Archive for September, 2011

The Many Faces of Facebook

Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Steven Gu

Facebook is a very popular social networking site that many of us use to stay in touch with our friends and family. A recent study found that the average U.S. user spends almost 8 hours per month on Facebook. That is equivalent to 15.5 minutes per day. You can tell that Facebook is pretty big [...]

Frozen Purple Cow: Episode 1- Welcome to the Cow Parade

Posted on September 30th, 2011 by erin.kuhl

Welcome to the premiere of “Frozen Purple Cow” with your host, dj Kool Kat. I play songs that you can chill to ie.  an eclectic mix of pop, rock, country, classic, and top 40s. I apologize for the strange voices on the podcast; miking yourself for the first time is interesting… to say the least. [...]

Coach Austin’s gutsy call against Yale gains respect among players

Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg

Photo Courtesy of Cornell Athletic Communications Cornell head football coach Kent Austin looked to pull a rabbit out of a hat Saturday afternoon against Yale. Questionable, gutsy, wrong, Austin elected to attempt an onside kick trailing 17-10 midway through the third quarter, and appeared to have everyone fooled, except the one Bulldog defender who stayed [...]

Volleyball Falls to Columbia in Five Set Heartbreaker

Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Alec Berin

The Big Red Women’s Volleyball team played Columbia at Newman Arena Saturday 9/24. Slope TV spoke with Head Coach Sarah Bernson and Captain Risa Ka’awa after the game.

Slope Walks the Tightrope with Janelle Monae

Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Slope Staff

“Pomped-out alien queen”, “funkstress”, “ArchAndroid”; the titles are infinite for Janelle Monae, who Sean “Diddy” Combs has called “one of the most important signings of my career.” Her work has earned her Grammy nominations and critical acclaim around the world and she will be taking over Cornell’s own Barton Hall when the ArchAndroid ship lands [...]

Doughty holdout ends, Kings sign defenseman for eight years

Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg

It’s hard to have your cake and eat it too in the sports world. The Los Angeles Kings found that out when they finally ended defenseman Drew Doughty’s holdout, signing the 21-year-old to an eight-year, $56 million deal that officially makes him the highest-paid player by annual salary on the Kings. General Manager Dean Lombardi [...]

Wake Up Cornell! Season 2 Episode 2 September 27, 2011

Posted on September 29th, 2011 by jenny.schlesinger

In this episode: The trial begins for the man accused in the King of Pop’s Death 20,000 missiles that can shoot down aircrafts are missing in Libya The oldest Cornell alumna passes away Plus, music, sports, weather, events, and more!

Oh Apathy

Posted on September 29th, 2011 by graham.harwood

How many times do you hear people say how broken the United States government is? Republican, Democrat, Green, Libertarian, Anarchist, it simply does not matter what party you are you must agree that on some level the system needs to be improved. We have more debt per capita than even Greece, are fighting two wars, [...]

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Sonic Landscapes Episode XXV: A Discussion with Warren Lowell

Posted on September 28th, 2011 by zander.abranowicz

The first conversation Warren and I ever had revolved around craft beer and good music. Since then, not much has changed, save your occasional friend bracelet and scrabble match. Mr. Lowell is a member of Glee Club and the Hangovers, and on this episode Sonic Landscapes explores the idea of the voice, and covers some [...]

Style on the Slope

Posted on September 28th, 2011 by elizabeth.brooks

Back to Black I haven’t had a minute to look anything from fashion week. Usually I like to skim through the collections of designers I prefer and find influential. Hopefully, a few trends come together and make for a good article. I would have done all this, but I have three prelims this week. Also, [...]