You Might Be a Cornell Liberal If...


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I need help with these. A friend forwarded a list from UMinnesota like
this. These I made up partially based on his, seeing as I have only one
class a day here and nothing else to do.

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Are you a Cornell liberal? You might be if ...

* You've ever bought Tupperware from the Cornell Greens standing outside
Trillium in order to save the landfills.

* You protested the expansion of Mann Library as endangering the last

* You use your frosh dorm recycling mug for anything other than holding pens.

* You have ever injured yourself by catching a body ring on the doorjamb
of the ABC Cafe, or by hauling Cornell Americans into the garbage on the
fifth floor of the Straight.

* Your name came up when filling Student Assembly committee assignments.

* Your e-mail folder is full of messages from any listserv with a Spanish
 name.

* You have been quoted correctly by the Cornell Daily Sun.

* You booed at Janet Reno last October for the Justice Department's role in
the plight of the black male.

* You left a dorm presentation thinking "My RA really knows what
he/she/it is talking about."

* You lie awake at night worrying that the Christians might get you.

* You visit the CIVITAS office regularly, because Cornell students should
give Ithacites more than just an economy and buses to drive.

* You support the gay living center for reasons other than "Yeah, get
them the hell away from normal people."

* You're worried that President Hunter "William Jefferson Clinton"
Rawlings is league with Collegetown capitalist bourgeoisie, the Greek
system, and Joe Sabia to spread the AIDS virus among minorities.

* Cornell wasn't your third choice after Harvard and Stanford. It's your
* You have the menu Stella's Cafe memorized.

* You met your current partner when he/she/it commented on your Nader '96
button at Quill and Dagger initiation.

* You are able to argue coherently about the relative merits of Oasis
Organic Grocery and the Greenstar Cooperative.

* You have ever chanted "The people united will never be defeated."

* Double that if you have chanted it in any language other than English.

* You have ever spent the night on campus in a cardboard box in Ho Plaza
(protesting the Contract), in a sleeping bag in the lobby of Goldwin Smith,
(protesting financial aid cuts) or on a blanket on Libe Slope (waiting for
Indigo Girls tickets).

* Your car features any of the following bumper stickers: "Hate is not a
family value"; "Practice random acts of beauty and senseless acts of
violence"; "College of Human Ecology Alum"

* Your typical schedule consists of one-word courses like "Mushrooms"
(Plant Science), "Sex" (Human Service Studies), or "Indians" (Rural
Sociology).

* You have ever been named in a libel lawsuit by Professors Maas or Aist.

and the expected,

* You can't decide between the Hillel speech, the Julie Chon for Trustee
victory party, or the Pastors for Peace symposium, so you
tell you friends "I'm goin' ta UJE!"
--
The exiled
JasonC
jjc7@cornell.edu
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