Cornell Also Has "Happiest Employee"

On this, the last day of July, Ivygate presents us with an Ivy summary of The Princeton Review's The Best 368 Colleges 2009. While not affiliated with Princeton University, The Princeton Review does give the Tigers the most beautiful campus, the second-best library, third best quality of life, and so on, capping it off with a well-deserved special award for "Athletic Program Every Other Ivy Athlete Hates the Most."

So how did Cornell fare?

Cornell:
#5 Best College Library
#14 Best Career/Job Placement Services
#11 Best Campus Food
#7 Most Connected Campuses
(The guide says: “People just hate, hate, hate the food here.”)

Recognition of the library makes sense, although people don't really actually study there. Going to the library was mostly just to talk to people when it wasn't quite time to talk to people at the bars yet.

What shocks me is the blatant lie that people hated the food there. Food at Cornell is terrific, and graduates really miss it. Although more expensive than oil and sequestered behind lines that gave Soviets flashbacks, Statler Salads were a good excuse to pretend to be healthy. The confluence of brunch at Appel, Mongo's Grill, the Buffalo Chicken sandwiches at the Ivy Room and the selection of food-that-will-kill-you-within-five-years at both Hot Truck and Louie's Lunch, set to the soundtrack of Happy Dave's hip, hip, hip 80's collection, is sorely missed. To the guy who thinks is projecting that people "hate, hate, hate" the food at Cornell, I can only say: you, sir, are a hater.