This essay argues in favor of the U.S. weapons industry as essential to our survival. It counters the points made by the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML) and certain letters from Nick Wilson and Eric Lee to the editor of the Cornell Sun.
We do not often criticize the Sun, but their refusal to report on the Rickford controversy is a miscarriage of their journalistic duty to Cornellians.
“Cornell is not alone in terms of having had an incident where a speaker was shouted down,” McGuire remarked.
What he has found is that many parents are not in favor of these developments. “I don’t think, saying to parents, ‘We want your kids to march around the classroom rather than studying to get ahead in life.’ I don’t think that’s popular,” Jacobson explained to Carlson.
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).
On March 28, the University Assembly (UA) met in the Physical Sciences Building to discuss free speech issues and approve a resolution on designating Cornell as a “Purple Heart University.”
We will get things wrong, and our audience does us a service by correcting our inaccuracies. Such corrections are most constructively delivered in emails to the Editor in Chief or a response published as a Letter to the Editor.
On March 8th, the Cornell Review will be hosting alumnus Stephen Einhorn ‘64 to talk about climate change.
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