Columns

TODDINGS | Views from Sky

By Skylar Toddings · Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025

Opinion Columnist Skylar Toddings '29 introduces her new fortnightly column, Views from Sky. Her column offers a "cloud-like haven amidst the tempest of opinion."

GALPERIN | It's All Connected

By Ezra Galperin · Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025

CLIFFORD | Some Like It Hot — Gen Z Likes It Incarcerated

By Elise Clifford · Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025

VINK ⎸ One Day Longer

By Adriana Vink · Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025

TOBIN | TikTok Democracy: How Influencers Are Shaping Cornell’s First-Time Voters

By Lali Tobin · Monday, Nov. 10, 2025

Opinion Columnist Lali Tobin MPA ‘27 argues that social media personas are playing an important role in communicating political messages to first-time student voters. They simplify complex topics into relatable content, however this brings the risk of spreading oversimplified views and misinformation. Her article looks at how this trend is influencing civic engagement within Cornell University.

Committee on the Future of the American University | Join Us in Imagining the Future of Higher Education

By Committee on the Future of the American University · Monday, Nov. 10, 2025

The Committee on the Future of the American University invites the Cornell community to imagine how higher education should evolve amid rapid technological change and shifting public trust.

TODDINGS | From Lore to Lust: How BookTok’s Obsession with Smut is Killing Fantasy

By Skylar Toddings · Friday, Nov. 7, 2025

In her new column Views from Sky, Skylar Toddings tackles the surge of "smut fantasy" in online discourse.

BELMONTE | Martyr of Liberty or Hate?

By Adrian Belmonte · Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025

Opinion Columnist Adrian Belmonte assesses the extent to which defenders of Charlie Kirk's harmful rhetoric can appeal to free speech rights.

STEINGARD | Liking a Post Could Lose Your Internship

By Mihir Steingard · Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025

Opinion Columnist Mihir Steingard ’28 argues that JD Vance's unequal weaponization of digital footprints creates a world where now more than ever, Cornell students need to support what they post.

DAVIS | On Thin ICE

By Nina Davis · Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025

Opinion Columnist Nina Davis ‘26 argues that Cornell should not promote ICE on career advancement platforms.

PETROVA | Disclose, Divest, Fix Moral and Financial Stress

By Mina Petrova · Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025

Columnist Mina Petrova relates the Israel-Palestine divestment referendum with divestment movements of the past.

PHAM | The Company Who Cried Green

By Ella Pham · Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025

Opinion Columnist Ella Pham ‘29 critiques the culture behind environmental sustainability programs that are treated more like marketing strategies than attainable initiatives.

BADAWI | More Mamdani for Me

By Leah Badawi · Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025

Opinion Columnist Leah Badawi ‘27 responds to Opinion Columnist Leo Glasgow ‘26’s recent piece No Mamdani For Me. She argues that New Yorkers have the power to make history by electing the candidate Zohran Mamdani and scrutinizes Glasgow’s dissenting opinions.

ZHOU | Populism Shouldn’t Be So Popular

By Rayen Zhou · Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025

Opinion Columnist Rayen Zhou ’29 writes in his latest piece about the electoral and individual dangers of the prevalence of doomerism and populism. He proposes a potential solution inspired by everybody’s favorite transcendentalist: Henry David Thoreau.

KHEDER | Canvas Outage Reveals the Fragile Truth of Digital Infrastructure

By Zak Kheder · Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025

Opinion Columnist Zak Kheder '26 argues that theCanvas outage showed much of Cornell’s student body the severity of having all of your digital eggs in one basket.

BUTLER | A Federal Shutdown is a Cornell Shutdown

By Natalia Butler · Monday, Nov. 3, 2025

'Beyond Ivory Towers' Columnist Natalia Butler relates the federal government shutdown to harms felt on the Cornell campus.

BURZLAFF | The Basics (3): Learning with Machines — Four Principles for Using AI at Cornell

By Jan Burzlaff · Monday, Nov. 3, 2025

In this edition of The Basics, Prof. Jan Burzlaff offers advice on the principled and ethical use of artificial intelligence in the classroom.

WALTER | To The Unconscious Anarcho-Primitivist, I See You

By Kira Walter · Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

Opinion Columnist Kira Walter recognizes the ways that anarcho-primitivist living can be found unconsciously in the undergraduate experience.

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SELL | Why Does Everything Look Like a Mid-Market Hotel Now?

By Wyatt Sell · Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025

Opinion Columnist Wyatt Sell critiques the brutalist and otherwise lifeless architecture on campus.

Students for Justice in Palestine at Cornell | We’re Back (Sort of)

By Students for Justice in Palestine at Cornell · Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025

Seven months after the arrest of 17 protesters for walking out of a panel featuring Israeli and American officials accused of war crimes, Cornell’s Students for Justice in Palestine recounts their suspension, legal struggle and reinstatement as part of a broader fight against the university’s repression of pro-Palestine activism and complicity in genocide.