Help! I Got My Flu Shot at the Vet School and Now I’m Neighing Like a Horse on Anabolic Steroids

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE—Students were able to get their seasonal flu shots free of charge this year at a variety of sites on campus. Unfortunately, it seems like some individuals who received their vaccine at the College of Veterinary Medicine are suffering from an unintended side effect: neighing like a horse on anabolic steroids.  Carlton…

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Modern Medical Marvel? Last Living Smallpox Patient Seated Right Next to You in Lecture

CENTRAL CAMPUS–An ordinary Monday morning lecture experienced an extremely welcome interruption when a once-considered eradicated disease reappeared right in Kennedy Hall. Harry Swanson ’27 (god willing) was spotted sporting a feverish glow as well as dozens of blood-and-puss-filled scabs blanketing every inch of his body.  “COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH HACK HACK HACK HACK,” said Swanson,…

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 ‘I Realize This Is, in Some Sense, Theater’: Model UN Participant Garners Semblance of Self-Awareness

URIS HALL–Model UN president Jorge Melendez ‘25 was booed out of Uris Hall Auditorium by nearly 200 Live Action Role-Play (LARP) Participants, also known as this year’s Cornell International Affairs Conference (CIAC) members. In a shocking moment of self-awareness, Melendez confessed: “I Realize This Is, in Some Sense, Theater.”  Earlier in the conference, Melendez discussed…

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Natural Selection? Slowest Freshman in Pack Trampled by Cornell Run Club

ARTS QUAD—A casual freshman friend group jaunt to class was interrupted by a mid-Wednesday morning tragedy when Eli Golden ’28 was taken out by a terrifying mob of overly cheery, short-short clad monsters. Despite Lily Shamus ’28 shouting at the group to “scatter,” Eli’s poor reaction times, unathletic nature, and propensity for untied shoelaces made…

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Op-Ed: I’m Not Sure Which “They” Marjorie Taylor Greene is Talking About, But I’m Glad She Supports the Nonbinary Community

Last Thursday on X (formerly Twitter), Marjorie Taylor Greene, a House Republican from Georgia, doubled down on her claims of a shadowy “they” capable of “[controlling] the weather.”  This assertion comes in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which left a path of destruction across the southeast; Hurricane Milton, which was upgraded to a category five…

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Cornell’s Commitment to Sustainability: Flu Shot Clinics to Reuse Needles, Bandages

WILLARD STRAIGHT HALL—This flu season, it’s not only the health of students that Cornell administrators are concerned about, but also the health of our planet. “We’re very excited about the Share-rynge Campaign,” said Sarah Carson, Director of the Campus Sustainability Office. “By cutting down on single-use plastics like hypodermic needles and bandages and instead choosing…

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Expressive Activity Policy Updated with Provisions for “Acceptable White Hood Size” and “Torch Specifications”

DAY HALL—In a conference with worried parents on Monday, Cornell administration outlined the steps it is taking to ensure that campus protests do not endanger the student body. To ease concerns, Vice President Ryan Lombardi rolled out a new set of provisions under the Interim Expressive Activity Policy aimed at making campus safer.  “We value…

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