The President answered questions about the Coulter disruptors, free expression, a graduate student workers union, and Research Training and Extension Faculty.
Pollack began the announcement by reaffirming Cornell’s commitment to the “twin freedoms” of academic freedom and freedom of expression. Both, Pollack said, are foundational to Cornell’s identity and values.
“Cornell is not alone in terms of having had an incident where a speaker was shouted down,” McGuire remarked.
Unfortunately, Cornell has instead enacted a complicated and much-misunderstood enforcement mechanism under Title IX and Cornell Policy 6.4 that regulates all communications between students — online, face-to-face, in classrooms, in the dorms, outside, and even off-campus.
President Pollack addressed the assembly for the first time following the high-profile rejection of Resolution 31, which would have mandated trigger warnings in classrooms.
The University Assembly considered a resolution to safeguard against opioid overdoses, examined the rights to speech and protest, and discussed structural changes to the governing body.
The SA has embarrassed itself, students, and the university in national media, and the attempts by the resolution’s sponsors to spin the criticism as “misrepresentation” aren’t making them look any better.
Cornell has appeared 5 times in the tournament. Their first was in 1954 where they lost to Navy, and then lost the third place game to North Carolina State, reaching fourth place in the east region.
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