“Our highest ideal as a society is enshrined in the Constitution, the 14th Amendment, and federal, state and local law, which is you do not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity. And we are seeing that unfortunately, under the concept of equity, that there is outright discrimination on the basis of race.”
Hecklers blasted music, blew whistles and shouted over Ann Coulter, ultimately derailing her speech in Myron Taylor Hall this evening.
Cornell University does not plan to submit official comments in response to the Department of Education’s new Title IX rule.
A federal judge in Tennessee blocked the Biden administration from enforcing new guidance on LGBTQ civil rights, for the time being.
On June 23, the Department of Education proposed changes to the rules that implement Title IX. Today, the proposed rule was published in the Federal Register. The Department will accept formal comments from the public through September 12, 2022.
The main purpose of a campus judicial system is to protect the accused student from the hassle and expense of a criminal proceeding and to provide more confidentiality. However, as proposed, the revised Title IX procedures do not offer any benefits.
In sum, the Biden administration’s proposed rule would void any policies or protections that colleges offer students to defend their free expression rights and subject students accused of misconduct to highly unfair procedures. The proposed rule strikes at the heart of the educational process and puts every college student at serious risk of unfair treatment.
The former president of a Cornell pro-democracy group claims he was assaulted while putting up posters in the Ithaca Commons.
This organization is a registered student organization of Cornell University