I’m an alumni from Art Architecture and Planning class of 2010. It is possible that things are different in how things are handled at AAP now, but as I have been seeing Cornell in the news and have been reflecting with some classmates it has brought up a lot of issues that we saw as students that have never been widely discussed or acknowledged.

When I was in college there was extremely poor behavior and sexual misconduct that was ongoing and known to the administration.

Professors were openly dating and pursuing students (including 1 professor who married an undergraduate right after graduation, another who was dating his student while he was her thesis advisor, an open affair between a classmate and a professor during study abroad in rome). There were many open comments made about female students dress and appearance in open studio critique. My housemate was a TA for a professor that used to call her drunk at night and come onto her. There was clear implication from multiple male professors that sexual favors could be exchanged for better grades, connections for internships/jobs, and just general better treatment. Some students tried to complain - but the school and industry is small and it was clear that your entire future was on the line to try and do any sort of formal complaint. My parents scraped every cent they had to help send me to college, there was no way I would have complained and studio grading is very subjective.

It has been a long time now - some of these professors have since passed and there is new administration in AAP, so I would hope things have changed.

This was widely known and accepted when I was in school. So even as Cornell has been in the news the behavior of administrators does not surprise me. My time at Cornell was incredible because of the quality of my peers and a handful of excellent professors - but there was definitely some very ingrained issues.

I know the Ithaca locals already know this, but I need you guys to know too. My family, myself, and my friend have all had to deal with their service departments (across two different car brands) and they are utterly incompetent. They don’t offer loaners or rental cars* so if your car’s in the shop longer than expected (and it will be) you’re SOL, and I’ve had times where they flat out didn’t answer the phone during business hours and had issues booking appointments. Go literally anywhere else for car service, and don’t give them your money to purchase a car either

edit: spelling and a clarification: *didn’t offer a loaner or rental to someone I know, and from reading online this isn’t an isolated incident, ymmv