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WEIRENS | A Cornellian’s Exodus to Punxsutawney Phil

Last Sunday, I had the immense honor of celebrating Groundhog Day with Punxsutawney Phil himself. I’d like to share my experience and tips, as well...

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GUEST ROOM | RE: Cornell’s Energy Transition, A Troubling Delay on Decarbonization

A recent response to Interim President Kotlikoff’s op-ed argues that Cornell’s flawed decarbonization approach aligns with discredited Big Oil...

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STARR | Why Care About Trans People? 

Cornell’s founding principle of “... any person … any study” and our core value of free and open inquiry and expression are under threat....

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GUEST ROOM | ACP Statement on Demands to Dean Marla Love

The Alliance for Community Protection demands that Cornell take immediate action to protect students, faculty, and staff from systemic threats that...

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GUEST ROOM | Jewish Voice for Peace at Cornell Statement on the Weaponization of Antisemitism

Jewish Voice for Peace at Cornell condemns President Trump’s executive order for weaponizing antisemitism to suppress pro-Palestinian activism and...

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KASSAM | A Plea for Pluralism: Difference Matters!

Difference is so fundamental that the capacity to perceive it is shared by all living organisms from the worm to the human. Cognitive diversity is the...

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KOH | Stop the Pre-Enrollment Scam 

Cornell should introduce a pre-enrollment preview, a digital tool offering past syllabi, lecture recordings, and student reviews. The post KOH | Stop...

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GUEST ROOM | Classics is the Best Subject to Address Our Current Age

At Cornell, I’ve come to realize that, by this point in history, to think that anything at all is unprecedented is simply to have not read enough...

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TIAS | Battling the Loneliness Epidemic

While the physical size of our campus cannot be changed, we need to address loneliness at Cornell by engaging in discourse that can contribute to...

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GUEST ROOM | The Urgency of Listening: A Reflection for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust testimonies bear witness to humanity at its most vulnerable. They urge us to confront the fragility of memory and the weight of history....

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GUEST ROOM | From Repression to Resistance: Activism at Cornell Prevails

On Jan. 21, the first day of the semester, pro-Palestinian activists vandalized the A.D White statue. Even if Cornell identifies and punishes the...

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AGRAWAL | The Monarch’s Edict

Since we're in the 90 day comment period before monarchs would officially be listed under the Endangered Species Act, I thought I would publicly offer...

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GUEST ROOM | A Plea for the Museum of the Earth 

The Museum of the Earth, however, is in imminent danger of closing its doors. After more than 90 years of contributions to paleontological research...

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POGGI | Blame The Rapists

While we must critique and reform systems that enable such atrocities, we must not see rape culture as an exogenous issue. The post POGGI | Blame The...

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LIEBERWITZ | Interim President Kotlikoff Has Violated Faculty Academic Freedom

Kotlikoff owes Cheyfitz an apology. But he owes the University community something more. He owes us an affirmative, public commitment that going...

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ROSENSAFT | Why I Object to Professor Eric Cheyfitz’s Course on “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance”

Cheyfitz's course is cause for concern. He should not be able to promulgate his anti-Zionist views in the classroom. The post ROSENSAFT | Why I Object...

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KOTLIKOFF | Cornell’s Energy Transition

Cornell is committed to eliminating carbon emissions from its energy usage. Achieving this goal in a rapidly changing energy landscape in a manner...

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ABOU-ALFA | We Can Do Better Than Rate My Professor

However, Rate My Professor reviews barely differ in their form from course evaluations, as both ask for written opinions on course and professor...

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DASSER | If Oppenheimer Had Gone to Sunday School

In a world where a lack of ethical reasoning can lead to disastrous consequences, we must ask: Are we doing enough to foster genuine moral integrity...

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AGRAWAL | Climate Anomalies and the Human Condition

Daylight savings changes our lives, whether we know it or not. Climate change adds another wrinkle. The post AGRAWAL | Climate Anomalies and the...

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GUEST ROOM | Is Cornell Ready to Navigate the People’s Republic of China’s Political Challenges with Nuance?

Criticism of the Chinese government is not an insult to the Chinese student community at Cornell University, nor can acting as a mouthpiece for the...

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KOH | Cornell Dining’s Dirty Secret: An Empty Promise to Student Health

Cornell is known nationally as a dining powerhouse. In this edition of IDEAS, Serin Koh reveals a dark reality behind our shining reputation. The...

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LIVSHITS | Why I Write: The Burden of Language

No one prepared me for the heartbreak of losing my mother tongue. At Cornell, I acutely feel disconnected from the Russian language.  The post...

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ADALET | The Administration’s Use of Persona Non Grata Status is Incoherent and Unreasonable

We are writing in response to Cornell administration’s use of temporary suspensions and “persona non grata” status as a disproportionate...

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ABOU-ALFA | The Democratic Party Needs Change

This election, the Democratic Party has been handed its most humiliating loss in recent memory. For the first time in 20 years, a Republican...

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MARKELL | Expressive Activity After the Election

That’s why Cornell also has an obligation to take the larger circumstances behind a disruption into account, and to extend “tolerance,” too, to on-...

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PARASURAMA | Science in Defense of Life: How the Admistration is Politicizing Scientists

In many ways, I see the University as a microcosm of empire through its mass surveillance, deference to profit, and exploitation of its labor. And,...

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GUEST ROOM | Let’s Move Past Blanket Solutions

We would welcome the opportunity for dialogue with the Cornell administration, which unfortunately has not yet occurred. Decisions on complex,...

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BERMAN | Principle Meets Pressure: A Case for Institutional Stability

Look at our campus: Cornell has made a shift away from longstanding established policies to solve shorter-term issues — and it has proved costly....

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FARB | The Rotting Empire

Rickford's "processing of grief" rally was anti-Israel wrapped in the farce of pro-democracy. Cornell Democrats need to do better. The post FARB |...

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LIVSHITS | Protest as Performance

This is not a cry against protest: simply a plea for more productive protest. Your disruption should make a difference. And I hope that small...

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CHANCELLOR | It’s Morality, Stupid!

The answer is morality. It has been common political parlance to follow Bill Clinton’s chief strategist James Carville’s advice “It’s the economy,...

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WEIRENS | Coming to Terms With Our Ivory Tower

I don’t speak out on politics, or controversial issues in general, much less write about them in my column. I usually stick to ranking bathrooms,...

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FARB | The Cornell Daily Sun Has an Ideological Diversity Issue 

The emails I get in response to my columns tell me I’m courageous for speaking my mind, but I’m just saying what I think. The post FARB | The...

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SUSPENDED STUDENTS | To President Kotlikoff: Not Your Foot

All across the country, there is a battle taking place for free speech and the future of university education. Swarthmore students face expulsion...

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WEIRENS | We Should Write Each Other More Letters

So this is my advice for Cornell students: Take a break from your busy schedule and send a friend from afar an email or letter. I guarantee they’d...

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DASSER | Through Their Eyes

What goes through their minds when they see the same violence I do? How can they justify it? And how can I separate the “them” and “us” when the...

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KOTLIKOFF | Whose Foot?

Coming back to the question the student asked, no one has been referred for their speech, and free expression remains fully protected at Cornell....

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BERMAN | Your Vote Won’t Matter, But You Still Need to Use It

Despite your (nonexistent) impact on the result of the national election, you still need to vote The post BERMAN | Your Vote Won’t Matter, But You...

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FARB | The Republic Is Not Doomed: What Donald Trump’s Election Means to the Average Cornellian

To those who voted for and supported Harris: you have lived under a Donald Trump presidency once, it will be okay a second time. You will survive a...

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MARGULIES | Learn Everything, Disclose Nothing: Day Hall and the Surveillance State

Surveillance grows more invasive even as it becomes less visible. And somewhere, there's video. The post MARGULIES | Learn Everything, Disclose...

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ARNOLD | Neutrality Bends Towards Donors

To opt in to institutional neutrality is to opt out of the tough calls, protecting the University from criticism by leaving little to criticize. ...

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ABOU-ALFA | Cornell’s Most Important Overlooked Class: Labs

When it comes to scientific education, especially at a university as prestigious as Cornell, the efficacy of lab-based learning is of central...

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GUEST ROOM | Cornell’s Persecution of Momodou Taal is Nothing New

The administration prefers this approach because their charges — and, in this case, their racialized rhetoric — do not hold up to scrutiny. They...

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POGGI | Cornell is a Place of Community; And Soccer

What I’ve learned at Cornell is that it’s not about finding the perfect activity. It’s about finding the people who make this place feel a...

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HU PEGUES | I’m With the Students: F*ck You, Boeing

Following a walkout organized by the student-led Coalition for Mutual Liberation, protesters disrupted the career fair through noise and chants,...

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TIAS | I’d Rather Be a Fraternity Brother

When I first came to Cornell, all bright eyed and hopeful, experiencing sexism was simply an afterthought. Boy was I proven wrong. The post TIAS |...

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FARB | The Failure of BDS Resolution 8 is a Win for the Cornell Community

Cornell is finally signaling a willingness to move on from the attention-sucking disruption from a minority of students. The post FARB | The...

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JASO | An Argument for Consequences: Where a Culture of Dissent Went Wrong

Administrators’ fear of issuing proper consequences proves that Day Hall’s residents have been comfortable with a new culture that feeds the egos...

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POGGI | Rethinking Our Plates for a Sustainable Future

Whether it’s bushmeat in Ghana or insects in Southeast Asia, let’s think beyond what we’ve been conditioned to accept as “normal” and...

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