KOH | Confessions of a Senior

CHANCELLOR | Everyone is Religious

Columnist Armand Chancellor reflects on religion: Everyone has a god, whether money or themselves, because everyone believes in something.

GUEST ROOM | Neurodiversity in the Trump Era

In a Guest Column, Rebecca McCabe and Sierra Hicks discuss the wording of Autism Acceptance versus Autism Awareness month, amidst larger shifts of treatment of neurodivergent people by the Trump Administration.

CARUSO | The World Just Lost a Champion. Cornell Needs Its Own.

Opinion Columnist Paul Caruso reflects on Pope Francis' role as a unifying figure — and Cornell's need for one.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Calling for Violence Isn’t “Political Opposition”: Why CFI Petitioned Against Kehlani

The Cornellians for Israel Executive Board explains why we petitioned against Kehlani: It is not because she supports the Palestinian people, nor that she has criticized the war in Gaza — it’s that she calls for violence against Jews.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Support, Resilience, and Community at Cornell

GALPERIN | Slope Day's Real Problem

Columnist Ezra Galperin questions the original choice of Kehlani for Slope Day, when, he argues, Kehlani is an antisemite, plain and simple.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Cornell Musicians Oppose Kehlani’s Cancellation

In a Letter to the Editor, graduate students in the Department of Music respond to the cancellation of Kehlani as Slope Day's headliner.

BURZLAFF | Let the Words Come First: On Final Papers and the Courage to Begin

Opinion Columnist and Professor Jan Burzlaff reflects on final papers as a process, especially as the stress of finals week encroaches.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Contractual Constraints and Campus Speech: A Case Study At Cornell

Professor Ruth Collins contrasts President Kotlikoff's statement on Kehlani's Slope Day contract with the administration's previous position against censorship of guest speakers.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Cornell Chose Comfort Over Courage on Slope Day

In a Letter to the Editor, Irvin McCullough writes that administration chose perceived comfort over the principle of free expression when disinviting Kehlani from Slope Day.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | An Open Letter to Cornellians for Israel: A Plea for Moral Consistency

Professor Kamtekar urges Cornellians for Israel to hold themselves to a consistent standard. She writes: If your objection to Kehlani was that her anti-Israel position would have made you “feel unsafe” during her performance, then give a thought to what makes your fellow Cornellians feel unsafe.

ELMORE | The Rise of Hypocrisy: Kehlani versus Coulter

Columnist Grace Elmore discusses Kehlani's rescinded invitation to Slope Day in the context of Ann Coulter's campus talk.

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

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?

STITH | Institutional Neutrality (Unless It's Palestine)

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.

GUEST ROOM | The Incredibly Shrinking University

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.

POGGI | Ithaca Is Monopolized

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.