In a Thursday afternoon email to Cornell students, faculty, and staff, Cornell University President Martha Pollack announced measures that the Faculty Senate and other university entities would take in the coming semester to “embed anti-racism” across the campus’s activities. The first set of measures pertained to academics. Under the new measures, students would need to...
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Liberty and Justice For All: Empowering Our Youth with Mentors
This is the final installment of the three-part series on racial justice. Certainly, there are many things that are worthy to be talked about. There is the “Opportunity Zones” program, which (as a part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) put in $1.6 billion into distressed communities. And there are fiscally conservative policies which...
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Booted Student-Athlete Will Not Be A Cornell Student
As of Tuesday evening, a university representative confirmed that incoming freshman athlete, Nate Panza, will not be a Cornell student, per a source from the Cornell Daily Sun. Panza entered the national spotlight after a Twitter post was shared, showing him and other individuals using a racial slur whilst appearing either under-the-influence or sleep-deprived. As...
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Cornell University President Pollack Announces Plans for Reopening
At 1:07 PM (EDT), Cornell University President, Martha Pollack, emailed the Cornell community with general plans to reopen Ithaca for this coming fall semester. The Fall semester will begin on September 2nd, with students going back to their primary residences for Thanksgiving break. After Thanksgiving, students will complete the rest of their courses and final...
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Left to Freeze: The Polar Vortex Hurts Some the Most
The recent arctic conditions at Cornell have exposed the unequal and unfair parking, public transportation and accommodation systems of this university. Students had to trudge to class today, despite the National Weather Service urging people in the area to stay indoors due to harsh wind chill conditions plunging temperatures into the negatives. The Ithaca City School...
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Cornell Athletics: The Big Red Cannot be Left for Dead
Above: Bartles Hall, Credit: Wikimedia Commons The recent poor performances of several Cornell athletics programs have elicited concern amongst many that Cornell sports are on a downward slide. This problem is not a product of coaching staff or athletes but it is rather the outcome of the poor state of Cornell’s athletic facilities, coupled with...
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“Fight Back Kill Rapists” Graffiti Spotted Around Campus
Currently unknown individuals are responsible for the graffitiing* of the phrase “Fight Back Kill Rapists” across several campus sidewalks. The Cornell Review cannot confirm if a student organization, individual students, or non-students were behind the act, but the three your correspondent saw all appeared to have been created with the same spray paint stencil. Two, both of...
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Big Red Football Coach Austin Headed To CFL
A new year will bring with it a new face at the helm of the Big Red football program. The University announced that three-year head coach Kent Austin would be leaving the Big Red for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Austin accepted a position that makes him the Vice President of Football...
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Class Accounts Hacked in Backlash to Changes in Academic Calendar
A huge student backlash and hacking of class accounts resulted today after faculty voted to change the Cornell University academic calendar. The new calendar would include shortening study week to five days, shortening exam week to eight days, and cutting Senior Week from four days to two days. In exchange, students will be given off the...
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Homeless in College
NPR has a recent article about the growing number of college students who are facing homelessness because of the tough economy. UCLA student Diego Sepulveda had to get creative about his housing situation after he lost his job at Subway: Nearby sofas offered a few hours of sleep. Sepulveda would rotate — a night at...