Amid a busy prelim season, about 30 sophomores from Match High School in Boston came to Cornell to participate in a workshop aimed at promoting social activism Wednesday.

Political theater surfaced on Cornell’s campus Thursday in the form of a day-long event that included a series of open forums on the Arts Quad and the placement of a man-made tree stump on Ho Plaza.

Students who threw their support behind the campus said they were thrilled that Cornell won on Monday.

University administrators touted an initiative in the Division of Student and Academic Services that they said will drastically reduce costs without compromising services at a meeting on Wednesday.  

Last weekend, dozens of Cornellians and Ithaca College students joined 10,000 other young Americans in D.C. for Power Shift 2011 — a conference geared towards environmental activism. Forty-one years after the first Earth Day, the conference’s turnout and growing youth support for the environmental movement helped restore some faith in our generation’s ability to care about more than our Facebook news feeds. 

Cornell President David Skorton talks about the importance of student involvement in all aspects of the political process.

If you didn’t see the homecoming parade, you’re not the only one. The crowd was anemic for reasons ranging from weather to unawareness. The procession, on the other hand, was as hearty as they come. In tow were 25 student groups displaying, for Cornell, unusual vigor and costume coordination.

Rosa Clemente M.A. ’98, the first ever female Hispanic vice presidential candidate, urged Cornell minority students to organize and revive the University’s tradition of racial activism at a lecture on Friday.

For those of you who do not know what the Student Assembly is or does, here is what the S.A. is and does:

1. The S.A. is the overarching student governing organization on campus. There are two main things that the S.A. does:

2. Funds byline-funded organizations from the Student Activity Fee (currently set at $204 per student).

3. Drafts resolutions, makes referendums and holds forums regarding matters of student concern.

There: If you didn’t know before, now you know. But if you didn’t know about one of the organizations that most directly affects your life at Cornell, don’t feel bad because you are joined by about half the campus.

To the Editor:

Re: “Art Spitzer ’71, ACLU Legal Director, Reflects on Straight Takeover,” News, March 30.