So consider us astonished to hear the University has, at last, opted to effectively ditch the burdensome event security fee. As we laid out in February, the event security fee has long acted as a curb on speech. As they do, the University should continue to bump up event security funding in tandem — such that the upper threshold is consistently above the cost of securing the most controversial events. These caveats aside, the end of the event security fee is a victory for free expression at Cornell. Credit goes to the administration for incorporating input from the campus community, and to the untiring advocates that lobbied against the security fee.

Source: Daily Sun May 01, 2019 04:07 UTC