|
Opinion DepartmentCornell Daily Sun |
Kotlikoff owes Cheyfitz an apology. But he owes the University community something more. He owes us an affirmative, public commitment that going...
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...
Cornell is committed to eliminating carbon emissions from its energy usage. Achieving this goal in a rapidly changing energy landscape in a manner...
However, Rate My Professor reviews barely differ in their form from course evaluations, as both ask for written opinions on course and professor...
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...
Daylight savings changes our lives, whether we know it or not. Climate change adds another wrinkle. The post AGRAWAL | Climate Anomalies and the...
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...
Cornell is known nationally as a dining powerhouse. In this edition of IDEAS, Serin Koh reveals a dark reality behind our shining reputation. The...
No one prepared me for the heartbreak of losing my mother tongue. At Cornell, I acutely feel disconnected from the Russian language. The post...
We are writing in response to Cornell administration’s use of temporary suspensions and “persona non grata” status as a disproportionate...
This election, the Democratic Party has been handed its most humiliating loss in recent memory. For the first time in 20 years, a Republican...
That’s why Cornell also has an obligation to take the larger circumstances behind a disruption into account, and to extend “tolerance,” too, to...
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,...
We would welcome the opportunity for dialogue with the Cornell administration, which unfortunately has not yet occurred. Decisions on complex,...
Look at our campus: Cornell has made a shift away from longstanding established policies to solve shorter-term issues — and it has proved costly....
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 |...
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...
The answer is morality. It has been common political parlance to follow Bill Clinton’s chief strategist James Carville’s advice “It’s the...
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,...
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...
All across the country, there is a battle taking place for free speech and the future of university education. Swarthmore students face expulsion...
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...
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...
Coming back to the question the student asked, no one has been referred for their speech, and free expression remains fully protected at Cornell....
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...
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...
Surveillance grows more invasive even as it becomes less visible. And somewhere, there's video. The post MARGULIES | Learn Everything, Disclose...
To opt in to institutional neutrality is to opt out of the tough calls, protecting the University from criticism by leaving little to criticize. ...
When it comes to scientific education, especially at a university as prestigious as Cornell, the efficacy of lab-based learning is of central...
The administration prefers this approach because their charges — and, in this case, their racialized rhetoric — do not hold up to scrutiny. They...
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...
Following a walkout organized by the student-led Coalition for Mutual Liberation, protesters disrupted the career fair through noise and chants,...
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 |...
Cornell is finally signaling a willingness to move on from the attention-sucking disruption from a minority of students. The post FARB | The...
Administrators’ fear of issuing proper consequences proves that Day Hall’s residents have been comfortable with a new culture that feeds the egos...
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...
Stark and simple, however, the report seems to instead strip away the humanity, vulnerability and gravity from such incidents; they are reduced to...
In no way can I comprehend how clear-thinking, well-educated Cornell students (and faculty) can gather in support of Hezbollah The post FARB | Lets...
We’re humans, not resume-filling robots. We should be seen as such. The post BERMAN | Get Rid of the Resume: One Page Can’t Tell Your Story...
The underlying formal complaint, however, remains in place and has not been investigated. On Aug. 2 Taal received an email from OSCCS offering to...
The characterization of Taal as a multiple offender deserving of the harshest possible punishment is typical of the pseudo-legal language that...
Editor’s Note: This piece represents the second in a four part series on the disciplinary process employed by Cornell’s administration against...
This obsession with elite rankings and “upper Ivies, lower Ivies, HYP” in the college admissions community and beyond creates a dissonance with...
The ultimate goal of a Cornell education is to prime young adults for their introduction into actual society; as one of the foremost academic...
The policy of liberals is to remove the privileges of all alumni of the university, especially the Black ones. The post CHANCELLOR | Black...
It is not secret that Cornellians view the Student Assembly as a shadowy institution, oftentimes more invested in internal controversy and...
Cornell prepares students to be citizens of a democracy — a form of government where we don’t always get our way, and one that is often messy...
Importantly, no course — even a well taught one — needs a dog-eat-dog grading curve. Rather, a far more productive approach does the opposite:...
Alongside the development of science, the development of the practice of science must also be innovated upon. It is in this light that Cornell has...
Here is the thing: protest is supposed to involve risk. History is filled with examples of protestors who stood openly and proudly for their...