Advertising & Public Transportation
Here’s a question for you, my readers. If instead of charging $1.50 for bus fare, TCAT dropped the cost to $.50 through advertising subsidies with major companies, would you approve? Sure, your buses might look like this, but the fares could go down:

I’ve always noticed that the buses in Ithaca are very noticeably without decal or decoration. Compare this with a city like NY or PHX, where all the buses are sporting huge billboards.
Cornell Costs Too Much
A post at College Confidential points that Cornell’s financial aid gives out significantly more loans than other schools.
Philip Merrill Murdered?
Someone alleges that Philip Merrill may have been murdered for what he knows about Iraq and the money we’re spending there.