Joseph N. Pew Jr. sundial

Sage Hall

Olin Hall

First, some cultural stuff..... Red bricks and green grass, all surrounded by beautiful autumnal trees. Peaceful...

Then, the crowd. Red crowd. Supporting the local football team, Cornell Big Red homecoming. An Ivy League game, Cornell vs. Yale. Sometimes fortune is on my side.... I didn't know until the last hour, if I'd go to see this football game. The main purpose was to see a football game, to see this game that is driving crazy a huge country. I was not very enthusiastic, but then a free ticket dropped into my hand and hey, I just have to grab the opportunity! So there I was. Sitting in the middle of a red student crowd, trying to figure out what the hell are all those players doing and what is their purpose. Luckily I've got a quick explanation of the basics of the game, so the trick was only to localize the ball under the piles of huge players. Time is relative, they say, for sure is relative in football. Four quarters, that means one hour of effective play. But two quarters can last almost two hours.... and that was enough for me. I sneaked out with the sound of the Cornell marching band in my head and went back home to spread myself over a bed. Lazy, but it felt so good.....

Cornell Big Red

Yale

Cornell freshmen

The day before I saw something quite odd for me.... at 16:15 there was a long line of people, mixed students and staff, waiting for beer at the campus Big Red Barn. Ok, it was cheap, but anyway... At 19 the Barn closed and the thirst forced people to spread away. It was Friday....

Waiting for beer