Hilltop hot sheet: Fall 2024
A compendium of what’s hot on campus right now.
Wear it proudly
Let the world know you can do anything in 18 days. Check out our new Hilltop merch featuring that well-known Cornell claim as well as a McLennan College Hall cupola design at our online spirit store. Find it online.
We think beyond the facts
The heart of Cornell’s mission hasn’t changed in half a century, and we’re glad about that. From the 1974 Royal Purple:
“The liberal arts tradition is distinct in education because of its commitment to teach thinking beyond facts and encourage understanding. The development of the mind rather than the memory is a difficult task not always achieved. But the development of the mind is the only hope for a more honest, secure, and loving society. Without understanding, the mind has little self-discipline over emotions.”
It’s always 5 o’clock on campus
King Chapel’s clock was stopped at 5:02 p.m. one day late in 2020 when the building was closed for repairs following a destructive derecho. We aren’t planning to start the clock again, and the bells won’t ring, until the building is repaired. So it’s always 5 o’clock not just somewhere, but on the Hilltop.
Team travel logistics
How do you arrange for Cornell’s 20 athletics teams to get to all of their competitions? By planning ahead—way ahead, says Assistant to the Athletics Administration Michelle Eichhorn.
The smallest booking she makes is the one van needed for men’s or women’s tennis. The largest, for football, requires two buses and two vans. The thing she fears most is a no-show bus.
“I’m picturing the whole team lined up with all their bags and there’s no bus,” she says.
Luckily that hasn’t happened. A baseball bus was late once, but the team arrived just in time.
KRNL streaming 24/7/365
KRNL, which debuted on the AM dial in 1948, today streams nonstop online. No longer confined to 13 watts (or approximately 10 miles of coverage), the station ended over-the-air FM broadcasting on May 12, 2020.
“Fewer people were listening to the radio, no one was in the booth in 2020, and overall it just felt like the wiser choice. Currently, we have over 20 members, most of whom have at least one show. We are live 24/7 with a revolving playlist at all times,” says Adrien Kaplan-Mazur ’25, co-station manager.
The Foster Home of Rock ‘n’ Roll can be heard online.
Were you a KRNL DJ? Send—or better yet record and send—a memory to cornellreport@cornellcollege.edu with the subject line KRNL.
Happy birthday, Ulysses
We can’t believe you’re 75. What’s your skincare routine? We’re so glad you got to spend the day doing one of the things you love most: hanging out with Cornellians on the OC and enjoying dessert. If you hadn’t come along after the Royal Purple’s mascot-naming contest in 1949, we might still be called the Purples or Hilltoppers.
