A little more about Cornell

Or, “Life at Cornell, part 5.”

Six days ago I shared some pictures on life at Cornell and I promised I would share the second half of the batch soon. A promise is a promise so here it is.

Here’s a typical scene on Ho Plaza. Ho Plaza is the central point on campus, a perfect place for student organizations to solicit. The middle of the day is the worst time, with a lot of flyering and tabling and general nuisance-making.

This is a perfect example of what I’m talking about. You would probably look at this picture and think that this was staged. You would think I asked this girl to pose for this photo. I didn’t. Imagine me there, standing in the middle of Ho Plaza, snapping pictures with my digital camera and not talking to anyone. Even though I made it clear that I did not want to be bothered, she still had the guts to push one of her quartercards on me. It was so funny, I couldn’t believe it was happening. I don’t know if she even realized that I snapped her picture right at that moment, and the end result is so perfect, it couldn’t have come out better if I had staged it. This is why I can’t stand crossing Ho Plaza every day.

Here is an example of tabling. As you can see, some greek organization is pushing a charity for kids.

This here is a chalking. Students chalk messages on the ground to promote events. Some of the chalkings are very good… if I get around to digging up some pictures of my chalkings, I’ll share.

This is the Ivy Room. It’s a great place for lunch, because you can get a lot of different items and the food is decent. It’s called the Ivy Room because it has the emblem of each Ivy on the wall. There isn’t any ivy growing anywhere.

Here’s a good example of the differences in upkeep at Cornell. This is a hallway in White Hall, one of the 3 oldest buildings at Cornell. You can tell they received a donation for this building recently, because everything is clean and new.

On the other hand, this is Morrill Hall. It is also one of the oldest 3 buildings at Cornell, but without a recent donation, it remains as is… which is really shabby.

This here is a rare and incredible photo. Here is a real, candid picture of a class outside. Believe it or not, they do actually happen. However, they are not quite as enticing as they seem in the brochures. Class oustide usually involves wet grass, loud cars passing by and the inability to hear anyone who is speaking. Despite all that, there are still people who insist on having class outdoors. Point is, this picture is cool.

Last but not least, a tribute to my major. This is the ECE banner, displayed prominently in the largest ECE lecture hall, Phillips 101. It’s cool because NASA took it into space with them. Has anyone done that with your major’s banner? I didn’t think so.

So that really does mark the end of all my photos. For now at least.