"The Early Show" a Hit

What's a guy with an ILR School degree doing on the Arts Quad before sunrise?

He's whipping up 120 students, getting them to laugh out loud.  He's Dave Price, ILR '87, the funny weatherman from "The Early Show" on CBS. 

Live from Cornell Monday, he reported on college costs and admission trends across the nation.  He worked in Florida's foggy forecast and lots of Big Red bits.  Check out the clock tower, he told millions of viewers, listen to Cayuga's Waiters, Cornell's all-male a cappella group. 

In an interview between tapings, Price said he gained 40 pounds his freshman year, flunked Statistics and found his dormitory shower so groaty on day one at Cornell that he asked his parents if he could shower in their hotel room. 

"I don't regret a minute it of it," he said, referring to his four years at ILR. "I'd come right back.  I use the skills I learned at the ILR School each and every day, whether it's negotiating a contract or (understanding) organizational behavior." 

A few feet away, Ernest Meadows, CALS '11, called his mother and asked her if she would like to talk to Dave Price, then handed the phone to Price.  "Hi, Mom, send cash," Price told Pamela Scott, who was in Brooklyn. 

Her son beamed, and sighed, "What a great morning." 

Accelerated by the promise of free coffee and donuts, word of "The Early Show" filming at Cornell spread among students and staff via Facebook and e-mail. 

ILR Student Government Association President Heather Levy '10 found students such as Eleanor Carmeli to hold ILR banners, which made their way onto national TV as the sun rose Monday.  

"This," Carmeli laughed, "is my moment of fame."  Carmeli, ILR '11, transferred to ILR this year from the State University of New York at Geneseo.