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With the Trump administration vowing to revoke the visas of thousands of international students across the United States in May, some international students report that it’s a “scary” time to be a college student in the United States.
Every semester has its hidden essentials. Food keeps you going, sleep keeps you steady — and reading quietly carries the whole thing forward. You can skip a meal or pull a short night, but when you stop reading, the semester begins to unravel. Most of us move through thousands of pages each semester. And yet, for all its importance, reading is often the thing students feel least confident about — for a simple reason: It is rarely taught. Beneath the act of turning pages lies a deeper question I want to explore in this second “Basics” column: Am I truly understanding what I’m reading, and am I taking notes that will serve me later? In other words, how do we transform reading from a burden into one of the most powerful tools we have for learning, and for life?
Dr. Jane Goodall, world-renowned ethologist, conservationist and humanitarian died on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at the age of 91, but her legacy will live on through her incredible story. From documentaries like Jane to the 32 books she wrote, including my personal favorite, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall will forever be the larger-than-life figure that has inspired the world for generations. Goodall’s messages famously range from the importance of conservation to ethical treatment of animals. But it is truly her personal story, her refusal to give up no matter what, which granted the world of science, and the world as a whole, irreplaceable discoveries and an irreplaceable inspiration.
“Do you need a wheelchair?” “Are your lips usually blue?” “I’m sorry, sweetie, I’m almost done.” “I can’t get the IV in…” “You’re so brave.” These are quotes I remember from a recent visit to the emergency room. I, a disabled student, needed to go there after injuring myself from moving into a disability-friendly dorm from a disability-unfriendly one without assistance from Cornell. Carried by the momentum of the minifridge I rent to keep my insulin cool, I fell down a few stairs and landed on my back.
Bad Bunny headlining the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show is norm-establishing, not disrupting. Music has historically been on the front lines of social change. In the absence of a governing force, music can rally communities together. While pushback persists against Bad Bunny’s future performance, civil unrest against the current administration has been simmering since Kendrick Lamar’s performance in 2025.
At a White House press conference on Sept. 22, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made two alarming public health recommendations, misrepresenting already-flimsy science and causing serious societal harm. First, they advised against Tylenol use during pregnancy on the false claim that it causes autism. Second, they recommended the unproven use of a cancer drug to “treat” autism. In the face of such scientific distortions, as students, faculty and staff of Cornell University, it is our ethical imperative to both actively counter misinformation and revamp research processes to minimize possible harm.
When calamities hit, as they so often do, most expect the drama of storybook catastrophe. This word, so pointlessly attached to beliefs in a doomsday event that plays out like recycled role-playing-game narratives or World War Z (2013) with its calamitous-looking Brad Pitt, isn’t so black-and-white. Disasters are not immediate. War is isolated in physicality and brute force, yet pervasive in its soft-power and chatty politics. And democracy dies not “in darkness,” but after repeated, conspicuous headblows — to the point of concussion.
Revered military general, president and founding father George Washington famously wrote in a 1799 letter, “make them believe that offensive operations, oftentimes, is the surest, if not the only (in some cases) means of defence.”
From Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-N.Y.) to New Orleans’ Helena Moreno, young progressive leaders around the country are making waves to rebuild the Democratic party in the wake of losing the 2024 presidential election.
In a high-scoring affair, Cornell (7-1-0, 2-0 Ivy) defeated Dartmouth (1-4-3, 0-2 Ivy) by a score of 6-2 on Saturday.
When I was a young boy in elementary school lacking much in the way of taste, I used to complain over and over again whenever my dad would try to introduce my brother and me to artists he followed from more niche genres of the musical realm. Whether it be classical music, older Greek music or punk rock, I could be expected to put up a passionate protest, begging him to change to a playlist with more familiar tracks. A few years back, while trying to broaden my musical horizons, I decided to revisit many of my dad’s favorite artists.
Despite all the laborious essays and demanding prelims that I have trudged through during my time at Cornell, my mastery of the concepts tested was never more challenged than when I found myself in the position of teaching them. Two years ago, as a wide-eyed first-year student, I would never have expected pedagogy to become so central to my college experience. Of course, teaching is the foundation of any university: seasoned faculty provide mentorship to countless undergraduates in a variety of fields. To me, however, what feels truly distinctive is that students are also entrusted with teaching responsibilities — assisting with discussions, grading and office hours in ubiquitous introductory courses.
Tickets are booked. Suitcases are packed. With fall break near on the horizon, many Cornellians are eagerly anticipating their escapes from Ithaca. The Anthony Bourdains of the university await new journeys, traveling to parts unknown. Others seek the familiar as they return to their childhood homes, wherever they may be.
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Even though I’ve only ever owned a dog (love you, Bear), I would consider myself thoroughly a cat person. So, when MFA student Michael Morgan ’26 invited me to his cat-themed exhibition, I had no choice but to go. I met Morgan last semester, when he introduced me to his own vibrant, masterful artwork. Knowing how inspiring he is as an artist, I was eager to see the product of his curatorial pursuit. “Magnum O-Pspsps” — the title an inspired play on the Latin magnum opus — showed in the Olive Tjaden Gallery from Sept. 15 to 25. Morgan and fellow MFA student Elina Ansary ’25 curated cat-related artwork from over 47 artists working in a vast array of mediums.
We are living in dark times. Universities across the country face unparalleled levels of scrutiny and attack. Friends and families have been torn apart by political differences. Institutions in this country and others have been eliminated or weakened within the last year. We find ourselves constantly short of money for ourselves and our programs. Human rights have been cast aside. Conflict plagues half the world’s shores.
As the Academic Freedom Committee of the Cornell Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), we write in support of our colleague Dr. Eric Cheyfitz, the Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters in the Department of Literatures in English and a member of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, whose rights of academic freedom and due process have been violated by the Cornell administration.
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