Cornell University - Daily Sun

The University Diversity Council hosted an open forum yesterday, and less than five students were among a small crowd comprised of faculty and staff. At the forum, called “Diversity at Cornell,” administrators discussed a new initiative not only to increase diversity, but also to increase awareness during President David J. Skorton’s first year in office.

One week ago, an administrator at the University of Southern California (USC) blocked the re-election of Zach Fox to the post of editor in chief of the Daily Trojan, the campus’ student daily newspaper. As college journalists, we are deeply troubled by this decision. Practicing journalism with strings attached isn't really practicing journalism at all, and to that end, we seek to preserve the tradition of a functionally--and whenever possible, formally--independent collegiate press.

Most univeristy students think of college life as the one time when they can make mistakes. Away from their parents’ watchful eye, some seem to think that these are the years to test riskier waters.

College campuses are fertile ground for companies looking to market their products or even just to get students to post on a MySpace page.

Like most high school seniors, Jonathan Lee ’09 was ready to party. It was Nov. 2, 2004, and, as an early-decision applicant to Cornell, Lee had nothing else to do. His essays were in the mail, his standardized test scores were as good as they were going to get, and the time had finally come for some well-deserved relaxation.

Julie Geng
Without your lips, your teeth would rot away, or so says an old Chinese idiom. Today, the phrase refers to the symbiotic relations between China and North Korea, implying not only the closeness and mutual dependence of the two nations, but also the tendency for the teeth to regularly bite the lips, as Prof. Jian Chen, history, joked Saturday.

By Tom Scherer
“Public opinion in this country is very strong for a crackdown on illegal immigrants,” said Prof. Vernon Briggs, industrial and labor relations, as part of a panel discussion titled “U.S. Immigration: Refurbishing the American Dream Through Policy.”