The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/university_assembly/page/2/)
In keeping with Cornell’s commitment to sustainability, the University Assembly passed a bill encouraging a divergence from climate change exasperating practices.
As of Thursday afternoon, elections for Student Assembly President and University Assembly representatives have been suspended, after last-minute concerns over the validity of the ballots arose last night.
Code of Conduct revisions have been underway since January 2019; University Counsel may complete a draft by the end of the month.
Following concerns over campus reopening and the state of residential life, Provost Michael Kotlikoff met with members of the University Assembly Friday to field questions on housing, testing and potential triggers for a campus closure.
The University Assembly passed a resolution allowing the University Counsel to decide revisions to the code of conduct.
Pollack’s opposition to the revisions were based on their use of the clear and convincing evidentiary standard, even just for hearings, as well as their changes to the procedure of judicial cases in the wake of new federal Title IX regulations.
For the uninitiated, EAS 1540: Introduction to Oceanography is Prof. Bruce Monger’s, earth and atmospheric sciences, 1000-level introductory science course of over a thousand students, #8 on Cornell’s 161 and an easy A for the scientifically challenged trying to fulfill distribution requirements. No one takes Oceans as a senior because their career path took a turn for the nautical or because of a deep, latent love for the sea, especially not an ILRie who barely survived high school biology. So how did I find myself doing Oceans homework on a Friday night, crying about the environment? My first semester at Cornell, I joined the University Assembly, where I sat next to Prof. Robert Howarth, ecology and evolutionary biology. To freshman Sarah, this was nothing short of insane, because I had cited his research on methane in a high school debate case just a few months prior, and now we were discussing the implications of Cornell’s 2035 Climate Neutrality Plan.
Citing the growing number of colleges that are adopting an increasingly tough posture on tobacco, the survey asked respondents if the U.A. should recommend a two-to-three year process to establish a tobacco-free campus.
This semester the Codes and Judicial Committee of the University Assembly will undertake a structural revision of the Campus Code of Conduct, the document that outlines the principles and policies that govern Cornell’s judicial system.
Pollack explained in a May email to the previous U.A. President Gabe Kaufman ’18 that she declined the non-binding resolution because the proposed committee’s authority “go beyond providing input and veer into policy setting, which must remain within my [Pollack’s] purview and that of the Board of Trustees.”