illustration combining a photo of newlyweds Willard and Dorothy Straight from 1911 onto a blue background with multicolor hearts

For Valentine’s Day, we revisit the epistolary romance between the future student union namesake and the woman he adored

Read the full story about Love Letters: How Willard Straight Wooed his ‘Princesse’

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Gregory Gordon ’80 signed up for adult learning classes at a nearby library and notes, ‘The nice part is there are no prelims or midterms!’

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Cornellians Staff

Editor-in-chief

Beth Saulnier, Grad ’91–92

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Alexandra Bond ’12

STAFF WRITER

Melissa Newcomb

SENIOR EDITOR

Joe Wilensky

ASSISTANT EDITORs

Adele Durham

Chris Furst, Grad ’84–88

PLATFORM DIRECTOR

Angelique Giammarino

MULTIMEDIA DIRECTOR

Lindsay France

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Corey Ryan Earle ’07