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

PETROVA | North Star

Opinion Columnist Mina Petrova ’29 introduces her column North Star, where she explores how students learn, organize and find purpose in a university shaped by politics, history and the fight for justice.

CLIFFORD | Let’s Go to the Mall — What Mall?

Opinion Columnist Elise Clifford ’29 wanders from the aisles of Target to the ghosts of 1980s mall culture, tracing how America’s worship of convenience has transformed shared spaces of teenage freedom into algorithmic isolation and last-mile consumerism that delivers both comfort and loneliness to our doorstep.

VINK | ICE Kidnappings and the Power of Kings

Opinion Columnist Adriana Vink ’27 bears witness to the kidnappings carried out under the guise of immigration enforcement at 26 Federal Plaza, tracing how ICE, the courts and Cornell alike sustain a system of sanctioned abduction and calls on readers to become ungovernable in the face of it.

STEINGARD | Common Matters

JASO | One Campus, Two Swindlers

Senior Opinion Columnist Francis X. Jaso ’28 writes that America, much like Cornell, has entered a distinctly Chinese moment in its life, where instead of seeking strength from within, it looks outward for models of power and order, drifting toward the same centralization and state-minded

EDITORIAL | Make Election Day a University Holiday

The Editorial Board argues that Election Day should be established as a University holiday to support democracy and open inquiry at Cornell.

GLASGOW | Ukraine War: Both Sides Explained

ZHOU | Late Night’s Last Night

Opinion Columnist Rayen Zhou ’29 argues that the government’s censorship of late-night television may be alarming, but it only hastened a decline already set in motion by Gen Z’s turn toward social media and more responsive, participatory forms of political commentary.

DAVIS | Making Meaning

CLIFFORD | State of Confusion

BELMONTE | Saved by the Bel

HAN | RE: On Rhetoric and Responsibility

Associate Editor Eric Han replies to Sam Friedman's '26 criticism of his column. The dispute regards one columnist's comparison of Israel with Nazi Germany.

GUEST ROOM | On Rhetoric and Responsibility: A Reply to Han and Kassam

Sam Friedman '26 writes against Associate Editor Eric Han's column on the allegation that Prof. Kassam's comparison of Israel with the Nazi regime constitutes antisemitism.

BUTLER | Beyond Ivory Towers

AREVALO | Promote Division. Protect Your Columnists.

Now that the Sun has joined an amicus brief in support of Stanford Daily, senior Opinion Columnist Hannia Arevalo speaks on the paradoxical nature of President Kotlikoff’s institutional neutrality and commitment to academic freedom. They express the need to protect current opinion columnists in light of the recent developments.

BADAWI | Leah Down the Law

In her introduction column Leah Down the Law, Leah Badawi ’27 traces her evolution from imaginative child writer to reflective campus observer, weaving literature, activism and friendship into a manifesto for humanity and open dialogue at Cornell.