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.
On December 5, 2022, Congressman Greg Murphy (R-NC) hosted his second annual Campus Free Speech Roundtable in the Capitol.
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.
Hecklers blasted music, blew whistles and shouted over Ann Coulter, ultimately derailing her speech in Myron Taylor Hall this evening.
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.
Day Hall must now conduct a similar cost-benefit analysis of PRC involvement based on these latest disclosures.
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.
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