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Photo from Cornell University Alumni Twitter feed.\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog_pumpkin_300.jpg\" style=\"width:300px;height:459px;margin-left:15px;margin-right:15px;float:right\" \/>Seemingly overnight, Cornell found itself in the middle of a real Halloween mystery. One that even garnered media attention. Many offered theories explaining the pumpkin\u2019s precarious placement. Stealth rock climbers! A secret trap door at the top of the tower! Pumpkin-wielding helicopter! But, in the end, nobody came forward to take credit for the prank.<\/p>\n<p>The situation only got <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/a-mysterious-sight-in-the-sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more mysterious<\/a>. The pumpkin stayed on top of the tower for a staggering five months! In March 1998, the university tried to remove the pumpkin, and it was accidentally knocked over by a crane. Even then, the pumpkin miraculously remained in one piece\u2013it\u2019d been frozen solid by that infamous Ithaca winter.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I arrived on campus, a few years later, the pumpkin was the stuff of university legend. I passed by McGraw Tower almost daily, but I never gave much thought to the story. I was too busy stressing about papers, exams and, of course, my historical crush on <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/quote\/52820\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Madison<\/a>. (What? I was a history major! It\u2019s completely normal.)<\/p>\n<p>Looking back now, though, I\u2019m sort of delighted by that pumpkin. Universities are celebrated for providing solutions, answers to pretty much everything. And yet nobody could figure this one out.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lesson in that too, one that\u2019s just as important as what you might learn in a history or biology class. So much of life is unknowable. We can\u2019t figure everything out. It\u2019s okay not to have all the answers.<\/p>\n<p>And so\u2026the mystery lives on!<\/p>\n<p>Any guesses as to how that pumpkin got on top of McGraw Tower? Share your theories below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Halloween, I have a tale of mystery and intrigue to share! It involves a pumpkin and a 173-foot tower. Back in October 1997, someone at Cornell University\u2013my alma mater\u2013snuck a pumpkin on top of the spire of McGraw Tower, the bell tower at the center of campus. 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