The Cornell Review
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The Cornell Review is an independent newspaper published by students of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. With the motto, "We Do Not Apologize," the Review has a history in conservative journalism and was once one of the leading college conservative publications in the United States. While the ideological makeup of its staff shifts over the years, the paper has consistently accused Cornell of adhering to left-wing politics and political correctness, delivered with a signature anti-establishment tone. [citation needed]
History
Founding
The Cornell Review was founded on Cornell's Ithaca campus in 1984. Jim Keller, a government major, founded The Cornell Review during his senior year in the spring of 1984. The paper drew immediate and critical attention for its discordant rhetoric and "shock journalism". Ann Coulter, then an undergraduate in the history department of the College of Arts and Sciences, served as its editor during the fall of 1984.
Much of the paper's structure in the early years was influenced by the unanticipated success of the
During the 1980s the Review targeted
In 1986, some students voiced their opposition to the paper by seeking out and shredding nearly every copy of one issue at a multitude of locations on campus during the early morning hours after delivery.
Merger with Cornell American
In 1992, before the Review had backed down from its more controversial positions, a deliberately unsensational rival publication began printing called The Cornell American. It became the demesne of
In 2003 and 2004, successive editors began a controversial revamp of the Review, swinging it toward a more
Rivalry between the Review and the American began to die down during the ensuing years as the staffs of the respective papers changed and the editorial positions of both papers began to converge. In April 2007, students from the Review and the American agreed to merge the two papers in the interest of preserving a conservative voice on campus. The Review assumed the American's slogan: "Limited Government, Traditional Values, America First." It then reverted to the original Review slogan, "The Conservative Voice on Campus," until it changed to "We Do Not Apologize" in late 2014. The change was made due to the growing libertarian nature of the newspaper's staff and editorial stance.
Turn of the 21st Century
The Review was embroiled in several controversies in the 1990s. In 1993, its funding was threatened after it printed a
In 1997, the Review printed an anonymous editorial lampooning the
The Review historically prints pieces that bring great debate and controversy. In the autumn of 2002, Cornell Review Online published a column by Elliott Reed whose Good Vibrations piece exposed a coverup of
Obama Administration
The Review found itself in uncharted territory in 2008, with the election of 2008 and a national trend toward more liberal thinking. It marked the first time since 2001 that a Democratic president had been in office, but for the Review, the election of Barack Obama marked a greater shift on Cornell's campus. The Review conducted a poll in 2012 that found that 60% of Cornell students that were registered to vote would be voting for Obama, compared to 14% for Mitt Romney.[3]
Cornell Insider
In December 2008, The Cornell Review started its blog, Cornell Insider. It is primarily focused on breaking campus events.
The Insider has been linked by blogs of all sizes, including
Management and operations
The Review was incorporated in 1986 as The Ithaca Review, Inc. The editorial staff is headed by an undergraduate editor-in-chief, while the business staff is headed by an undergraduate president.
Funding for the Review comes primarily from the Collegiate Network, a syndicate of conservative campus newspapers funded by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
Notable alumni
- Ann Coulter – conservative social and political commentator
- Jamie Weinstein – Senior Editor on The Daily Caller
- Kenneth K. Lee – United States Circuit Judge
See also
- Collegiate Network
- Cornell University
- Cornell Daily Sun
- Dartmouth Review
- Stanford Review
Footnotes
- ^ "Collegiate Network - About the CN - History". Archived from the original on 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2006-02-12.
- ^ "Segregation argument not valid | the Cornell Daily Sun". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ "The Cornell Review". www.thecornellreview.com.
- ^ "Cornell Student Yawns in Class, Professor Loses His Mind > control freak, Cornell, crazy people, Mark Talbert, what hath god wrought | IvyGate". Archived from the original on 2010-11-19.
- ^ "Cornell conservatives — not shocked, not somber". 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Campus Reform the #1 Source for College News".
- ^ "Frank on Afghanistan: More people 'need protection from criminals' than al Qaeda". 9 November 2009.
- ^ "Frank: More People Need "Protection from Criminals" Than al-Qaeda | RealClearPolitics".
- ^ "The O'Reilly Factor | Bill O'Reilly | Fox News". Fox News. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
External links
- The Cornell Review Official Website post-2016
- The Cornell Review Official Website pre-2016
- Cornell American, Cornell Review Merge
- Hentoff, Nat. "Setting Fire to Offensive Ideas," The Village Voice, September 24, 1997
- Ruby-Sachs, Emma and Waligore, Timothy. "A Once-Bright Star Dims," The Nation, February 17, 2003.
- The Cornell American: Taking a positive course
- To Do a New Review
- Cornell Review's Decline
- Chalkings Offend Ujamaa Residents