Cornell Junior Dies of Swine Flu, Administration Blames Beer Pong

by Adam Clark Estes | September 11, 2009 at 9:32 pm

cornell_law_nightA student at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has been the first to die of complications of swine flu in the recent outbreak on Cornell’s campus. Warren Schor ’11 of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity passed away at the Cayuga Medical Center. He was 20 years old.

Although approximately 450 students have presented flu-like symptoms, a representative of the Cornell Flu Line stated in a phone interview yesterday that so far only two students had been conclusively diagnosed with H1N1. Vice President of Communications Tommy Bruce now reports that number at 520. Neighboring Ithaca College has reported at least 18 students are symptomatic.

The Cornell Sun reports that, at the behest of Gannett Health Services, the Inter-Fraternity Council had instated a weeklong moratorium on social events to help prevent the spread of the disease. But, due to a flood of flu-related visits, Gannett also has stopped scheduling routine appointments, so they may just be canceling frat parties to avoid the standard Sunday morning rush for Plan B.

After the jump, the administration’s response: a lesson in hygiene.

UPDATE: Some have questioned whether it’s appropriate to have jokes in the same post that acknowledges a death. No element of this post mocks the deceased or those grieving—in fact, any humor is directed at the administration and their lack of response that precluded the student’s death. However, since we wrote most the post before the death, then updated it afterwards, the tone may now be off. It’s our policy never to take down posts, but as a concession we’ve added a more somber picture and adjusted some language.

Among the University officials in attendance at the IFC’s meeting was Christine Stallman, Cornell’s director of environmental and health safety. She offered the students this advice:

Really the best way to prevent the flu is your own personal hygiene. Make sure your houses have soap.”

Stallmann’s right—you should never take it for granted that a frat house will have soap. In an e-mail excerpted in the Sun, Associate Dean Travis Apgar reached out to the Greek community last Friday, demonstrating his profound knowledge of those crazy kids today with their drinking games:

…keep in mind that some of the more popular ways in which to enjoy a beverage, including games like pong, should be avoided…”

Get well soon, Cornell.

 
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  • Durmstang11

    Why is this the subject of a humor posting?

  • Durmstang11

    Why is this the subject of a humor posting?

  • Pton10

    Yeah, poor taste, Ivygate. A 20-year-old kid just died – there’s nothing funny about that.

  • CC’10: agreed

    I have no connection to the student at hand but I think that it’s profoundly disrespectful to make offhand jokes about an illness in the same post that mentions the death of a student due to that illness. Really really irresponsible – particularly in a blog that does not have very many layers of separation from its subject matter & readers (i.e. it’s written by ivy leaguers, for a fairly small community of mainly undergrads ivy league schools).

    Maybe those kinds of jokes could be more acceptable (though still I would argue in very poor taste) if you (the author(s)) & we (the readers) were a world apart from this tragedy and this were some kind of mainstream news behemoth, but its not. The ivy league is a fairly small community and tragedy has struck one of our own.

    I am sure that some of the friends and family of the young man who died will come across this post — and were I one of them I would be absolutely livid.

  • CC’10: agreed

    I have no connection to the student at hand but I think that it’s profoundly disrespectful to make offhand jokes about an illness in the same post that mentions the death of a student due to that illness. Really really irresponsible – particularly in a blog that does not have very many layers of separation from its subject matter & readers (i.e. it’s written by ivy leaguers, for a fairly small community of mainly undergrads ivy league schools).

    Maybe those kinds of jokes could be more acceptable (though still I would argue in very poor taste) if you (the author(s)) & we (the readers) were a world apart from this tragedy and this were some kind of mainstream news behemoth, but its not. The ivy league is a fairly small community and tragedy has struck one of our own.

    I am sure that some of the friends and family of the young man who died will come across this post — and were I one of them I would be absolutely livid.

  • Pton10

    Yeah, poor taste, Ivygate. A 20-year-old kid just died – there’s nothing funny about that.

  • Y’08

    This is disgusting. Laughing it up about the death of a 20yo.

  • Y’08

    This is disgusting. Laughing it up about the death of a 20yo.

  • Y11

    Have some class, Fitzpatrick.

  • Y11

    Have some class, Fitzpatrick.

  • D ’07

    This is absolutely tasteless. This kid has friends and family. You should remove it and replace it with a respectful apology.

  • http://asdasd D ’07

    This is absolutely tasteless. This kid has friends and family. You should remove it and replace it with a respectful apology.

  • Cnell ’09

    You change the name of the author of the post but yet you keep the disrespectful and inconsiderate tone of it. At the very least get rid of that tasteless photo. Ivy Gate Media should be ashamed. Shame on you.

  • Cnell ’09

    You change the name of the author of the post but yet you keep the disrespectful and inconsiderate tone of it. At the very least get rid of that tasteless photo. Ivy Gate Media should be ashamed. Shame on you.

  • CU ’08

    This is repulsive…take this down, Ivy Gate, and issue an apology.

  • CU ’08

    This is repulsive…take this down, Ivy Gate, and issue an apology.

  • Penn08

    A young man has died. This article is repulsive. Mr Clark Estes, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

  • Penn08

    A young man has died. This article is repulsive. Mr Clark Estes, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

  • thatcornellguy

    The original author should be fired for this post, or at least resign from IvyGate.

  • thatcornellguy

    The original author should be fired for this post, or at least resign from IvyGate.

  • CC’10

    I have been underwhelmed by this blog from the start, but suffice it to say this is the final straw … I won’t be reading your garbage anymore. This post is way way out of bounds.

    My thoughts and prayers are with William’s friends and family

  • CC’10

    I have been underwhelmed by this blog from the start, but suffice it to say this is the final straw … I won’t be reading your garbage anymore. This post is way way out of bounds.

    My thoughts and prayers are with William’s friends and family

  • reluctantivyleaguer

    his name was WARREN schor. at least get his name right please.

  • reluctantivyleaguer

    his name was WARREN schor. at least get his name right please.

  • esposito

    I agree that you guys really ought to deep six this post.

  • esposito

    I agree that you guys really ought to deep six this post.

  • cornell12

    disgusting. take this down.

  • cornell12

    disgusting. take this down.

  • CU ’13

    Seriously, why is this still up?

  • CU ’13

    Seriously, why is this still up?

  • CLS

    Whose bright idea was it to put that picture up? Someone DIED you insensitive idiots.

  • CLS

    Whose bright idea was it to put that picture up? Someone DIED you insensitive idiots.

  • Brownie12

    I REALLY can’t believe that this is still up. This is disgusting and disrespectful. Take it down and issue an apology!

  • Brownie12

    I REALLY can’t believe that this is still up. This is disgusting and disrespectful. Take it down and issue an apology!

  • y10

    the most offensive part of this entire post is that it so desperately tries to be funny and fails so completely.

    also, someone died. ivygate, you always seem to be on a mission to prove that even ivy leaguers can be total morons (looking at you, estes) without any semblance of actual talent (that’s you, fitzpatrick).

    r.i.p. warren schor. glad they finally got your name right.

  • y10

    the most offensive part of this entire post is that it so desperately tries to be funny and fails so completely.

    also, someone died. ivygate, you always seem to be on a mission to prove that even ivy leaguers can be total morons (looking at you, estes) without any semblance of actual talent (that’s you, fitzpatrick).

    r.i.p. warren schor. glad they finally got your name right.

  • D-bag

    This is horrible.

    Take this post down immediately, you assholes.

    And, can we have the old Ivygate back? The good one from about two years ago, thanks!

  • D-bag

    This is horrible.

    Take this post down immediately, you assholes.

    And, can we have the old Ivygate back? The good one from about two years ago, thanks!

  • Cnell ’09

    This is still up??? What if someone put up a post mocking the death of your friend, brother, son, etc.? Would you enjoy that, Mr. Estes or Ms. Fitzpatrick?

  • Cnell ’09

    This is still up??? What if someone put up a post mocking the death of your friend, brother, son, etc.? Would you enjoy that, Mr. Estes or Ms. Fitzpatrick?

  • harvard12

    those jokes could be appropriate or funny if you were making fun of the cornell administration, but to put them in the context of hundreds of sick (and one recently deceased) students is cruel and in poor taste. i’m ashamed that this is what passes for humor on ivygate now.

  • harvard12

    those jokes could be appropriate or funny if you were making fun of the cornell administration, but to put them in the context of hundreds of sick (and one recently deceased) students is cruel and in poor taste. i’m ashamed that this is what passes for humor on ivygate now.

  • D ’07

    Take. This. The fuck. Down. Every moment that this thoughtless tripe remains online is an insult to the friends and family of the deceased and an affront to your readers. Do not speak ill of the dead, Estes!

  • D ’07

    Take. This. The fuck. Down. Every moment that this thoughtless tripe remains online is an insult to the friends and family of the deceased and an affront to your readers. Do not speak ill of the dead, Estes!

  • crimson+white

    Take this down. It’s not like you have any journalistic integrity to compromise by doing so.

  • crimson+white

    Take this down. It’s not like you have any journalistic integrity to compromise by doing so.

  • Tim 08

    This is disgraceful. You should be ashamed of yourself. A twenty year old lost his life and you are joking around about it. The only thing funny is your lack of compassion. I hope more people boycott the IvyGate and you lose all of the advertisers you have.

    I for one am spreading the word to boycott the ivygate and will let those who fund you know about this.

  • Tim 08

    This is disgraceful. You should be ashamed of yourself. A twenty year old lost his life and you are joking around about it. The only thing funny is your lack of compassion. I hope more people boycott the IvyGate and you lose all of the advertisers you have.

    I for one am spreading the word to boycott the ivygate and will let those who fund you know about this.

  • Average Joe

    Molly Fitzpatrick’s name has already be published everywhere. You can take her name off the article, but you can’t remove it from everywhere else where it will remain forever. Most people don’t have a hollowness in their own soul and innately recognize the one that exists in yours. The outrage you see posted here is a recognition or you own loss of simple human dignity. Cynicism is a recipe for a lifetime of mistakes and regrets. If you ever do wake up someday and think “how did I get here” I hope you have to the wisdom to recognize the fault within yourself and change.

  • Average Joe

    Molly Fitzpatrick’s name has already be published everywhere. You can take her name off the article, but you can’t remove it from everywhere else where it will remain forever. Most people don’t have a hollowness in their own soul and innately recognize the one that exists in yours. The outrage you see posted here is a recognition or you own loss of simple human dignity. Cynicism is a recipe for a lifetime of mistakes and regrets. If you ever do wake up someday and think “how did I get here” I hope you have to the wisdom to recognize the fault within yourself and change.

  • Mary

    Estes apparently is one of the tasteless and corrupt Arianna Huffington’s new writers. No one should be surprised. Huffington’s writers are anti-Semitic, fascistic and sick. She’s hired him for a new dept at the HuffPo, where she claims he will promote journalistic ethics and standards. If this article is anything to judge, Estes idea of ethics and standards are rather like those writers to helped bring Hitler to power.

    Warren’s family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

  • Mary

    Estes apparently is one of the tasteless and corrupt Arianna Huffington’s new writers. No one should be surprised. Huffington’s writers are anti-Semitic, fascistic and sick. She’s hired him for a new dept at the HuffPo, where she claims he will promote journalistic ethics and standards. If this article is anything to judge, Estes idea of ethics and standards are rather like those writers to helped bring Hitler to power.

    Warren’s family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

  • http://www.therudenews.com/ The Rude Dog

    Wow. I am a right wing hack, a breed that is supposedly known for our callousness, something I occasionally bask in. I was stunned this was for real. I came here through a link on Michelle Malkin’s site, where I was getting my daily affirmation.

    This was brutal and completely detached. Osama bin Laden would have more generous.

    Someone please take Adam Clark Estes out a few times and teach him some social norms.

    Man, you what? If I had to say it, it’s hopeless anyway.

  • http://www.therudenews.com The Rude Dog

    Wow. I am a right wing hack, a breed that is supposedly known for our callousness, something I occasionally bask in. I was stunned this was for real. I came here through a link on Michelle Malkin’s site, where I was getting my daily affirmation.

    This was brutal and completely detached. Osama bin Laden would have more generous.

    Someone please take Adam Clark Estes out a few times and teach him some social norms.

    Man, you what? If I had to say it, it’s hopeless anyway.

  • J

    You’re seriously making fun of a human being DYING–an entire university and family grieving–to get a few laughs out of a bad joke about drinking games? What’s next, making a CSI quip about Annie Le’s murder? You repulse me.

  • J

    You’re seriously making fun of a human being DYING–an entire university and family grieving–to get a few laughs out of a bad joke about drinking games? What’s next, making a CSI quip about Annie Le’s murder? You repulse me.

  • CJ

    ZBT is the first National Jewish Fraternity in the U.S. Did you really think it was a good idea to include the picture of a pig on in a story about the death of a young man? I thought the right-wing hate-mongers were the bigots. I guess I know where a leftist bigot works now, too!

  • CJ

    ZBT is the first National Jewish Fraternity in the U.S. Did you really think it was a good idea to include the picture of a pig on in a story about the death of a young man? I thought the right-wing hate-mongers were the bigots. I guess I know where a leftist bigot works now, too!

  • D ’07

    Uh, oh. I was all cool with the righteous disgust before the Malkinites showed up.

  • D ’07

    Uh, oh. I was all cool with the righteous disgust before the Malkinites showed up.

  • green blobo

    CJ, you egocentric dickweed! Do you really think the picture of a pig is more a jab at a kosher fraternity than it is a reference to swine flu, you know, the type of flu that killed a person and is fodder for humor? Now crawl back in your hole and stop diluting the consensus!

  • green blobo

    CJ, you egocentric dickweed! Do you really think the picture of a pig is more a jab at a kosher fraternity than it is a reference to swine flu, you know, the type of flu that killed a person and is fodder for humor? Now crawl back in your hole and stop diluting the consensus!

  • EL

    Wow. I really wish I hadn’t read this. This is repulsive.

  • EL

    Wow. I really wish I hadn’t read this. This is repulsive.

  • TSHS

    Not funny. Vile and disgusting. Shame on you.

  • TSHS

    Not funny. Vile and disgusting. Shame on you.

  • allymanda

    Have you any shame? Pathetic, disgusting, repulsive…how on earth can you think any of this is funny?

    You owe an apology, and a resignation. Absolutely unbelievable.

  • allymanda

    Have you any shame? Pathetic, disgusting, repulsive…how on earth can you think any of this is funny?

    You owe an apology, and a resignation. Absolutely unbelievable.

  • LLW

    This is why the character of Andrew Bernard on “The Office” is so disliked. The character went to Cornell and makes these types of jokes all the time. Now I see that Andy’s character is not so far off from the authors of this article. It is disrespectful and is the reason why children such not attend such a school if this is what they are learning.

  • LLW

    This is why the character of Andrew Bernard on “The Office” is so disliked. The character went to Cornell and makes these types of jokes all the time. Now I see that Andy’s character is not so far off from the authors of this article. It is disrespectful and is the reason why children such not attend such a school if this is what they are learning.

  • wingate

    I love the response that the humor was “directed at the administration” for their “lack of response”. Wake up Master Estes! It’s a flu virus. What did you expect the administration to do? Actually it appears that they gave good advice: beer pongs should be avoided. And wash your hands, young Master Estes.

  • wingate

    I love the response that the humor was “directed at the administration” for their “lack of response”. Wake up Master Estes! It’s a flu virus. What did you expect the administration to do? Actually it appears that they gave good advice: beer pongs should be avoided. And wash your hands, young Master Estes.

  • Hangover,NH

    You don’t want to take it down, fine. easy solution.

    New Headline: Cornell’s, in face of epidemic, advises students to wash hands, start drinking alone

    Edits: Take out the bit about the death, make fun of the administration all you want (although what do you want them to do? The vaccine is still in clinical trials and won’t be out til October, and hey, washing hands and not playing pong, or should I say beirut, are actually just about all you can do.)

    New Post: Cornell Community in Mourning. And here is where you respectfully and without humor report on the death of the student.

  • Hangover,NH

    You don’t want to take it down, fine. easy solution.

    New Headline: Cornell’s, in face of epidemic, advises students to wash hands, start drinking alone

    Edits: Take out the bit about the death, make fun of the administration all you want (although what do you want them to do? The vaccine is still in clinical trials and won’t be out til October, and hey, washing hands and not playing pong, or should I say beirut, are actually just about all you can do.)

    New Post: Cornell Community in Mourning. And here is where you respectfully and without humor report on the death of the student.

  • Tammy

    Can’t wait for karma to bite you hard on your pathetic ass. What goes around, comes around, buddy; when something this sickening happens to you, you will look back and remember what brought it on.

    Tammy, Los Angeles

  • Tammy

    Can’t wait for karma to bite you hard on your pathetic ass. What goes around, comes around, buddy; when something this sickening happens to you, you will look back and remember what brought it on.

    Tammy, Los Angeles

  • Mrs. Medtary

    This is so wrong. So disrespectul. I have a college kid who is the same age as the kid that died…I know people at Cornell.
    Maybe you need to bend your policy of taking down posts…there is always a first time. Besides, isn’t it kind of dishonest to say you don’t take them down but then you make changes?
    Better yet, issue an apology.

  • Mrs. Medtary

    This is so wrong. So disrespectul. I have a college kid who is the same age as the kid that died…I know people at Cornell.
    Maybe you need to bend your policy of taking down posts…there is always a first time. Besides, isn’t it kind of dishonest to say you don’t take them down but then you make changes?
    Better yet, issue an apology.

  • CLS

    Your “apology” is totally inadequate. You’ve created an excuse but you haven’t issued a true apology. Your position seems to be that miring news of a death in a deluge of distasteful jokes is okay, and that it’s the fault of a few illiterate cretins for misunderstanding you. By “some have questioned” you must mean “every single f-ing comment we received on this article.” You should be ashamed. Man up, admit your mistake, issue a real apology, and then resign you pathetic ass.

  • CLS

    Your “apology” is totally inadequate. You’ve created an excuse but you haven’t issued a true apology. Your position seems to be that miring news of a death in a deluge of distasteful jokes is okay, and that it’s the fault of a few illiterate cretins for misunderstanding you. By “some have questioned” you must mean “every single f-ing comment we received on this article.” You should be ashamed. Man up, admit your mistake, issue a real apology, and then resign you pathetic ass.

  • David c

    Seriously man. Your post is fucked up.

  • David c

    Seriously man. Your post is fucked up.

  • cali

    Wow. This has to be the most clicked page on this site in years. Why would any sensible webmaster delete something that garners so much attention? If anything, these responses should encourage Ivygate to write more incendiary posts. This site has ads, its a business, and all these commentators are essentially providing positive feedback for this business model.

  • cali

    Wow. This has to be the most clicked page on this site in years. Why would any sensible webmaster delete something that garners so much attention? If anything, these responses should encourage Ivygate to write more incendiary posts. This site has ads, its a business, and all these commentators are essentially providing positive feedback for this business model.

  • D ’07

    Why would any sensible webmaster delete something that garners so much attention? No one doubts that this ‘Estes’ is a competent creature capable of partial brain functioning and therefore baseline rational decision-making. Indeed! No one doubts that this post, like the cave wall scratchings of Lascaux, was motivated by a crude need for attention; it is as if the first human has spoken, and yelled, “I exist! Love me!” The problem is that this Estes creature, still in a primordial state, has yet to even attain the status of Rousseau’s noble savage; he gropes about, alone and isolated, and with Hobbesian flourish, will find his success “nasty, brutish, and short.” He might be “sensible,” in the sense that his five senses function as adequately as any healthy animal’s, but he lacks sensibility.

  • D ’07

    Why would any sensible webmaster delete something that garners so much attention? No one doubts that this ‘Estes’ is a competent creature capable of partial brain functioning and therefore baseline rational decision-making. Indeed! No one doubts that this post, like the cave wall scratchings of Lascaux, was motivated by a crude need for attention; it is as if the first human has spoken, and yelled, “I exist! Love me!” The problem is that this Estes creature, still in a primordial state, has yet to even attain the status of Rousseau’s noble savage; he gropes about, alone and isolated, and with Hobbesian flourish, will find his success “nasty, brutish, and short.” He might be “sensible,” in the sense that his five senses function as adequately as any healthy animal’s, but he lacks sensibility.

  • raven666

    this is sure funny, eh? the only thing funnier would be Adam Clark Estes and Molly Fitzgerald getting abducted, assfucked by perverts with AIDS, and then getting the disease. that would be a REAL laff riot!!

  • raven666

    this is sure funny, eh? the only thing funnier would be Adam Clark Estes and Molly Fitzgerald getting abducted, assfucked by perverts with AIDS, and then getting the disease. that would be a REAL laff riot!!

  • tk1520

    how DARE this site even make a slight joke at the expense of warren. Glad adam is a real INSENSITIVE PRICK- i went to high school with warren and he was a very good friend of mine and was the kindest person i’ve ever met- and you can talk about him in the same article as cracking a joke about plan B? you are DISGUSTING and should find someone else who didn’t die a horrible untimely death to try and get a laugh out of. go fuck yourself and i hope you get swine flu too.

  • tk1520

    how DARE this site even make a slight joke at the expense of warren. Glad adam is a real INSENSITIVE PRICK- i went to high school with warren and he was a very good friend of mine and was the kindest person i’ve ever met- and you can talk about him in the same article as cracking a joke about plan B? you are DISGUSTING and should find someone else who didn’t die a horrible untimely death to try and get a laugh out of. go fuck yourself and i hope you get swine flu too.

  • Tim 08

    We know you can’t apologize. Only people can truly apologize. Last time I checked, you are scum. No offense to scum.

    In any case, you took down the picture and edited the article which is indirect acknowledgment that you were wrong. All that is left is an apology but like I said, you don’t meet the requirements to issue an apology. Good day.

  • Tim 08

    We know you can’t apologize. Only people can truly apologize. Last time I checked, you are scum. No offense to scum.

    In any case, you took down the picture and edited the article which is indirect acknowledgment that you were wrong. All that is left is an apology but like I said, you don’t meet the requirements to issue an apology. Good day.

  • saelewis

    I personally knew Warren as he was a very good friend of my son’s at Cornell. He was a bright, vivacious and generous soul who had his future taken away in the most shocking way.

    I found this unbelievably tasteful and exploitative post while googling Warren’s name. So many people have touched me with their thoughtful posts/blogs/tweets – this article shocked and sickened me.

    I hope Warren’s parents and others who were close to him (including my son) do not accidentally come across this as I did.

  • saelewis

    I personally knew Warren as he was a very good friend of my son’s at Cornell. He was a bright, vivacious and generous soul who had his future taken away in the most shocking way.

    I found this unbelievably tasteful and exploitative post while googling Warren’s name. So many people have touched me with their thoughtful posts/blogs/tweets – this article shocked and sickened me.

    I hope Warren’s parents and others who were close to him (including my son) do not accidentally come across this as I did.

  • Audit

    I really feel like you guys need to stay in your niche. Stick to the humor articles and try to avoid the serious issues that involve recent deaths.

  • Audit

    I really feel like you guys need to stay in your niche. Stick to the humor articles and try to avoid the serious issues that involve recent deaths.

  • Disappointed

    Use to enjoy this blog until the way the staff handled this situation. Not quite sure why the staff does not fix their mistake professionally and correctly. Why does the staff find it more appropriate to poke fun at Cornell’s administration at the expense of a student who died, but delivers the news on the murder at Yale in the proper tone? The staff made a huge mistake and should rectify the situation sooner rather than later.

  • Disappointed

    Use to enjoy this blog until the way the staff handled this situation. Not quite sure why the staff does not fix their mistake professionally and correctly. Why does the staff find it more appropriate to poke fun at Cornell’s administration at the expense of a student who died, but delivers the news on the murder at Yale in the proper tone? The staff made a huge mistake and should rectify the situation sooner rather than later.

  • Yale GSAS

    You commenters need to chill out, in my opinion. Yeah, maybe this post was somewhat distasteful, but it really doesn’t seem like any light was made of the unfortunate death of this student. It is truly sad, but this post only pokes fun at the sensationalist journalism that has marked the coverage of the swine flu and administrative reactions, not Warren Schor’s death. It is always extremely sad when a young, intelligent person passes. IvyGate is not known as a bastion of P.C. journalism, and if you read it even occasionally you know this. If you want to get angry at someone, scream about the editors and commenters at the Harvard newspaper who think it is OK to print ads questioning the holocaust.

  • Yale GSAS

    You commenters need to chill out, in my opinion. Yeah, maybe this post was somewhat distasteful, but it really doesn’t seem like any light was made of the unfortunate death of this student. It is truly sad, but this post only pokes fun at the sensationalist journalism that has marked the coverage of the swine flu and administrative reactions, not Warren Schor’s death. It is always extremely sad when a young, intelligent person passes. IvyGate is not known as a bastion of P.C. journalism, and if you read it even occasionally you know this. If you want to get angry at someone, scream about the editors and commenters at the Harvard newspaper who think it is OK to print ads questioning the holocaust.

  • Disappointed

    IvyGate’s “_________” Mother Dies Of Diabetes, Nursing Home Blames Ice Cream Day.
    Put your own mother’s name in there and then decide how you would feel if you came across this article. The post could have used many other articles on swine flu and the administrative reactions without selecting one that mentions the death of Warren Schor. Show the same respect you want for you and your family as well as the respect you showed Annie Le.

  • Disappointed

    IvyGate’s “_________” Mother Dies Of Diabetes, Nursing Home Blames Ice Cream Day.
    Put your own mother’s name in there and then decide how you would feel if you came across this article. The post could have used many other articles on swine flu and the administrative reactions without selecting one that mentions the death of Warren Schor. Show the same respect you want for you and your family as well as the respect you showed Annie Le.

  • hmph

    The administration’s lack of response? Are you fucking kidding me? You’re just a little piece of shit.

  • hmph

    The administration’s lack of response? Are you fucking kidding me? You’re just a little piece of shit.

  • j Murphy

    Ok joking about the swine flu seems to be the “in” thing. Having a student at Cayuga Community College(Cornell) who was inflicted with H1N1 I found your post distasteful . Having you child rushed to the hospital with a 104 temperature and being 500 miles away is a little scary. That said the Administration Comments actually make a lot of sense.

  • j Murphy

    Ok joking about the swine flu seems to be the “in” thing. Having a student at Cayuga Community College(Cornell) who was inflicted with H1N1 I found your post distasteful . Having you child rushed to the hospital with a 104 temperature and being 500 miles away is a little scary. That said the Administration Comments actually make a lot of sense.

  • Meredith

    Take this down. There is a time and a place for principle–in blogging or elsewhere–and than there is simple respect. As a journalist, I understand principle, but you seem to fail to understand the principle of respect for a life–whether that life be of a frat brother or nobel laureate professor–lost.

  • Meredith

    Take this down. There is a time and a place for principle–in blogging or elsewhere–and than there is simple respect. As a journalist, I understand principle, but you seem to fail to understand the principle of respect for a life–whether that life be of a frat brother or nobel laureate professor–lost.

  • livid

    To Adam Clark Estes,
    I am a good friend of Warren Schor and I lived in the same house as him in the weeks before his death. You are a disgusting individual and you should be ashamed of yourself.For us, Warren was not a statistic, he was a great person, something so rare in this world. Maybe if there were more people like him, and fewer scum-sucking douchebags like you, Adam, the world wouldn’t be such a fucked up place. I’m wondering, was it your education at Harvard that made you such an insensitive prick, or were you just born that way? Ariana Huffington should be ashamed that you associate yourself with her site, and IvyGate should be ashamed for allowing Warren’s name to appear in the same article as words that came from your sick, twisted mind. As for your half-hearted, bullshit apology where you claim this article was poking fun at Cornell’s administration, you ought to know that they have in fact been very helpful, while ignorant morons like yourself are really what make dealing with this situation difficult. I can’t think of any artful way to say this so let me blunt: “Go fuck yourself.”

  • livid

    To Adam Clark Estes,
    I am a good friend of Warren Schor and I lived in the same house as him in the weeks before his death. You are a disgusting individual and you should be ashamed of yourself.For us, Warren was not a statistic, he was a great person, something so rare in this world. Maybe if there were more people like him, and fewer scum-sucking douchebags like you, Adam, the world wouldn’t be such a fucked up place. I’m wondering, was it your education at Harvard that made you such an insensitive prick, or were you just born that way? Ariana Huffington should be ashamed that you associate yourself with her site, and IvyGate should be ashamed for allowing Warren’s name to appear in the same article as words that came from your sick, twisted mind. As for your half-hearted, bullshit apology where you claim this article was poking fun at Cornell’s administration, you ought to know that they have in fact been very helpful, while ignorant morons like yourself are really what make dealing with this situation difficult. I can’t think of any artful way to say this so let me blunt: “Go fuck yourself.”

  • Sunnie
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  • Kobukson

    If Mr. Estes and the Ivy Gate editors believe that’s appropriate to joke about Cornell Administration’s handling of H1N1, then why is it that I do not see an article by Mr. Estes poking fun at Yale Administration’s handling of the recent murder? Why aren’t there headlines proclaiming Miss Le’s death, coupled with a joke about how New Haven is a shady town?

    Mr. Estes, though you may capitalize on this article in the short term, know that you have tarnished your reputation in the eyes of myself and I’m sure the majority of Cornellians as well. I hope it’s worth it for you.

  • Kobukson

    If Mr. Estes and the Ivy Gate editors believe that’s appropriate to joke about Cornell Administration’s handling of H1N1, then why is it that I do not see an article by Mr. Estes poking fun at Yale Administration’s handling of the recent murder? Why aren’t there headlines proclaiming Miss Le’s death, coupled with a joke about how New Haven is a shady town?

    Mr. Estes, though you may capitalize on this article in the short term, know that you have tarnished your reputation in the eyes of myself and I’m sure the majority of Cornellians as well. I hope it’s worth it for you.

  • c’09

    This would never have happened under O’Connor.

  • c’09

    This would never have happened under O’Connor.

  • EL

    WHY IS THIS STILL UP? This reflects poorly not only on IvyGate (not like you care) but on the advertisers on this page.

    And as for your pitiful note at the top…

    “It’s our policy never to take down posts, but as a concession we’ve added a more somber picture and adjusted some language.”

    Stupid shit. Take this article down and apologize.

  • EL

    WHY IS THIS STILL UP? This reflects poorly not only on IvyGate (not like you care) but on the advertisers on this page.

    And as for your pitiful note at the top…

    “It’s our policy never to take down posts, but as a concession we’ve added a more somber picture and adjusted some language.”

    Stupid shit. Take this article down and apologize.

  • treesus

    You people make me sick! Get over yourselves and your and anybody elses “feelings”. Nothing in this article (I admit, I didn’t see the original and I wish they had left it up) makes jest of Warren’s death. It is sad when somebody so young dies, but when they have pre-existing conditions and are allergic to some of the most common remedies and time-buyers that allow a diagnostician to do their job … lets just say that your over-reaction is offensive. Far more offensive than anything I’m going to say below.

    Cornell IS handling this EXTREMELY poorly and the reaction around campus is, for the most part, disgusting. The moratorium should have been lifted and new rules and regulations (registering 1:1 events was stupid enough! registering formals…seriously?) should not have been instituted. Gannet is LYING to people that come in and saying that 98% of the people with flu-like symptoms have or had swine flu. [Do not accuse me of making this up, one of my good friends went yesterday with symptoms.] They do NOT have this data yet and the data they do have is NOWHERE CLOSE to this figure. They just want to exert their control and hysteria on the population (oh, wait…just like Obama!) and you pansies are letting them do it. I know MANY of you are too far gone…so I won’t continue to rant on how ridiculous you are. Call me a young kid who has no concept of a parent’s loss or whatever the hell you want. Your worldviews appeal to the worst, most terrified and childish parts of people. History will invalidate you and liberty will prevail.

    Moderator: do not delete this post, please. If you choose to, please send me an email and explain what I need to take out because you deem it ‘irrelevant’ to the issue. If you are censoring me for your own sake, at least let me know. The drivel on these comments is too one-sided and absurd. Feel free to delete this message when you post it, though!

  • treesus

    You people make me sick! Get over yourselves and your and anybody elses “feelings”. Nothing in this article (I admit, I didn’t see the original and I wish they had left it up) makes jest of Warren’s death. It is sad when somebody so young dies, but when they have pre-existing conditions and are allergic to some of the most common remedies and time-buyers that allow a diagnostician to do their job … lets just say that your over-reaction is offensive. Far more offensive than anything I’m going to say below.

    Cornell IS handling this EXTREMELY poorly and the reaction around campus is, for the most part, disgusting. The moratorium should have been lifted and new rules and regulations (registering 1:1 events was stupid enough! registering formals…seriously?) should not have been instituted. Gannet is LYING to people that come in and saying that 98% of the people with flu-like symptoms have or had swine flu. [Do not accuse me of making this up, one of my good friends went yesterday with symptoms.] They do NOT have this data yet and the data they do have is NOWHERE CLOSE to this figure. They just want to exert their control and hysteria on the population (oh, wait…just like Obama!) and you pansies are letting them do it. I know MANY of you are too far gone…so I won’t continue to rant on how ridiculous you are. Call me a young kid who has no concept of a parent’s loss or whatever the hell you want. Your worldviews appeal to the worst, most terrified and childish parts of people. History will invalidate you and liberty will prevail.

    Moderator: do not delete this post, please. If you choose to, please send me an email and explain what I need to take out because you deem it ‘irrelevant’ to the issue. If you are censoring me for your own sake, at least let me know. The drivel on these comments is too one-sided and absurd. Feel free to delete this message when you post it, though!

  • CornellStudent

    As a Cornell student, I agree with the majority of the comments that this original post was grossly insensitive and inappropriate. Shame on you, IvyGate.

    The “update” and revised post are woefully inadequate as well. Why not admit your mistake and take the post down? The fact that you say “policy” prevents the removal of the post — as if you were some sort publication that adheres to a code journalistic or ethical values — is laughable.

    Even if the point of the post was to mock the administration’s response to the death and not the death itself, I still find it irresponsible. Contrary to your assertions, for which you provide no evidence, the Cornell administration has acted appropriately and admirably to the flu situation on campus. I’m no cheerleader for Cornell’s massive bureaucracy, but I have been impressed with how proactively they’ve dealt with a difficult situation. Also, the University is not “blaming beer pong” for the death; the governing body of most fraternities is a student-run group. They responsibly (and independently) voted to cut back on large parties to prevent further spread of the illness.

    PS- You mean to say in the update that the administrators’ lack of response “preceded” the death (not “precluded” the death).

  • CornellStudent

    As a Cornell student, I agree with the majority of the comments that this original post was grossly insensitive and inappropriate. Shame on you, IvyGate.

    The “update” and revised post are woefully inadequate as well. Why not admit your mistake and take the post down? The fact that you say “policy” prevents the removal of the post — as if you were some sort publication that adheres to a code journalistic or ethical values — is laughable.

    Even if the point of the post was to mock the administration’s response to the death and not the death itself, I still find it irresponsible. Contrary to your assertions, for which you provide no evidence, the Cornell administration has acted appropriately and admirably to the flu situation on campus. I’m no cheerleader for Cornell’s massive bureaucracy, but I have been impressed with how proactively they’ve dealt with a difficult situation. Also, the University is not “blaming beer pong” for the death; the governing body of most fraternities is a student-run group. They responsibly (and independently) voted to cut back on large parties to prevent further spread of the illness.

    PS- You mean to say in the update that the administrators’ lack of response “preceded” the death (not “precluded” the death).

  • jagoff

    First, H1N1 is not a “disease”..it is a virus. Second, on your website’s heading it lists the Ivy Colleges: Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, etc…any first grader could tell you that, alphabetically, Columbia comes before Cornell; I assume proper alphabetic order was what you wish to achieve there? Third, humor directed, in any form and to whomever, only belittles the true suffering of the deceased and his family. You Ivy League brats and your pretentiousness make me sick.

  • jagoff

    First, H1N1 is not a “disease”..it is a virus. Second, on your website’s heading it lists the Ivy Colleges: Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, etc…any first grader could tell you that, alphabetically, Columbia comes before Cornell; I assume proper alphabetic order was what you wish to achieve there? Third, humor directed, in any form and to whomever, only belittles the true suffering of the deceased and his family. You Ivy League brats and your pretentiousness make me sick.

  • jagoff

    Correction: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, etc., etc. and so on….That is all.

  • jagoff

    Correction: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, etc., etc. and so on….That is all.

  • @LLW

    I’ll be the one to jump in and mention LLW’s comment… this is a definite case of over generalization and douchery to the infinite degree–which a few other posts here are guilty of as well. Not all Ivy Leaguers are pretentious… (though D’07 is… are you kidding me with that Lascaux bullshit?)

    now that that’s done… it’s insensitive to joke about such a tragedy, swine flu is in no way as big of a deal on cornell campus as everyone seems to think it is, and you guys REALLY need a more balanced writing staff.

    PS- gannett has always been absolutely absurd.

    PPS–just play beer pong with all water cups and drink your own beer kiddies. play safe, now

  • @LLW

    I’ll be the one to jump in and mention LLW’s comment… this is a definite case of over generalization and douchery to the infinite degree–which a few other posts here are guilty of as well. Not all Ivy Leaguers are pretentious… (though D’07 is… are you kidding me with that Lascaux bullshit?)

    now that that’s done… it’s insensitive to joke about such a tragedy, swine flu is in no way as big of a deal on cornell campus as everyone seems to think it is, and you guys REALLY need a more balanced writing staff.

    PS- gannett has always been absolutely absurd.

    PPS–just play beer pong with all water cups and drink your own beer kiddies. play safe, now

  • fuckyou

    I think the fact that you, Adam, are a huge douchebag for making light of Warren’s death has been established in the comments above mine. Still, you have NO idea how Cornell’s administration has been handling this crisis. Gannett has always been a little flaky, but with over 600 cases of swine-flu-like symptoms then yes, it is better to think in the worst case scenario so that we can all take proper precautions. Hand sanitizer dispensers are available everywhere you look on campus, especially the dining halls. E-mails from the president have been sent updating the community on the spread of the virus, and a special H1N1 web page has been created on cornell.edu to help inform everyone. Professors and TAs have dramatically loosened their attendance policies; basically, if you have a fever and other symptoms, DON’T go to class. Make-up pre-lims, quizzes, etc. are really easy to get if you’ve been sick.

    And Treesus, Cayuga Medical Center has never confirmed the rumors that Warren had a pre-existing condition or allergy that complicated his illness. People are just assuming that had to have been the case. So shut the fuck up and stop acting like you know anything. And I’m sorry we “offended” you by defending our late friend. Kindly go jump off the Collegetown bridge, you pathetic waste of life.

    I write this all while bedridden with swine flu myself…

  • fuckyou

    I think the fact that you, Adam, are a huge douchebag for making light of Warren’s death has been established in the comments above mine. Still, you have NO idea how Cornell’s administration has been handling this crisis. Gannett has always been a little flaky, but with over 600 cases of swine-flu-like symptoms then yes, it is better to think in the worst case scenario so that we can all take proper precautions. Hand sanitizer dispensers are available everywhere you look on campus, especially the dining halls. E-mails from the president have been sent updating the community on the spread of the virus, and a special H1N1 web page has been created on cornell.edu to help inform everyone. Professors and TAs have dramatically loosened their attendance policies; basically, if you have a fever and other symptoms, DON’T go to class. Make-up pre-lims, quizzes, etc. are really easy to get if you’ve been sick.

    And Treesus, Cayuga Medical Center has never confirmed the rumors that Warren had a pre-existing condition or allergy that complicated his illness. People are just assuming that had to have been the case. So shut the fuck up and stop acting like you know anything. And I’m sorry we “offended” you by defending our late friend. Kindly go jump off the Collegetown bridge, you pathetic waste of life.

    I write this all while bedridden with swine flu myself…

  • livid

    “Kindly go jump off the Collegetown bridge, you pathetic waste of life.”
    seconded

  • livid

    “Kindly go jump off the Collegetown bridge, you pathetic waste of life.”
    seconded

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  • Murder yourself

    Hey way to fucking go. I guess it’s not only your policy not to rescind an article but to sound like a self-righteous fuckface when you try to defend mocking a student’s death. Bang up fucking job shitdicks. You’ll have a bright future in politics.

  • Murder yourself

    Hey way to fucking go. I guess it’s not only your policy not to rescind an article but to sound like a self-righteous fuckface when you try to defend mocking a student’s death. Bang up fucking job shitdicks. You’ll have a bright future in politics.

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