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Tag: Cornell University: Page 3
Opinion
Frat’s ‘Pig Roast’ a Wake-Up Call to Universities
Cornell fraternity Zeta Beta Tau made headlines recently when it was placed on probation for hosting a competition where members earned points for sleeping with the woman who weighed the most. The fraternity’s “pig roast,” while appalling, is not a new phenomenon.
February 25, 2018
Students
Legacy Preferences Challenged at Elite Schools
BOSTON — Students and alumni at some of the nation’s top universities are urging their schools to reconsider admissions policies that give an edge to relatives of alumni. Campus groups for first-generation and low-income students at 12 elite universities issued a joint letter Wednesday asking their schools to review the impact of so-called legacy admissions […]
February 14, 2018
News Roundup
Secret ‘Pig Roast’ Fat-Shaming Sex Contest: Frat in Trouble
ITHACA, N.Y. — A Cornell University fraternity chapter that held a sex contest that members dubbed “the Pig Roast” in reference to the weight of the women they slept with has been placed on probation for two years. The university said officials launched an investigation of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity last year after reports […]
February 8, 2018
Opinion
Becoming Latino: Why Our Safe Spaces Matter
Growing up in the Bronx, I was accustomed to identifying as Puerto Rican. I was surrounded by communities of color and went to school where the student body was predominantly Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, and Black.
January 17, 2018
Students
Students from Puerto Rico Can Get Free Semester at Cornell
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University is offering a free semester of study for up to 58 students from Puerto Rico’s main public university system. The University of Puerto Rico is operating at partial strength as the island recovers from Hurricane Maria. Cornell President Martha Pollack says the offer of free tuition, room and board this […]
October 31, 2017
Students
Cornell Student Charged in Attack Apologizes for Behavior
ITHACA, N.Y. — A White Cornell University student charged with beating a Black student has apologized for the language he used during an attack that police say may have been racially motivated. Nineteen-year-old John Greenwood issued a statement Thursday saying that last Friday in Ithaca he was involved in a “verbal exchange” that he regrets. […]
September 21, 2017
Students
Frat at Cornell University to Close Amid Beating Probe
ITHACA, N.Y. — A national fraternity says it will close its Cornell University chapter in the wake of an investigation into an attack against a Black student by a white student that police say may have been racially motivated. Psi Upsilon’s alumni board of governors told the Ivy League school on Tuesday that the chapter […]
September 20, 2017
Students
Attack on Black Cornell University Student Under Investigation
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University plans to form a task force to address what its president calls “persistent problems of bigotry and intolerance” at the Ivy League school in the wake of the beating of a Black student. Authorities in Ithaca say they’re looking into whether last week’s attack against the student was racially motivated. […]
September 19, 2017
Students
Cornell Male Singing Group Booted from Campus for Hazing
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University officials say the college’s oldest all-male a capella group has been permanently dismissed from campus for hazing that included requiring new members to put Icy Hot muscle cream on their genitals. According to the Ivy League school’s website on hazing, Cayuga’s Waiters initially were suspended two weeks into the 2016 […]
April 30, 2017
Students
Cornell Taps Michigan Provost to Lead Ivy League School
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University trustees have chosen the provost of the University of Michigan as the Ivy League school’s new president. Martha Pollack said Monday she will remain at Michigan though January and start her work at Cornell in April. Pollack will become the second female president of Cornell after Elizabeth Garrett, who died […]
November 14, 2016
Students
Police Probe Brawl that Killed College Student after Party
ITHACA, N.Y. ― An Ithaca College student fatally stabbed at Cornell University was attacked while trying to help a fellow student amid a series of fights after a weekend party, his sister said Monday. Anthony Nazaire, a 19-year-old sophomore from New York City who was majoring in business administration, and his friend were stabbed early […]
August 30, 2016
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Non-tenure Track Faculty Moving to Front of Hiring Line
According to the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), approximately 3 out of 4 instructional staff are non-tenure track, and more than 50 percent hold part-time appointments.
January 7, 2016
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