HEARD AT CORNELL: VP Lombardi Tells Student Assembly to Do Its Homework
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Pollack Discusses Free Speech, Graduate Student Unions and Other Issues with Faculty Senate
The President answered questions about the Coulter disruptors, free expression, a graduate student workers union, and Research Training and Extension Faculty.
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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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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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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.
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The First American University Deserves More American Flags
With more American flags, not only will Cornell’s student body be more unified in identifying with the nation which provides them all the opportunities they currently hold, but we will also be reminded of the contributions we have made to the national identity.
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Heard at Cornell: President Pollack Rejects Trigger Warnings
From President Pollack’s response to SA Resolution 31, which implored the administration to mandate trigger warnings in classrooms. Heard at Cornell is a column that regularly quotes important statements made by Cornellians.
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University Assembly Approves Purple Heart Designation and Seeks Public Comment on Free Speech Questions
On March 28, the University Assembly (UA) met in the Physical Sciences Building to discuss free speech issues and approve a resolution on designating Cornell as a “Purple Heart University.”
