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Video Technology in Sports

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:09:42 -0500

Nobody's perfect, and there is no reason to expect referees or umps to be either. We rely on technology for nearly every aspect of our daily lives, especially for additional accuracy and precision. So it seems odd that FIFA announced this week that it will not be implementing video technology to a...Read More

»Sports Blog

Body Recovered From Fall Creek Gorge

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:11:10 -0500

A utility crew found the body of Cornell student William Sinclair in the Fall Creek Gorge below the Thurston Avenue Bridge Thursday morning. Cornell President David Skorton acknowledged Sinclair's death in a statement released Thursday night to the Cornell community. After the utility crew called ...Read More

»NewsLine

Top Ten Songs to Brush Your Teeth To

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:11:53 -0500

#10: Deathcab for Cutie - Crooked Teeth
#9: Lily Allen - Smile
#8: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
#7: Keller Williams - Breathe
#6: Smashmouth - All-Star
#5: Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
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New Music: Silversun Pickups - The Royal We

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:47:59 -0500

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»New Music

Big Red BlogRoll

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:08:20 -0500

[b]Just Launched![/b] For the first time, the biggest and most popular blogs about everything Cornell are brought together under one roof. Check it out today at keyword: blogs...Read More

»Announcements

Mahna Mahna!

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:48:30 -0500

You have undoubtedly heard that non-sense song, as made famous by The Muppets. Go figure that, originally spelled "Mah Na Mah Na" , it first appeared on the soundtrack of an Italian film with a bit of a salty-subject that's definitely not viewer-friendly to the eyes of The Muppets main audience. An...Read More

»DJ Blog

New Music: Adelitas Way - Last Stand

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:29:25 -0500

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»New Music

New Music: Dommin - My Heart, Your Hands

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:29:05 -0500

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»New Music

OK Go to Play The Haunt

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:32:05 -0500

Three years after opening for the All-American Rejects at Cornell University's Barton Hall, OK Go is making its way back to Ithaca. Best known for its viral music videos like Here It Goes Again and This Too Shall Pass (original and Rube Goldberg Machine versions), the band will perform live at The ...Read More

»Announcements

Artist Spotlight: Breaking Benjamin

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:37:05 -0500

Breaking Benjamin is a rock band based out of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Ben Burnley & company have come a long way since they released their first album, Saturate, in 2002. They achieved commercial success with the release of their second album, We Are Not Alone, which spawned a pair of hit ...Read More

»Music Feature

Governor of Puerto Rico to Speak at Cornell

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:52:22 -0500

On Monday March 8, Cornell will host the Governor of Puerto Rico Luis G. Fortuno as he speaks to members of the Cornell and Ithaca communities in an address titled "The Road to Equality: Puerto Rico, the 51st State?" Fortuno, a member of President Obama's Council of Governors, will discuss Puerto Ri...Read More

»NewsLine

Supreme Court Ruling Restricts Clean Water Act

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:35:00 -0500

The Ithaca community has recently been embroiled in an intense debate regarding "hydrofracking," which is large corporations' latest attempt to secure profitable resources at the expense of the local environment as well as the well being of the local population. Many residents of Ithaca and the Cent...Read More

»NewsLine

WVBR Teams up with Relay for Life!

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:58:01 -0500

For the third year in a row, WVBR is teaming up with the American Cancer Society in the year's biggest event designed to fund research towards ending cancer. Relay for Life is an incredible opportunity to bring the community together in hope, solidarity, and just plain good times. This year's Relay ...Read More

»Contests

Cornell Men's Hockey picked to finish second in ECACHL pre-season poll

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:44:17 -0400

Coming off appearances in the ECACHL Championship Game and second round of the NCAA Tournament, Cornell hockey has been selected to finish second in the ECAC this year by both league coaches and members of the media. Only Yale was picked to finish ahead of the Big Red. The Bulldogs defeated Cornell ...Read More

»SportsLine

Cornell Hockey Summer Update

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:54:44 -0400

It's been an eventful summer thus far for Cornell hockey fans. Earlier this month, the Big Red named the members of their incoming class of players for the 2009-20010 season. Then, last week, the school released the schedule for next year. Each of these announcements should help to build up exciteme...Read More

»SportsLine

Burgergate: the media food-fight

Thu, 14 May 2009 17:34:05 -0400

We've got something a little different than the Sports Shot here right now, we bring you instead an early-evening rendition of the soapbox. Now, you might have heard us earlier discussing how certain extremely conservative pundits were mocking President Obama for asking for spicy mustard on his bur...Read More

»Soapbox