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Man on the phone, University Place (2004).
CORNELL
Far above Cayuga Waters, with its waves of blue,
stands our noble alma mater, Glorious to view.
- Cornell alma mater
To Athene then… Young Gnossos Pappadopoulis,
furry Pooh Bear, keeper of the flame, voyaged
back from the asphalt sea of the great wasted
land: oh highways U.S. 40 and unyielding 66, I am
home to the glacier-gnawed gorges, the fingers of
Lakes, the golden girls of Westchester and Shaker
Heights. See me loud with lies, big boots stomping,
mind awash with schemes…
- from Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me,
the famous 1961 novel about Cornell
by Richard Farina ‘61
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