ICTV’s ground-breaking new show, “Ivy,” which is subtly set at Cornell. Whenever somebody dresses up in your clothes and acts like you, you’re supposed to say some shit along the lines of “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Unfortunately for those of us who speak solely in adage, this response doesn’t work as well as it should for the recent depictions of Cornell in the media at large. First, there’s
Ivy, a new “realitydramacomedy” produced by Ithaca College’s student-run television station that follows the overdramatic foibles of six (stereo)typical Cornell students. It’s kind of like
Gossip Girl, but with less attractive, more poorly trained (if you can believe it) actors. And then there’s the
Oct. 30 episode of The Office, which featured (lovable?) loser Dwight Schrute as a hopeful Cornell applicant — much to the chagrin of douchebag “alum” Andy Bernard. Some might say that these portrayals are infuriatingly inaccurate, but, again, those of us committed to aphorisms will have to shake our heads and say: “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Look through this list of nine Cornell Caricatures, and learn to love your stereotype:
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