Readers, be prepared and get pumped: The first print issue of the year is out on Sunday! On Sunday we will be distributing exclusively to those who attend Club Fest in Barton Hall from 1-4 pm. Additionally, we will be uploading the PDF version to our main website, www.thecornellreview.com. On Monday we will distribute throughout the campus. So be sure to pick one or two up!
In a new initiative this year, a few days before the distribution of each issue I’ll be posting a few excerpts from various articles in the issue.
First we have an article on ISIS and the proper U.S. response finely written by this year’s sole senior on staff, Roberto Matos.
Despite reports that the Islamic State (IS, also know as ISIS or ISIL) is meeting reversals at the hands of American airstrikes and hard-nosed Kurdish counteroffensive, this well-funded, well-trained, and well-armed group of 17,000 self-described “holy warriors” shows little sign of abating in its quest to establish its draconian “Islamic Caliphate.”
This year’s treasurer, Nathaniel Hunter, explores the role of due process in campus rape cases.
It’s my second criticism: the campaign against sexual assault has very quickly devolved into a witch hunt.
Yours truly put together a piece two months ago on a little-known piece of IRS firepower called FATCA.
FATCA is the latest, and seemingly most powerful, weapon in the IRS’s arsenal to enforce its system of taxing worldwide income.
Hunter strikes again with an analysis of the Six Californias Plan (it is what it sounds like).
The real reason to put faith in the Six Californias Plan is its potential gains at the state and local levels. It’s common sense that smaller, localized governments do a better job of executing the will of the people and working in those people’s best interests, and that is what this plan offers.
President Mark LaPointe and Managing Editor Laura Gundersen co-authored a piece analyzing the controversy surrounding an incident involving an Ithaca Police Department officer pulling a gun on minority teens a few weeks ago.
Due to the stressful nature of police work, mistakes are made. Unfortunately, when they are, the mistakes are costly and high-profile.
This issue also includes articles on the Israel-Hamas conflict, perceptions about Israel in the United States, an interview with Cornell College Republicans President Brandon Thompson, and more. We also added a new section on the back page called “Just the Numbers.” And, finally, be sure to check out the Wisemen & Fools quotes page, where we put some great and not-so-great utterances from the likes of Frederic Bastiat, Margaret Thatcher, Joe Biden, and, of course, Ronald Reagan.
