I vividly remember the trepidation I felt as a Cornell University student when I took my required swim test. We had to enter the deep end of the pool with a feet-first jump, float or tread water for ...

Generations of Cornellians have participated in a unique tradition: jumping feet first into the deep-end of a pool to swim three consecutive laps. The swim test has been a graduation requirement for ...

For the first time in two years, Cornellians are once again swimming 75 yards across the Helen Newman Hall pool in order to complete the swim test: one of two University-wide graduation requirements ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PARIS (AP) — A test run meant to allow ...