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Cornell -- Assorted notes
Apr. 9th, 2002 07:37 pmAfter visiting each of the five colleges last week, I took the time to make notes in a journal about my impressions. Here, then, are the carefully edited highlights, with original notes and retrospective comments.
Cornell
weirdos w\the humor magazine
So our tour took us through the minor quad outside the student center, and we were lucky enough to see a bunch of guys hawking copies of The Cornell Lunatic, "Cornell's only award-winning humor magazine!" Basically, a thin little pamphlet with a funky picture on the front. They kept yelling at us about how we could always catch up with the tour, how it was only two dollars, but they never mentioned any of the actual content of the magazine in any way. Rather odd.
really good food
Oh my god yes. Wonderful. Supposedly the second best in the country, behind only the culinary institute. Almost our whole trip took place during Passover, so we were constantly hard-pressed for food, but nowhere did we have an easier time than at Cornell. And the food--we had rotisserie chicken and mashed potatoes--was simply wonderful. One odd thing, though. . . they had a little cased marked "It's Kosher!", containing exactly one little plastic container filled with matzah and egg salad. Huh.
wine-tasting\appreciation course
Cornell is composed of seven different colleges, one of which is the School of Hotel Management. Within that school there is the delightful course mentioned above. That sounds really cool. One of the many varied things I want to be when I grow up is a wine connoiseur. Apparently, this is one of the most popular courses, and also one of the most frequently flunked--people just don't seem to treat it seriously.
abt. 20-28% accepted
Blaah! Blaaaaah! Fie on Cornell!
I wrote down a whole lot more than that, but mostly about programs and libraries and other routine, boring stuff that wouldn't be interesting for anyone else. Anyway, stay tuned for the next episode in the series:
Tomorrow: Colgate!
Cornell
weirdos w\the humor magazine
So our tour took us through the minor quad outside the student center, and we were lucky enough to see a bunch of guys hawking copies of The Cornell Lunatic, "Cornell's only award-winning humor magazine!" Basically, a thin little pamphlet with a funky picture on the front. They kept yelling at us about how we could always catch up with the tour, how it was only two dollars, but they never mentioned any of the actual content of the magazine in any way. Rather odd.
really good food
Oh my god yes. Wonderful. Supposedly the second best in the country, behind only the culinary institute. Almost our whole trip took place during Passover, so we were constantly hard-pressed for food, but nowhere did we have an easier time than at Cornell. And the food--we had rotisserie chicken and mashed potatoes--was simply wonderful. One odd thing, though. . . they had a little cased marked "It's Kosher!", containing exactly one little plastic container filled with matzah and egg salad. Huh.
wine-tasting\appreciation course
Cornell is composed of seven different colleges, one of which is the School of Hotel Management. Within that school there is the delightful course mentioned above. That sounds really cool. One of the many varied things I want to be when I grow up is a wine connoiseur. Apparently, this is one of the most popular courses, and also one of the most frequently flunked--people just don't seem to treat it seriously.
abt. 20-28% accepted
Blaah! Blaaaaah! Fie on Cornell!
I wrote down a whole lot more than that, but mostly about programs and libraries and other routine, boring stuff that wouldn't be interesting for anyone else. Anyway, stay tuned for the next episode in the series:
Tomorrow: Colgate!
