Introduction Three primary issues broadly afflict college campuses today: intolerance towards diverse thought, the devolution of social purpose, and the rise of the inconsequential. These phenomena contribute to the educational hysteria that is increasingly dominating the political, social and educational spheres of the modern American university. They include trigger warnings for differing opinions, the non-ironic use of...
“I am inordinately proud these days of the quill, for it has shown itself, historically, to be the hypodermic that inoculates men and keeps the germ of freedom always in circulation.” – E.B. White The fight to preserve, protect and promote freedom of expression cuts across the political spectrum— it is not a conservative or...
David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times, gave a lecture on Tuesday at Cornell entitled, “What Happened to the ‘Light Footprint’ Strategy? President Obama and Interventions Around the World.” His visit was sponsored by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Sanger, an experienced journalist with expertise in foreign policy, nuclear proliferation...
In Cornell’s mission statement, one of the university’s core values is “thinking otherwise,” a phrase coined by Carl Becker to describe the entrepreneurial spirit and intellectual diversity of the university. It’s time we start living up to that ideal, and we can start by changing core curricula to reflect the rise of computer programming and...