Big Red Stuns Stanford

George64 · December 16, 2011, 06:13:19 PM

Stanford folds after big play by Cornell. Let's go Red.

nyc94 · December 16, 2011, 06:25:07 PM

Any bets on who Anonymous is?

Beeeej · December 16, 2011, 07:09:26 PM

Only that it wasn't me.

Or Kyle.

RichH · December 16, 2011, 07:12:38 PM

Quote from: nyc94Any bets on who Anonymous is?

A Cal-Berkeley alum who wanted to stick it to Stanford?

nyc94 · December 17, 2011, 11:07:28 AM

I'm guessing Sandy Weill. Yes, he's already made huge gifts to the school but he's still rich and he isn't getting any younger. And he just found a buyer for one of his Central Park West apartments at or near the $88 million asking price. Edit: Upon reflection, "Sandy Weill" and "anonymous" are not words usually found in the same sentence.

Ben Rocky '04 · December 18, 2011, 11:04:01 PM

WSJ is reporting that we won:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204879004577107190097493490.html?KEYWORDS=cornell

jkahn · December 19, 2011, 12:19:06 PM

Live stream of the announcement at 2:30 EST at
http://www.cornell.edu/video/?videoid=1810

Jim Hyla · December 19, 2011, 05:38:48 PM

Here's the NY Times article and the Cornell release.

jkahn · December 19, 2011, 10:50:09 PM

Quote from: nyc94Any bets on who Anonymous is?

It's Charles Feeney.

Chris '03 · December 19, 2011, 11:23:01 PM

Quote from: jkahn
Quote from: nyc94Any bets on who Anonymous is?
It's Charles Feeney.

Indeed:
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/12/19/new-york-times-identifies-anonymous-cornell-alum-who-donated-350-m-towards-the-tech-campus-charles-feeney1219201/

David Harding · December 20, 2011, 01:40:21 AM

Quote from: jkahn
Quote from: nyc94Any bets on who Anonymous is?
It's Charles Feeney.

He was actually the first person who came to my mind when the gift was announced.

nyc94 · December 20, 2011, 10:24:02 AM

Quote from: David Harding
Quote from: jkahn
Quote from: nyc94Any bets on who Anonymous is?
It's Charles Feeney.
He was actually the first person who came to my mind when the gift was announced.

Good call. I had forgotten about him until now. Probably because his name isn't everywhere I look. ::whistle::

css228 · December 20, 2011, 05:39:47 PM

Quote from: jkahn
Quote from: nyc94Any bets on who Anonymous is?
It's Charles Feeney.

Would have been much more entertaining if his first name were George.

David Harding · December 20, 2011, 11:35:54 PM

Quote from: nyc94
Quote from: David Harding
Quote from: jkahn
Quote from: nyc94Any bets on who Anonymous is?
It's Charles Feeney.
He was actually the first person who came to my mind when the gift was announced.

Good call. I had forgotten about him until now. Probably because his name isn't everywhere I look. ::whistle::

Cornell Chronicle on the gift and Feeney.

Trotsky · December 21, 2011, 01:20:15 PM

Is the competitor niche here MIT / Cal Tech?