A “lack of fiscal responsibility” and numerous violations of its constitution may cost the African, Latino, Asian and Native American Programming board (ALANA) 20% of its byline funding in the 2014-2016 cycle, according to a report by the Student Assembly Appropriations Committee. The funding for ALANA comes directly from each student’s activity fee. Last year,...
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Siri a Ron Paul Fan (Or At Least Was)
Sometimes Apple’s voice-activated personal assistant Siri can be a little sarcastic or sassy, but I don’t think it was lying about being a Ron Paul fan. Asking Siri “What are your political views?” prompted the all-knowing, web-surfing app to return a snapshot of a Wikipedia article on none other than libertarian champion of freedom, former...
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Cornell Review wins William F. Buckley award
The Cornell Review is honored to have received the William F. Buckley award this month. The award is presented by the Collegiate Network to a news source that the CN team feels has best demonstrated outstanding campus-specific reporting in the style of William F. Buckley. CN program officer Lillian Gerken told the Review: As you’ll recall, Buckley...
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Breaking News: Gov. Jeb Bush to speak in Bailey Hall Thursday, Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m
Just received from Cornell Republicans: ITHACA, N.Y. – Gov. Jeb Bush and SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher will discuss the state of U.S. education during a special presentation and panel discussion at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 in Bailey Hall on the Cornell University campus. Gov. Bush will deliver the keynote address and then join SUNY...
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Cornell Fetch reveals plans to release behavior of voters
In an exclusive interview, the current bane of Panhellenic’s existence, CornellFetch.com, revealed to the Cornell Review that it is tracking if users vote for or against girls in a specific sorority. The site also revealed that it even intends to release this data in the future. The good news is that while they do intend to...
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Exhaustion Sets In At Year’s End
DivestNOW! plays dead at Day Hall on May 2, 2013, calling attention to the administration’s reckless disregard for life and penguins.
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A History of Cornell Conservatism: Road To The Present
A candle flickers before it goes out. Just before its demise in 1998, the Cornell American Society tried to revive the Cornell American but was unsuccessful. Publication resumed only in the spring of 2004 when Ryan Horn, a paleo-conservative graduate student attempted to create an alternative platform for the expression of conservatism on campus. Horn...
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Cornell Republicans Endorse Don Muir for Student Trustee
In an email that was sent to the Cornell Republicans via list serve this morning, chairwoman Jessica Reif announced the CR’s official endorsement of Don Muir for Student Trustee. Republicans, Today marks the first day of voting for the semi-annual undergraduate trustee elections. After a discussion of the candidates’ credentials and platforms at the last...
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Does Medicare Improve Health Outcomes?
An important but sometimes ignored question behind the Medicare debate is whether government health insurance improves the health of its recipients. An important study in this regard was conducted by Finkelstein and McKnight (2005), who attempt to measure the impact of insurance on health through changes in elderly mortality. The time period studied is 1952-75....