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Cornell Drops Home Opener to Seton Hall

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:27:36 -0500

The Cornell Men's Basketball team lost to the Seton Hall Pirates Friday, 89-79, ending Cornell 22-game home winning streak. Cornell jumped out to an 8-0 lead three minute in, but Seton Hall point guard Jordan Theodore led the Pirates on an 8-0 run to tie the game. 6 offensive rebounds by Herb Pop...Read More

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Cornellâ��s Student Body Votes to Save Dutch and Swedish, But not Yet the Marcellus Shale

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:04:58 -0500

Cornell's Student Assembly, the voice of the undergraduate student population voted overwhelmingly in favor of voicing its opposition to the university's recent decision to cancel Dutch and Swedish. The Assembly went as far as to say they would be willing to fund the programs should private fundra...Read More

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Hot Tuna at the State Theater

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:18:44 -0500

On December 2nd at 8pm, Hot Tuna will be performing a special acoustic engagement at the State Theater of Ithaca. Hot Tuna is a blues-rock band consisting of former Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. They have recently celebrated half a century of playing together! For tic...Read More

»Contests

Top 10 Collaborations

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:13:37 -0500

#10: Ingrid Michaelson & Sara Bareilles - Winter Song
#9: She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
#8: Adam Levine & Alicia Keys - Wild Horses
#7: James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings
#6: Queen ft. David Bowie - Under Pressure
#5: Ben Folds ft. Regina Spektor - You Don\'t Know Me
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Artist Spotlight: Mike Doughty

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:56:22 -0500

Mike Doughty returns to Ithaca this Friday, Novemeber 20th. After spending much of the 90s as frontman for the jazzy alternative rock act Soul Coughing, Doughty set out on a quirky alt-rock solo career. Doughty toured heavily in support of his self-released album Skittish, amassing a steadily larger...Read More

»Music Feature

Leonid Meteor Shower to Light Up Ithaca Sky

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:21:17 -0500

Meteors wills streak across the night sky early Tuesday morning in the annual Leonid meteor shower. Experts estimate that several hundred meteors per hour will be visible, one of the larger displays in recent memory. The most intense part of the meteor shower visible here in eastern North America ...Read More

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The Rozatones Need Your Help!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:10:59 -0500

VBR LOVES local music, and we know you do too. If you've never seen the Rozatones live, you're missing out on one of the funkiest, grooviest experiences of your life. Here's your chance to make sure that you can see them live even more often! Head to Magic Hat Brewing Co.'s website to vote for the R...Read More

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Cornell University's Senior Convocation Gets a Major Funding Boost

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:15:09 -0500

Yesterday, Cornell's Student Assembly voted to increase the Cornell senior convocation funding by $1 to $8.50 a student. The increase amounts to tens of thousands of dollars and will allow the convocation committee to lure big name speakers in 2011 and 2012. "The more economic leverage you have w...Read More

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Reinventing ''Wheels''

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:38:12 -0500

I'm far from a certified Gleek. The show has predictable storylines and the characters are dumber than rocks. Seriously, one is illiterate and another was convinced that he managed to get his girlfriend pregnant even though they were both virgins. Yet somehow it is enjoyable. After all, who can resi...Read More

»DJ Blog

New Music: Metallica - Broken, Beat & Scarred

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:39:08 -0500

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New Music: 30 Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:38:20 -0500

First single off upcoming album, "This Is War"...Read More

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New Music: Billy Talent - Rusted From The Rain

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:37:09 -0500

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Cornell Men's Hockey picked to finish second in ECACHL pre-season poll

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:44:17 -0400

Coming off appearances in the ECACHL Championship Game and second round of the NCAA Tournament, Cornell hockey has been selected to finish second in the ECAC this year by both league coaches and members of the media. Only Yale was picked to finish ahead of the Big Red. The Bulldogs defeated Cornell ...Read More

»SportsLine

Listen to WVBR on your iPod!

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:09:42 -0400

Those of you with iPhones or other devices with web capability have been able to listen live from anywhere in the world through VBR's web stream. But Apple has just unveiled something to make it even easier to catch WVBR...FM tuners will now be a standard feature of the iPod Nano. Listen to WVBR any...Read More

»Announcements

Cornell Student Assembly Meeting on Twitter

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:12:53 -0400

Follow Mike Beyman as he twitters Cornell University's Student Assembly meeting....Read More

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Cornell Hockey Summer Update

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:54:44 -0400

It's been an eventful summer thus far for Cornell hockey fans. Earlier this month, the Big Red named the members of their incoming class of players for the 2009-20010 season. Then, last week, the school released the schedule for next year. Each of these announcements should help to build up exciteme...Read More

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