when the levee breaks.

Jessie, 19. the inner musings of a curious-minded girl seeking beautiful life experiences. "It is not length of life, but depth of life." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson cornell class of 2016.

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We were so fucking young. And then suddenly, we weren’t.

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I originally posted this when I was a junior in high school. On Friday, I will be leaving to begin my junior year of college. 

Wow. 

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hello, tumblr. I have missed you. My life is so different from when we last spoke. I'm sure yours are, too. 

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Power and Speed

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Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show

I do not think it is physically possible for me to love this song any more than I do now. This song is entwined in the lingering auditory sensations of some of my favorite and most vivid memories of freshman year.

They are playing at Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown on May 26 -- the same venue at which I saw Bon Iver in October. I absolutely love it there. It is so breath-takingly beautiful, nestled in the hills of upstate New York. If only we weren't leaving for the summer in three weeks time.

Had we been here, I know you and I would have gone and had such an incredible night. If only.

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A Little Party Never Killed Nobody - Fergie ft. Q-Tip & GoonRock

JFC, YOU GUYS. Can we talk about how fucking flawless this movie is going to be? I have literally never been this excited for a movie release. This is so damn catchy and wonderful I can't even handle it.

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#7503

You guys need to calm the fuck down. Appreciate the fact that you’ve gotten into Cornell. An IVY League School, A BIG NAME in the BIG BAD WORLD OUTSIDE. I remember during O-Week Skorton said that you’re more likely to get struck by lightning, so abide by those words and stop wasting your time on small problems like bad pre-lims or high school heart breaks. Jackass.

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#this looks like a still from an 80’s movie

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A 1969 photo shows African-American student Thomas Jones and fellow activists emerging from Willard Straight Hall on the campus of Cornell University. They had occupied the building to protest what they saw as a racist university judicial system that unfairly punished African-American students who had engaged in a demonstration. They demanded amnesty for the accused protesters and the establishment of an African-American studies program. When all was said and done, Jones and company pretty much got what they demanded, not to mention the resignation of Cornell’s president.

On the 40th anniversary of the Straight Takeover, the Cornell Daily Sun spoke to Tom Jones about the incident.

Why?

“Well the goal — let’s sketch the broader social goal and then the narrower campus goal. These dynamics, they don’t occur in isolation. So what happened at Willard Straight Hall was in this historical context. … Martin Luther King had been assassinated [in] April 1968, there were riots in major cities throughout the country. There was a division within the Black community of whether to pursue the kind of non-violent system, the non-violent activism that Dr. King represented and personified, or the more aggressive, more militant activism represented by the Black Panthers, who talked about armed revolution and self-defense. … And Malcolm X who talked about armed revolution and self-defense. And there was a question about what direction America was going to take. … The country was in turmoil over resistance to the Vietnam War. So there was a real question if America was going to erupt, socially, over tensions. That same historical context was reflected on campus.

So on campus, we’d end up with fights over things like an African-American Studies program, because when we came here, none of the curriculum said anything at all about our story. There was nothing … about our history or the fight for freedom that we had undertaken in terms of slave rebellions, there was nothing about the economics of slavery. None of that was in the curriculum of Cornell.”

What was going through his head as they exited the building?

Well, I did not realize it would be a turning point in Cornell’s history because at the moment I was not aware of the dramatic photographs that were being taken, and that’s what really elevated it into a more than a local campus story. … At that moment I did not realize the story was being framed that dramatically and that vividly. … My immediate focus was enormous pride. … It was an enormous act of selflessness … in terms of saying we’re going to fight this fight as part of the larger battle.

I was also aware of the symbolism … and that the cumulative impact of these events, hopefully, would be to shock America and say that we were going to become a different kind of country. But at the moment I did not know that that was how history would unfold. I do think that Cornell did shock the country. For people to see what looked like the specter of armed revolution — because you know it’s never the peasants that lead a revolution, it’s always the intelligentsia. … The takeover was one of the events that made that chain of history that lead directly to Barack Obama being elected.

I will not resent you if you re-blog this without the text. The image stands on its own.

(Cornell Daily Sun)

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the coxes fit in, right?… cornell lightweight crew supporting womens polo on a casual friday night 

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AHHH love this. I worked the women's game Friday night, and the lightweight men's crew team came to support the team. They were cheering so loud, started chants, and just made the overall atmosphere of really enjoyable. They got so into the game and I loved it. The girls who played said when they were out  there in the arena, the cheering made them so happy and helped them stay motivated when they score was down. 

Rightly so because the women played Maryland Polo Club and it was a really close, fast game. When I walked my string after the first chukker, they were literally dripping sweat and lathered in foam. By the end of the game, my favorite pony, Pico, started yawning and half closing his eyes while I was untacking him because he was so tired. We ended losing by two point, 18 - 16, which was sad because it's the first game they've lost this year during regular season. 

Before the game, all the girls got Chipotle and we ate it in the AV room at the barn during video practice. 

So, this was basically the first half of my Friday night. I love polo.

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If anyone (e.g. prospective students) wants to see what Cornell is truly like, just look at this blog. It is just such an extensive, rich collection of everything Cornell. 

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Friendly Game at Cornell 

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Hahaha oh my god