Archive for November, 2006

A Shimon Peres Experience

Cornell University was fortunate enough to have Shimon Peres, former prime minister of Israel, Nobel Peace prize winner, and a current senior statesman of Israel, talk on campus. The experience of sitting in front of such a prominent politician was amazing in and of itself. Add to that, the well-organized, methodical speech he gave and [...]

Published in: Back at Cornell for Fall Semester '06 on November 30, 2006 at12:42 pm Comments (3)

Embarrassed to call myself a Giants fan (hopefully just for this week)

I sat in my Giants foldable chair stunned in disbelief. I had rushed my parents in getting me back to Cornell before 4:15pm on Sunday after my Thanksgiving break so I could watch the Giants play the Titans only to wind up extremely depressed for the entire night after the Giants blew a 21 point [...]

Published in: Back at Cornell for Fall Semester '06 on November 28, 2006 at1:01 pm Comments Off

Downfall of Cornell Hockey (Not the team…the atmosphere)

Cornell hockey is the equivalent of Michigan football, Indiana basketball, Cal St. Fullerton baseball. It is the premiere sport on campus, all the students know about it and how the team is doing even if they hate the sport of hockey. The Cornell-Harvard game brings out the same intensity as that of a Oklahoma-Texas football [...]

Published in: Back at Cornell for Fall Semester '06 on November 22, 2006 at12:57 pm Comments (1)

A Little Bit About Food

I’ve realized I’ve neglected mentioning about Cornell food, maybe because I have it everyday and it’s easy to lose your appreciation for it, sort of like when you live at home and have home cooking then leave for college and love the food your parents make when you come back (not that you didn’t love [...]

Published in: Back at Cornell for Fall Semester '06 on November 18, 2006 at2:51 am Comments Off

Football’s Back in NJ

Being from New Jersey I’m having a hard time not talking about Rutgers football, especially on this blog. Now I know I go to Cornell  (and I must say, the wins that Cornell has have been very impressive, but they’re not ranked in DI-AA football) but no one can escape their hometown pride, especially when [...]

Published in: Back at Cornell for Fall Semester '06 on November 14, 2006 at1:01 pm Comments (1)

Big Blue

In this context at this point of the week big blue has two meanings. 1. The anticipation of what could be the biggest football game yet when the Giants host the Bears in the swamps of the Meadowlands. Hopefully a win will come out of it. I’ve been wearing my Giants hat everyday this week. [...]

Published in: Back at Cornell for Fall Semester '06 on November 9, 2006 at12:26 pm Comments Off

Course Enroll

Today at 6:30am was the commencement of course enroll for sophomores. Course Enroll is the program used for students to enroll in classes for the spring semester. It is an online program and can be iffy at times. It worked well for me today. I got into all the courses I wanted except for one, [...]

Published in: Back at Cornell for Fall Semester '06 on November 6, 2006 at2:07 pm Comments Off

Internship Information Event

So far this semester I’ve been constantly thinking about how I’m supposed to go about finding an internship for the summer. I haven’t really had a clue on where to start even though Cornell has a plethora of career service facilities and staff. I figured the resume is probably the best place to start. So [...]

Published in: Back at Cornell for Fall Semester '06 on November 4, 2006 at1:08 am Comments Off