The following is an editorial written by Dennis Shiraev ’12, Editor-in-Chief, and Oliver Renick ’12, Executive Editor. It will appear in the semester’s final issue of The Cornell Review, which hits newsstands Wednesday. During a protest by Africana Center supporters on Friday, one African-American graduate student took the microphone and told the crowd bluntly: “[I...
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Africana Supporters Protest at Day Hall
Advocates of the Africana Center’s autonomy are making their message clear and public: “we’re not going anywhere.” Roughly fifty students and faculty were on hand in front of Day Hall Friday afternoon, protesting the recent announcement that Africana Studies would be brought under the wing of the College of Arts and Sciences. Energetic speakers took...
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Skorton Takes on Africana as SA Ends with a Bang
The student assembly’s final meeting of the semester this evening was buzzing with outrage over the administration’s recent decision to bring Africana Studies under the wing of the College of Arts and Science. Representatives from the program brought their complaints before the assembly, who sided with their arguments. “Why was the discussion of this [move]...
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The Glover Debacle
Following a long Cornell tradition dating back to at least 1969 with the takeover of Willard Straight, the minority community has again uncovered racism and oppression where there is none to be found. The so-called Ken Glover controversy has raised the ire of many, resulting in the printing of countless letters and articles in the...
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MRM #24
– Krauthammer: “The Myth of ’08, Demolished.” – Economics Chair Basu will be leaving to serve as one of India’s top economic advisors. – Roundup: bloggers meet with the Treasury. – The S.A. voted to reinstate Ken Glover. – From MR, a good post on how competitive college have recently become more competitive. – A...