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Quote from: George64 on November 08, 2025, 09:49:06 AM

Quote from: BearLover on November 07, 2025, 02:23:38 PMYeah, let's just halt research for the next three years, fire thousands of people, cancel programs, operate under tremendous uncertainty, spend millions in legal fees. All for the benefit of...*checks notes* being the scorn of the Trump administration, being subject to more investigations, more fines, more frozen funds. Sorry, I hate the Trump administration as much ans anyone but I'm not going to blow up Cornell for no upside (actually, tremendous downside).

Agreed, I wish we were in the position to give trump the middle finger, but we're not.

To put things in perspective, in 2022, Cornell's research expenditures, including the Weill Cornell, were $1.18 billion.  $636.5 million came from the feds.  Much already goes to CAL, the Vet College and Bowers, so the $10 million per year that trump extorted to help farmers is probably already accounted for.  The $30 million "fine" pains me, but it's a relatively small price to pay to keep the federal spigot open.  Still, it reminds me of gangster movies, "Ya wouldn't want your restaurant to burn down?"

Quote from: BearLover on November 07, 2025, 02:23:38 PMYeah, let's just halt research for the next three years, fire thousands of people, cancel programs, operate under tremendous uncertainty, spend millions in legal fees. All for the benefit of...*checks notes* being the scorn of the Trump administration, being subject to more investigations, more fines, more frozen funds. Sorry, I hate the Trump administration as much ans anyone but I'm not going to blow up Cornell for no upside (actually, tremendous downside). 

Agreed, I wish we were in the position to give trump the middle finger, but we're not.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/cornell-deal-trump-administration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8.SDAX.tDRliBzaHpr5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Quote from: George64 on November 04, 2025, 09:41:12 PMBen Sahakian Ivy Defensive Player of the Week
Annelies Bergmann ECAC Goalie of the Week
Gio DiGiulian ECAC Rookie of the Week
Jaxon Joy Ivy Wrestler of the Week

Add Jane McNally, Academic All Ivy

Ben Sahakian Ivy Defensive Player of the Week
Annelies Bergmann ECAC Goalie of the Week
Gio DiGiulian ECAC Rookie of the Week
Jaxon Joy Ivy Wrestler of the Week

Tribute to Ken Dryden

Quote from: Trotsky on October 17, 2025, 04:08:16 PMWe need a camera on the townie side to show the student crowd.  It is sad to pan the empty half of the barn for the women.

Agreed, everyone on eLynah should email our AD.  Doug does a great job recruiting, but it would help him if prospective players could see the fans on the Cornell side of Lynah.

Lightweight 8+ and 4+A both finished second to Harvard in 60th Head of the Charles Regatta. 

Nothing political, just an interesting article on research done by a Cornell professor about a neighboring Finger Lake.

[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/nyregion/seneca-lake-guns-drums.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r08.tVb3.ChvVoiHDVdVc&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare]

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Quote from: BearLoverBecoming an adult is realizing that none of this actually matters.

Also that it is all manipulated.  A few years ago an article brutally exposed Vandy for marketing to unqualified students with the express purpose of rejecting them, inflating their acceptance rate, and moving up the USnooze rankings.

On matters of finance, universities are the moral equal of car companies, and with the Apotheosis of the MBAs everything in academia since 1980 has been reduced to finance.

Apropos, an interesting opinion piece in today's NY Times.

Quote from: upprdeckThere are 100s of season ticket left, J and H look half empty

What a change from my grad school days, when we lined up at 5 am, and later, spent the night in Barton Hall.
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Quote from: TrotskyI really want guys with local connections to be our announcers.  The pros are Whore Time.  College should be Local Kid Makes Good Time.

I miss Sam Woodside!

Per NY Times, settlement talks with Harvard, Cornell and Northwestern stall.

JFK Jr left a bear cub carcass in Central Park, and look where he is today!

Quote from: ursusminorDare I ask, why you referred to him as RPI Bob?

I was watching the Bills game and it was past my bedtime!
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