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08-08-2008, 10:46 AM
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#16 | | Member
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Is the Quill & Dagger society a big deal on campus? Do people generally know who is in the society? Is it as prestigious as Skull & Bones at Yale?
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08-08-2008, 10:50 AM
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#17 | | Junior Member
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The hot girls you see during Orientation week magically disappear when school starts...
Oh, and there's this event called the "White Party", where everybody dresses in...white, obviously. I don't remember which frat organizes it, but it's pretty cool.
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08-08-2008, 11:48 AM
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#19 | | Member
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Yeah, I know what it is. I just wanted to know how it was perceived on the Cornell campus and to Cornell students.
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08-08-2008, 11:49 AM
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#20 | | Senior Member
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to be honest only the most elite students know about it in detail...
often the presidents/heads of clubs and organizations and frats are members...
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08-08-2008, 08:25 PM
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#21 | | Senior Member
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Most Cornell students could care less, but a small minority get heavily involved in the senior societies. There are more than two.
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08-09-2008, 12:54 AM
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#22 | | Junior Member
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People make Quill and Dagger out to be bigger than it actually is. It's essentially just the leaders of cornell's major organizations. You have the president of IFC and Panhellenic, Cornell Sun Editor-in-Chief, Head of slope day programming board, head of Into the Streets, president of Student assembly, and just general campus leaders. I personally know about 5-6 people in the last tapping class and it seems to me like Q&D is just a drinking and social organization. The new tapping class is printed in the Cornell Daily Sun each semester. Sphinx Head is similar but it is more low-key and based around service leadership.
"The White Party" is thrown by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity.
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08-09-2008, 01:32 AM
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#23 | | Senior Member
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I think the Telluride House should definitely be noted. It's pretty unique. So should the Honors Chem frat and the Ag Frats.
The same goes for most of the formal (and informal) co-ops. Especially Watermargin and 660. Pretty quirky.
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08-10-2008, 06:03 AM
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#24 | | Member
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Cayuga, do explain on that secret tunnel..sounds sweet by how I'm imagining it =]
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08-10-2008, 11:46 AM
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#25 | | Senior Member
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it would have to be quite the tunnel considering there's a big gorge in between the two buildings
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08-10-2008, 11:19 PM
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#26 | | Junior Member
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Cayuga's talking about "Ezra's Tunnel" (?). It was built by Ezra Cornell in his 20's before Cornell was founded. Between Risley and Rand is a bit off, but that may be his intention. It's not too hard to find, but most students don't know about it.
Last edited by EnviroGuy; 08-10-2008 at 11:28 PM.
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08-10-2008, 11:57 PM
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#27 | | Senior Member
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I was actually trying to egg people on, but Ezra's Tunnel is definitely something to note. As is the hydroelectric plant below the suspension bridge.
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08-11-2008, 01:01 AM
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#28 | | Senior Member
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ooo do tell more about this tunnel! Is it still accessible at all?
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08-11-2008, 06:08 PM
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#29 | | Senior Member
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probably not...
and i found this on ithaca's craigslist's rants and raves:
hxxp://ithaca.craigslist.org/rnr/791064396.html
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08-11-2008, 09:02 PM
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#30 | | Junior Member
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Yes the tunnel is still accessible, you don't get to it from the usual gorge steps that lead to the swimming hole. But its a shame they fenced those off. It probably won't keep people out though.
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