STITH | Cornell's Secret Summer Affair

SCHWARZ | On My Mind: Reflections as Fall 2025 Term Begins

Professor Daniel R. Schwarz broaches President Trump's attack on universities, with reflections on antisemitism, Prime Minister Netanyahu's military policies and education in authoritarian regimes.

GUEST ROOM | ILR Is Union Busting: CGSU-UE Graduate Workers Stepped Up and You Can Too

Graduate workers in Cornell’s ILR M.S. program allege union-busting after the abrupt removal of assistantships. In this letter, CGSU-UE calls for continued solidarity to secure full assistantship support for incoming students.

DEMERS | ITHAKA

In his senior column, 142nd Masthead photography editor Ming DeMers takes inspiration from C.P. Cavafy's "Ithaka" to guide the reader through a tour of the most memorable locations of his Cornell experience.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Class of 2025, It’s Your Time ‘to Do the Greatest Good’

Editor-in-Chief Julia Senzon '26 congratulates the Class of 2025, urging new alumni to use lessons learned in classrooms when advocating for “good” in the world.

ELMORE | Cheers to Everyone We Will Ever Meet

Sex on Thursday Columnist Grace Elmore relates her own graduation to a quote from Bill Nye: “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” Her senior column looks forward to carrying her Cornell experience into the future.

FROM THE ASSOCIATE EDITOR | This Isn’t a Piecemeal Community

Associate Editor Eric Han '26 writes to the graduating seniors about how trying times on our campus have shown the importance of community building.

REILLY | Don’t Let School Get in the Way of Your Education

The 142nd Masthead's assistant managing editor Eric Reilly reflects on a phrase from his grandfather: "Don’t let school get in the way of your education." His time at The Sun lives up to those words.

FATTAL | Graduation Column

Former associate editor Max Fattal identifies the source of his writer's block in political cynicism.

POGGI | The Places We’ve Been

Graduating Columnist Julia Poggi takes the reader through a tour of her Cornell experience.

CHANCELLOR | For Whom the Chimes Toll

WEIRENS | A Smattering of Lessons Learned From Four Years at Cornell

Graduating Columnist Aurora Weirens unpacks some of the lessons she's learned over her time at Cornell.

REYEN | Goodnight (Daily) Sun, Goodnight Moon

Columnist Carlin Reyen takes a beat before graduation to discuss her thoughts on being a Cornell student.

JASO | Ave Morem

Sun Columnist Francis Xavier Jaso reflects on how some of Pope Francis' quiet virtues offered unity in a period of moral disarray. Could the Cornell community learn from his example?

AREVALO | Slope Day and the Politics of Being "Apolitical"

BURZLAFF | The Grade Doesn’t Know You: On Final Exams and What We Can’t Measure

Columnist and Professor Jan Burzlaff reflects on the stress of finals as a determination of success and the end of the semester. But no grade can measure the questions that kept you up thinking, coming to office hours, or helping a classmate understand something better.

GUEST ROOM | Cornell AAUP Chapter Statement Condemning Cornell’s Disinvitation of Kehlani