– The biggest story of the week was the selection of Nancy Pelosi as our convocation speaker. Of course, we at the Cornell Review had our own take on the matter.
– It was a great weekend for Cornell sports: the hockey team picked up two important wins to jump atop the ECAC standings, while the basketball team continued its Ivy League dominance with a 86-50 win over Harvard.
– The summer reading project (Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) for this year’s incoming freshmen (2014’s) seems more engaging than the last two selections, but I can think of a dozen science fiction novels that I would have rather recommended.
– Here is the Sun’s article on Mark von Bucher ’12.
– This has been a truly sad academic year for the Cornell student body.
– Writing seminar co-founder Jonathan Bishop has also passed away.
– Some more commentary on the Cornell Greeks.
– Keep in mind that there are worse incidents of hazing during fraternity rushing and pledging.
– METAezra has some insights on the university endowment figures.
– Bilmes takes a stab at explaining the Cornell law school applications surge. His points make sense, but I’d still like to see the admissions statistics for comparably ranked law schools like UVA, Georgetown, Northwestern, and Duke before I’m completely satisfied.
– Read Krauthammer’s critique of the administration’s insistence of “treating Islamist terrorism as a law-enforcement issue.”
– The horrible decision to hold the KSM trial in NYC is at least being partially reconsidered.
