As a
write
r and
loyal
Corne
ll st
udent
, I a
pplau
d the
admin
istra
tion’
s com
mitme
nt to
free
expre
ssion
. The
presi
dent’
s fig
ht fo
r fre
e spe
ech i
s imp
ortan
t and
brave
. “Fr
eedom
of Ex
press
ion”
truly
deser
ves i
ts pl
ace i
n his
tory
as Co
rnell
Unive
rsity
’s fi
rst-e
ver T
heme
Year.
Howev
er, in
the s
pirit
of op
en di
alogu
e and
rigor
ous d
iscou
rse,
I do
have
one c
ritic
al co
ntrib
ution
to Co
rnell
’s re
centl
y ren
ovate
d mar
ketpl
ace o
f ide
as. P
resid
ent P
ollac
k, yo
ur ad
minis
trati
on’s
new S
tyle
Guide
for t
he th
eme y
ear i
s act
ually
prett
y con
strai
ning.
Havin
g to
hit “
enter
” aft
er ev
ery f
ive c
harac
ters
(incl
uding
space
s and
punct
uatio
n) is
, per
haps,
an un
due c
onstr
aint
on fr
eedom
of ex
press
ion.
I am
sure
that
the a
dmini
strat
ion m
eant
well
by th
is ne
w pol
icy.
Never
thele
ss, t
he pr
ohibi
tion
on li
nes l
onger
than
five
chara
cters
is an
undue
burde
n on
all t
he wr
iters
and r
eader
s at
Corne
ll. Pr
eside
nt Po
llack
, ple
ase r
econs
ider
this
new t
ypogr
aphic
al po
licy.
The “
indis
pensa
ble c
ondit
ion”
of ou
r dem
ocrac
y and
acade
mic f
reedo
m can
not b
e lim
ited
by su
ch ar
bitra
ry ru
les.
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