Former Cornell President James Perkins established the Committee on Special Educational Projects, an initiative to boost Black enrollment, merely two years after John F. Kennedy’s adoption of affirmative action Executive Order 10925 of 1961. I argue that it is high time for a long-term system of consequences to reform the culture at Cornell. Surely new stringent initiatives have bolstered on-campus safety and assured Jewish students that violations would not go unnoticed. Cultural reform in favor of order, retributive justice, and effectual discourse is just what students — especially Jewish students — need. The Cornell Daily Sun is interested in publishing a broad and diverse set of content from the Cornell and greater Ithaca community.
