Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Cornell’s free speech revival is far from complete, and not all of the recent developments are good.
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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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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.”
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ACTA’s Steve McGuire discusses campus free speech
“Cornell is not alone in terms of having had an incident where a speaker was shouted down,” McGuire remarked.
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President Pollack Addresses Student Assembly Regarding Rejected Content Warnings, Takes Strong Stance Supporting Freedom of Speech
President Pollack addressed the assembly for the first time following the high-profile rejection of Resolution 31, which would have mandated trigger warnings in classrooms.
