[2] In 1986, some students voiced their opposition to the paper by seeking out and shredding nearly every copy of one issue at a multitude of locations on campus during the early morning hours after delivery.

In 1992, before the Review had backed down from its more controversial positions, a deliberately unsensational rival publication began printing called The Cornell American.

In 2003 and 2004, successive editors began a controversial revamp of the Review, swinging it toward a more libertarian conservatism and a more neutral editorial position.

In April 2007, students from the Review and the American agreed to merge the two papers in the interest of preserving a conservative voice on campus.

In 1993, its funding was threatened after it printed a cartoon critical of President Bill Clinton's move to permit homosexuals in the U.S. military which was widely called homophobic.

[citation needed] In 1997, the Review printed an anonymous editorial lampooning the Oakland, California school district's move to teach in African-American English (AAE).

Reed discovered an email to a listserv which claimed the health center had agreed to sell vibrators and solicited comments from female students.

[4] Legal Insurrection,[5] Campus Reform,[6] The website also broke stories that were followed by media outlets, including The Hill,[7] RealClearPolitics[8] and The O'Reilly Factor.