Cornell Launches an Admissions Task Force to Prepare for Supreme Court Decision
On December 6, 2022, Cornell announced that President Martha Pollack appointed a Task Force on Undergraduate Admissions that held its first meeting on November 21.
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Oppenheimer Vindication is a Valuable Cancel Culture Lesson for Cornell
Cornell should follow the example of Bethe and other brave faculty of the 1950s to fight such attacks on academic freedom. If we continue to recklessly cancel people for ideological nonconformity, who knows? Perhaps it will take another 70 years before our successors can reverse our costly mistakes.
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Rep. Greg Murphy Hosts Campus Free Speech Roundtable
On December 5, 2022, Congressman Greg Murphy (R-NC) hosted his second annual Campus Free Speech Roundtable in the Capitol.
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Josh Katcher ‘06 Running for Arlington VA Prosecutor Post
On Nov. 30, Joshua D. Katcher ‘06 announced as a candidate for Commonwealth’s Attorney for Arlington County and Falls Church, Virginia. He faces a challenge for the nomination in the June 2023 Democratic primary.
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Ann Coulter ‘84 Vetoed by Hecklers at Wednesday Event
Hecklers blasted music, blew whistles and shouted over Ann Coulter, ultimately derailing her speech in Myron Taylor Hall this evening.
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Academic Freedom Drawing Defenders
Cornell’s DEI advocates have thus far monopolized faculty debates. Although Cornell has adopted a similar, weaker, version of the Chicago Statement, the university has yet to adopt the Kalven Report.
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Cornell’s China Entanglements Ignore the Current Realities
Day Hall must now conduct a similar cost-benefit analysis of PRC involvement based on these latest disclosures.
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Cornell’s Land Acknowledgment is a Waste of Time and Webpage Pixels
Mandatory statements, mechanically recited as if prayers at the start of events or on departmental websites will persuade no one. Nor does the current land acknowledgement appease either the AIISP or the advocates of indigenous land claims.
