<p>If you want help with finding volunteer opportunities, check out the Public Service Center in 200 Barnes Hall. They can definitely help you find something. Lots of organizations take part in volunteer work/community service as well.</p>
<p>As for what I love about Cornell:
-living on North as a freshman (the people, the food–so much fun)
-meeting amazing, genuine people from all over the world
-taking advantage of the many activities that Cornell has to offer
-napping on the Slope on a breezy spring day
-eating Cornell ice cream at the Dairy Bar (they used to offer apple pie ice cream that was incredible)
-walking into random Collegetown parties during Orientation week and being welcomed
-seeing people/performers like Stephen Colbert, the All-American Rejects, and OK Go
-Slope Day!
-enjoying the view from the top of the clocktower
-pigging out on food from the Hot Truck, CTB, CTP, Wings, DP Dough, Bear Nasties…the list goes on and on</p>
<p>I can’t say enough about Cornell. I can’t believe I only have 2 and a half more years here…a year and a half flew by. I absolutely love it here. I know I’m cheesy, but what else can I say? ;)</p>
<p>As another “old timer” from the early 80’s my list is:
-face time at ruloffs
-late night cookies at the straight
-standing in line for hockey tickets
-evening chimes concert
-the big red band
-the phi psi 500 (sorry this ones gone for good)
-crossing the campus late at night in the middle of winter
-walking in the gorge with my wife to be
-The best alumni in the world</p>
<p>also…most of the dorms aren’t too shabby. The only dorms I’ve heard complaints about are the low rises on North…and one or two complaints about the Gothics on West</p>
<p>There’s a bench on the top of Libe Slope that reads something like:</p>
<p>“To those who sit here mourning, to those who sit here rejoicing<br>
Sympathies and salutations, for so too have we done in our time.
Class of 1906”</p>
<p>That’s probably off - the year, the quote, but when I saw it I was going through a rough time and I remember it being such a solace to be able to put my little life in the perspective of the universal human experience.</p>
<p>Also - walking across the suspension footbridge over the gorge everyday to class. One time stands out when a random dog passed me on the bridge. Didn’t acknowledge me, just kept trotting along on his way somewhere. This was after they banned the “all dogs shall roam free” clause, but it was one of those “only at Cornell moments”</p>
<p>Lastly - I think Cornell’s extremely economically diverse student body (from farmers to physicists) that drags it through the mud when compared to other top schools makes it a completely unique and wonderful institution in its own right. It’s pursuing a path no other school of that nature is pursuing, and Cornell should be respected for it rather than chastised.</p>
<p>I loved intro to wines. I was already a wine-o well before that, but what an opportunity to sample 6-7 select wines. </p>
<p>The tests aren’t hard, I’m not sure why people freak out at them. </p>
<p>Bordeaux day was incredible, a '99 Lascombes, '99 Talbot, '01 Pontet-Canet, and a '03 Guiard from Sauternes … that’s a solid $280 worth of bottles that I’d only be able to buy for more special occasions and would never have the opportunity to taste side by side. Joy!!</p>