In a heated debate on Friday, students argued about whether the United States should have a fence along its border with Mexico. 

On June 29, 2009, Ken Glover, Residential Housing Director of Ujamaa Residential College was contacted by Cornell University administrators and notified that he had been replaced as Ujamaa’s RHD and had been reassigned to High Rise 5. Mr. Glover, having been the director of Ujamaa for over 20 years, was shocked by his sudden reassignment, as he had no intention of moving from Ujamaa.