The March 17 Student Assembly (SA) elections do not deserve a laudatory article that loftily states that SA members will now turn over a new leaf, buckle down and get to work. No, they warrant thorough scrutiny, analysis and criticism. It warrants pointing out that, even after a year of new fees, administrative cover-ups and tuition increases, students re-elected ten...
Earlier today the Cornell Republicans sent an email over their listerv announcing their official endorsements for the Student Assembly Spring 2015 elections. The chosen candidates are described as those “the executive board of the Cornell Republicans believe will best represent Republican and conservative interests on campus.” The listed endorsements are as follows: President: Matthew Stefanko Executive Vice...
Esquerda. That’s “left” in Portuguese, and that’s where the 200 million-man nation of Brazil is headed for the next four years after Sunday’s presidential election. With the narrow victory of incumbent President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers’ Party (PT), the world’s fourth-largest democracy and seventh-largest economy will further descend into the ever-worsening throes of economic central planning,...