ACTA’s Steve McGuire discusses campus free speech
“Cornell is not alone in terms of having had an incident where a speaker was shouted down,” McGuire remarked.
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Freedom of Expression Between Students Needs Protection
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.
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President Pollack Addresses Student Assembly Regarding Rejected Content Warnings, Takes Strong Stance Supporting Freedom of Speech
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.
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University Assembly Considers NarCan Requirement, Asks for Comment on Resolution Targeting Free Speech and Right to Protest
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.
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The Trigger Warning Fiasco Proves the SA is Defunct
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.
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March Madness Ivy League History
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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Cornell law professor discusses cancellation, journalism, and DEI on ‘Tucker Carlson Today’
What he has found is that many parents are not in favor of these developments. “I don’t think, saying to parents, ‘We want your kids to march around the classroom rather than studying to get ahead in life.’ I don’t think that’s popular,” Jacobson explained to Carlson.
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MIT Debate on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Impacts Cornell
On April 4, the MIT Free Speech Alliance and the MIT Adam Smith Society held a much publicized, Oxford Union-style debate on the MIT campus to consider “Should Academic DEI Programs Be Abolished?” The in-person debate was also live-streamed and promoted by the Cornell Free Speech Alliance (CFSA), one of 15 co-sponsors.
