Around 2:00 p.m. today, an unidentified individual committed suicide by diving headfirst into the Cascadilla Gorge near Cornell University.

The Cornell Police were immediately called onto the scene, and the body of jumper was recovered from the base of the gorge around 2:30 p.m.

As the investigation is currently on-going, authorities have cl...

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Long ago, a student at Cornell drowned in the Cascadilla Gorge near the school, which resulted in all the Ivy League universities adopting a mandatory swim test – at least, that is how the urban legend goes at Columbia. Today, only three Ivies – Cornell, Columbia and Dartmouth – still have the requirement, but the others may have to adopt it yet...

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