Opinions

Opinion: Be yourself for Halloween

The first time Halloween rolled around after I started college, I found myself without a costume. I was two months into my very first...

Opinion: The ugly truth of Korean beauty standards

Looking back at my life growing up in Seoul, I noticed how quietly misogyny started seeping into everyday life in the form of beauty...

Opinion: It’s okay to be ‘Deathly Afraid’

It’s the spookiest time of the year, and everyone is gearing up for the season’s festivities. Back home, I never really celebrated Halloween, but...

Opinion: The Cornell Daily Sun demonstrates the power of student voices

This article includes discussion of sexual assault. Sept. 21 the Cornell Daily Sun, Cornell University’s independent daily student newspaper, published an editorial revealing the names that became...

Date of the Union: Bipartisan Gimmick Doesn’t Signal Real Unity

Author: Jill Goatcher Straying from the usual dinner and a movie, date night got a makeover this past Tuesday. The annual State of the Union address...

Hardly a Charity Event for the Single Ladies

Author: Jill Goatcher With the leader of Libya, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and his family in the midst of a bloody battle to hold onto power, it...

Music industry fails to create, innovate

Author: Adrian Hairapetian Recently, Mumford & Sons, an English folk-rock band formed in 2007, released their long-awaited, second studio album "Babel." The 12-track record sold 600,000 copies...

Mourning the loss of print News(week)

Author: Ian Mariani Newsweek will halt production of its print edition starting December 31 of this year after 80 years of publication, but is anyone surprised? Newsweek's...

Recent Israel-Gaza conflict revives two-state debate

Author: Ella Fornari After years of rocket fire and jilted rhetoric from both sides, the news of rocket fire in Israel and Gaza two weeks ago first...

Summer abroad

Author: Sarah Corsa When I walked up to one of the tables at the Summer Abroad Fair last month, the first question the representative asked me...

The better angels of our nature

Author: Henry Dickmeyer The word "marathon" dates back to 490 B.C. Legend has it that after the Athenians trumped the Persian army following the Battle of...

Letter to the Editor – May 17

Author:  Dear Editor,None would disagree that a student *proven* to have assaulted or raped other another student should be expelled, after which the victims should...