HEARD AT CORNELL: VP Lombardi Tells Student Assembly to Do Its Homework
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Cornell Politics
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Pollack Discusses Free Speech, Graduate Student Unions and Other Issues with Faculty Senate
The President answered questions about the Coulter disruptors, free expression, a graduate student workers union, and Research Training and Extension Faculty.
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ACTA’s Steve McGuire discusses campus free speech
“Cornell is not alone in terms of having had an incident where a speaker was shouted down,” McGuire remarked.
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Freedom of Expression Between Students Needs Protection
Unfortunately, Cornell has instead enacted a complicated and much-misunderstood enforcement mechanism under Title IX and Cornell Policy 6.4 that regulates all communications between students — online, face-to-face, in classrooms, in the dorms, outside, and even off-campus.
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President Pollack Addresses Student Assembly Regarding Rejected Content Warnings, Takes Strong Stance Supporting Freedom of Speech
President Pollack addressed the assembly for the first time following the high-profile rejection of Resolution 31, which would have mandated trigger warnings in classrooms.
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University Assembly Considers NarCan Requirement, Asks for Comment on Resolution Targeting Free Speech and Right to Protest
The University Assembly considered a resolution to safeguard against opioid overdoses, examined the rights to speech and protest, and discussed structural changes to the governing body.
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BREAKING: Pollack rejects Trigger Warnings
Pollack has rejected SA Res. 31., for it “would infringe on our core commitment to academic freedom and freedom of inquiry, and [its requirements] are at odds with the goals of a Cornell education.”
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The Cornell Republicans, Cornell Review, and CPU present Steven McGuire of ACTA
On Thursday, April 13, the Cornell Republicans, the Cornell Review, and Cornell Political Union will be co-hosting a thought-provoking event on the topic, “How do we Protect Free Expression on Campus?” The event will feature Dr. Steven McGuire from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA).
