<p>I think the Cornell Chronicle is an official Cornell paper put out by the administration.</p>
<p>the problem with the Cornell Chronicle is the fact that it's not a daily paper, I think only weekly. I could be wrong though. </p>
<p>But, a reminder to all studnets, this is the actual Cornell newspaper. I'm pretty sure that it's run with a good helping hand from the university. </p>
<p>The sun is more popular party because it has had better days. Redcrimblue is right in his statement that papers can change quite a bit from semester to semester. Also, it's the daily student run newspaper - it almost has to be the most popular on campus. </p>
<p>I should note that I found the Harvard article dull and pretentious in a way. I don't really mind the way the sun's articles are written, their coverage is just terrible. </p>
<p>But, i should add, the snacking articles by that one kid are strokes of genius. </p>
<p>Another tidbit of the Sun's terrible coverage: I learned that it was CU profs that discovered the poison in the dog food when I was in Mexico for spring break. The day was a Saturday. The following Wednesday it was covered in the Sun.</p>
<p>But aren't the Sun's staff all students, so that they would be on Spring Break too? Or does it have a full time staff?</p>
<p>no, i wouldn't expect them to get something like that on spring break, i dont think they even print. I could be wrong, though. </p>
<p>buuuut, 4 days after students are back on campus is a little much. By then, it's old news and pointless. It was a huge breakthrough for Cornell, too bad the Sun couldn't keep on top of something significant like this on their own campus. Thank goodness I have the NY Times ... or in this particular case CNN Extensi</p>
<p>" "Mark me as 'elitist?'" What do you mean, exactly?"
As in, brand you as elitist. Many people would see these mistakes as 'small,' and so consider you, if not call you outright, a snob - <em>obviously</em> you're making a mountain out of a molehill because you're a snob. People react that way when they think that your criticism is nitpicking and they're intellectually infantile. They don't have much care for detail, at least in the related area. </p>
<p>I find that the Sun's articles are poorly researched. I recall when Dr. Rabkin, the prominent conservative professor of constitutional law on campus, announced his decision to switch to George Mason's Law School. The Sun reported it, of course (he's a pretty big figure on campus), but failed to mention the collection of famous conservative scholars at his new school, which is basic backdrop.</p>
<p>from what ive read online, the sun seems more like a blog- not impressed</p>
<p>I got to Cornell and I want to reiterate gomestar's point. The Daily Sun is a crappy paper; somehow we managed to get some of the stupidest students at Cornell to be our "voice box". Seriously, some of the articles in that paper are so mind-bogglingly dumb it makes me wonder how Kurt Vonnegut ever put up with the paper when he was a student here. I think it just goes to show that with college admissions becoming more selective, it doesn't necessarily mean student bodies improve. All it shows is that more kids work harder and learn how to play the game. I seriously doubt the sun was this crappy in the 1960's.</p>
<p>That said, if you are a prospective student, don't read my comment as negative towards Cornell. The school is absolutely amazing and there are plenty of brilliant people here, they just know better than to write for the Sun.</p>
<p>As a proud Cornell Engineer, this article made me want to vomit:
<a href="http://cornellsun.com/node/21786%5B/url%5D">http://cornellsun.com/node/21786</a></p>
<p>If your desire in life is to write for an amazing student-run newspaper...the sun probably isn't it. Although the crosswords/sudoku are fun and they publish Dilbert, which makes me laugh. Oh and it's great for putting on the floor of your car so that mud doesn't get on your car-carpeting :)</p>
<p>RichardCory - easy to explain, smart people decide not to write for the sun. To be fair, some articles are great, they're just becoming more and more limited.</p>