Turn Left

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Turn Left
Type	Monthly newspaper
Format	Tabloid, on newsprint
Owner	Independent
Editor	Jamie Gullen '07
Founded	2000
Political allegiance	Liberal/Progressive
Price	Free
Headquarters	Ithaca, New York
Circulation	3,000+
Website: www.cuturnleft.org

Turn Left (sometimes referred to as TL) is an independent student-run publication at Cornell University. Calling itself "Cornell's Liberal Voice," Turn Left focuses on political and humanitarian issues that it believes are underreported by other media outlets. It has also participated in campus dialogues through debates and other events in collaboration with other student organizations.

Contents 1 History 2 Milestones 3 Controversy 4 Recent Editors 5 Founders 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

Founded in 2000 by three engineering students to counter the domination of the independent campus press by the conservative Cornell Review, Turn Left has become a major force for political discussion and debate at Cornell. Its publication, generally considered a moderate liberal-progressive voice on campus, reflects the views of a small majority of Cornell students. During the 2004 election, Turn Left writers, columnists and editors generally backed moderate Democrat John Kerry for the presidency over more liberal candidates such as independent Ralph Nader. The publication itself did not endorse a candidate. TL has notably avoided a hard line on such hot-button issues as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Turn Left attracted much notice among Cornellians in the spring of 2005 for its scathing attack on the Cornell Daily Sun in response to what it considered poor reporting of major issues on campus, such as the 2005 Student Assembly elections scandal, and a dearth of quality opinion writing. TL has also raised its profile with its continuing effort to expand coverage of local and campus issues, as well as its sometimes biting satire [1] and extensive coverage of international events. Turn Left is the only publication at Cornell that has consistently covered the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Turn Left has begun to bill itself as "Cornell's premier political newspaper," signalling its editors' belief that it has eclipsed the once monolithic Cornell Review in terms of influence and quality.

[edit] Milestones

• Turn Left premiered in a bounded magazine format in time for Election 2000. All subsequent issues have used newsprint.

• In 2005, The Center for American Progress's campus outreach division, Campus Progress, provided Turn Left with a substantial grant. Turn Left is also funded in part by Cornell's Student Assembly and ad revenue.

[edit] Controversy

Turn Left staff member Nathan Poffenbarger was charged with second degree assault on February 18, 2006, and is accused of stabbing a black student and shouting racial epithets.^[1] Turn Left strongly condemned the racially motivated attack.[2]

[edit] Recent Editors

• Jamie Gullen '07, Fall 2006
• Evan Marshak '07, Spring 2006
• Wayne Huang '07, Spring 2005 - Fall 2005
• Andrew Garib '06, Spring 2003 - Fall 2004

[edit] Founders

• Tsee Yuan Lee '02
• Tsee Yung Lee '02
• Thomas M. Leung '02, '03

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Turn Left
• The Cornell Review Online
• The Cornell Daily Sun
• Graham-Felsen, Sam. "The New Face of the Campus Left," The Nation, January 26, 2006.

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