“Students do not feel comfortable expressing their opinion on sensitive topics due to fears of social ostracism and especially from fear of punishment from the administration.”

“(With the) intolerance of meaningful debate...the risks and penalties are tangible...from shaming and ostracizing, to fear of loss of tenure and jobs for professors…”

“The lack of ideological debate on this campus is extremely harmful to students.”

“Undergrads are exposed to less viewpoint diversity than ever before in the history of this country... This is a very rapid change which has profound consequences for everything that happens at the university. ”

“Differences should be what the university is most about – not just differences in how people look, but in how people think.”

“Professors, staff members and students are strongly discouraged from entertaining certain topics even privately, much less discussing them publicly on campus.”

“(The University monoculture) treats unorthodox opinions as a heresy that must be punished...rather than as ideas to be evaluated and debated.”

“We are actively discouraged … from engaging in intellectual discussion in favor of regurgitating talking points that professors give us.”

“Cornell's monoculture distorts research. The study of American poverty is directly impeded. Only certain causes and solutions are "acceptable" avenues of study -- others are not. Free academic inquiry is shut down. ”

“Cornell leadership has failed to stand strong in recent free speech controversies. Denouncing a professor while asserting that no disciplinary action will be taken due to job protection tells students, staff and faculty lacking such protection that they are at risk. This further imposes ideological conformity on campus.”

“There is tremendous pressure on conservatives to keep their views to themselves -- and many do because it isn't worth risking being ostracized.”

“Conformity of opinion … stifles not only speech, but thought…Scholars are afraid even to consider different ideas for fear they will run afoul of norms of thinking.”

“Cornell is captive to a religious fervor which is intolerant of non-believers. The religion of identity politics and grievance culture now pervades Cornell and seems determined to stamp out viewpoint diversity and free academic inquiry. ”

“There is repression and the tyranny of consensus ... where you don't have robust debate (on campus) because tolls are exacted from those who deviate.”

“DEI seeks to increase the representation of some groups through discrimination against members of other groups.... (This) discrimination rises to the level of ... excluding applicants from certain groups.”

“The word "unsafe" is part of this bizarre, intolerant (university) culture...People are claiming to be unsafe if they hear any opinion they disagree with.”

“A small group of radical students… are weaponizing their moralism and intimidating others into silence. This is now a huge problem on campus.”

“Faculty preach a very uniform way of thinking which is very clearly reflected in our classes and assignments.”

“Very few people know just how radically the (university) professoriate has changed….Students are much more afraid to speak up and disagree than they were 10 to 20 years ago. They are walking on eggshells. ”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”