With the cost of attending Cornell’s endowed colleges approaching $60,000 a year, the DREAM Team, a student organization, is awarding $5,000 in scholarships to the University’s undocumented students.

While The Sun is right to instate a policy prohibiting the use of the term "illegal immigrant," it should also be careful to keep political opinions and news stories separate.

At a workshop Saturday, Cornell Law School professors and students worked to assist undocumented youth applying for deferred action — a status that, if granted, may allow thousands of undocumented immigrants living in upstate New York to temporarily be protected from deportation.

The University presented the Cornell DREAM Team with the 18th annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony for the team’s work in raising awareness about the plight of undocumented students.

For undocumented students at Cornell, obtaining financial aid and finding employment after graduation can be nearly impossible. Still, Cornell United Religious Work sought to help these students find strength and inspiration through their struggles Thursday in the final talk of their “Soup and Hope” series.

What does it mean to be an undocumented student at Cornell?

One week ago, Eric Hyun Jae Cheon ’12, an undocumented student, was not sure he would be able to stay enrolled at Cornell for much longer. As a result of strong support from students, alumni and DREAM Act activists around the country, however, Cheon discovered Tuesday that he will be able to finish his final semester.

Eric Hyun Jae Cheon ’12 says he faces a grim truth: he may have just one week left at Cornell.

President David Skorton pledged to search for sources of funding for undocumented students at Cornell at a meeting of the Student Assembly on Thursday.