by bearbabbling | May 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Babbling Bear celebrates the relationship between Lisa Nishii, Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education at Cornell University and the World Economic Forum. Tying ourselves to the heroic vision of the World Economic Forum is our best chance of eliminating the...
by bearbabbling | May 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Since we pay tuition to attend Cornell, it is instructive to delve into the meaning of the word, tuition. Tuition was first used in the English language in the early fifteenth century to mean protection, care, custody. It comes from the Anglo-French tuycioun, which...
by bearbabbling | May 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Babbling Bear is thrilled that President Martha Pollack finds it “incredibly frustrating” that groups, such as the CFSA, attack diversity, equity and inclusion principles under the guise of defending free speech, and that she will defend DEI as strongly as she...
by bearbabbling | May 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the name of Racial Justice, Smith College has done the right thing and eliminated using the word “field” in its School of Social Work. The School of Social Work at the University of Southern California was the first in the nation to make this virtuous...
by bearbabbling | May 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Again, the Babbling Bear is Verklempt. Slope Day? Really? Words matter. If we can change the name of the Plantations to the Cornell Botanic Gardens, why not change S—- Day to Garden Day? Check out these online dictionary definitions of the S-word: Slang:...
