The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/clubs/page/2/)
However, students should ask themselves the following questions: To what extent should clubs be created to mirror the real world? Are these processes conducive to learning? Do they afford students the proper opportunity to gain experience, knowledge and connections? Yes, exclusive clubs create many valuable opportunities for some students (not all). So what’s the issue?
When I tell people back home that I go to Cornell, I tend to get a lot of groans. They are groans that encapsulate an outsider’s perspective of expensive private schools like ours. “Cornell” and “Ivy League” are terms that, in the public eye, are entrenched in privilege, wealth and selectivity. As much as I’d like to say the public’s presumptions about our school are wrong, the University has a lot of issues working against it which we need to address. More specifically, to fight this perception of rampant elitism on campus, we have to start with the toxic culture of Cornell’s clubs.
The low acceptance rates and peer-to-peer competition of a selective admissions process don’t stop at Cornell’s gates.
In their last meeting of the semester, the Student Assembly passed a new student activities fee of $310 — a $1 increase from the last funding cycle.
With student organizations beginning to hold in-person gatherings, many report difficulties with the University’s new space usage and event registration policies.
Climate Justice Cornell continues to advocate for the earth 20 years after its founding, turning special attention to local policies and environmental inequities.
About two years ago, a Sun columnist shared their thoughts about Cornell Clubfest and included some well thought out ideas of how to fix the way that we go about our clubfest. They correctly pointed out that clubs are meant to foster your passions and interests outside of academic pursuits, and thus should allow for more room for the student to meet the club and for the club to meet the student.
With less than a week to go until classes begin, here is a guide to student resources at Cornell, from academic support to identity and mental health resources.
Cornell clubs struggle to continue operations amidst social distancing regulations.
President Pollack’s latest announcement allows for student clubs and organizations to hold gatherings of less than 10 people.
New student run take-out dining service, the Eating Club, is providing gourmet meals to students’ doors.