We as faculty members and senators now have a chance to restore democratic deliberation
and the autonomy of our University from the whims of politicians.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Equal Rights for Everyone!
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Flip over your ballot and vote “yes” to Proposition One.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Let’s Rally For Lebanon
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I’m annoyed when a columnist claims that rallying for Lebanon must be in support of Hezbollah or because of “thinly disguised antisemitism and hate for Israel.”
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | VP Malina Perpetuates Cornell’s Racist History
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The only logical conclusion is that the University has a responsibility to take a firm stance against Joel Malina’s welcomeness to offering platforms to hate groups to speak on campus in which all identities and orientations of Cornell’s student body and faculty will be threatened.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | VP Malina’s Statements Violate Academic Freedom and Target Pro-Palestinian Protestors
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In his comments at Hillel, Joel Malina appears entirely confused about the scope and meaning of academic freedom. In his focusing on the case of pro-Palestinian activists, Malina suggests that the administration’s expressive activity policy is not content-neutral but is motivated by pro-Israel parents and donors.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | To President Kotlikoff: Stop “Scrutinizing” Your Faculty
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After more than 20 years in the classroom, from graduate school through my time at Cornell, I have learned that if students feel that their teachers are scrutinizing what they say, the result is silence. If students feel trusted to explore ideas, the result is education. And when professors — as we surely will after this morning’s Sun story — teach from a place of fear rather than trust, the result is generalized apathy at best, widespread paranoia at worst.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | A Call for More Action From CGSU
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Any true union with teeth and a material commitment to justice would recognize this patterned behavior as systemic violence, and as union busting, as evidenced at Cornell’s peer institutions including Washington University in St. Louis, the University of California system and Duke University.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | We Deserve Full Disclosure on Synthetic Turf Health Risks
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The University’s claims about using plant-based materials and PFAS-free turf are questionable. Evidence shows that many so-called “plant-based” solutions still pose significant health and environmental risks. The safety of these materials is far from proven, so what standards are actually being used to evaluate them?
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | On Momodou Taal and Opposing War as a Veteran
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We need more graduates like Momodou Taal. Cornell prides itself on developing scholars who go forth and create innovative processes and radical new approaches to age-old problems. No idea is more innovative or radical in our own era of endless war than nonviolence.
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TAAL | A Public Appeal
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I am a scholar, and I am under threat here in America because I am defending the basic human rights of the people of Palestine while participating in peaceful protests on a university campus. I have a valid visa. I have a right to be at Cornell and I have a right to express myself.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Molinaro Flip Flops on Abortion; Riley Trusts Women
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Josh Riley actually will protect women’s autonomy and freedom. We can trust him to trust women. Let’s elect Josh Riley to Congress.