Ithacapitulation 3

Ok, I haven’t really been true to my word in updating people on what’s been going on in my life, so here’s part 3.

This here is Weill Hall, Cornell’s new biomedical engineering/biology building.  This is where I spend most of my time.  I was kinda sad when I found out this was the BME building because I wanted it be all castle-like like the rest of the buildings on campus.  I guess Cornell wanted to go for the SD mormon temple look instead.

This is what I meant by “castle-like.”  The picture on the right is the picture of Cornell’s west campus, or rather, the 2nd year dorms to be exact.  I don’t really know what it looks like inside, but it looks like the ideal place where innovention and sorcery are brewed.

The picture on the left is Cornell’s  famous clock-tower.  It’s 161 stairs up to the top of the clock-tower, where the chimesmaster resides.  There are around 3-4 designated chimesmasters at any given time who conduct daily “concerts” every few hours on the hour.  These guys have to actually kick pedals and pull levers to serenade students with a wide variety of tunes ranging from Cornell’s fight song to Aladdin’s “A Whole New World” to Coldplay.

I actually didn’t know this until I looked it up, but Cornell actually has one of the best chimes programs in the country.   What a random thing to rank.

Anyway, climbing to the top was like one of the first things Ivan and I did when I was moving in; however, having just been to Italy and climbing to the top of the Duomo shortly before going to Ithaca, we were not very impressed.

I think this bridge is called Thurston Bridge.  Kind of sad, but this is where most of the students who have committed suicide have jumped off of.  For a few weeks after the incidents, Cornell posted security by the bridge 24/7 (which is why you see that guy in orange).  Now, they’ve set up really ugly fences that don’t completely block off potential jumpers.  I mean, granted, there haven’t been any suicides since the fences were put up, but I think it’s more correlation than cause.  Also, it seems like the fences only target spontaneous jumpers, but I’m not sure how much of the suicide population they represent.  I think it would’ve been smarter to make like a huge net instead because 1. The view of nature and scenery would not be obscured, 2. you could catch the jumpers and since they’d be stuck there for awhile, they’d have some time to re-evaluate their lives.  What would you guys suggest?

Lastly, the picture on the bottom right is just a sidewalk that’s close to the BME building.  I needed an extra picture in that space for my collage thing, that’s all.

That’s it for campus life.  Hope you guys enjoyed it.  Until next time!

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