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Misguided Occupation

Emily Greenberg  —  Oct 25, 2011

Emily Greenberg takes on Occupy Museums, the Occupy Wall Street offshoot that is criticizing the supposed elitism of our country's museum, and sees little substance behind their complaints. 

Thou Dost Protest (In Song)

Sarah Angell  —  Oct 20, 2011

Sarah Angell, in the wake of the Occupy Wall Street protests, discusses her favorite protest songs.

Six Cornellians Arrested in D.C. Protest

Dennis Liu  —  Sep 6, 2011

Six Cornell students were arrested this weekend in Washington, D.C., after protesting the proposed construction of an oil pipeline that would transport oil from Canada’s tar sands to refineries in Texas.

Students Call for End to University Internet Charges

Liz Camuti  —  Aug 30, 2011

Students protest the administration's monthly Internet cap and demands free, unlimited bandwidth. 

Graduate Student Arrested For Protesting Pipeline

Akane Otani  —  Aug 29, 2011

A Cornell graduate student was arrested for protesting against a proposal to build a 1,700-mile pipeline outside the White House on Friday.

Cornell Students Aid Protests at Ohio State University

Matthew Rosenspire  —  Mar 10, 2011

Members of the Cornell Organization for Labor Action travelled to The Ohio State University to oppose proposed changes to the state's public sector bargaining laws.

Cornellians Rally for 'Solidarity' In Response to Recent Violence Against Women

Erika Hooker  —  Nov 15, 2010

Members of the Cornell community, male and female alike, gathered on Ho Plaza Friday to protest recent violence against women in a "Rally for Solidarity."

The Problem With Obnoxious Dissent

David Murdter  —  Sep 7, 2010

World-beating guest speakers are one of the many perks Cornell has to offer. But all too often their speeches become spectacles thanks to disruptive and unreasonable protests.

Students Storm Class to Protest Arizona Immigration Law

Andrew Boryga  —  Apr 30, 2010

Donning signs reading “Mexican-lookng,” “Sub-human” and “Alien,” members of El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano  de Aztlán protested Arizona’s recently-passed immigration reform bill in an ILROB 1220: Introduction to Organizational Behavior class this Wednesday.  

The Silence Was Heard

Oct 26, 2009

On a cold and rainy night this past Friday evening, members of the Board of Trustees, scurrying from dinner to a gala in Bailey Hall, were met with an unlikely greeting: peaceful, yet pronounced, student protest.

A self-described “coalition of students of color” staged the protest to shine light on what they consider to be a lack of administrative support for the needs of various minority communities on campus. Among these concerns were minimal financial resources for Asian and Asian-American students, neglect of student input in the decision to reassign Ujamaa Residential Housing Director Ken Glover and insufficient staffing at the Office of Minority Educational Affairs.

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