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Everything is Art

Daveen Koh  —  Feb 3, 2012

Just what is art? Daveen Koh '14 finds out at the Readers' Theatre's upcoming play

Closer Than They Appear

Nathan Tailleur  —  Nov 29, 2011

Nathan Tailleur examines the temporal and severe challenges to caring.

To Hell and Back

Sam Martinez  —  Nov 16, 2011

The Schwartz Center's adaptation of Sartre's No Exit proves as hellacious as trying to understand exactly what Sartre was on about. 

The Conflicted Artist

Nathan Tailleur  —  Apr 25, 2011

Exploring the tenets of the "conflicted artist."

It Has to Make a Sound

Emily Greenberg  —  Nov 2, 2010

Defining art remains continually problematic, but perhaps its definition comes from its audience.

Miscommunication of Scientific Revolutions

Florencia Ulloa  —  Oct 22, 2010

Flornecia Ulloa '11 explores the value of re-reading original texts.

Letter to the Editor: In defense of 'free will'

May 13, 2010

The science section received this unabridged letter on Wednesday, May 5  from Prof. Randy Wayne, plant biology, in response to the May 5 science article, entitled "Scientists Debate Free Will."

Scientists Debate 'Free Will'

Tajwar Mazhar  —  May 5, 2010

The famous theorists of philosophy spent centuries examining the realities and constraints of human free will. But as scientific research continues to explore the subject through evolution and genetics, new knowledge challenges these traditional views of human free will. 

There’s GLASS Between Us

Munier Salem  —  Apr 27, 2010

As the chalking battle between Christians and skeptics continues around campus, everyone if forgetting about the opinions of one vital constituency: the sidewalks.

Learning Argumentation From Auburn

Andrew Daines  —  Dec 2, 2009

I wish I could write two columns. Column A would always be fresh. I mean, I gotta stay hip, gotta sell some papers. But Column B would be full of revisions and responses to feedback from last week. You see, I tend to get a few e-mails back after each of my columns, with about a 50-50 split on laudatory vs. critical. And I always write back. But last Tuesday Peter Finocchiaro’s critique of my column on faith at Cornell was a little more public and a little more off base than I am used to. So, since The Sun’s editorial staff isn’t exactly chomping at the bit to give me more space, here goes: a little of Column A and a little of Column B.

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