Opinion
SCHWARZ | On My Mind: Reflections as Fall 2025 Term Reaches Midterm
By
Daniel R. Schwarz
· Monday, Oct. 20, 2025
GUEST ROOM | Stop Hazing Hamsters
By
Opinion Department
· Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
GLASGOW | No Mamdani for Me
By
Leo Glasgow
· Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
STITH | The Grip Only Tightens On Academic Freedom
By
Opinion Department
· Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
Senior Yihun Stith returns to Stand Up, Fight Back with a News Analysis on Cornell’s suspension of Professor Eric Cheyfitz. He argues that the administration’s reliance on “civil rights” language masks a deeper crackdown on pro-Palestinian scholarship and academic freedom.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | The Sun Stands With The Stanford Daily in Its Free Speech Lawsuit
By
Julia Senzon
· Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025
"The Sun refuses to back down in the fight for First Amendment rights," writes Editor-in-Chief Julia Senzon ’26 in her description of why The Sun joined an amicus brief in support of The Stanford Daily in its free speech lawsuit, Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation et al. v. Rubio et al.
HAN | Equivalence from Analogy — My Defense of Professor Kassam
By
Eric Han
· Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025
Associate Editor Eric Han '26 offers a defense of Opinion Columnist Professor Karim-Aly Kassam from the charge of "equating" Israel with Nazi Germany.
CARUSO | Italian American Heritage is Important. Columbus is Not.
By
Paul Caruso
· Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
Paul Caruso debunks the Trump administration's claims of the importance of Columbus Day for Italian American representation.
We Took Cheyfitz’s Class on Gaza. His Suspension Violates Academic Freedom.
By
Opinion Department
· Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
Nine students who took the course on "Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance" contextualize the dispute that led to the suspension of Professor Eric Cheyfitz. They argue that his treatment by the University amounts to a gross violation of academic freedom.
KASSAM | Thousand & One Eyes for An Eye
By
Karim-Aly Kassam
· Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
Professor Karim-Aly Kassam reflects, "We stand at the precipice of a ceasefire. What can we do in solidarity with both Palestinians and Israelis?"
HARNEY | Objection!
By
Liam Harney
· Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025
Law student Liam Harney addresses America’s current political crisis and potential steps forward in the introduction of his column, "Objection!"
STITH | Stand Up, Fight Back
By
Yihun Stith
· Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025
Yihun Stith '26 introduces "Stand Up, Fight Back," his column on campus politics, with a snapshot of his life before and during Cornell.
AGRAWAL | Why I Tried Whale Meat
By
Professor Anurag Agrawal
· Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025
Professor Anurag Agrawal writes about the history and biological context that led to his first time trying whale meat.
GUEST ROOM | Cornell's Negligence Hospitalized and Further Disabled Me
By
Opinion Department
· Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025
Kaelin Lamberson '28 recounts her challenges with the University over disability accommodations.
GUEST ROOM | Fight Trump with Responsible Research
By
Opinion Department
· Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025
In this edition of The Sun's Guest Room, Rebecca McCabe and Anthony Ruiz of the Student Neurodiversity Alliance at Cornell dispute false claims from the federal government about autism.
BURZLAFF | The Basics (2): Reading as Conversation
By
Jan Burzlaff
· Monday, Oct. 6, 2025
Professor Jan Burzlaff continues his series on the basics of learning on campus with a set of four principles that make reading easier.
JASO | A Contrarian’s Calamity
By
Francis X. Jaso
· Monday, Oct. 6, 2025
Columnist Francis Jaso ‘28 presents his column A Contrarian’s Calamity as a testing ground for uneasy discourse, where the campus’s overlooked crises, history and taboos are confronted head-on with wit and rigor.
CARUSO | A Compass in the Wilderness
By
Paul Caruso
· Monday, Oct. 6, 2025
In the wilderness of rage and backlash in our modern day, second year MPA student Paul Caruso’s column seeks to spur you to action. With a compass in the chaos, we persist onwards.
ABOU-ALFA | Mind & Matter
By
Ayman Abou-Alfa
· Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025
Columnist Ayman Abou-Alfa introduces his column: Mind & Matter. This column’s raison d’être is a reflection on the progress of education from the perspective of both an inexperienced teacher and a mentee.
GUEST ROOM | Cornell’s Actions Against Professor Cheyfitz Violate Academic Freedom, Faculty Governance and Due Process
By
Opinion Department
· Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025
The Cornell AAUP Committee on Academic Freedom writes against Provost Kavita Bala's non-compliance with a unanimous Faculty Senate decision vindicating Prof. Eric Cheyfitz of alleged discrimination in the classroom.
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