[Behind Liberal Lines]

Did this issue of the Cornell Review get burned or confiscated as is tradition on the Big Red Campus?

Not that I know of. However, the local chapter of the NAACP held an "emergency meeting" to protest the newspaper as "racist" and demand the University pull its funding:

During the meeting, participants planned a rally to take place today at 11:30 on Ho Plaza in reaction to the recent publications. In addition, a petition was passed around requesting that both newspapers be denied funding from the Student Assembly Finance Commission.

The meeting began with a presentation by Nathan Shinagawa '05, in which he discussed the articles. "[The Cornell Review] are trying to say that blacks are going to act violently against whites," said Shinagawa. He went on to discuss the manner in which the fight between the four black Ithaca residents and the white student was portrayed by the Review.

"There is a thin line between freedom of speech and being responsible. When you are stereotyping and putting people into groups that is a problem," said Sarah Elliot '06, president of the Cornell chapter of the NAACP.

"They're affirming their belief in racism, we should affirm our belief as well, not negate theirs," said Patrick McLeod '05.

"This is a larger thing they are doing, this is a coordinated assault on the civil rights movement and minorities," said Shinagawa

Ithaca is the City of Evil.

[Soaring Feather]

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[NativeNewYorker]

"There is a thin line between freedom of speech and being responsible. When you are stereotyping and putting people into groups that is a problem," said Sarah Elliot '06, president of the Cornell chapter of the NAACP.

So now the NAACP is officially in favor of scrapping the press freedoms of the First Amendment. I am SO glad that's clear now.

[drjimmy]

I meant to note this earlier, when the article on District Attorney George Dentes was posted. He does not in any way "pander to the town's base of leftover 1960s radicals and ivory-tower multiculturalists." I know him personally, and he is an honorable man and dedicated "law and order" public servant (and actually more conservative than I am!). He keeps getting re-elected because the majority of people throughout the county are happy that he does his best to put the bad guys away. Even some of the ivory tower folks, I am sure, quietly vote for him because they know he is the best choice to keep them safe in their Cayuga Heights mansions.

Dentes does the best he can within the framework of the legal system and the tools he has to work with. BTW, he will be seeking a retrial for the folks who got off on a hung jury for throwing their blood at the military recruiting station. He will certainly get a lot of sh*t from "the masses" around these parts, but he knows right from wrong and is never afraid to put his beliefs into practice.

[FreedomPoster]

>>During the meeting, participants planned a rally to take place today at 11:30 on Ho Plaza in reaction to the recent publications.

Is Ho Plaza named after Ho Chi Minh?

;-P

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

In addition, a petition was passed around requesting that both newspapers be denied funding from the Student Assembly Finance Commission.

From their web page: "The Cornell Review was founded in 1984 as a response to the atmosphere of liberalism prevalent on the Cornell campus. The newspaper was incorporated in 1986 under the Ithaca Review, Inc., which publishes the Cornell Review to this day."

I'm confused. It doesn't appear that the Review is funded by the University Student Association. I don't believe the Sun is either. At least it wasn't when my mother was the women's editor. Is the Local Chapter of the National Organization for the Advancement of Certain People funded by student activity fees?