The Cornell Experience | Women of Distinction
Alyson Intihar Class: Senior School: CALS Major: AEM
One thing learned about the male species: They can’t multitask. “They have a one-track mind set.”
Organizations: ·Captain of Softball team Most rewarding or life ·Co-President of Red changing experience: Key Honor Society She did a volunteer pro·Secretary of SAAC gram in Ecuador the ·Meinig Scholar summer between sophomore and junior year. She Biggest accomplishhelped the Quechua comment: munity, and was involved Winning the Ivy-Cham- in activities such as buildpionship last year . “The ing medicinal garden and shared experience [with teaching. “I enjoyed this teammates] was amazing experience because of the and created an unbreak- people and close interacable bond.” tion.” Ivy Room or Okenshields? : Okenshields—because Happy Dave is always happy!
Photo Credit: Andrew Intihar
Happiness in Ithaca is…: “Waking up in April and it not being -20 degrees.”
Advice offered to the women of 2013: “Natural ability in anything can only take you so far, but hard work and perseverance will take you the extra distance.”
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Emily Cohn
Class: Senior, 2010 School: Arts and Sciences Major: Communication
Guilty pleasure: “I’ll eat a tray of brownies and not feel guilty about it.”
Biggest hurdle that was Organizations: ·Editor in Chief of the overcome: Time management and Daily Sun learning to cope with not getting enough sleep. “I Biggest accomplishalso had to learn how ment: Getting involved with to be a better people the Sun early on. She person. Working at the started as sophomore re- Sun, I’m surrounded by porter, asking pressing students who are over questions and pissing worked, under slept and people off. “I’m proud in need of an upper, and of being able to press I had to learn how to be [for answers] where that upper.” needed.” Advice offered to the women of 2013: If you were an “Do not think about animal,which would graduation until it is you be?: Bird in order to see the there and value your world from a different time at Cornell. Despite perspective. “Birds seem the economy, you will get a job! Treasure the so care-free.” academic environment that is here.”