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GUEST ROOM | The Sound of Silence: On Music, Politics and Belonging at Cornell

By Opinion Department · Friday, April 25, 2025

In a Guest Column, Catherine Appert, Associate Professor of Music and Sound Studies, responds to the cancellation of Kehlani’s Slope Day performance. She argues that Kehlani’s very existence, their very presence on stage as a Black American, non-binary, lesbian artist whose mixed heritage includes Native American and Filipino roots, is in itself always already political. She questions: Who, in fact, does Kotlikoff’s “unity” ultimately encompass?

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STITH | Institutional Neutrality (Unless It's Palestine)

By Yihun Stith · Friday, April 25, 2025

Opinion Columnist Yihun Stith reacts to Kotlikoff rescinding Kehlani's invitation as the headliner for Slope Day. He calls the act hypocritical, arguing that Cornell’s posturing as neutral is a tactical decision to suppress growing discontent on campus, and more specifically, suppress pro-Palestinian free speech. Cornell’s claim of institutional neutrality is a facade, selectively applied to silence dissent while protecting its own financial interests.

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GUEST ROOM | The Incredibly Shrinking University

By Opinion Department · Friday, April 25, 2025

In a Guest Column, Professor David A. Bateman responds to Kehlani's disinvitation from Slope Day. He writes: Unity cannot be imposed by fiat, by arbitrarily deciding that some views must be insulated from exposure to others. Unity, in any case, is not the point of a university; it is the conflicting and contradictory whole to which we aspire, not the false protection of a flattened, squeezed-out discourse.

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POGGI | Ithaca Is Monopolized

By Julia Poggi · Thursday, April 24, 2025

In her column, Julia Poggi urges readers to confront tough questions: Who benefits from Ithaca’s monopolies? Who’s left out? To protect the Ithaca we love — gorges, granola, grassroots — we must demand transparency, equity, and people-first solutions. 

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GUEST ROOM | Cornell Dining and the Campus Community: A Recipe for Successful Food Waste Reduction

By Opinion Department · Thursday, April 24, 2025

This column, written by Anna Ben-Shlomo, a Sustainability Coordinator for Cornell Dining, and Ambarish Lulay, the Executive Chef at Cornell Dining, is especially timely as we approach the end of April, Sustainability Month at Cornell. It’s the perfect moment to reflect on what Cornell is doing — and more importantly, what we all can do — to fight food waste on campus.

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BADAWI | Watch the Throne

By Leah Badawi · Thursday, April 24, 2025

Opinion Columnist Leah Badawi implores the reader to watch the throne. She writes: In the end, it is not the face, the figure behind the power that leads nations into authoritarianism, but it is the stretching of precedent, the disregard of the norms essential for democracy, that brings us closer to Caesar’s throne with each passing day. Even when Trump loses power, the precedent will already be set, and our democracy is vulnerable to whichever politician tries to fill the throne.

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HARNEY | A Chill Comes Over Cornell

By Liam Harney · Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Sun Columnist and second-year law student Liam Harney makes an intrinsically American argument against the Trump administration's suspension of Cornell funding. Constitutional values and legal precedent are at stake.

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