What’s your story?: Matt Shimanovsky ’10

November 17th, 2009

Matt Shimanovsky wants to get people excited about radio again. Read More…




Images of campus life, 1974-78

November 4th, 2009

Eric Weston ’78, a former Cornellian and Royal Purple photographer, has posted an extensive collection of images of Cornell student and academic life from 1974-78. Weston documented campus life throughout his four years on campus, mostly in black-and-white, and edited the ’76 and ’78 Royal Purple yearbooks. Read More…




Poetry, hip-hop, and more highlight “Rock the Box”

October 27th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Fourth-year student Aden Darity and his group Language Arts will headline “Rock the Box,” a night of poetry, hip-hop, and dancing, hosted by Darius Ballard ’07 on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre. Admission is free. Read More…




What’s your story?: Annie Schneider ‘11

October 23rd, 2009

Colorado Springs native Annie Schneider is fond of saying that she’s the rebel of her family. Only this rebel has a cause. Read More…




Student finds piece of history on National Register campus

September 18th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – A geology student unearthed a small piece of history on Cornell College’s National Historic District campus: an 1889 penny lost sometime in the last 120 years. Read More…




What’s your story?: Brittany Atchison ‘10

September 17th, 2009

Brittany Atchison is trying to save the world.

Listening to this energetic Randolph High School graduate leaves one with the impression that her goals are awfully lofty for someone who hasn’t quite graduated from college. She talks readily about working with others to make collective changes, about the injustices of position and privilege, about racism and the power of language, and helping the forgotten sections of society. Read More…




What’s Your Story?: Aaron Hall ‘10

August 24th, 2009

It’s a typically atypical day for Aaron Hall as he glides around the Cornell College campus. Read More…




Cornell Mortar Board receives national awards

August 18th, 2009

MT. VERNON – The Torch chapter at Cornell College was among the outstanding chapters to be honored for their excellence at the 2009 Mortar Board National Conference, held July 24-26. Read More…




Cornell professor not baffled by numerical phenomenon

July 7th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell mathematics professor Jim Freeman had the number of a Cedar Rapids Gazette story on Wednesday. All nine of them. Read More…




Recent graduate to be published in Oswald Review

July 7th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – A paper by Nathan Sacks ‘09 was accepted for publication in The Oswald Review, an undergraduate journal. The paper is slated for the fall of 2009. Read More…




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