech Campus: In other building news, Cornell has announced the design for its proposed NYC Tech Campus. The campus will be located on Roosevelt Island and will generate renewable energy through solar panels and a geothermal well system. Cornell is competing against 20 other universities, including Stanford, to gain the new campus.

Written by Jennifer Schlesinger for Wake Up Cornell! 10-25-11

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