As I write this, Cornell University finds itself in the midst of a semester ravaged by unforeseen hatred and tension. Early in the semester, the Zeta Psi fraternity came under fire after a brother was reported to have shouted “let’s build a wall” in the direction of the adjacent Latino Living Center. Several weeks later,...
“Hey hey, ho ho, these racist cops have got to go!” “No justice, no peace!” “I can’t breathe!” And so went the chants from around 150 Cornell students and faculty as a ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstration, sponsored by Cornell’s Black Students United, marched through the Arts Quad and onto Ho Plaza Friday afternoon. The event...
Quentin Tarantino’s recent comments calling police officers “murderers” at a New York City protest in late October reveals nothing new about Hollywood to the American public except for a reminder of its rampant hypocrisy and shallow-mindedness. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker said at the anti-police brutality rally, “I’m a human being with conscience. And if you...
This article is a response to, among other things, an opinion piece published several weeks ago by the Cornell Sun, and growing opposition toward gun rights. “This Has Everything to Do With Guns.” That’s what Cornell Sun columnist Emily Hardin ’16 boldly and, as we will see, quite incorrectly titled her article in response to the...
“No justice, no peace, no racist police!” That’s what local protestors shouted this past Saturday as they participated in a “Solidarity March” along Seneca Street in downtown Ithaca, holding signs reading “BLACK LIVES MATTER” and, as one woman brazenly displayed, “CALL OUT WHITE + HETERO SUPREMACY”. The group, organized partially by Cornell’s Black Students United, started...
The title “Transformational Leadership for Church and Society” sounds like it should describe a program promoting tolerance and open-mindedness, along with sophisticated leadership values. However, the workshop-based initiative by the Yale Divinity School (YDS) is doing the exact opposite with its hiring of “#BlackLivesMatter” protest leader DeRay McKesson. McKesson, who has two years’ experience teaching...