[Slightly OT] Chance for Cornell to get More Press

[dbilmes]

[quote Rich S]But they must have been hard on the knee joints.  I'd think you guys would have orthopedic problems.  :-D[/quote]

That's true. I've had arthroscopic surgery on both of my knees. Of course playing tennis 7 days a week when I was younger might have had something to do with that as well!

[ugarte]

The answer is MIT.

[RichH]

A terrific response to the voting:

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/faqs/index.html

[Q]However, students and alums managed to post many passionate, articulate, humorous, and convincing posts on our Blowback page, all making the case that Alex should head to Ithaca. In acknowledgement of this impressive and moving effort, the Doonesbury Town Hall is pleased to award Cornell the Doonesbury Straw Poll Congeniality Award.[/Q]

sigh.

[Liz '05]

So this Miss Congeniality award means Alex can hate MIT and transfer here in time for her second semester, right?

Yeah, I didn't think so.  Oh, well.