Reveno and Cornell

Graduating seniors heading over to Blazer facility to play with Nike Hoop Summit Teams. Great to be in a hoops city. Curious how it goes..

up7587 wrote:Per Rev's twitter today:

Graduating seniors heading over to Blazer facility to play with Nike Hoop Summit Teams. Great to be in a hoops city. Curious how it goes..

Is Cornell in a hoops city?

In addition to its above-mentioned liberal politics, Ithaca is commonly listed among the most culturally liberal of American small cities. The Utne Reader named Ithaca "America's most enlightened town" in 1997. According to ePodunk's Gay Index, Ithaca has a score of 231, versus a national average score of 100.

Like many small college towns, Ithaca has also received accolades for having a high overall quality of life. In 2004, Cities Ranked and Rated named Ithaca the best "emerging city" to live in the United States. In 2006, the Internet realty website "Relocate America" named Ithaca the fourth best city in the country to relocate to. In July 2006, Ithaca was listed as one of the "12 Hippest Hometowns for Vegetarians" by VegNews Magazine and chosen by Mother Earth News as one of the "12 Great Places You've Never Heard Of."

In its earliest years during frontier days, what is now Ithaca was briefly known by the names "The Flats" and "Sodom," the name of the Biblical city of sin, due to its reputation as a town of "notorious immorality", a place of horse racing, gambling, profanity, Sabbath breaking, and readily available liquor. These names did not last long; Simeon DeWitt renamed the town Ithaca in the early 1800s, though nearby Robert H. Treman State Park still contains Lucifer Falls.

That early reputation for immorality, together with its more recent reputation as having a left-leaning population, has once again made Ithaca mildly infamous in some circles as the "City of Evil," due to a satirical campaign by members of a politically conservative online discussion board. Some Ithacans, and those from surrounding areas, have embraced the label, although it's not certain how many. According to religious conservatives, this idea is further buoyed by Cornell University's early nickname, "the godless university" which came about due to their lack of affiliation with any organized religion.

... a place of horse racing, gambling, profanity, Sabbath breaking, and readily available liquor...

up7587 wrote:
According to religious conservatives, this idea is further buoyed by Cornell University's early nickname, "the godless university" which came about due to their lack of affiliation with any organized religion.

DaTruRochin wrote:NYC fancies itself pretty phenomenal at hoops too, and that isn't TOO far away... Although I guess that would be like Salem proclaiming itself right next to Seattle...

Purplegeezer wrote:

up7587 wrote:
According to religious conservatives, this idea is further buoyed by Cornell University's early nickname, "the godless university" which came about due to their lack of affiliation with any organized religion.

his may be interpreted as as definition of Catholicism, in some circles.

Just saying -- before you judge others,,,, examine yourselves.