Students

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Re: “Cornellians Mourn, Demand University Acknowledge Palestinians at Students for Justice in Palestine Vigil”

To the editor: The article regarding the recent Students for Justice in Palestine vigil on campus reminds me of the saying, “with friends like these, who needs enemies?”  If SJP cared about Palestinian values, they would condemn Hamas’s intentional slaughter of innocent civilians rather than suggest that Palestinians’ “right to resistance” includes gang-raping women and burning … [Read more…]

Faculty and staff displeased with university for opening up Employee Fitness Center to students

BY KONNER METZEditor-In-Chief Editor’s Note: Since publication, university President Dennis Assanis announced at a Faculty Senate meeting that the EFC decision will be reversed. The space will not be open to the full student body, though it will be open to students with disabilities. Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that … [Read more…]

SCHWARZ | How We Learn from Our Students

Some of my colleagues and even my own students are surprised when I say that I learn from my students every day.   I was told when I first thought about being a professor that high school and elementary school teachers teach a subject to students, and college professors teach the subject and are not … [Read more…]