The Wit and Wisdom of Cornellians

The right of Big Red Bears to babble shall not be infringed

The Wit and Wisdom of Cornellians

The right of Big Red Bears to babble shall not be infringed

Slope Day: Are You Kidding?

Slope Day: Are You Kidding?

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:...
Cornell may have the First Trans President

Cornell may have the First Trans President

We at the Babbling Bear do not know how to process the fact that Cornell alumnus Bill Mahar awarded President Martha Pollack the Cojones Award for rejecting Student Assembly Resolution 31: Mandating Content Warnings for Traumatic Content in the Classroom. Resolution...
Cornellians Get Smart: The Cone of Silence

Cornellians Get Smart: The Cone of Silence

The Cone of Silence will be the symbol for the Free Expression Theme for the Academic Year 2023-2024. The Cone of Silence is a defensive weapon that can be used to protect us from violent hate speech during the 2023-2024 academic year when we will have to put up with...
Sporks

Sporks

The fact that sporks exist means that the concept of forks and spoons must be discarded as a holdover of a Eurocentric, white supremacist, cis-heteronormative, transphobic, hegemonic past that considered everything in terms of binaries. Just as the reality of...