Blog Above Cayuga’s Waters

Monday 16 November

Nabokov’s The Original of Laura publication (I posted this on Facebook and people kept quoting the Police at me.  Please, for the love of all that is good and holy, don’t do that.)

What is the Dog Whisperer Really Saying? (You can’t see me right now, but I am making that clawlike hand gesture he does and going CHHHHHSHHST at you)

Tuesday 17 November

Electronic Genealogy II (I recently found both of my great-grandfathers’ WWI draft cards on Ancestry.com; you might show up to this and find me sitting next to you)

BEAD PARTY for International Women (You don’t have to make jewellry (but you can). They are also selling handmade stuff and the holidays are coming up…)

Wednesday 18 November

Bill Field Invitational (hosted by the Men’s Polo team.)

District 9 (it’s an allegory for apartheid, you know)

Thursday 19 November

Identifying phytochelatins transporters from Arabidopsis thaliana (say that three times fast)

Local Foods Fair

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The Birds (November must be Hitchcock month at Cornell Cinema)

Friday 20 November

On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, Art and Fiction

Men’s Basketball Game

Men’s Ice Hockey Game

Public Viewing Night at the Fuertes Observatory

First, a word from your sponsor.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall falling.  I know that most of you were babies when this happened, but I was a freshman in college and had just returned from living in Germany.  We went to Berlin while I was there and I had a conversation with a local politician, asking if he thought the wall would ever come down.

“Not in my lifetime,” he said. “And probably not in yours, either.”

I am very glad he was wrong.  You should be too.  Although, in retrospect, maybe the cold war of my youth was a lot simpler than the wars of yours.

Monday 9 November

Big Red Relief’s First Event

Rear Window (Classic movie.  Classic.)

Tuesday 10 November

Africana Center 40th Anniversary Exhibition (This is an exhibit at the Johnson, not an actual party)

Collegetown Neighborhood Council meeting (Fight for your right to party?)

Wednesday 11 November

Cornell Veterans Day Observance

America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity (speaking of the cold war)

Thursday 12 November

Afghanistan: Assessing the New USG Strategy (A Report from the Field) (and speaking of your war)

Alice Fulton, Kenneth McClane Reading (Alice Fulton is pretty freaking amazing)

Psycho (another classic movie)

Friday 13 November

Café con Libros – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (i have just started this book…someone go and tell me if it’s worth finishing?)

Role of Agricultural Ecosystems in the Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon to Mitigate Climate Change and Advance Food Security (say that three times fast!)

Women’s Basketball Game

Women’s Ice Hockey Game

Men’s Polo Game

Monday 2 Nov

Job Search Strategies for Liberal Arts Students (Because “Do you want fries with that?” should not be the battle cry of English Majors)

Strangers on a Train (Classic Movie)

Tuesday 3 Nov

Taking Time Off Before Graduate School (Personally, I cannot recommend this.  I “took a year off” after college to decide what I wanted to do about grad school and…yeah…that was in 1994.)

Transnational Implications of the Mexican Drug Trade (Have I ever told you guys the story of my mother busting someone out of a Mexican jail and running for the border under the cover of darkness?)

Wednesday 4 Nov

America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity (Did you guys ever wonder if the Russians love their children too?)(Did any of you get the reference?)

Learn Massage with Matty (I cannot officially condone this tactic, but I hear that learning massage together is a great way to get to second base with a date.)

Thursday 5 Nov

You know what?  There is really nothing going on on Thursday.  Not even something I can crack wise about.

Friday 6 Nov

Volleyball Match (vs. Princeton)

Men’s Ice Hockey Game (vs. Dartmouth)

The Hangovers present Fall Tonic XXX

Tuesday

How to be a Scholar-Activist: A Conversation with Angela Davis

When the Lights Went Out: A Cultural History of American Blackouts (are any of you old enough to remember the recent east coast blackout?)

Ithaca Beer Event (Seating is limited, but Evan might be able to hook you up)

Wednesday

The Lincoln Presidency: Last Full Measure of Devotion (did anyone see Supernatural last week when Abe Lincoln went all medieval on a guy?  CREEPY!)

Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music by Lee Blessing (I just love this title. It makes me think of calico and pie.  Mmmm.  Pie.)

Thursday

CU Music: Midday Music at Lincoln (Love me some Chopin!)

The Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to Limit Talented Women & Girls (Guys, attend this and take notes.  It could help with your love life.)

The Hangover (I have not seen this, but anything that has both Mike Tyson and a tiger has to be good.)

Friday

Women’s Ice Hockey Game

Women’s Polo Match

Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince

Skate Night 2009 (It’s a pretty safe bet that no one will throw fish at YOU.)

Monday 5 October

Zen Meditation Practice I don’t know about the rest of you, but I could sure use a little more zen in my life these days.

Spellbound A classic Hitchcock film.  Excellent date potential.

Tuesday 6 October

Romeyn de Hooghe: Virtuoso Etcher Have you ever heard the phrase “Come up to my room and see my etchings?”  Hint:  It’s a euphemism.  (Also, I went to college with a guy named Romeyn.)

Dilmun Hill-MacDaniels Nut Grove Farm Stand Fresh apples, anyone?

Swing Dance Classes and Practice Also excellent date material.  I’m just saying.

Wednesday 7 October

Creatively Coping with Stress If you can’t have Zen, at least learn to cope?

Red Lights: The Lives of Sex Workers in Postsocialist China I do not recommend this for date night, but I bet it’s interesting.

Thursday 8 October

S.O.S/D.: Save Our Swedish (and Dutch) Nothing says Fall at Cornell like a good protest.

Civil Liberties in the Age of Obama Alex Payne would have loved this one.

Learn to Climb And nothing says date night like strapping someone into ropes and a harness.  Helmet optional.

Friday 9 October

NPR’s “Science Friday” Broadcasting Live from Cornell’s Bailey Hall This one is only here because UnivComm is promoting it like crazy and I feel obligated to share.

Cornell Games Club A good date lets the girl win.

Public Viewing Night at the Fuertes Observatory Classic date activity.

Thursday 9/10

• Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales
• Student Assembly Meeting
• I Love Female Orgasm (yes, you totally read that right)

Friday 9/11

• Plasmodium Induced Inflammation and Dendritic Cell Immune Response (I ony included this because Plasmodium sounds like something Dr. Horrible would use to further his evil plans)
• Cornell Games Club

Tuesday 9/1

Buy some fresh fruits and veggies on the Ag Quad at the Dilmun Hill Stand

Are you feeling infringed upon?  Will Creely talks about the first amendment and college campuses.

Wednesday 9/2

Sage Wednesdays: Not a worship service, more than a lecture. (Author Diane Ackerman this week)

Thursday 9/3
From Cornell to the World: Lessons From a Cornellian in US Foreign Relations

Argentine Tango Practice (if someone joins this group, I will totally buy you a rose to put in your teeth!)

Friday 9/4
Cornell Games Club

This is Welcome Weekend. Check out their site for info on what’s going on.  You do not have to be a new student to attend these events.

Thursday 8/27

UP! is playing at Cornell Cinema I am told this is an excellent film, though I have not seen it myself.

Drag Bingo sounds like an absolute riot to me.

Friday 8/28

Public Viewing Night at Fuertes Observatory Those of you who have been blogging for me for a while know that this is a standard of mine when it comes to events. What you don’t know is that the minute SOMEONE blogs about going to it, I will let it drop for a while.

The Brothers Bloom is playing at Cornell Cinema.  I was psyched about this movie until I learned that Orlando Bloom does not have a role. I’m pretty sure that’s false advertising.

The Office of Web Communications is seeking applications for students to blog about their day-to-day life at Cornell. The 2009-2010 academic year will be the fourth for Life on the Hill and we are once again pleased to open up our application pool to include the entire undergraduate student body.

Information about the project can be found at the About the Project link above. This includes a list of project goals and expectations for successful candidates. A FAQ is also available.

During the academic year, bloggers are expected to post at least two entries per week (one during breaks) and will be compensated with a monthly stipend of $50 taxable income. Additionally, the Office of Web Communications occasionally obtains tickets to campus events (The Dalai Lama, Steven Colbert, Hockey games, etc), which will be distributed to students who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to the project.

Download the application. (MS Word) (440k)

Applications are due no later than 4 pm on Monday, April 13, 2009.

Electronic submissions are preferred (mail to hck1@cornell.edu), but paper copies may be mailed to:

Lisa Cameron-Norfleet
Office of Web Communications
312 College Ave
Ithaca, NY 14850

Any questions you have about the project or the application process can be addressed to Lisa Cameron-Norfleet. We welcome your inquiries and feedback.

PS. Wondering about all those password protected posts below? They are a series of possible topics for our students to blog about if they are stuck for ideas. We offer up suggestions, but we never tell you what you have to write. Promise.