The loss of valuable teaching assistants and research assistants that resulted from the recent downsizing will likely have a negative impact on many students. The administration should explore alternative methods to balancing the budget.
Over the summer, three students died by either falling down the rocky cliffs or drowning in the seemingly placid plunge pools, and the committee has sought to end this unsettling trend. Finding solutions to these problems requires a sense of urgency, something that recent initiatives to address the problem have been lacking.
Amidst sweeping budget cuts on Ithaca's campus, the University's decision to submit a proposal to create a new campus in New York City, is not the right one at this time.
Recent declarations from two national Africana organizations may bolster the opposition to the proposed transfer of the Africana Studies and Research Center to the College of Arts and Sciences, announced by the administration Dec. 1.