Dear Readers,
It is with great enthusiasm that I and the rest of the editorial board of The Cornell Review announce our return to online and print publishing for the 2014-2015 academic year.
We expect the first issue of our print publication to be distributed in early September. In the mean time and throughout the semester, we will post content to our blog, The Cornell Insider, regularly.
I expect this year to feature many excellent opportunities for the Review to do what it does best: articulating conservative and libertarian ideas and perspectives while exposing and disproving those of liberals and progressives on campus and around the world.
With the 2014 midterm elections approaching rapidly; militarized chaos around the world; a border crisis of our own; and scandal after scandal emanating from various federal agencies, I do not doubt the Review will suffer a lack of subject matter.
However, I have made it a priority for myself and our staff to pay special attention to local and campus-specific issues, as they often supersede national and international issues in relevance and importance to the student body. Topics that rocked campus last year – divestment from Israel, divestment of certain energy types, continuing free bus passes for freshmen, and many more – were under-covered in the Review. The result was that the conservative and libertarian perspectives were underrepresented in these important campus-wide debates.It is unacceptable to me that one publication, which, despite some efforts otherwise, is overwhelming biased against conservatism and libertarianism, can dominate campus discourse.
It will be a challenge to elevate the Review to the readership and influence required to be taken seriously by most of the campus. It is not a lofty goal, though. It can be achieved through hard work and dedication.
That is why all of us at have already begun our efforts to bring the conservative and libertarian voices to campus.
With two days until the start of the next academic year at Cornell, our staff has already begun working on our first issue. It will feature great pieces on topics ranging from the Israel-Hamas conflict to the debate on campus rape.
Anyone interested in joining the Review, or is interested in reaching out for more information, is more than welcome to email us at cornellreview@cornell.edu or me personally at cb628@cornell.edu (latter is preferable). You can also reach out to our Facebook page or my personal Facebook profile as well, and you can follow us on Twitter at @cornellreview.
Thank you to all readers and fans of The Cornell Review!
Sincerely,
Casey Breznick
Editor-In-Chief 2014-2015
