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The community newspaper for Mount Vernon and Lisbon

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The Class of 2025 as seen from the stage at Cornell College commencement.

Cornell holds commencement

Nathan Countryman, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun May 13, 2025

Cornell College held commencement exercises for the class of 2025 Sunday, May 11. Bishop Kenetha Bingham-Tsai was at the graduation on Sunday and spoke of the importance of the United Methodist...

Team 1058 (from left) Jack Gross (Class of 2025), Daniele Ebert (Class of 2027), Rachel Ruish (Class of 2025), Kaden Legore (Class of 2027), Levi Thompson (Class of 2027), Celina Schertz (Class of 2027), and Luis Andres Roman Bonilla (Class of 2027).

Cornell College’s mock trial team continues its winning tradition

Natalia Scales, For the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun April 9, 2025

On any weekend during the school year, a courtroom somewhere in the Midwest transforms into a political battleground not with actual legal disputes, but with fierce intellectual competition. For Cornell...

Declan and Katherine cut vegetables at the Healthy Kids in the Kitchen event at Bon Appétit (Drake Klemme | Cornell College)

Healthy Kids in the Kitchen returns

Nathan Countryman, Editor April 3, 2025

Bon Appétit’s Healthy Kids in the Kitchen program returned again this year, hosting students from Solon to learn about healthy foods and choices. “This program brings energy to our team, engaging...

Cornell College senior art shows open April 6

April 3, 2025

Seven Cornell College graduating studio art majors will display their senior thesis shows on April 6 through April 15, exhibiting a variety of art forms including painting, ceramics, mixed media, multimedia...

Cornell presents play as an immersive audio experience

February 21, 2025

Get ready for a new kind of play as the Cornell Department of Theatre and Dance presents “4.48 Psychosis” as an immersive audio experience Feb. 20–23. The play, written by Sarah Kane in a stream-of-consciousness...

Cornell’s Big Event to feature bbno$

February 6, 2025

Canadian rapper and singer-songwriter bbno$ will visit Cornell College to headline Cornell’s annual Big Event on Feb. 15 in the Richard and Norma Small Athletic and Wellness Center (the SAW). Doors...

Cornell College grad receives posthumous Grammy award

February 6, 2025

Cornell College graduate and Iowa native Leo Beranek ’36, widely considered the pioneer of modern acoustic technology, will receive the 2025 Technical Grammy Award on Feb. 1. Leo Beranek ’36 worked...

Student Briefs

February 6, 2025

Carthage College fall 2024 dean’s list Tessa Baty from Mount Vernon was named to the Carthage College fall 2024 dean’s list. Students must obtain a GPA of 3.5 or above to make the list. Loras College...

Jaylan Bradberry (class of 2026) and Nate Jacobson (class of 2027) worked together with two others to present about boxing. (Contributed photo)

Cornell students bring past Olympics events to life

February 6, 2025

Students in one Cornell College classics course stepped back in time to understand the origins and evolution of many popular athletic competitions that we still enjoy watching and competing in today. Students...

Civil case brought against Cornell College

Nathan Countryman, Editor January 16, 2025

A civil lawsuit has been filed against Cornell College, including employees Ilene Crawford, Jackie Wilson and former professor Jim White. Associate Professor of Philosophy Megan Altman filed a sex discrimination...

Gallery showcases collaborative works in ‘An Echo and A Hum’

January 16, 2025

The Cornell College Peter Paul Luce Gallery will present “An Echo and A Hum” by artists Lila Shull and Muriel Condon from Jan. 17 to March 2. The pair will present a mix of prints, drawings, ceramics,...

John Harp will be retiring from Cornell College, drawing to a close a career in higher education spanning almost four decades, three of those at Cornell College here in Mount Vernon.

Cornell College’s John Harp retiring

Nathan Countryman, Editor August 21, 2024

John Harp’s career in higher education is drawing to a close after more than 40 years with several different institutions. The last 29 years of his career were spent here, at Cornell College. “I want...

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