COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | A Matter of Expectations: Universities and Their Evolving Relationship With Government and the Public

STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC CORNELL | What Admin Doesn’t Want You To Know About the Referendum

VINK | Take Back the Code of Conduct

Senior Opinion Columnist Adriana Vink ‘27 discusses her experience being penalized under the Student Code of Conduct for protest, outlines critical proposals to democratize the Code procedures and urges students to vote yes on the upcoming referendum.

PETROVA | Ethical Consciousness in a Consumers’ Republic: We Can Make Injustice Unprofitable

Opinion Columnist Mina Petrova '29 advocates for individual participation in the Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment movement for Palestine. She offers three crucial steps to encourage ethical consumption.

CARUSO, TOBIN & BADAWI | One to Rule Them All

Reflecting on this years’ Student Assembly elections, columnists Paul Caruso, Lali Tobin, and Leah Badawi take on the Editorial Board for its role in the election process. The columnists shine a light on The Sun’s monopoly power. 

COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | We Must Expand the Timeline of AI in Higher Education

On behalf of the Committee on the Future of the American University, Professor Phoebe Sengers situates generative AI within decades of technological transformation and calls for Cornell to strengthen resilience and rethink Cornell’s role in proactively shaping emerging technologies.

GUEST ROOM | The Value of Interfaith Engagement

Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Office of Spirituality and Meaning-Making and Cornell United Religious Work Joel Harter writes about the importance of interfaith engagement and connecting across difference at Cornell.

GALPERIN | Ideas, not Ideologies

Opinion Columnist Ezra Galperin ’27 argues that political identities have become substitutes for actual thought. Drawing on local politics, national elections and his experiences at Cornell, he argues that confirmation bias leads people to defend their side and dismiss any information that challenges it. In a university dedicated to testing hypotheses, he calls for treating our beliefs the same way: not as identities to protect, but as ideas that must withstand scrutiny.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Cornell Students and Alumni Have Career Tools Worth Using

Cornell's Career Services' Executive Director Erica Kryst, PhD responds to the recent Sun article “Unemployment Is a 'Full-Time Job’: Recent Grads Struggle to Navigate A Difficult Job Market,” emphasizing resources that Cornell provides to both alumni and students as they navigate the job market.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Until The Sun Rises Again

Editor-in-Chief Julia Senzon '26 describes her gratitude for the readers, advertisers, donors, alumni and reporters of The Sun as Fall 2025 publishing comes to a close.

GROSS | The Right to Privacy, and Why We Need to Exercise it More

Senior Opinion Columnist Sophie Gross ‘27 writes about the different realms of personal, digital and institutional privacy and how unknowingly exposed most of us leave ourselves to violations of our privacy. 

AGRAWAL | Tar, Traffic and the Butterfly's Silent Scream

Opinion Columnist Professor Agrawal argues that America’s dependence on roads and cars inflicts silent ecological harm and that investment in rail, via the “All Aboard Act” currently being considered by congress should be adopted. Let’s limit our hyper-mobility and replace this destructive “freedom” with a more sustainable future for all.

ZHOU | Where Have the Mugwumps Gone?

Opinion Columnist Rayen Zhou '29 comments on the loosening of Trump’s grip on the GOP and what the recent Epstein files saga may mean for the future of Republican dissenters.

STEINGARD | When Professors Stop Professing

Opinion Columnist Mihir Steingard ’28 argues there is a new reality of professor self-censorship in higher education. He urges students to engage when they get a professor who is open with their views. 

CARUSO | Out of Sight, Out of Mind

When we shove our unhoused neighbors into a corner, the Cornell community becomes more and more comfortable with its denial that it is in a city. As the undergraduate bubble becomes thicker, Senior Columnist Paul Caruso challenges you to pop it. 

DAVIS | You Sound Like AI

Opinion Columnist Nina Davis ‘26 argues that you should want to sound like yourself, and consequently human, when you write – but also when you go about your everyday life. 

ZHOU | Rhyme or Reason

Opinion Columnist Rayen Zhou '29 introduces Rhyme or Reason with a dive into his personal history with political media.