Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by toddlose
Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: toddlose (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: July 20, 2024 09:22PM
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: scoop85 (50.224.211.---)
Date: July 21, 2024 12:31AM
toddlose
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
As much as I might like to say Ann Coulter, this guy has to be #1
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: toddlose (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: July 21, 2024 05:13AM
scoop85
toddlose
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
As much as I might like to say Ann Coulter, this guy has to be #1
Holy shit. I was unaware of him.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: scoop85 (50.224.211.---)
Date: July 21, 2024 09:35AM
toddlose
scoop85
toddlose
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
As much as I might like to say Ann Coulter, this guy has to be #1
Holy shit. I was unaware of him.
He was big news in my area since one of his victims was from my hometown of Middletown.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: July 22, 2024 06:40PM
All excellent selections but Adolph Jr., Grover, and Herman Coors all deserve consideration. Paul Wolfowitz is a notable POS, too.
I had somehow got it into my head that John Yoo's classmates failed to throw him into the gorge as an undegrad, but, happily, he is not our fault. Harvard sucks.
I had somehow got it into my head that John Yoo's classmates failed to throw him into the gorge as an undegrad, but, happily, he is not our fault. Harvard sucks.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.229.167.165.res-cmts.sm3.ptd.net)
Date: July 22, 2024 11:09PM
scoop85
toddlose
scoop85
toddlose
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
As much as I might like to say Ann Coulter, this guy has to be #1
Holy shit. I was unaware of him.
He was big news in my area since one of his victims was from my hometown of Middletown.
I was on campus at the same time as he was. Never knew of him.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: CU2007 (---.res.spectrum.com)
Date: July 23, 2024 12:03PM
Fauci and Keith Olberman
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: ugarte (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: July 24, 2024 03:02PM
Bill Maher, even compared to this guy.scoop85
toddlose
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
As much as I might like to say Ann Coulter, this guy has to be #1
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Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: marty (---.sub-174-231-57.myvzw.com)
Date: July 24, 2024 06:11PM
ugarte
Bill Maher, even compared to this guy.scoop85
toddlose
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
As much as I might like to say Ann Coulter, this guy has to be #1
I like Coulter, Olberbite and Maher to spread the misery among the various religions. They remind me of sophomore year except that with a 2.6 to 1 ratio I can count the number of BS sessions I remember with Cornell women only in imaginary numbers.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: ursusminor (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: July 26, 2024 06:43AM
marty
ugarte
Bill Maher, even compared to this guy.scoop85
toddlose
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
As much as I might like to say Ann Coulter, this guy has to be #1
I like Coulter, Olberbite and Maher to spread the misery among the various religions. They remind me of sophomore year except that with a 2.6 to 1 ratio I can count the number of BS sessions I remember with Cornell women only in imaginary numbers.
Just out of curiosity, when was the ratio at Cornell 2.6 to 1? A quick Google search didn't list year-by-year stats. I thought that Cornell was close to 1 to 1 even when I was at RPI especially since Cornell was the only Ivy at the time which was coed. Or are you referring to specific majors?
BTW, when I was a freshman at RPI in 1964-65, there were 23 women in a class of slightly over 1000, and 23 was more than the other three classes there combined. It rapidly increased while I remained at RPI, but is still about 2/3 male.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2024 06:44AM by ursusminor.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: mgl11 (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: July 26, 2024 12:32PM
As a sporting tangential board, Dave Bliss '65 at least deserves a mention -- no?
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: toddlose (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: July 26, 2024 01:33PM
mgl11
As a sporting tangential board, Dave Bliss '65 at least deserves a mention -- no?
Was unaware of him as well. Just looked him up amd read a couple articles. I also see he’s a member of our hall of fame.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (Moderator)
Date: July 26, 2024 04:30PM
In a collision of this thread and "Cornell in the Movies", I recently saw The Informant!, which tells the story of Mark Whitacre, PhD '93.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: July 27, 2024 12:00AM
In the environmental situation, how about Thomas Midgley Jr.1911, inventor of both Freon and leaded gasoline.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: scoop85 (---.res.spectrum.com)
Date: July 27, 2024 08:23AM
David Harding
In the environmental situation, how about Thomas Midgley Jr.1911, inventor of both Freon and leaded gasoline.
Just read his wiki. He might be up there with the serial killer. A movie about him is in the works.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: toddlose (---.sub-174-206-228.myvzw.com)
Date: July 27, 2024 08:00PM
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/28/2024 02:49AM by toddlose.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: George64 (---.res.spectrum.com)
Date: August 23, 2024 04:04PM
A new low even for Ann Coulter - “Talk about weird …” Coulter posted on X alongside a link to an article about Gov. Tim Walz’s neurodivergent son, Gus, getting emotional during his father’s Wednesday speech in Chicago.
From the NY Times - [The Walz family] learned when Gus was an adolescent that he had “a nonverbal learning disorder in addition to an anxiety disorder and A.D.H.D., conditions that millions of Americans also have.” Nonverbal learning disorders affect a person’s ability to process visual and social patterns.
From the NY Times - [The Walz family] learned when Gus was an adolescent that he had “a nonverbal learning disorder in addition to an anxiety disorder and A.D.H.D., conditions that millions of Americans also have.” Nonverbal learning disorders affect a person’s ability to process visual and social patterns.
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Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: August 24, 2024 08:51AM
Neurodivergence aside, it's cringe how the knuckledragger fetish of swaggering, violent, and emotionally constipated masculinity still lurks in the authoritarian sewers.
What weak people think strength is.
What weak people think strength is.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: billhoward (191.101.160.---)
Date: August 24, 2024 07:29PM
Ann Coulter has an older sister, also Cornellian, who is absolutely normal, nice, and also intelligent.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: August 28, 2024 06:07PM
There has always been a theory that Coulter is a cynical, nihilistic opportunist who found the Bottomless Knuck Trough and has been guzzling ever since, not believing a word of it.billhoward
Ann Coulter has an older sister, also Cornellian, who is absolutely normal, nice, and also intelligent.
Not that that makes her any less scummy.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: ugarte (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: August 29, 2024 12:50PM
She was one of the founders of the Cornell Review as an undergrad at the same time D'Souza was doing the same at Dartmouth, financed by the same people financing Charlie Kirk, et al. She's a true believer.Trotsky
There has always been a theory that Coulter is a cynical, nihilistic opportunist who found the Bottomless Knuck Trough and has been guzzling ever since, not believing a word of it.billhoward
Ann Coulter has an older sister, also Cornellian, who is absolutely normal, nice, and also intelligent.
Not that that makes her any less scummy.
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Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: George64 (---.res.spectrum.com)
Date: August 29, 2024 05:44PM
ugarte
She was one of the founders of the Cornell Review as an undergrad at the same time D'Souza was doing the same at Dartmouth, financed by the same people financing Charlie Kirk, et al. She's a true believer.Trotsky
There has always been a theory that Coulter is a cynical, nihilistic opportunist who found the Bottomless Knuck Trough and has been guzzling ever since, not believing a word of it.billhoward
Ann Coulter has an older sister, also Cornellian, who is absolutely normal, nice, and also intelligent.
Not that that makes her any less scummy.
The Ivy League seems to be a breeding ground for any number of bottom-feeders.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: billhoward (---.nwyynyx1.pop.starlinkisp.net)
Date: August 30, 2024 05:28PM
Some would say "iconoclast."
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: George64 (---.res.spectrum.com)
Date: September 18, 2024 11:39AM
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: September 18, 2024 09:57PM
Some would say "grifter."billhoward
Some would say "iconoclast."
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Swampy (---.datapacket.com)
Date: November 14, 2024 09:35AM
scoop85
toddlose
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
As much as I might like to say Ann Coulter, this guy has to be #1
Hey, if a felon/rapist can be elected president (twice!), then why should serial killing cause embarrassment?
Perhaps Ross deserves the crown for "biggest embarrassment" because he got caught, tried, actually sentenced, and ultimately executed.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/14/2024 09:37AM by Swampy.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: George64 (---.res.spectrum.com)
Date: November 14, 2024 11:23AM
Swampy
Hey, if a felon/rapist can be elected president (twice!), then why should serial killing cause embarrassment?
One’s our embarrassment, the other and his spawn are Penn’s.
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Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: stereax (172.56.6.---)
Date: November 15, 2024 07:13PM
That's my vote too. Holy crap, the dude was a "one-man ecological disaster".David Harding
In the environmental situation, how about Thomas Midgley Jr.1911, inventor of both Freon and leaded gasoline.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: November 16, 2024 12:23AM
To be fair, the rapist in question went to "Penn," much as folks who attend the Kennedy School of Government attend "Harvard."George64
Swampy
Hey, if a felon/rapist can be elected president (twice!), then why should serial killing cause embarrassment?
One’s our embarrassment, the other and his spawn are Penn’s.
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None of this drip slime got into a tier 1 school on the merits.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: BearLover (---.sub-174-229-90.myvzw.com)
Date: November 16, 2024 07:45AM
The men’s hockey team penalty kill and power play
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Scersk '97 (216.49.132.---)
Date: November 16, 2024 12:23PM
BearLover
The men’s hockey team penalty kill and power play
RichH
So the place you felt this needed to go was [JSID]? Really? The [John Spencer Is Dead] forum. Usually the [[JSID]] tag means something... germane to... maybe Ithaca. But you heard this news about [our woeful penalty kill and power play], and decided the place for this was a thread on [JSID].
Cool. How about some movie reviews? Or what you ate for breakfast? How about the year of a dime you found on the ground yesterday? The last thing I want on this [forum is carping about the hockey team].
Sorry, I... want to be mean about it... c'mon[!]
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Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: George64 (---.res.spectrum.com)
Date: November 24, 2024 11:51AM
This morning, I was reading that Mehmet Oz (Harvard BA, Penn MD, professor of surgery emeritus Columbia) has been nominated to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It made me think that we should start a thread - Ivy League’s greatest embarrassments. Then I resized that the list would be way too long.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: November 24, 2024 03:51PM
At this point our greatest embarrassment is being American.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: May 03, 2025 08:31PM
ChatGPT swears Baruch Goldstein was at Weill, but I can't find corroboration and Cornell is not anxious to claim him.scoop85
toddlose
Just curious on everyone’s thoughts. Doesn’t need to be political. Every institution has someone that they wish wasn’t associated with their Alma mater.
As much as I might like to say Ann Coulter, this guy has to be #1
Yet.
Re: Who’s our biggest embarrassment?
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: May 03, 2025 08:47PM
Bill is giving Anne a run lately...
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