On a cold morning in Ithaca, I sat at CTB sipping coffee as breaking news flashed across my phone screen: a China-controlled Hong Kong court, citing the National Security Law, sentenced 45…
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GUEST ROOM | Cornell Holds Sacred Mineral Rights: It’s Time to Return Them
The Morrill Act of 1862 created 52 land-grant universities across the United States, funded by the sale and development of federally owned public land. Over ten million acres of that land were…
GUEST ROOM | Let’s Move Past Blanket Solutions
The way that the administration has handled the recent events in our community has been immensely disappointing. While we all can acknowledge that these situations are difficult to address and can understand…
GUEST ROOM | “Any Person, Any Study” Cannot Stop with South Asia
As an organization dedicated to representing Cornell’s South Asian community, the South Asian Council finds the lack of South Asian courses and faculty at Cornell deeply concerning, reflecting a severe lapse in…
GUEST ROOM | The Student Body’s Hand
“Cornell has forced the student body’s hand.” These are the words that the Coalition for Mutual Liberation posted to its Instagram page in the aftermath of its actions at a career fair…
GUEST ROOM | Cornell reproduces Big Oil’s disinformation: It’s time to ask why
The alarming gap between climate rhetoric and action is sending our planet over the brink of habitability. A landmark Congressional Report brought that into stark relief by revealing how fossil fuel industry…
GUEST ROOM | New Alumni Statement Against Money for Genocide
“If you don’t want to be engaged – if you don’t want to confront oppression – your role as an intellectual is pointless.” — Bassel al-Araj We write as graduating students, and…
GUEST ROOM | It’s Time for Just Cause Employment Protection
Sarah was a teacher at a local Montessori school for 11 months. One cold November day, she was outside with a student during the before-school program. The child said they were cold…
GUEST ROOM | Reflection on Freedom of Expression
The peaceful protests at Cornell University have been about speaking truth to power with grace and humility. Freedom of expression is a deliberative and thoughtful articulation or speech without fear of censorship…
GUEST ROOM | Prof. Grossman’s Framing is Incomplete and Misleading
Re: GROSSMAN | Let Us Show Compassion and Understanding for Each Other (opinion, May 2) Dear Prof. Grossman, values of compassion and understanding comprise the essence of the anti-war student protests. Thus,…