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Yale Roll Call - 7 years ago
Looking forward to my first trip to The Whale and visiting Yale's campus for the first time. My girlfriend and I will be traveling from sunny Buffalo and I'm excited because it's her first Men's Hockey experience. (When she was on East Hill she somehow only made it to a Women's Hockey game.) Will there be any gathering of Cornellians before or after the game? And any recommendations for dinner?by mnagowski - Hockey
161 Things Every Cornell Alumnus/a Must Do - 13 years ago
For anybody interested in cultivating some Big Red spirit and a fun little list-making exercise, MetaEzra is running a holiday contest on 'the 161 things every Cornell alumna/us must do'. Contest details can be found on the website. You're welcome to suggest some items on eLynah, but you will only be considered for the contest if you submit through the email posted on the website. Have some fuby mnagowski - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Student Season Ticket Information - 13 years ago
RobertSchur For those curious, the computers didn't crash this morning! Instead, by 6:31, I was saving my confirmation and going back to bed. We'll see how Friday ends up How did it end up?by mnagowski - Hockey
Re: Riley Nash (CAR) - 13 years ago
Although it does look like somebody with a quasi-Cornell connection will end up in Edmonton.by mnagowski - Hockey
Re: At Yale, a Fight to Help a Teammate Off the Ice - 13 years ago
ugarte The fundraiser has a history of allegations of fraud and mismanagement. sigh The fundraiser's daughter, Natasha (Cornell '05), was a wonderful human being. She is missed.by mnagowski - Hockey
Re: Bill Gates Hall > goodbye Hoy Field? - 13 years ago
ajh258 It's a horrible space for an additional building - not enough parking space and a bit removed from the Eng Quad. They could have spent the money rebuilding the Eng Library or renovating Olin Hall (Chem Eng) and then renamed it after Gates if he wanted to. I don't see how we need more space considering Duffield was just built and more Engs stay in their rooms anyways. Right, because the oby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Tamboni to Penn State - 13 years ago
Kyle Rose CUontheslopes A sad day. Its becoming increasingly clear that if we want to compete on a national level in athletics, the athletic dept. is going to have to increase the endowments for some key coaching positions, e.g. basketball and lacrosse so we don't just become a coaching conduit for other schools. It's incredibly frustrating to lose coaches to other schools. I understand the moneyby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Tamboni to Penn State - 13 years ago
Lastly, you're right about the $200k example, I was exaggerating. I just wished people at Day had a bit more guts to make changes rather than sticking to the status quo. It's an oft observe shortfall of groups and bureaucracies. I think Day Hall would have the guts to make more changes if they controlled more of the money. Right now everything but Arts and Engineering is like a separate littleby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Tamboni to Penn State - 13 years ago
Kyle Rose ajh258 As an ILRie, I see this as an HR problem. If we maintain our current policies, Cornell will merely be a funnel for other institutions who are willing to pay higher salaries for more achieved faculty. A lot of the problem is one of the very things that many of us love about Cornell: Ithaca. Unless Cornell is willing to fund the founding of 3 or 4 other tier B and C colleges in thby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: His parting email (posted without comment) - 13 years ago
Kyle Rose mnagowskithe provost starts talking about moving AEM out of the Ag School to better not only business education on campus but also the Ag School's appeal to students interested in natural resources and the environment Off-topic, but I'm interested in this end of the story, because what you wrote doesn't make any sense to my mind without backing context. Can you provide a link? I was uby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: His parting email (posted without comment) - 13 years ago
As an ILRie, I see this as an HR problem. If we maintain our current policies, Cornell will merely be a funnel for other institutions who are willing to pay higher salaries for more achieved faculty. It is an HR problem or an athletic policies problem? A lot of our funding are wasted in the unnecessarily-bureaucratic nature of this institution, and the administration moves too slowly to corrby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Tamboni to Penn State - 13 years ago
I hope our two high profile coaching losses will turn some of those heads who think we can easily compete nationally in any sport. The same kind of pressures we have getting and keeping coaches are reflected in recruiting. Sadly, the same could be said about most top-performing faculty/staff at Cornell. I still was shocked when one of my favorite tenured professors bolted for an endowed chairby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Declucia to Penn State - 13 years ago
Tambroni to Penn State? The fuck?by mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Places to eat in Ithaca - 13 years ago
Evening 1 Ate dinner at the Antlers -- food was excellent. Recommend the place to anyone coming up for reunion. fr Glad to hear. Always concerned when I make a recommendation based on an experience from five years ago. Reunion tomorrow night! I think we're going to kick the weekend off at Glenwood Pines.by mnagowski - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Graduation Day Reflections - 13 years ago
billhowardIt takes a while, sometimes a a year, to get over it. Only a year?! I'm going on six. Congratulations to Mitch, Elie, and the rest of the Class of 2010. Edit: Quote box out of alignment.by mnagowski - Hockey
Re: Cornell vs. Notre Dame - 13 years ago
I'm not losing any sleep over it. Jeff has deep Upstate NY roots -- he's a product of West Genesee and Hobart.by mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Lax: NC$$ Championship Weekend - 13 years ago
phillysportsfan Was wondering if someone could help me out, I want to go to the game but dont have a ride there. I will pay for your tickets if you can give me a ride from Odenton, MD to the game. Odenton, MD is about a half hour drive from Baltimore, it is half way between Baltimore and Washington DC. PM if interested. Thanks If all else fails, why not just ride a bike to BWI and take the lighby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Lax: NC$$ Championship Weekend - 13 years ago
RichH mnagowski Probably has something to do with the Cornell allotment selling out yesterday evening: No, quoting that link: The Cornell University ticket allotment for the 2010 NCAA men’s lacrosse championship weekend is sold out as of Monday morning at 11 a.m. Aha. I only got as far as the timestamp, which was 5/23 at 7:23PMby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Lax: NC$$ Championship Weekend - 13 years ago
RichH Just tried the latest-n-greatest ticket ordering system Athletics has contracted out. Logged in as alumni in order to get the following message: "Tickets not on sale for your user type." Awesome. Probably has something to do with the Cornell allotment selling out yesterday evening:by mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Places to eat in Ithaca - 13 years ago
munchkin billhoward munchkin Rongovian Embassy in Trumansburg, if you're willing to drive. Big beer selection and decent food, often live music. They're still around? Amazing. 35+ years in business. Whenever my mom (class of '78) would visit me, we'd go there. She went a lot when she was in undergrad, not so popular among students these days though, I never went with anyone but her, but I alwayby mnagowski - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: UnderArmour Lax All-Americans - 13 years ago
(Also, does Georgetown accept people directly into IR right out of high school? They do have a school of foreign service, and it's separate from their equivalent of A&S. So maybe they do. I wonder how many lacrosse players ....) They do. Having spent a summer on Georgetown's campus during my junior year, Georgetown doesn't have anything that Cornell doesn't, save for a preppier student bodyby mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Places to eat in Ithaca - 13 years ago
Antlers in Route 366.by mnagowski - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Lax Cornell 14 Brown 8 Ivy lax tournament postgame - 13 years ago
Tigers 10 Big Red 9. Final/OT.by mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Rebecca Johnston's Olympic Memories - 13 years ago
Don't want to jinx it, but let's just say my expectations for next year's team are quite high.by mnagowski - Hockey
Re: Literature Fans - 13 years ago
I actually read The Road this past weekend. It was the first book by Cormac McCarthy that I have read, and it definitely took more than a couple of pages for me to get used to his style. His prose sure is pretty, though. The book reminded me a bit of The Giver by Lois Lowry in terms of a young boy trying to cope with hopelessness. Dave Eggers's Zeitoun is next. And at some point I have to reaby mnagowski - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Greek life at Princeton: booze, social stratification, hazing - 13 years ago
Except for the fact that our fraternities are officially recognized by the University, this is different from Cornell in what respect?by mnagowski - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Cornell Lacrosse Saturday May 1: We're IN - 14 years ago
If anybody is interested in watching the game after the fact (perhaps because they had to attend a relative's surprise birthday party) it is streaming for free on ESPN 360.by mnagowski - Other Sports
Re: Opzi - Need help from Cornell hockey diehards - 14 years ago
Cornell hockey has such a great history, and it'd be great to create a place where someone new to the sport or community can quickly get a sense of what it's all about, ask newbie questions, etc. I like the concept of Opzi, especially in its abillity to connect disparate segments of Cornellians together. But to be fair, isn't this a service that eLynah already provides? Or do all of the anarchoby mnagowski - Hockey
Re: Final Four (all games) - title game telecast - 14 years ago
judy RichH judy mnagowski Greening gives a nice shout out to the Lynah Faithful who were cheering for him in Detroit: I am really surprised that he heard us. Sound got swallowed in Ford Field. You forgot who you were sitting with. And it really wasn't that bad for sound, considering the size. Scersk and I did an echo test, and ruled that it wasn't as sound-sucking as we thought. Iby mnagowski - Hockey