The Lie At The Heart Of The College Free-Speech Debate Is That Free Speech Exists On Campus

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Compare How University Elites Responded To George Floyd’s Death And The Innocent Israeli Massacre

Ivory tower elites were quick to hail the drug addict George Floyd as a national hero. With Hamas’ attack, they’re not so black-and-white.

Cornell Rejects Push for Trigger Warnings in Classrooms

Cornell University rejected a push by its student government to require professors to issue trigger warnings before potentially offensive class content and allow students to "opt out" without consequence. 

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Haley Slams Cornell for Not Protecting Uyghur Who Spoke Out Against China

Former Trump administration ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Cornell University "should be ashamed" after a group of Chinese students boycotted a recent event in which a member of China’s oppressed Uyghur community lashed out at the CCP for its genocide against her people.

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Kamala GIF Tiff Sparks Mandatory ‘Anti-Racism’ Training at Cornell

A fight that began with a GIF of Kamala Harris sipping tea has left two minority Cornell University educators unemployed, but the legacy of their Twitter confrontation will live on as the Ivy League university's tech campus mandated "anti-racism" training for all students. Former visiting lecturer J. Khadijah Abdurahman accused Cornell associate professor Tapan Parikh […]

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China-Backed Student Group Pressures Cornell on Educational Partnership

A student group backed by the Chinese embassy is pressuring Cornell University to ignore faculty and student opposition and push forward with a multimillion-dollar partnership with the regime.

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Cornell Professors Overwhelmingly Reject China Partnership

Cornell University professors voted overwhelmingly to reject the university's proposal for a joint degree program bankrolled by the Chinese government.

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Cornell University, Pursuing Partnership with China, Can’t Say Whether Beijing is Guilty of Genocide

Struggling to tamp down a faculty revolt over a joint degree program funded by the Chinese government, Cornell University won’t say whether that government is committing genocide against a Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region.

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Cornell Faculty Revolt Against China Partnership

A joint degree program bankrolled by the Chinese government is causing an uproar among Cornell University professors, prompting soul searching at the Ivy League institution about the extent to which American academics should cooperate with the oppressive regime.

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Cornell Student Government Removes Reps Who Voted Against Disarming Police

Cornell University's student government removed two representatives who voted against a resolution to disarm the police.

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