Save the Arts Quad
The stately columns of Goldwin Smith, the ancient façade of Morrill, and the looming presence of McGraw Tower….
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Cornell Biennial Art Installations Focus on “Whiteness” and “Settler Colonialism”
Large and abstract in the extreme, the artworks have a message that may raise some eyebrows. Ranging from the “Phenomenology of Whiteness” to the “industrialized practice of wood framing” and “its problematic roots in early settler colonialism,” the pieces’ content should spark lively conversation on campus.
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Far Beyond Cayuga’s Waters: An Interview with Alumnus Brendan Dodd
“My advice would be—I think it’s a Mark Twain quote, a favorite of mine—not to let your classwork get in the way of your education.”
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An Introduction to Shared Governance and the Student Assembly
At the least, the SA is involved in annual (and sometimes biannual) scandals. Such bedlam is hardly the mark of a healthy or effective government. Setting the SA on a better path will be an important challenge for Cornell’s next generation.
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Conservative Organizations Overview
Finding student organizations to join can be daunting when you first arrive in Ithaca. We interviewed officers in the most influential conservative student organizations and condensed the information here. Check out the groups that interest you at their next general body meetings.
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Kops Lecture Drifts from Press Freedom to “Land Grab”
The aptly named “The 2022 Kops Lecture on Freedom of the Press” was supposed to be about press freedom, but instead the Sept. 13 lecture featured a professor from Cambridge University and an indigenous American writer who collaborated on a website linking Morrill Act land grants to indigenous dispossession.
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Faculty Notified of Recent Cornell DEI Moves
An email sent to Cornell faculty on Thursday renews controversy about key Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives at Cornell.
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New North-Campus Dorms Alleviates Student Housing Shortage….For Now
Is the university amenable to the idea that reducing the housing crisis in Tompkins County will not be found by increasing our yearly enrollment without providing sufficient housing for all undergraduates?
