<p>Cornell</a> Students Cite Trayvon Martin, Throw Bottles at Black Students | Your Black World</p>
<p>Cornell was my first choice and I got rejected, but somehow this makes me a little less sad about it...</p>
<p>It’s not like this was posted already. Oh wait, it was! Anyways, the perpetrator was an outsider. I’m sorry you got rejected, but please don’t be so petty.</p>
<p>I didn’t know it was already posted. I just heard about it. But, I’m not being petty at all! I still love Cornell as an institution. This was just disappointing for me to read about, considering the high caliber of students that are attending Cornell. Since it was an outsider I guess it doesn’t matter. I don’t see the need for you to be so nasty, jeez.</p>
<p>You will find ignorant students at any institution. That ignorance likes to come out when alcohol is involved. It wouldn’t surprise me if Cornell students participated but I don’t think the actions of a couple of drunk idiots reflect on the school.</p>
<p>Sorry for the attitude but I was just fed up with trolls and opportunists. And yes, what Norcal said.</p>
<p>I agree that it definitely does reflect on the school as a whole. As ridiculous as it sounds, I’ve just romanticized Cornell so much that I hate to hear anything negative about it lol. And no problem Colene. I am really not a ■■■■■ or an opportunist :)</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s any surprise that racism exists at Cornell. It’s also not a surprise that drunken shenanigans exist at Cornell. Put the two together, and it becomes pretty clear that this incident is actually not as big of a deal as some news sources (<em>cough</em>, Huffington Post, <em>cough</em>) make it out to be. </p>
<p>Schools like BU and USC are sending home condolences for murders…</p>
<p>^^ Seriously? I feel so uninformed, but that is really scary!</p>
<p>Norcal - "I don’t think the actions of a couple of drunk idiots reflect on the school. "
Miami - "I agree that it definitely does reflect on the school as a whole. As ridiculous as it sounds, I’ve just romanticized Cornell so much that I hate to hear anything negative about it lol. "</p>
<p>What in the world??? You are agreeing with him, but on the exact opposite of what he just said? You hate to hear anything negative about it “lol” but you decide to make an entirely new thread on the same article that was already made into a thread literally 1 post ago by someone else?.. Alright, you are a ■■■■■. Probably the same ■■■■■ (englandern) we’ve had for a while judging by how you like to twist others’ words and make repetitive posts to indirectly undermine Cornell - It would not surprise me that you are Saugus and have some random ■■■■■ accounts floating on cc trashing other schools’ pages either. It certainly wouldn’t be englandern’s first alternative account.</p>
<p>I just had a scary thought … what if all the trolls on CC were simply just 2-3 people who really, really have nothing to do?..</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s really fair to say “I got rejected but now I don’t feel so bad about it.” That’s a low blow, Miami. I thought the perpetrator didn’t even go to Cornell. Maybe I’m wrong about that (or maybe students were present and didn’t stop it, which is pretty bad) but why are people holding this against the school? You can’t expect the school to be responsible for someone who shows up at a weekend party. Not like there’s a background check for that.</p>
<p>I can’t say I held it against Virginia when one of their rich lacrosse players killed his girlfriend because he couldn’t control his anger or against Duke when their lacrosse players were on trial for that whole racial party incident a few years ago which ended up being the result of a non-student’s fabrication. People do bad things everywhere (see Wall Street and representation of every Ivy League school).</p>
<p>@Colene you are getting way too emotional/defensive about this whole thing.</p>
<p>@apple I was just being snarky when I said that. It should have come across as a joke, but I guess not. That was just may way of displaying how disgusted I was with the whole thing, however, I am a logical person and I know it does not reflect on Cornell as an institution.</p>
<p>Why are you even on this board if you got rejected?</p>
<p>And yeah, a drunk idiot not even in the school totally reflects upon the entire student body.</p>
<p>^But to qualify, we do have quite a number of drunk idiots from time to time. Just not this one probably.</p>
<p>Well, that’s not really exclusive to us, though. Any school with fraternities has drunken idiots. Even Harvard and Princeton apparently have them.</p>
<p>The only schools without them are probably BYU, Notre Dame, and maybe Penn Wharton?.. (I just guessed on that one, I don’t know. Maybe too cutthroat or something.)</p>
<p>There are drunk idiots everywhere. Even drunk geniuses are still idiots. </p>
<p>From my 4 years at Cornell, I found it a very tolerant and open environment. Sure, it can get cliquey based on ethnicity, but I still think ethnic groups mixed well. Some fraternities are the exception to this experience, but I largely avoided frats after freshman year so I can’t say much. If anything, gender issues are more prevalent with the “forcible touching” incidents, but even then, you are talking about isolated cases where alcohol was likely involved.</p>
<p>Why do people drink so much at colleges, anyway? Is it a physical addiction, or is there just nothing else to do?</p>
<p>I’m not a prude or anything; I just don’t see how purposely intoxicating yourself could possibly be any fun. I don’t plan on drinking.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat Saugus, we can be sober together next year.</p>
<p>Ithaca is pretty much in the middle of nowhere, which is a part of the reason why Greek Life and the excessive drinking culture are so big here. Sure, you can have a social life without joining a fraternity/sorority, but you’ll need to know the right people for that. Moreover, the partying scene is dying anyway with the new restrictions. As some other posters here will say, parties used to be a lot more frequent, more open to the community, and perhaps more fun compared to this year and the previous one or two.</p>
<p>You can still be a non-drinker and party, but you may or may not find it as appealing since parties are really terrible places to meet people. That’s my own personal experience as someone who is always sober.</p>
<p>To be honest people’s efforts should be placed towards making real friends and a social circle…not looking for the best way to get drunk and do stupid **** every night/weekend/etc.</p>
<p>Well, once you get past the first weeks of your freshman year, people tend to get into cliques. You haven’t quite set foot on Cornell yet to understand the climate/how people are here; but don’t take all my words. I have my own experiences, and everyone is different. But even having a certain physical feature may be enough to make you the most popular person around. That’s all I’m going to say.</p>