Dear '66 Classmates (Friends):

Who knew? Well, in truth, we have always known it. But who could ask for better news about our alma mater or for better publicity and buzz than Cornell has received this fall? The new Cornell year began with Newsweek's proclaiming us the Hottest Ivy, touting our emphasis on problem-solving and scholarly debate, highlighted by a photograph of the elegant A. D. White Library. The spirit of Cornell students meshing with the background of academic commitment was captured in the wonderful photo.

How do you add to that?

• News of Cornellians being named "Hot Scholars".
• News that Cornell is among the top one hundred "Best Companies
   to Work For," as noted in Working Mother magazine.
• News that "Cornell Is. ..," a beautiful book of photographs with
   DVD, that launched the Capital Campaign, received "Best of Show"
   award, for its celebration of Cornell and for stating the case
   for the campaign.

But always, it is the students who state Cornell's case best. Cornell is "Hot," because THEY are hot. They are engaged and on the move, negotiating and exploring the nooks, crannies, niches, and paths that sit on that Hill. Every year they create new ways to be Cornellians and in so doing, they recreate Cornell. In endless ways, they fulfill Ezra's founding mission: adapting, questioning, and inventing the new.

Okay, so you ask: "Hot??? It was FREEZING! Remember the gloves, hats, mittens, snow, and ice of the mid-'60s?"
Yeah, well, sure, of course. And the clinic when we got the flu. (But that was all just Ezra testing our mettle.)

Celebrate Cornell and '66-together-as we round the bend to 2008. Old morphs ever into New far above those Cayuga's Waters. Making December in Ithaca: indeed ever HOT.

Have Joy!

Alice and Rolf
and the Class of 1966 Officers/Class Council December 2007