<p>Need a place to stay for graduation?
PM me.
Have a north campus townhouse reserved, but we are not going to graduation.</p>
<p>This is very GOOD NEWS … the men’s lacrosse team is playing at the final four for the third time in four years. And since my son is skipping graduation to play … we’re skipping it too!</p>
<p>Awww, too bad you have to choose but I’m sure the game will be great! Congratulations and best of luck to your son and team!</p>
<p>There’s no choice! </p>
<p>Our boys started this journey in Fall 2006 with a dream that seemed pretty pie-in-the-sky. After all, the last time Cornell went to the Final Four was in 1987. None of these boys were born yet, although I know of at least one that was at that game in utero! The last time Cornell won the National Championship was in 1977 – but some of their sons are on this team, including a graduating senior. </p>
<p>Their freshman season finished with a trip to Baltimore on Memorial Day weekend. Sophomore season ended in the first round of the tournament … junior year they lost the national championship in the last few seconds, and then graduated the stars of the team, including the Tewaarton award winner. No one gave them a chance this year to be anything other than respectable. They called them “the team without.” Now the team without has a chance to win it all. </p>
<p>The senior parents had a pow wow last Saturday night, the night before the quarterfinals game. We decided. A win in the quarterfinals on Sunday meant no graduation. We canceled our plans for graduation eve Saturday night … so if there’s a group that’s looking for a big room for a dinner, I know where there’s a hall that’ll hold 100 with a vacancy! Good food too! PM me on that one!</p>
<p>Last year Cornell did a private graduation for the lacrosse seniors.</p>
<p>Best of luck to the graduating seniors and the rest of the team - a Cornell grad’s son is graduating with his master’s in Dc and getting married there this weekend - and the family plans to attend the games!! (cuz a graduation and a wedding just isn’t enough for one weekend!!)</p>
<p>Good luck to the lacrosse team.
Since I was there in '77 I just assumed the lacrosse team had been doing this all along.</p>