Although Cornell is famous for its elite academics, extensive research opportunities and diverse student population, it is unfortunately famous for another reason: student suicides.  Although the numerous recent deaths at Cornell have been extremely publicized, the problem is not just a local one.  In recent years, student suicide has been an emergent problem in colleges and universit

Even with the motto “any person, any study”, Cornell has historically ranked as the least diverse university among the Ivies. In 2007, there was a 37.6% enrollment of minorities with 5.1% blacks, 0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 16.5% Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.5% Hispanic.

There are many large lecture classes at Cornell that require a lot of written work as part of the course assignments. Many professors feel that giving feedback on written papers is more constructive than giving multiple exams each semester. With class sizes increasing, this means that a lot of words are written per class section.

Most students at Cornell must take at least one Freshman Writing Seminar. These classes are usually capped at around eighteen students. But what happens when there are too many students to limit the size of every class? Recently, this has been the trend at many colleges. With the economic downfall, there are fewer professors to teach traditionally small classes.

Imagine that you are an intelligent college senior and you have been admitted to the ten colleges you applied to. In the past, this may have been great news, but presently your parents may not be able to afford the tuitions of every university you have gotten into.

With the recent economic decline, people have often had to cut back much of their spending that might be considered superfluous. Unfortunately, that tends to include donations to colleges.

When A.D. White and Ezra Cornell founded Cornell University in 1865, coeducation was practically nonexistent. The university was one of the first in the Northeast to admit women, and later one of the first to have a Women’s Studies Program. Still, women have traditionally been discriminated against in the sciences, which many feel is a “gendered” subject.

In the year 2007, Cornell had one Carnegie Junior fellow, three Goldwater scholars, one Luce scholar, one Marshall scholar, one Rhodes scholar and one Udall scholar. How do students obtain such prestigious awards? It may be through the help of each college’s individual fellowship representatives.

The motto of “any person, any study” at Cornell is meant to be emblematic of the diversity of the student population. Specifically, the Cornell Statement on Diversity and Inclusiveness is “Open Doors, Open Hearts, and Open Minds” for both the student body and for the employees.