Opinion

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.

KOTLIKOFF & BALA | RE: AAUP Letter to Kotlikoff on "Fighting Antisemitism”

By Michael Kotlikoff and Kavita Bala · Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025

LOMBARDI | On the Student Code of Conduct Review Process

By Ryan Lombardi · Friday, Oct. 3, 2025

MAMAT | Cornell’s China Ties Threaten Its Students, And It Doesn’t Care

By Zilala Mamat · Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025

GUEST ROOM | The Student Assembly is Worth Fighting For

By Opinion Department · Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025

In light of a lively Student Assembly meeting over Resolutions 9 and 10, Saad Razzak '26 presents the need for the Assembly to restore its connection to the student body.

AREVALO | The Importance of Sunday: Christian Nationalism in 'Honkai: Star Rail'

By Hannia Arevalo · Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025

Hannia Arevalo explores the world of Penacony through the lens of religion and politics, comparing it to the political state of the American government amidst the rise of Christian nationalism. This piece is in collaboration with the Arts & Culture Department.

BURZLAFF | The Myth of the Perfect Routine

By Jan Burzlaff · Monday, Sept. 29, 2025

Professor Burzlaff touches on the myth of a perfect routine. Here’s his advice: Don’t measure yourself against the mythical perfect routine you may have laid out in week one. Instead, ask yourself what rhythm works this week, and be willing to change it when the week after looks different.

GUEST ROOM | AAUP Letter to Kotlikoff on "Fighting Antisemitism"

By Opinion Department · Monday, Sept. 29, 2025

The executive committee of the American Association of University Professors Cornell Chapter writes to President Kotlikoff in response to his office's recent statement, "Fighting Antisemitism and Protecting Civil Rights."

GUEST ROOM | Let’s Revive Cornell’s Culture of Ideas

By Opinion Department · Monday, Sept. 29, 2025

Professor Mike Fontaine reminds students of a venerable Cornell tradition: attending guest lectures. The first speaker for a lecture series held by the Program on Freedom and Free Societies is Dr. Sally Satel. On Monday, Oct. 6, at 5:30 p.m., join her for a discussion on medicine in the age of social justice

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KASSAM | Death of A Seedling

By Karim-Aly Kassam · Friday, Sept. 26, 2025

Professor and Opinion Columnist Karim-Aly Kassam reflects on how the death of a seedling of The Peace Tree unleashed a silent horror: we could no longer tolerate the loss of yet another living being within our midst before it reached its prime.

EDITORIAL | Your Rights Are in Check. Your Silence Makes You a Pawn.

By The Editorial Board · Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025

The Editorial Board argues that what began as narrow safeguards has become unchecked power: interim suspensions and a hollow revision process now threaten the very rights students once fought to secure.

GUEST ROOM | What Does OSCCS Stand For? Not Students, Not Community

By Opinion Department · Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

Despite our good-faith compliance with OSCCS’s procedures, an office that promises due process, student justice and democratic governance kept us in the dark. After 52 days of silence, merely one day after the announcement of our fall recruitment schedule, we were struck with a temporary suspension. There was no room for negotiation, discourse or the opportunity to defend ourselves. We write this guest column not to absolve our responsibility to improve our organization, but rather to convey a broader concern: the undemocratic nature of OSCCS harms the very student body that it claims to serve.

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GLASGOW | Can We Talk

By Leo Glasgow · Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

Opinion Columnist Leo Glasgow '26 introduces his long-time fortnightly column, Can We Talk, taking his readers through his earlier life and why he's arrived here: writing to you.

KASSAM | Difference Matters

By Karim-Aly Kassam · Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

Professor Karim-Aly Kassam introduces his column: Difference Matters.

BURZLAFF | The Basics (1): Why Office Hours Matter

By Jan Burzlaff · Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

Professor Jan Burzlaff returns to the root of his column: the importance of office hours. He reminds Cornell: Office hours matter because they are profoundly human.

CARUSO | Some Free Advice to President Kotlikoff

By Paul Caruso · Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

Opinion Columnist Paul Caruso offers President Kotlikoff candid advice on how to rebuild the trust students have lost in the administration.

ANNIVERSARY | Hilary Krieger

By Opinion Department · Friday, Sept. 19, 2025

Former editor-in-chief Hilary Krieger '98 reflects on how The Cornell Daily Sun became her formative home and training ground, instilling in her the ethics, urgency and community of journalism that continue to shape her career and conviction that the field is worth fighting for.

NEWSLETTER | Why Join Newsletter

By Newsletter Department and Allison Hecht · Friday, Sept. 19, 2025

Allison Hecht '26 invites Cornell students to apply to be apart of Newsletter during this recruitment season.

SEIELSTAD | Silenced in the Name of Security

By Pilar Seielstad · Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

Columnist Pilar Seielstad reflects on free speech after Charlie Kirk's death.

ANNIVERSARY | David Goldston

By Opinion Department · Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

Assistant Managing Editor '78 David Goldston takes us through how the Sun has found its way into his life. He leaves Cornell with a message: "In these challenging times for journalism and politics, the Sun is needed more than ever for the Cornell community and beyond. But it also has an immeasurable and maybe unexpected impact on each of us who worked there. I wish the Sun and all those connected with it many more years of success."