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Glowsticking Lights Up the Night

Keri Blakinger  —  Feb 26, 2009

Begin with a dark room, then fill it with loud music and add a crowd of students armed with glowsticks — at many American universities, this volatile mixture might be considered a recipe for arrest. For one group of Cornell students, though, these elements are merely the necessary ingredients for the weekly meeting of the Glowsticking Club.

What Do Cornellians Want? Activism!

Leigha Kemmett  —  Feb 26, 2009

Last Friday, a group of NYU students took over a building in hopes of gaining a laundry list of demands from the university. While the NYU protest was less than successful, Cornell has its own history of student protests. While most students have heard of the Straight Takeover in 1969, read about a host of other student protests and the history of activism on campus in this week’s Daze feature.

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