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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Opinion | Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right
As I write this, Cornell University finds itself in the midst of a semester ravaged by unforeseen hatred and tension. Early in the semester, the Zeta Psi fraternity came under fire after a brother was reported to have shouted “let’s build a wall” in the direction of the adjacent Latino Living Center. Several weeks later,...
