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AT THE NEWS DESK

CHECKING OUT EARLY: An increasing number of Cornell students are graduating early, according to a recent report released by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. Administrators say this is putting a crunch on the University's funds.

TRAPPED IN EGYPT: Carolyn Witte ’12 recently left Egypt by chartered plane, after spending nearly 40 hours in the protest-torn nation.

OPINION

AVOIDING THE EASY ‘A’: Elisabeth Rosen ’12 urges Cornellians to take classes for their academic rigor and intellectual value, not just for the median grade.

ARTS DESK

THE STARS OF CORNELL FASHION: Amelia Brown ’12 talks with Nhu-Thu Nguyen '11 about her love of small details and intricate patterns in her fashion designs, in the first of a weekly series leading up to the Cornell Fashion Collective Show.

SPORTS DESK

MEN’S HOCKEY: The first of this season’s two meetings with rival Harvard was a success for the Red, to the tune of a 2-1 victory over the Crimson. After Friday night’s tie against Dartmouth, Cornell improved to 7-5-2 in ECAC play.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: A weekend road trip to Harvard and Dartmouth was a continuation of early season struggles for the Red. Cornell lost both matchups against its Ivy rivals, falling to 0-4 in league play.

ITHACA WEATHER

• High: 23°
• Low: 20°
• 100% chance of snow showers

ALUMNI IN THE REAL WORLD

A short film produced by Ryan Silbert ’02, God of Love, has been nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Silbert, who graduated from the University after studying communications and business, earned a masters in filmmaking from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He was co-producer of 2010’s “Holy Rollers,” starring Jesse Eisenberg, who is nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best Actor.

God of Love was written and directed by Luke Matheny, who attended NYU at the same time as Silbert. According to an e-mail from Silbert to The Sun, “The film is the story of a lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion who finds his prayers are answered — literally — when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts."

161 THINGS

Every weekday during the school year, The Sun will suggest an item on the "161 Things Every Cornellian Should Do" to complete.

We’ve got a big snow storm coming! The perfect opportunity to #74 Live through an Ithaca blizzard and tell your friends how you survived frostbite.