Ivy League Notebook

Cornell University

During winter break, government environmental agencies warmly received Cornell's revolutionary Lake Source Cooling (LSC) proposal to replace the University's current air conditioning. The $55 million project will build a four-mile-long pipe system that will cool the campus with cold water from the depths of nearby Cayuga Lake. The project will save Cornell millions in electrical bills in the future.

However, not everyone is convinced LSC is the best plan for Cornell. Members of the "Save the Lake" organization are worried about the potential damage to the fragile ecosystem of Cayuga Lake. The slightly warmer water returning from campus might have drastic consequences for aquatic life.

The biggest problem for the project is the engineering involved. The four-mile pipes are not so much the issue as are the students who get stuck in the pipes after jumping off of the famous Cornell bridge. Engineers are not sure how they will remove entire orgo sections out of the ducts after exams. Top Cornell scientists are working overtime to solve the problem.

Princeton

Last semester, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs received a bomb threat warning of an "attack from the air," but it never came to fruition. The threat, typewritten on a blank card and postmarked from Lancaster, Penn., was originally sent to the non-existent Princeton "School of Law" before it was passed on to the Wilson School. The threat was not given "much credence" by the Princeton police. Mainly, they were just happy that someone cared enough to send them mail for a change.

The senders of the bomb threat captured in words some of our best sentiments. They astutely noted how Princeton supports "all types of many criminals and forsakes good people." Perhaps the most eloquent act the would-be bombers performed was to give the date and building of their attack, and advise that all Princetonians "be in it." Amen, brothers.

--Compiled by Mike Buckstein from The Cornell Daily Sun and The Princetonian

YALE INDEX
1. Number of times President Clinton was applauded during his State of the Union Address, according to Tom Brokaw	98
2. Percentage of the class of '98 who know who Tom Brokaw is	98
3. Year in which Brokaw will address Yale's graduating class	98
4. Approximate number of times Henry Winkler, class day speaker in '96, was interrupted by Locals 34 and 35 strikers during his speech	98
5. Percentage of the class of '98 who did not watch the State of the Union Address	98
6. Percentage of the class of '98 who think Clinton entered a state of union with Monica Lewinsky	98
7. Number of Yale seniors who would gladly join the Presidential staff	98
8. Number of U.S. Senators under the age of 80	98
9. Number of U.S. Senators who stayed awake during the entire State of the Union Address	98
10. Number of U.S. Representatives who stayed awake during the entire State of the Union Address	98
11. Number of interns with whom former Oregon Representative Bob Packwood entered a state of union	98
12. Winkler? I hardly even know her!!!	98

--Compiled by Kevin Irwin and Jeremy Rissi

Sources: 1) NBC News; 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7) b.U.G. polling services; 3) Yale Herald; 8) Who's Who in American Congress; 9) Strom Thurmond; 10) Barney Frank; 11) Monica Lewinsky; and 12) The Fonz

LIZ OLINER/YH WARM WELCOME? New Haven's Local 217 teamed up with Yale's Locals 34 and 35 to pressure Omni to sign a neutrality agreement with its new employees on Tues., Jan. 27.

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