REYEN | Goodnight (Daily) Sun, Goodnight Moon

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

KOH | Confessions of a Senior

Graduating Columnist Serin Koh reflects on her time at Cornell. She writes: I would say that I am glad that my four years here were not the best years of my life because they have prepared me for all that is to come.

AGRAWAL | A Rose by Any Other Name…?

Professor Agrawal, the point is, how we see ourselves through our name — and how others see us through the same, can be complicated. Names reflect our confidence, biases, comfort and ideas about society. A soul by any other name is still itself, and the given name, that initial sound, should not be of such significance. Or, perhaps, it’s a lot less complicated, and it’s simply a name. At the end of the day it’s your name, so you decide how you're seen.

FARAJ | Leveling the Playing Field for All: Athletics Must Protect All Sports’ Team Budgets

Cornell has long prided itself on being a trailblazer — one of first universities to allow women to attend, one of the first to preach equality in education. If that legacy means anything today, it must show in action. It’s not enough to point to our past. We must set a new standard — one for Ithaca, one for the Ivy League and most importantly, one of institutions nationwide to protect its female athletes. 

SCHWARZ | U.S. Universities in Crisis: The Implicit and Explicit Threat of Nationalization

Professor Daniel R. Schwarz argues that, by using the threat of withholding research funds and taxing endowments, Trump and his acolytes are trying to nationalize universities.

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.