GOLDWIN SMITH HALL–Last Tuesday, students in Professor Stephen Winslow’s Intro to Ethics and Philosophy class were debating the merits of DuBois’ double-consciousness theory during an 11:00 AM discussion section when a comment from one student raised some eyebrows. The student, Sheldon Morestead ‘28, was commenting on the black struggle in America when he uttered a…
GOLDWIN SMITH– Senior Grant Lampert ‘26 is living every student’s worst nightmare. After spending time and energy writing a discussion board post without AI, he has been accused of violating Cornell’s generative AI policy. English Professor Robin Castillo claimed she was immediately suspicious of Lampert’s post on Albert Camus’s The Myth of Sisyphus due to…
ROCKEFELLER HALL—Educators are tasked with a plethora of growing challenges that have emerged with technological development: trying to mitigate the use of artificial intelligence, navigating online assignments and grading, and attempting to implement the latest technology into their lectures. Associate Professor Sasha James completely reformatted her course after several negative reviews online criticizing what she…
COMSTOCK HALL—Last week, Cornell received an OSHA complaint for improper use of personal protective equipment, following many students refusing to wear gloves in an Investigative Biology Laboratory. Some cite having a severe latex/nitrile allergy, others claim the glove sizes are woefully inadequate, and many blame it on an extreme downturn in pleasure. One student, Richard…
DUFFIELD HALL—Many saintlike engineering students have had their virtuous reputations marred by unfounded accusations of immorality following a recruitment event hosted by Palantir at Cornell. These engineers have done nothing more than demonstrate their willingness to ignore ethics for a $200k starting salary. One attendee, Ceille Autê ‘27, who has never faced any kind of…
COCKTAIL LOUNGE—After a night of studying for Professor Palirello’s Static Dynamics class, students discovered that the professor who spent the entire semester single-handedly dismantling students’ GPA has a Wikipedia page that is “like, not even that long.” Mark Ostrovsky ‘28 said, “From the way he leaves homework comments, I expected to put my thumbs to…
HO PLAZA—A. Cornellius III, a longtime Central Campus resident and Eastern Gray Squirrel, vehemently denied accusations that he was caught jeering and chittering derisively at students following the first round of prelims last week. “I just happen to be gathering nuts at a rate that’s not two standard deviations under the median,” he chirped. “Maybe…
GOLDWIN SMITH HALL—Dozens of students were left aghast in their discussion section after their despicable professor asked them if anyone could summarize the reading no one read, which was assigned for today’s class. “It was terrifying,” shivered Marcus Vina ‘28. “He was pulling up his usual mind-numbing lecture slides, but then he turned to the…
URIS HALL—As the students in the Behavior of Neuroscience Laboratory class wrapped up the final rounds of their experiment last Wednesday, one student, Aria Romero ‘26, generously offered to take final inventory of the lab animals for her fellow classmates. While her classmates graciously accepted and left early, reports of a suspicious figure slipping out…
