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DAVIS | On Thin ICE

Opinion Columnist Nina Davis ‘26 argues that Cornell should not promote ICE on career advancement platforms.

The Sun Sits with Venezuelan Opposition Leader David Smolansky

GUEST ROOM | Native American Heritage Month Means Nothing Without Solidarity With Palestine

Undergrad Maria Lima Valdez compares the University's messaging on Indigenous issues with its actual politics. She urges solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle against colonization.

PETROVA | Disclose, Divest, Fix Moral and Financial Stress

Columnist Mina Petrova relates the Israel-Palestine divestment referendum with divestment movements of the past.

PHAM | The Company Who Cried Green

 Opinion Columnist Ella Pham ‘29 critiques the culture behind environmental sustainability programs that are treated more like marketing strategies than attainable initiatives. 

BADAWI | More Mamdani for Me

Opinion Columnist Leah Badawi ‘27 responds to Opinion Columnist Leo Glasgow ‘26’s recent piece No Mamdani For Me. She argues that New Yorkers have the power to make history by electing the candidate Zohran Mamdani and scrutinizes Glasgow’s dissenting opinions. 

ZHOU | Populism Shouldn’t Be So Popular

Opinion Columnist Rayen Zhou ’29 writes in his latest piece about the electoral and individual dangers of the prevalence of doomerism and populism. He proposes a potential solution inspired by everybody’s favorite transcendentalist: Henry David Thoreau.

KHEDER | Canvas Outage Reveals the Fragile Truth of Digital Infrastructure

Opinion Columnist Zak Kheder '26 argues that theCanvas outage showed much of Cornell’s student body the severity of having all of your digital eggs in one basket.

LOMBARDI | Introducing the Office of National Fellowships

Vice President of Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi announces the launch of the Office of National Fellowships, where students can access support on fellowship applications.

BUTLER | A Federal Shutdown is a Cornell Shutdown

'Beyond Ivory Towers' Columnist Natalia Butler relates the federal government shutdown to harms felt on the Cornell campus.

BURZLAFF | The Basics (3): Learning with Machines — Four Principles for Using AI at Cornell

In this edition of The Basics, Prof. Jan Burzlaff offers advice on the principled and ethical use of artificial intelligence in the classroom.

AGRAWAL | A Theory of Life

WALTER | To The Unconscious Anarcho-Primitivist, I See You

Opinion Columnist Kira Walter recognizes the ways that anarcho-primitivist living can be found unconsciously in the undergraduate experience.

SELL | Why Does Everything Look Like a Mid-Market Hotel Now?

Opinion Columnist Wyatt Sell critiques the brutalist and otherwise lifeless architecture on campus.

GUEST ROOM | Fuel for the Future: Cornell’s Investment in Food Security is an Investment in Student Success

Cornell Dining Director Paul Muscente and Cornell Health Director of Clinical Nutrition Lauren Nickerson write to connect students with campus resources against food insecurity.

Students for Justice in Palestine at Cornell | We’re Back (Sort of)

Seven months after the arrest of 17 protesters for walking out of a panel featuring Israeli and American officials accused of war crimes, Cornell’s Students for Justice in Palestine recounts their suspension, legal struggle and reinstatement as part of a broader fight against the university’s repression of pro-Palestine activism and complicity in genocide.