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Cornell activists rally against conservatives; seek to defund conservative newspapers.
Cornell Daily Sun ^ | 4/17/04 | Americanus X

Posted on 04/17/2004 12:08:22 PM PDT by Americanus X

NEWS April 16, 2004 NAACP Holds Meeting Political columns yield Ho Plaza rally to 'unite' students

by Teah Colson and Ted Van Loan Sun Staff Writers

122 Rockefeller was packed to the brim with students and two faculty members who gathered for an emergency meeting of Cornell's chapter of the NAACP at 5 p.m. yesterday. The meeting was held in response to two recent articles -- one regarding an incident which occurred after last semester's Ludacris concert appearing in the Cornell Review, and the other regarding affirmative action in the Cornell American.

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. The article accused the Cornell community of ignoring racism against white students.

Shinagawa moved on to discuss the affirmative action piece by the Cornell American. The cover of the American contained a large photograph of African-American students in academic robes with the word "unqualified!" above it.

"These conservative arguments will be perpetuated," said Shinagawa. He also expressed concern that the picture with the label promoted stereotypes of African Americans as unqualified because of affirmative action.

"I wouldn't want my picture under that label," said Jason Morgan '06, publicity chair of Cornell's NAACP.

"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.

Shinagawa then passed out posters to the audience, which parodied the headline in the Cornell American. He instructed the audience to place them next to the locations where the American is distributed.

After initial discussion by the group leaders, the floor opened up to the general audience. The multi-racial group of about 80 people discussed various related topics. There was a debate about the merits of the Cornell Review's stance on the incident at the concert.

Making reference to an incident at Ithaca High School where students brought white supremacist paraphernalia to school, Elliot compared that situation with the incident at the Ludacris concert.

"When someone comes to a school with a KKK robe, that is clearly racial, however the fight in the Ludacris concert was a different incident," she said.

Cherise Glymph disagreed.

"I think its problematic to deny that it was not a racial incident, but obviously there were racial implications." She referred to the allegation that one of the black females said "I'm going to fuck up your pretty white face."

Discussion then moved to plans of response, when the idea of a Ho Plaza rally was proposed. Some group members, however, were hesitant to take such a move.

"It's so easy to react on emotion, they want us to fall into the stereotype about being angry. We need to react coolly," said Elliot. Other members disagreed.

"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, referring to the fact that both papers came out around the time of diversity hosting week, when prospective minority students visit campus.

On the same topic, Raymond Dalton, director of the Office of Minority and Educational Affairs/Committee on Special Education Projects, told the group that he has witnessed these kinds of events before.

"You really need to let your hosting students know about the environment they are coming to," he said.

In the audience, one prospective student told the group that she was impressed by their response to the incident. Others viewed her statement as further rationale for holding the rally.

The group leaders ended the meeting around 6 p.m. with some members staying behind to discuss further plans of action.

"This is not a white-black issue, this is a right-wrong issue," Elliot said.


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KEYWORDS: academia; cityofevil; conservative; cornell; cornellamerican; cornellreview; defund; ithaca; naacp; newspaper
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1 posted on 04/17/2004 12:08:23 PM PDT by Americanus X
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To: Americanus X
the best defense is a good offense- SEEK TO DEFUND THE LIBERAL PAPERS USING THEIR SAME ARGUMENTS!!~~!~~~!
2 posted on 04/17/2004 12:10:17 PM PDT by Mr. K (ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,I stole this cuz its funny,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø))
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
City of Eeeeeeeevil bump.
3 posted on 04/17/2004 12:11:44 PM PDT by Incorrigible (immanentizing the eschaton)
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To: Americanus X
Here are the newspapers the radicals are trying to get defunded. Most of the anger was directed at the Cornell American because of their front cover.

http://www.cornellamerican.com/Archives.html

All the articles are posted there, but the PDF format shows the actual layout of the paper.

http://www.cornellreview.org/
4 posted on 04/17/2004 12:12:42 PM PDT by Americanus X
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To: Americanus X
"This is not a white-black issue, this is a right-wrong issue," Elliot said.

And the oppressors of free speech are clearly wrong.

5 posted on 04/17/2004 12:13:33 PM PDT by MegaSilver
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To: Americanus X
How about defunding some of these terrorist supporting universities? Just put the bitter socialist professors out on the street. Let other universities know that the larceny is going to end right here.
6 posted on 04/17/2004 12:16:21 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: Americanus X
...a Ho Plaza rally ...

An appropriate name?

7 posted on 04/17/2004 12:18:22 PM PDT by Blue Screen of Death (,/i)
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To: DoughtyOne
The best way to pressure a university is through alumni complaints. If well-heeled alumni start complaining, it could change policy, but I wonder how many conservatives fit that category.
8 posted on 04/17/2004 12:24:29 PM PDT by jwalburg (Mr. Kerry, why did you remain in VVAW after the assassination plot meeting?)
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To: jwalburg
If well-heeled alumni start complaining, it could change policy, but I wonder how many conservatives fit that category.

I'm pretty sure Cornell has some good conservative alumnae...

9 posted on 04/17/2004 12:25:28 PM PDT by MegaSilver
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To: Blue Screen of Death
...a Ho Plaza rally ...

An appropriate name?

No one (online anyway) seems to know how it got its name, which I suppose means my initial suspicion, involving a better-off-dead communist dictator, is incorrect.

-Eric

10 posted on 04/17/2004 12:26:57 PM PDT by E Rocc (One of the best things about being a conservative is you get to laugh at the liberals.)
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To: Americanus X
The place this rally took place was "Ho Plaza" and one of the speakers was the director of "Minority and Educational Affairs/Committee on Special Education Projects". And these people are complaining about negative reporting of affirmative action and stereotyping? I guess you can't make this stuff up.
11 posted on 04/17/2004 12:30:49 PM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: jwalburg
You're probably right, but like you I'm not sure either.
12 posted on 04/17/2004 12:31:11 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: Americanus X
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.

Irony this rich just has to savored.

13 posted on 04/17/2004 12:33:49 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: E Rocc; Blue Screen of Death
No one (online anyway) seems to know how it got its name

You need to search a little harder. I too wanted to know if it was named after Ho Chi Minh. Apparently, it was not...

Ho Plaza, which was dedicated during Reunion 1995, is the result of a generous gift from the Ho family, who have had four Cornell graduates since 1955. According to a Cornell Chronicle article, "Hau Wong Ho received a bachelor's of engineering physics degree in 1955; his wife Christine received a bachelor's in chemistry in 1961; and their son, Jet King Shing Ho '91, has a bachelor's in physics." Mui Ho, Hau Wong's sister, has bachelor's degrees from Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (1962) and the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (1966).

14 posted on 04/17/2004 12:36:52 PM PDT by SpyGuy
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To: Americanus X
The multi-racial group of about 80 ...

I'm curious what the breakdown there was...

15 posted on 04/17/2004 12:40:43 PM PDT by wingster
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To: Americanus X
The Cornell Review has been getting under the skin of faculty, administrators, and students at Cornell for decades.

There was an amusing book, "Poison Ivy," which describes some of this ideological warfare. Most famous, perhaps, was the incident in which a black professor bit a student in the stomach after he took exception to something the student said in class. The Cornell Review ran the story, much to the administration's displeasure.
16 posted on 04/17/2004 12:44:54 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: SpyGuy
I have to confess I was wondering if it was the ebonic word for "wh*re." I'm relieved to learn that it is not.
17 posted on 04/17/2004 12:46:05 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: wingster
78 Blacks and 2 guilt-ridden white kids?
18 posted on 04/17/2004 12:48:19 PM PDT by Morgan's Raider
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Ithaca is the city of evil ping!
19 posted on 04/17/2004 12:48:41 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: Cicero
I have to confess I was wondering if it was the ebonic word for "wh*re." I'm relieved to learn that it is not.
In the lexicon of the student body, it almost certainly is. When I was in college, there was a fountain on the quad that resembled a phallic symbol. I doubt one student in ten knew its real name, it's easy to guess what its all-but-official name was. (This was before Clinton, so it wasn't named after him).

-Eric

20 posted on 04/17/2004 12:48:51 PM PDT by E Rocc (Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite. - Heinlein)
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