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.
The SA has embarrassed itself, students, and the university in national media, and the attempts by the resolution’s sponsors to spin the criticism as “misrepresentation” aren’t making them look any better.
Resolution 31 is an embarrassment, particularly for students. In fact, this debacle is only an embarrassment for Cornell insofar as how poorly it reflects on the caliber of Cornell students. Cornell students, if the Student Assembly is to be believed, would give up their freedoms—to learn, listen, speak and engage—to avert even the slightest discomfort.
Pollack has rejected SA Res. 31., for it “would infringe on our core commitment to academic freedom and freedom of inquiry, and [its requirements] are at odds with the goals of a Cornell education.”
Over the weekend, media outlets, especially right-leaning ones and those supportive of free speech, were gleeful after Cornell…
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