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SA R73 (2025-2026): Calling for Cornell to Improve its Land Acknowledgement and Recognize the Benefits Obtained through the Morrill Act of 1862

Whereas, in 1862, the Morrill Act provided thousands of acres of Indigenous lands to states as
land parcels or as scrip to be sold to provide for future for land-grant university endowments,
Whereas, the land for these grants relied on dispossession of Indigenous lands through treaties, often signed under coercion and with very little compensation, in what is today the western United States ,

SA R72 (2025-2026): Alleviating Preliminary Examination Overloads

Authored by: Aidan Moodley ‘29, Max Ehrlich ‘26, Lydia Blum ‘27

Endorsed by: Alexander Walters ‘28

Reviewed by: Academic Policy Committee, 03/07/2026

Type of Action: Recommendation

Originally Presented: 03/12/2026

SA R71 (2025-2026): Grade Transparency

Authored by: Daniel Addoquaye ‘28, Max Ehrlich ‘26

Endorsed by: Lydia Blum ’27, Aidan Moodley ‘29

Reviewed by: Academic Policy Committee, 03/07/2026

Type of Action: Recommendation

Originally Presented: 03/12/2026

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