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Cornell Alumni Group Takes Aim at ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Statements in Hiring

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 08, 2023 8 Comments

"The concern with DEI statements is that they send a message that adopting a group identity ideology is mandatory, as DEI focuses on group identities"...

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Cornell’s School of Integrative Plant Science Commits to DEI

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 07, 2023 7 Comments

"Does anyone who is reading this now believe that Cornell perpetuates slavery?"...

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My Last Cornell Photo?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2023 63 Comments

It's been 15 years since I joined Cornell, and yesterday my contract was renewed for another 5 years. I'll be 69-years-old at that point. Assuming I stay until then, I'm still not taking another official photo. Enough is enough....

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“Why Should We Defend Speech We Hate?”

Posted by Samuel Kim on January 21, 2023 13 Comments

The Cornell Review, Cornell Political Review, and College Republicans will host FIRE's Nico Perrino, who will speak about the speech climate at Cornell to ways to improve campus discourse....

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Analysis: The Destructive Power Of ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ Doesn’t Stop At Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 10, 2023 15 Comments

Prof. Jacobson: "At Cornell, they now require DEI statements from all new hires, faculty hires, and all faculty promotions. So as warped as the ideological outlook is among faculty in universities, it’s going to get worse...

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Elon Musk Was Right About “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” BLM Narrative – “The Whole Thing Was A Fiction”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2022 36 Comments

The truth still matters. Elon Musk was right, the "hands up, don't shoot" narrative from the Michael Brown shooting "was a fiction." Deal with it....

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Ann Coulter on Shout-Down: Cornell needs to “expel the disrupters and demand that they pay for the speech they prevented”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2022 29 Comments

"People had driven for hours to attend my speech. Liberal students had come to hear what I had to say...

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Cornell University “Apologizes” To Ann Coulter After Students Shouting “Your Words Are Violence” Shut Down Speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2022 112 Comments

“Cornell apologizes to Ms. Coulter and all members of the audience who hoped to hear her remarks."...

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Affirmative Action On The Docket At Cornell Debate As I Argue Against Racial Preferences (October 25)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2022 33 Comments

On October 25, I will debate at the non-partisan Cornell Political Union, one week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the university affirmative action cases, in favor of the proposition: "Resolved: Stop discriminating on the basis of race." ...

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On Yom Kippur: Cornell University Panel to Feature Professor Who Compared Israel to Nazi Germany

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 05, 2022 7 Comments

"The event will take place on Oct. 5, which falls on Yom Kippur—precluding many Jewish students and community members from attending."...

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Cornell Prof Warns That Universities are Eliminating ‘Objective Truth’ From the Classroom With CRT

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 01, 2022 2 Comments

"And I'm afraid that's just where the universities are going. Training people to treat the truth fast and loose in order to obtain just what you want."...

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Cornell Website Claims the School ‘Perpetuates Various Injustices,’ Including Slavery

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 27, 2022 9 Comments

“We seek to address and repair the harms caused by these intersecting forms of oppression."...

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“Medical schools are actually worse than higher ed in general when it comes to CRT”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2022 12 Comments

My interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow, where we talked about numerous topics covered at Legal Insurrection, including CRT in medicine, the Gibson's Bakery case, the attacks on Supreme Court Justices, and what it's like to be an outspoken conservative on...

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Appeals Court Judge: Allegations Of Prof. Denied Tenure “Reveal a Grotesque Miscarriage of Justice at Cornell University”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2022 22 Comments

Hon. José A. Cabranes: Higher education procedures in Title IX cases "have been compared unfavorably to those of the infamous English Star Chamber."...

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Cornell University to Hire Social Justice ‘Equity Librarian’ for Science Library

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2022 3 Comments

"The job listing also includes information about Cornell’s dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion."...

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Cornell Considers Eliminating or Replacing Dean’s List Honors

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 03, 2022 4 Comments

"Currently, each of Cornell’s colleges has its own criteria for determining which students earn the Dean’s List honor on their transcripts each semester."...

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Campuses of Columbia, Cornell, and Brown Evacuated Following Bomb Threats

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 08, 2021 6 Comments

"building sweeps are in progress"...

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2021 FIRE Campus Free Speech Survey: Widespread College Student Support For Censorship, Including Violence and Disruptions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 21, 2021 28 Comments

Two-thirds of students say it is acceptable to shout down a speaker to prevent them from speaking on campus, almost one in four say it is acceptable to use violence to stop a campus speech, sharply up 5 percentage points from last year’s 18%....

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