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

14.03.2025 10

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GUEST ROOM | In Response to the Weaponization of Judaism

Are we really to believe that Patrick Dai’s threats against the Jewish community and the riot at the Statler Hotel happened out of nowhere? Such...

09.03.2025 20

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KOTLIKOFF | Pathways to Peace: A Call to Conversation Over Conviction

Next week, in Bailey Hall, we will be holding an event that will uphold Cornell values: Pathways to Peace will bring four experts on Israel/Palestine...

05.03.2025 20

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AREVALO | You Don’t Know What’s Happening at the Border

There is a reason why we leave and come to the United States. We are told that America is a land of opportunity, a place where we can escape...

05.03.2025 10

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SCHECHTER | Go Home, Ted Cruz

Sen. Ted Cruz's political attack on federally funded research for political gain isn’t just lazy, it’s a direct threat to academic freedom — one...

28.02.2025 10

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GROSS | The Problem with Prelims: How We Can Turn a Season of Stress into a Week of Work

Prelim season at Cornell is a relentless cycle of exams, stress, and burnout — but does it have to be? Columnist Sophie Gross argues that a midterm...

27.02.2025 10

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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...

16.02.2025 20

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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...

14.02.2025 10

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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....

13.02.2025 20

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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...

13.02.2025 10

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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...

09.02.2025 20

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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...

08.02.2025 20

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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...

08.02.2025 20

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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...

07.02.2025 20

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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...

07.02.2025 10

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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....

07.02.2025 10

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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...

06.02.2025 10

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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...

05.02.2025 30

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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...

04.02.2025 10

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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...

01.02.2025 10

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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...

27.01.2025 10

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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...

22.01.2025 10

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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...

22.01.2025 20

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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...

22.01.2025 10

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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...

21.01.2025 10

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