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...
Despite its work on day-to-day student life resolutions, Cornell’s Student Assembly (SA) garners the most attention for its involvement in contentious issues. Cornell’s association with Israel, tuition rates, and fossil fuel divestment routinely polarize students on campus. Accordingly, the Review contacted SA Presidential candidates Jeffrey Breuer, Matthew Stefanko and Juliana Batista to determine their stances on these very issues....
One Minute Run-Downs Presidents: Juliana Batista, ’16: Current Executive Vice-President of Student Assembly, co-writer of “We Were Asked to Be Quiet,” focuses on small, quality-of-life changes; increasing opposition to administration, increasing S.A. outreach. Jeffrey Breuer, ’16: Student Assembly outsider, focuses on combatting sexual assault; increasing S.A. outreach and engagement; improving S.A. efficiency; improving administration-S.A. relations....
All bad things must come to an end. At Cornell, “biases have a corrosive effect on the sense of community” according to Dean of Students Kent Hubbell. Such was part of the opening remarks at today’s Student Assembly-sponsored event called “Breaking Bias: A Discussion about On-Campus Biases.”
During today’s modified Student Assembly (SA) meeting, Vice President Susan Murphy ’73, Ph.D. ’94 held an extended Q&A with students during which she revealed further information and several bombshells regarding the highly controversial student health fee. Seated next to two Forensics Society members moderating the Q&A on behalf of the SA, Murphy was immediately asked...
It’s been a while since the Insider last published a Monday Reading Madness (MRM), but there are a lot of good articles out there on a busy Monday that may be of interest to our politically minded readers. Enjoy: Remember the words of Alexander Tyler? (Cornell Insider) Civil War? Louisiana extremists file secession petition; followed by...
Student Assembly Transfer Representative Alex Pruce is probably one of the busiest students on campus, and he’s only in his second semester at Cornell. The Insider caught up with him to get the scoop on his campaign for Executive Vice President and his thoughts on some recent campus and national happenings: As a transfer student,...
4:58 PM: About two dozen or so students (probably at least a 1/3 of whom are involved in the SA) have shuffled into Uris G01 to watch Raps and Nicolleti, in addition to the EVP candidates, Alex Pruce and Adam Gitlin, go at it eat the free pizza. 5:08 PM: While they’ve yet to start...
Student Assembly presidential candidates Natalie Raps ’12, the current SA public relations VP, and Adam Nicoletti ’12, the current SA finance VP, will be debating tomorrow night in Uris G01 from 5 to 6 PM and the Insider will be on hand to liveblog all the excitement. While both candidates voted for the highly controversial Resolution 44,...