Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Cornell’s free speech revival is far from complete, and not all of the recent developments are good.
Cornell
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UA Stalls Again on Resolution 7, Declines to Include Language Prohibiting “Heckler’s Veto”
Representatives debated “free speech absolutist language,” rejected including an anti-heckler clause, and wondered if the university can ever be politically neutral.
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HEARD AT CORNELL: On UA Resolution 7 – The Right to Protest
Heard at Cornell is a column that regularly quotes important statements made by Cornellians. This excerpt is taken from the Comments of the Concerned Alumni, authored by Robert Platt Esq. ’73, JD ’76 and Elias Lehrer, ’98. Mr. Platt is a former trustee. The statement was posted to the comment section of UA Resolution 7: Right to Protest, which is scheduled for consideration today.
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Bill Maher ‘78 gives Martha “Cojones Award” for Defense of Free Speech
“Ladies and gentlemen, you know the Emmys, you know the Grammys, you know the Tonys, so now say hello to the Cojones!” Maher declared to a cheering studio audience.
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F&FS Hosts talk on Free Speech and Social Progress
Westhill began his remarks by stating that Cornell is now “ground zero” for the debates over freedom of expression.
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Ninth Circuit Invalidates Berkeley CA Ordinance Limiting New Gas Appliances
On April 17, 2023, the Ninth Circuit reversed the trial court and held that the EPCA preempted the Berkeley ordinance.
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HEARD AT CORNELL: VP Lombardi Tells Student Assembly to Do Its Homework
Heard at Cornell is a column that regularly quotes important statements made by Cornellians.
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Antisemitism Makes its Way to Cornell
It was unnerving seeing a crowd of Cornell students, some of whom I have sat next to in class, call for the destruction of the only Jewish country in the world. Yet, as the local Hillel students said, the rhetoric was “shocking, but unsurprising.”
