If the perfect university anti-discrimination statute had been devised, Cornell would have adopted it already (and not by a single tie-breaking vote). What we have now in the Student Assembly’s Resolution 44 is an imperfect proposal that, by most accounts, will fail to pass Presidential muster. Whether the search for an ideal discrimination or hate-speech statute is in vain, I cannot say.

Cornell University should provide members of independent student organizations the same First Amendment rights they would be entitled to in the real world.

During yesterday's weekly meeting, the Student Assembly took steps to prevent discrimination in independent student organizations by passing a resolution which would extend full membership rights to all student members.