by bearbabbling | Sep 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
As Estragon says in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot, “People are bloody ignorant apes.” We must face this fact. Therefore, we the elites at Cornell University, are compelled to tell people what to think. The importance of our mission, given...
by bearbabbling | Sep 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Cornell University hosted the Milstein Symposium: A Dynamic Conversation with Professors Jameel Jaffer and Eugene Volokh as a part of its theme year for free expression. I am going to say the quiet part out loud here. The scare quotes, which is the symbol for the...
by bearbabbling | Sep 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Babbling Bear is flamboyantly happy that Provost Kotlikoff has released the shiny new Cornell LGBTQ+ Resource Guide for Faculty & Staff. The guide simultaneous celebrates Cornell’s LBGTQ+ community and its rich history, while pointing out the harm that can...
by bearbabbling | Sep 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
After watching Professor Hans’ urbane, erudite, and brilliant speech on the foundations of free expression, you will understand why Cornell University’s theme year for free expression is demonstrating why the First Amendment should be limited, restricted,...
by bearbabbling | Sep 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Dear BB, You have no idea how relieved I am by not knowing the names of the brave folx who disrupted Ann Coulter’s white supremacist, hateful event! The University’s decision to do nothing makes me feel so safe that I do not have to leave my dorm room in...
by bearbabbling | Sep 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
We at the Bear celebrate the fact that no one interested in Cornell University’s theme year of free expression has the opportunity to watch a recorded video of New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie give the 2023 Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture,...
