Upon our return from a long academic break, it is crucial that the Cornell community not lose momentum in its efforts to address sexual assaults on our campus.
Some experts question whether such WCMC dean Laurie Glimcher's ties to the pharmaceutical industry endanger the objectivity of research at the college. While there are no allegations that Glimcher has committed any wrongdoing, we join these experts in their concern that such connections — both personal and financial — have the potential to distort the neutrality of academic research.
We hope the punishments the University recently dealt three fraternities will deter other houses from engaging in dangerous behaviors. However, they will only be successful if they are pursued in conjunction with broad cultural changes.
On Monday, just one year after Cornell won its bid to build a tech campus in New York City, CornellNYC Tech welcomes its inaugural class of full-time students. While we are proud to witness this historic moment, the administration should ensure that this new endeavor fulfills, rather than detracts from, Cornell’s responsibility to its students on the Hill.
Over the course of our time at Cornell, we have seen a full evolution of Cornell’s policy toward fraternities and sororities. While we have previously expressed concern about the overly heavy-handed nature of the University’s response to the Greek system, recent events have made clear to us that the Greek system is incapable of making broad cultural changes on its own.
Three rockets a day. That is the average number of rockets that have fallen on Israel from Gaza since 2001. That is the number of times you and I hear a chimes concert at Cornell.
On Monday, students representing two very conflicting interests met on Ho Plaza to express their competing views on the current violence raging in Israel and Gaza.
A recently-launched student petition advocates expanding of the B.L.U.E. late-night shuttle service to help students avoid walking home alone at night after the recent spate of reported sexual assaults on campus. While this proposal looks good on paper, funds could be better allocated. There are numerous other approaches with much greater potential to create a safer campus in the long term.
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