Activism
Cornell Law Alumnus Self-Immolates to Protest Destruction of Planet
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Prominent lawyer David Buckel law ’87 set himself on fire in a “suicide protest” in Brooklyn on Saturday.
march for our lives
Cornellians, Ithacans Join National Protest Against Gun Violence
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Cornellians and Ithaca residents took part in the nationwide March for Our Lives protest on Saturday to speak out against gun violence in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida mass school shooting.
Xi Jinping
Anonymous Leaflets Criticizing Chinese President May be Part of Global Protest Across Universities
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The dissent at Cornell appears to be part of an international protest by Chinese students studying overseas who have distributed similar pamphlets in at least twelve different universities around the world.
Cheney Speech
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s Upcoming Visit to Campus Sparks Protest Plans, Dialogue
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An umbrella of activist student organizations will stage a “peaceful, ethically fair and inclusive demonstration” outside of Statler Hall during Cheney’s speech to represent other political perspectives, according to Omar Din ’19.
NRA
Cornell Students to Protest NRA by Flooding Organization’s Facebook Comment Section
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Everyone participating in the movement will flood the NRA’s most recent Facebook post on Tuesday with comments demanding to know why the organization opposes background checks for gun purchases.
walkout
Cornell Students Unite to Protest Against Gun Violence
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Cornellians walked out of their classes and huddled in the snow on the Arts Quad on Wednesday morning to stand in solidarity with protests against gun violence.
Sports and Politics
History Professor Details the Intersection Between Sports and Politics
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Prof. Amy Bass, history, College of New Rochelle, called sports a “great place to find politics” and argued that athletes should be allowed to advocate for causes in a lecture last Thursday.
Admissions
Disciplinary Action For ‘Responsible,’ Non-Violent Protest Will Not Jeopardize Admission, Cornell Says
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The University shared its support for students peacefully protesting, promising that participating in the #NeverAgain movement will not affect admission decisions.
City
Ithacans Rally in Solidarity for Marginalized Groups
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Carolina Osorio Gil, director of Cultura Ithaca organized the “Stop Criminalizing Our People” rally to protest the recent U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement presence in Ithaca.
Arts & Entertainment
Vladimir Kara-Murza Is Not Backing Down
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Someone is trying to kill Vladimir Kara-Murza. Someone is failing. The Russian journalist and democratic activist, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, is soft-spoken but full of life as we sit chatting about politics in the atrium of Gates Hall. Kara-Murza is in town for a screening of his documentary Nemtsov, which tells the story of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, and in an interview with The Sun he explained the story behind the film, and what he hopes to impart on his audience. “Boris was the best of us… so they killed the strongest,” Kara-Murza says when asked about the brazen 2015 assassination of Nemtsov that occured just steps away from the Kremlin.