Splash slashed: Cornell drops swim test amid pandemic

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University will not conduct its 115-year-old swim test this fall due to the pandemic. The Ivy League school confirmed Wednesday it was waiving the requirement for those seniors graduating this fall and spring who had yet to complete the test. The move comes as colleges everywhere retool their operations amid the coronavirus outbreak. The test was designed to reduce the number of drownings and had been canceled this past spring for the first time. The test is usu