CLIFFORD | Let’s Go to the Mall — What Mall?

ZHOU | Late Night’s Last Night

Opinion Columnist Rayen Zhou ’29 argues that the government’s censorship of late-night television may be alarming, but it only hastened a decline already set in motion by Gen Z’s turn toward social media and more responsive, participatory forms of political commentary.

HAN | RE: On Rhetoric and Responsibility

Associate Editor Eric Han replies to Sam Friedman's '26 criticism of his column. The dispute regards one columnist's comparison of Israel with Nazi Germany.

AREVALO | Promote Division. Protect Your Columnists.

Now that the Sun has joined an amicus brief in support of Stanford Daily, senior Opinion Columnist Hannia Arevalo speaks on the paradoxical nature of President Kotlikoff’s institutional neutrality and commitment to academic freedom. They express the need to protect current opinion columnists in light of the recent developments.

GLASGOW | No Mamdani for Me

STITH | The Grip Only Tightens On Academic Freedom

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.

HAN | Equivalence from Analogy — My Defense of Professor Kassam

Associate Editor Eric Han '26 offers a defense of Opinion Columnist Professor Karim-Aly Kassam from the charge of "equating" Israel with Nazi Germany.

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

Paul Caruso debunks the Trump administration's claims of the importance of Columbus Day for Italian American representation.

KASSAM | Thousand & One Eyes for An Eye

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!

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

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

Professor Anurag Agrawal writes about the history and biological context that led to his first time trying whale meat.

BURZLAFF | The Basics (2): Reading as Conversation

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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