Opinion

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

HAN | Equivalence from Analogy — My Defense of Professor Kassam

By Eric Han · Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025

CARUSO | Italian American Heritage is Important. Columbus is Not.

By Paul Caruso · Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025

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 Professor 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.

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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.

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

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

President Michael Kotlikoff and Provost Kavita Bala respond to the Cornell AAUP letter on the University's "Fighting Antisemitism and Protecting Civil Rights" statement.

LOMBARDI | On the Student Code of Conduct Review Process

By Ryan Lombardi · Friday, Oct. 3, 2025

VP of Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi clarifies key aspects of the Student Code of Conduct, including its dedication to transparency and inclusivity.

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

By Zilala Mamat · Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025

On the 76th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, Opinion Columnist Zilala Mamat '26 puts Cornell's China ties into Uyghur perspective.

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.