Opinions
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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...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: All roads of personal growth lead to Rome
Since coming back from my study abroad semester in Rome, Italy, I have spent the last few months dwelling on the experience I had...
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Opinion: Capoeira is a ‘jeito’ of life
The other night, I dreamt of berimbaus (single string gourd instruments) singing in the distance and gravelly voices whispering along to “Deixa eu passar.”...
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Opinion: Even if the bubble bursts, AI will survive
It seems like it’s become impossible to navigate contemporary daily life without encountering some form of AI. From Google automatically incorporating Gemini into its search results...
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Opinion: Everyone has their own plates to fill. Here’s what mine looks like
Content warning: The following article discusses eating disorders. A proxy can refer to many things. In a literal sense, it means a person who acts...
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Opinion: Red line, green line, is a formal deployment of NATO advisors to Ukraine beneficial?
Tensions spiked between the NATO alliance and Russia Feb. 26 when NATO member Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico claimed multiple NATO members were considering deploying troops to...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: How roller skating (kind of) saved my life
Content warning: The following article discusses depression. Feb. 23, 2024: instead of the high static friction between my shoes and the ground, there are wheels...
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Opinion: Taking a WAC-ky risk
At the beginning of the fall semester, I was sitting on the AGC steps after dinner when my friend Cady told me she was...
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Opinion: Why do I support geoengineering?
Before the creation of modern industrial society, it’s hard to say that life for humans was “good” in any meaningful capacity. More than half...
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Opinion: Mitski’s vulnerability is something we need to confront in ourselves
After ages of listening to whatever is on the top charts, I’ll try to find something reliable, something that brings out the past. I...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: 1,000 Days of Duolingo
Thursday, April 22, 2021, I completed a Duolingo lesson in Mandarin Chinese. I didn’t think much of the lesson or the app at the...
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Opinion: What the rise of the mocktail means for America’s drinking culture
In a country where your 21st birthday opens the gates to adulthood, drinking alcohol is a rite of passage. Despite a plethora of research...
