Cancelled: Lessons to Help Keep You Alive March 6, 2009
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As some of you may know, T. Colin Campbell is world-renowned author and professor at Cornell University. He wrote the best-selling book called The China Study about the relationship between the consumption of animal products and illnesses like cancer, obesity, osteoporosis, heart disease, and diabetes (did I mention zits?). His work has been highly praised for helping to re-shape how people think about food.
Unfortunately, there are some people who believe that thinking about food (and more specifically where it comes from) is a bad thing—the people who profit from selling us unhealthy products (not surprising), but apparently also, surprisingly, the very people who are meant to be helping students to learn.
You see, Prof. Campbell had become known around the Cornell campus for his "Vegetarian Nutrition" class, which talked about the fact that meat and dairy products are contributing to way worse conditions than just the "Freshman 15". However, many students will never hear about these statistics, because the class was cancelled by the university, with no notification given to the professor. Now why on Earth would they do that?
Well as it turns out, the department head who cancelled the class allegedly has strong ties to the dairy industry, who we can only imagine were none too pleased that all these "obesity" concerns were being discussed in public.
Of course, the university refused to give an official reason for the class being pulled. I'm sure they had their reasons. Just a strange coincidence—right?
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I think that was probably a coincidence and a strange one. I wish my school offered a class dedicated more towards vegetarianism or atleast eating healthier foods.
Isn't that censorship?
Posted by: Stelle at March 7, 2009 1:04 AMNo offense Peta (love yall) but I drink milk (I'm a vegetarian tho, just not vegan...) and I find this pretty offensive.
I DO want them to bring that back lol I'd love to take a VEG class!
Posted by: Maddi at March 7, 2009 9:26 AMthat is f*ed as hell, i even applied to that school. they should bring the class back. how can a university be a place for independent thought if they bow down to special interests like this? hypocrisy kills me.
Posted by: cody at March 7, 2009 1:35 PMZits are fun to pop so I would accutally miss then but yeah bummer for the guys class being pulled.
Posted by: Pepsi One is Fun at March 8, 2009 11:13 AMWell what are we waiting for? Let's start a petition!
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haha yeah just a strange coinsidence ;)
Posted by: Ariel at March 6, 2009 4:47 PMI wanna take a vegetarian class in college! They should totally bring that back ^_^