Vicente Gonzalez '11 talks about American democracy's lack of focus on issues of inequality in light of the recent election.

Vicente Gonzalez '11 considers what should be done about the plight of child soldiers in Africa.

Nine months after the eartquake, Vicente Gonzalez '11 assess the situation in Haiti.

Vicente Gonzalez '11 discusses the revelations he's come to since a near-fatal boating accident that happened last weekend.

As the Class of 2014 begins their Cornell experience, Vicente Gonzalez '11 encourages them to stay alive to the world's problems.

The Arizona immigration law is just another in the long string of injustices committed against Latino immigrants.

Columnist Vicente Gonzalez '12 catalogues the diverse and interesting international debaters he has met over the last month.

The first year of every new decade marks the beginning of census season. It is a federal tradition that began in 1790 under a mandate from the United States Constitution wherein every 10 years the population of all those residing in the United States of America are tallied up in order to allocate congressional seats, electoral votes and federal funding. With 300 million-plus people belonging to the American community today, the United States Census Bureau has launched a heavy marketing scheme to assure a high participation rate among households across America. The ad blitz so far has been very effective; with the nationwide census participation rate already at 54 percent, the Census Bureau is well on their way to achieving their goal of surpassing the the 2000 census’ participation rate, which was 67 percent.

After a brutal and never ending Ithaca winter, the sun’s rays have finally hit Cornell University. The campus has come back to life — from frisbee on the arts quad to Magic Hat pitchers outside of CTB — students all across campus revel in the outdoors. It’s as if the entire atmosphere of Cornell has transformed, and this is precisely why we must be weary of the charms of warm weather and sunshine, for the spring and summer seasons bring about dark perils.

Today marks the 66th anniversary of the completion of the final plans for codename Operation Overlord, the blueprint behind The Battle of Normandy in 1944. With over three years of planning, the Allies pulled off a top-secret, successful invasion across the English Channel, something that had not been done in the last nine centuries. The tide of war swiftly turned once the victory of D-day secured the establishment of a new major front, and Germany, who was caught off guard and ill equipped, was forced to retreat and loose most of its hold on France.