The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/sa/)
Today, the Cornell Undergraduate Student Body voted by a ratio of 2:1, with 46.77 percent participation, to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and to divest from the following weapons manufacturers: BAE Systems, Boeing, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX and ThyssenKrupp.
Those endorsing divestment from arms manufacturers nobly do so in the name of peace and life. The irony, though, is that all divestment advances is war and death — and the destruction of the free world.
The Student Assembly passed three resolutions on March 7 addressing ILR credit limits, course statistics and gender-neutral bathrooms.
President Martha Pollack and Vice President of Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi spoke to the Student Assembly about how Cornell’s initiatives will promote academic excellence and diversity.
Valeria Valencia ’23 describes her three-year terms in Student Assembly and how she tried to represent more voices on campus.
The candidates vying for the role of student-elected trustee touched on basic needs for students, mental health and their policy plans at Wednesday’s forum.
The candidates for Student Assembly president and executive vice president discussed free speech, Cornell’s administration and their qualifications at a Q&A-style forum on Tuesday.
Student Assembly started the semester with elections and resolution updates during the first meeting.
Cornell’s Student Assembly has a new president: Valeria Valencia ’23 has big plans for University policy changes as well as changes to the way the Assembly interacts with the rest of Cornell.
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.