Archive » November 2006
One of my favorite campus eateries here at Cornell is the Ivy Room, but only because I live dependently on two of their dishes: the popcorn chicken pasta bake and the dijon burger. On the whole, I don’t think the food offered in Willard Straight Hall is really why Cornell has such a pronounced [...]
My first visit to Cornell’s newly renovated Bailey Hall this last Wednesday was an occasion auspicious enough to coincide with a visit from the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (MSSO). As an invitee of the Cornell Concert Series, the MSSO traveled the four thousand odd miles separating its nation’s capital and the boondocks of central [...]
When we play video games, we tend not to think too much of the random violence and idiocy that characterizes our virtual worlds. That, or we think it’s hilarious. We think it’s kind of funny when we fail to make the same stupid jump over and over again and land ourselves in totally ridiculous-looking black holes that have no business being there or anywhere at all.