The Student Assembly presidency is now a two-candidate race after Claire Ting’s ’25 disqualification appeal was rejected and two other presidential candidates were disqualified.
The Student Assembly rejected Resolution 51, which urged Cornell to divest from companies “committing morally reprehensible actions” in Gaza, with a 16-4 vote.
The Student Assembly elected Luke Thomas ’27 as the new Director of Elections and passed a resolution commending the prior Director of Elections Rahul Verma ’24.
The Student Assembly organized the requirements for groups seeking Student Activity Fee funding and adopted more inclusive election requirements on Thursday.
In its Jan. 27 meeting, the Student Assembly voted on proposals regarding live transcripts for virtual classes and funding for Chinese New Year celebrations and upheld its removal of the former Minority Student Liaison.
ByMorgan Baker, Annie Gleiberman, Evan Moy, Lucas Zumpano, Raquel Zohar, Youhan Yuan, Sonu Kapoor, Kate Santacruz, Valentina Xu, Lucas Smith, Dillon Anadkat, Claire Tempelman & Andrea Miramontes Serrano |
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article included a signatory who had not signed this letter. That signatory has since been removed. To the Editor:
Three weeks ago, we, fourteen members of the Student Assembly, decided to vote no on Resolution 11 – Calling For the Disarmament of the Cornell University Police Department. We did so for a variety of reasons. Some of us believed the resolution did not properly consider the consequences of disarmament to campus safety.
The Student Assembly had everything set for its spring 2020 elections. Then COVID-19 hit. Now, during another unprecedented semester, S.A. candidates plan to reboot their campaigns.