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Cornell United Way Hosts Bear Games for Students
You have a donut in hand, Pitbull’s “Time of Our Lives” is playing in the background and you’re playing mini golf. That’s just a small scene from Cornell United Way’s Bear Games event this past Sunday, April 20. I was just walking through the Arts Quad when I saw someone kicking a soccer ball toward a 10-foot inflatable soccer darts board. A few steps closer to the event, there was mini golf, carnival games and a raffle for prizes. Sophia Romanov Imber/Sun Staff Photographer While there were prizes for the carnival games, like inflatable swords or plastic trumpets, each win came with a ticket on which you could write your…
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An Editor’s Very Real First Time Getting High: Bear Spray, an Edible and a Midnight Visitor in the Woods.
There are a few moments in life when time slows down just enough for you to realize you’ve made a terrible, terrible mistake — like those students who just committed to Columbia. For me, that moment came somewhere between my face getting blasted with bear spray and a real live bear showing up outside my tent. But let’s rewind. It started as a simple camping trip. Me, my brother, and nothing but untouched wilderness. We were deep in the woods — like four hours from the nearest city, deep. Think towering mountains, alpine lakes, no cell service and no one else around for miles. It was beautiful, serene and a…