Opinion: Honor The Spirit of the Kops Lecture
The Cornell Kops Lecture deserves more respect.
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Cornell Students To Apply For Antitrust Settlement Funds
Cornell students can now apply to share the funds from a long-running class action lawsuit regarding cooperation between top-tier private universities to collaborate on calculating financial aid awards.
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CML Disrupts Campus Recruitment
The 1:30 p.m. September 18 rally by the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML) targeted on-campus recruiting.Previously, CML focused upon divestment: CML demanded that Cornell disclose where it has invested its money and that none of it should be in companies that do business with Israel.
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Teamsters to Strike BorgWarner
On Sunday, Sept. 8, a collective bargaining agreement between BorgWarner and about 700 assembly line workers represented by the Teamsters Union expired.
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Daniel W. Kops Lecture to Address Freedom of the Indigenous Press
On Tuesday, September 10, Kenneth Atsenhaienton Deer, founder and former editor of The Eastern Door newspaper, will deliver the 2024 Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture, Deer’s topic will be “The Eastern Door: A Newspaper Born out of Crisis,” and the talk will begin at 5 p.m. in Lewis Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall, Room G76. Unlike past years, there will not be any livestream or official recording of the talk.
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U.A.W. Votes in Favor of Ending Strike
On September 2, 2024, UAW Local 2300 approved a settlement that ended the dining, maintenance, grounds, and janitorial worker strike that started on August 18.
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Terms of UAW Strike Settlement Released
On August 27, the United Auto Workers (UAW), who represents 1,200 dining, grounds, janitorial, and animal care workers, reached a settlement of their strike against Cornell University. Union members will ratify the proposed settlement by a vote held on Sunday September 1 and Monday, Sept 2, with the goal of returning to work on Tuesday, September 3.
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Heard at Cornell – Institutional Neutrality
“[A]dministrative actions must be consistent and content neutral. In furtherance of institutional neutrality and deference to the many and diverse views in the Cornell community, the President and Provost will refrain from opining on national or global events that do not directly impact the university.”
