Students at Princeton University have started an online petition calling on their school’s president, trustees, and faculty to reject the demands of the student group Black Justice League, which include removing Woodrow Wilson’s name from buildings and creating “affinity housing” for students interested in Black culture. The petition, titled “Protect Plurality, Historical Perspective, and Academic...
Two days before Spring Break, a group of student protesters marched into Statler Hotel and for two hours tried to infiltrate a Board of Trustees closed door meeting. The students chanted, danced, stomped feet, slammed on doors and walls, and screamed profanities at Cornell employees and trustees, but failed to force themselves into the meeting. Eventually,...
Police shot and wounded an armed man last Tuesday in UC Berkeley’s Hass School of Business. The man, identified as Christopher Travis, was confirmed dead hours after the shooting. Although it is not known whether the man was part of the Occupy Cal protests, police Capt. Margo Bennett noted the gunman’s “unusual” behavior leading up...
Students at Penn State University are currently in the midst of ongoing riots in State College, Pennsylvania, in response to tonight’s announcement by the Board of Trustees that beloved Coach Joe Paterno will be fired, effective immediately. Paterno’s exit comes amid reports that he did not take enough action in response to being notified about sexual abuse committed...
Ho Plaza played host to a small and unenthusiastic crowd of 20 or so Columbus day protesters, who set up shop outside Willard-Straight just as Oakenshields began to get the lunch hour rush. The protesters carried a motley array of signs, although there seemed to be some common buzz words on their home-made boards; the...
Not many people can say that they wish they were out of a job. At Will Creeley’s office, they’re “not hurting for cases”, and that’s a major problem. The director of legal and public advocacy at FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education), Mr. Creeley spoke Tuesday evening as a guest of the Cornell College...