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MULTIMEDIA | Around the Sun: 12/1 – 12/7
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On this episode of Around the Sun, city editor Gabriel Muñoz, social media assistant editor Madeleine Kapsalis and social media editor Jade Dubuche share this week’s top headlines.
Administration
V.P. Joel Malina Came Under Fire From BSU and Faculty Senators. Now, He’s Leaving Cornell for a New Job
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The move comes after a semester of controversy over statements on free speech that Vice President for University Relations Joel Malina made during a private Sept. 30 Zoom meeting with Jewish parents. The comments led to Black Students United demanding his firing and the Faculty Senate discussing whether to condemn him for violating faculty members’ academic freedom.
News
‘More Concern Expressed Than Answers Given’: Black Students United Holds Town Hall With Top Administrators
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Administrators answered questions on topics relevant to Cornell’s Black students, including suspensions of protesters, financial aid changes and comments made by other top administrators.
News
Footage Shows Pro-Palestinian Protesters Push Past Police at Career Fair Disruption
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Footage released on Saturday refutes claims from student activists that the Sept. 18 career fair protest was peaceful.
Letters To
MALINA | A Clarification Regarding My Sept. 30 Comments on the KKK
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My comments, in response to a question from a participant in the meeting about the KKK, were made in the context of my being challenged on why Cornell is allowing some hurtful speech to take place and to illustrate Cornell’s deep commitment to free expression. In retrospect, it was a terrible analogy that was posed, and a false equivalency, and I should have said as much in response. To be clear, the KKK is abhorrent by any standard, and Cornell University would never invite a representative of the KKK to campus. Any speaker invited by a faculty member or student organization is reviewed by the University Events Team and is only allowed to come to campus if the safety of all in our community can be assured.
Letters To
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.
Administration
“Fire Joel Malina!”: Black Students United Condemns Malina’s Statement that KKK Member Would Hypothetically Be Allowed to Speak on Campus
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Black Students United rallied to demand the University fire Vice President of University Relations Joel Malina after he said a KKK member would be allowed on campus if a faculty member or a student group invited them to speak.
Letters To
MALINA | On Academic Freedom and the Hillel Meeting
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I thank the members of Cornell’s faculty who reached out to me to express understandable concern.
Letters To
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.