Is anyone else getting tired of demands from college students?

The Cornell Review reports.

Cornell Students ‘Demand’ an Asian-American Studies Major

Students associated with the Asian Pacific Americans for Action at Cornell University (APAA) are demanding the University create an Asian-American Studies major beginning next semester.

In a letter, anonymous students argue that, “The University must give Asian American Studies more resources, because students want to learn about these histories.”

“The current program is crucial in allowing students the opportunity to engage with the experiences of a diverse and varied community that comprises almost 25% of Cornell. For too long, the majority of these voices have been absent from or silenced on a local and national scale. We demand that the University hear us as we call for the creation of an Asian American Studies Major,” the letter continues.

The letter and accompanying Facebook event advertising a rally to be held at this week’s Student Assembly meeting cite interdisciplinary scholarship, representation, expression, necessity, and relevance as the five reasons for this new major.

“Founded in 1987, the Cornell Asian American Studies Program was the first of its kind in the Ivy League. However, since its creation and despite a growing demand and interest in Asian American Studies in recent years, the Program has remained under-resourced and understaffed as a program that has one of the smallest operating budgets in the College of Arts and Sciences,” the letter reads.

The letter also cites the demands of Black Students United at Cornell University (BSU) from last fall semester; that group demanded the creation of Latino Studies and American Indian Studies majors in addition to Asian-American Studies by the end of 2016. The administration made no known public comments about BSU’s demands.