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George64
Well, it was just a matter of time! According to the Cornell Daily Sun, Kotlikoff folds. “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money,” channeling Everitt Dirksen.

Please tell me you guys understand what satire is.

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George64
Well, it was just a matter of time! According to the Cornell Daily Sun, Kotlikoff folds. “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money,” channeling Everitt Dirksen.

Please tell me you guys understand what satire is.

So they switched the joke issue to 4/20. That works.

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George64
Well, it was just a matter of time! According to the Cornell Daily Sun, Kotlikoff folds. “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money,” channeling Everitt Dirksen.

Please tell me you guys understand what satire is.

I was a math major, but I still understand satire. But for those who don’t, The Sun offered a disclaimer — “Editor’s Note: 4/20 content is a part of The Sun’s joke issue and contains exaggerated and factually inaccurate information.”

I shared this story with a young friend and he replied — “Back in our years, the parody came out on the Friday of Fall Weekend. I remember my freshman year’s issue well because none of us on the floor knew it was coming and that year, November 1965, the banner headline was that all student draft deferments were being cancelled, for the obvious reason. That morning, starting at about 7:00, people were lined up in the hallways to use the telephone to call home.” There was no disclaimer, so it was genuinely scary. For those of you who never knew life without mobile phones, in mercifully-gone University Halls, there was only one wall-mounted phone in each corridor!
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George64

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George64
Well, it was just a matter of time! According to the Cornell Daily Sun, Kotlikoff folds. “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money,” channeling Everitt Dirksen.

Please tell me you guys understand what satire is.

I was a math major, but I still understand satire. But for those who don’t, The Sun offered a disclaimer — “Editor’s Note: 4/20 content is a part of The Sun’s joke issue and contains exaggerated and factually inaccurate information.”

I shared this story with a young friend and he replied — “Back in our years, the parody came out on the Friday of Fall Weekend. I remember my freshman year’s issue well because none of us on the floor knew it was coming and that year, November 1965, the banner headline was that all student draft deferments were being cancelled, for the obvious reason. That morning, starting at about 7:00, people were lined up in the hallways to use the telephone to call home.” There was no disclaimer, so it was genuinely scary. For those of you who never knew life without mobile phones, in mercifully-gone University Halls, there was only one wall-mounted phone in each corridor!
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War of the Worlds-esque. Wow.

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George64
November 1965, the banner headline was that all student draft deferments were being cancelled, for the obvious reason. That morning, starting at about 7:00, people were lined up in the hallways to use the telephone to call home.”

War of the Worlds-esque. Wow.

Took me awhile to get this. I first thought of the Wells novel, not the radio broadcast.

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War of the Worlds-esque. Wow.

Fun fact: there is no evidence the War of the Worlds caused a panic. It is a classic urban legend.

Trotsky

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War of the Worlds-esque. Wow.

Fun fact: there is no evidence the War of the Worlds caused a panic. It is a classic urban legend.

Wikipedia (I know) says there was definitively SOME unrest and worry, but that it was also likely played up by the newspapers.

New York Times, October 31, 1938

George64
In my inbox this morning -

Livestream with President Michael I. Kotlikoff
Monday, April 21, 11:30 - 12:15 p.m. EDT

Don’t forget: Tune in today to hear directly from President Kotlikoff! He’ll share insights into managing today’s challenging higher education environment.

Should be interesting!
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Now streaming on vimeo
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George64
The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell and $790 million for Northwestern amid civil rights investigations into both schools, two administration officials said.

The funding pause involves mostly grants and contracts with the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education and Health and Human Services, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the unannounced decision.

Interesting article in today’s NY Times, Where Federal Dollars Flow to Universities Around the Country. Cornell is highlighted in one of the charts. Interesting how much of Johns Hopkins research budget comes from federal funding - 87 percent, compared to 49 percent for Cornell. Another interesting comparison - Hopkins lacrosse team is currently 6-8, and 0-5 in the Big 10, while Cornell is 12-1. Think Milliman’s days are numbered?

George64

George64
Another interesting comparison - Hopkins lacrosse team is currently 6-8, and 0-5 in the Big 10, while Cornell is 12-1. Think Milliman’s days are numbered?

He reached for the brass ring and quite possibly fell off the horse instead.

 

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Al DeFlorio '65

This ticket good to redeem the next ten years of puncture snark I would otherwise have felt the need to post here. I think we can all thank the author.

Since apparently this timeline could even get worse, does the campus ever have India v Pakistan protests?

Per Reuters, Cornell and other major universities sue to block cuts in indirect costs for NSF funded research.

Trotsky
Since apparently this timeline could even get worse, does the campus ever have India v Pakistan protests?

Not that I know of.