On Sunday, April 23, Cornell College Republicans issued the following statement:

The Cornell College Republicans were informed Sunday afternoon that Ann Coulter was sick and will be unable to appear Monday April 24th at Cornell University. At this time, no alternative date or location has been determined or even if an alternative date will occur.

Ticket holders are asked to retain their tickets in the event an alternative date and location are found.

Thank you for your continued interest in Ann Coulter's visit to Cornell. Further information will be posted at http://www.cornellrepublicans.org and http://www.cornellamerican.com as it becomes available.

Syndicated columnist, commentator, attorney and best-selling author Ann Coulter '84 will visit Cornell for a talk sure to please conservatives and confound liberals, April 24 at 7 p.m. in Statler Auditorium.

Coulter

Coulter, who writes a column for Universal Press Syndicate and is a legal correspondent for Human Events magazine, is a self-described polemicist known for her controversial, right-wing viewpoints and her unapologetic demonization of liberal politics, feminism, Democratic Party members and policies, environmentalists and Muslims.

"I like to stir up the pot. I don't pretend to be impartial or balanced, as broadcasters do," she said in 2002.

"It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact," she said in a 2003 interview.

"Liberals hate America, they hate flag-wavers, they hate abortion opponents, they hate all religions except Islam, post 9/11. Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do. They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now," she wrote in her 2002 book, "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right."

Her colorful, inflammatory style has made her a well-known figure on television talk shows and the subject of a Time magazine cover story in April 2005. She once tangled on-air with Katie Couric after calling the NBC "Today" anchor the "affable Eva Braun of morning TV."

Her other books include "Treason: Liberal Treachery From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism" and "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter." Her newest book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," will be published in June.

Coulter graduated cum laude from Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, and she helped launch the conservative newspaper, the Cornell Review. She also edited the law review at University of Michigan Law School and has practiced law with the public interest firm the Center for Individual Rights and has worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee on crime and immigration issues.

Free tickets for Coulter's talk will be available beginning at 8 a.m. April 18 at the Willard Straight Hall Art Gallery, with a limit of two tickets per person with a Cornell ID. No large bags or backpacks, cameras or recording devices will be allowed in the auditorium. For ticket availability after April 18, see http://www.cornellamerican.com or contact Michael Hint at meh26@cornell.edu.

Coulter's talk is funded in part by the student activity fee and is sponsored by the Cornell College Republicans, The Cornell American, TRIAD Foundation, the Bartels family, Young America's Foundation, the Cornell University Program Board, Cornell's Department of Government, and the Offices of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Vice President for Student and Academic Services and the Dean of Students.