On Monday, November 16, the GPSA decided to not fund Cornell Cinema at our requested $11.75, or at their $11.30 recommendation, but at $11.05. The other $.25 went to Slope Day. Read the Daily Sun article from November 17.
The November 11 Cornell Daily Sun has a front page article about the Activity Fee; the second half of the article focuses on Cornell Cinema.
The Cornell Chronicle reports on the SA decision in its November 3 issue, and also ran a piece about the ways Cornell Cinema enhances the academic environment.
The Cornell Review wrote about the SA cut in its November
1 issue
SA President Rammy Salem and VP for Public Relations Vincent Andrews wrote a Letter to the Editor regarding "In Defense of Our Cinema." Cinema Director Mary Fessenden has written a response in the 11/5 Daily Sun. SA Meeting minutes referenced: April 12, 2007 minutes, September 27, 2007 minutes
There is a new Facebook group called Save
Cornell Cinema
The GPSA is conducting a survey
about
the Activity Fee. Grad Students should fill it out. We encourage you to
answer the question "Do you think an increase of $0.30 is reasonable?"
NO and write in the comment line that you support fully funding Cornell
Cinema at $11.75.
Monday, November 2:
Read
the guest column signed by past and current Daily Sun editors
supporting Cornell Cinema in the Sun today
Thursday, October 29:
The Undergraduate Student Assembly passed the Appropriations Committee
recommendation to set Cornell Cinema's Activity Fee by-line funding at
$8.60, a $2.40 cut from the amount we currently receive. This decision
can be revisited at the final SA meeting of the semester.
We have a petition in support of Cornell CInema receiving full funding
at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/cornellcinemasaf
Posted 10/27:
As you may be aware, the Student Assembly is in the process of setting
the Student Activities Fee for 2010-2012. Last night Cornell Cinema met
with the Appropriations Committee, and this morning we received their
recommendation - a cut from the $11.75 we were requesting,
and
the $11 we currently receive, to $8.60.
This is a devastating reduction for our organization,
and if approved will have far-reaching consequences. We
will appeal the decision before the entire Student Assembly on
Thursday, which begins at 4:45 in the Willard Straight Memorial Room.
Please show your support for Cornell Cinema by attending this
meeting,
and consider making a statement on our behalf if you are comfortable
doing so. If you are not able to attend, please let your Assembly
representative know your position (a list of members is at http://assembly.cornell.edu/SA/Members).
We will post more information leading up to meeting.
Thank you for your support!