Opinions

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: 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...

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.”...

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...

Opinion: I’m still watching Lahaina burn. Are you?

Just a month after the nation’s deadliest wildfire that left at least 115 people dead, residents of Lahaina, Maui and families across Hawaiʻi, including...

Letter to the Editor: Seek discomfort and seize the day

I was touted as “Occidental’s Most Involved Student”. And before I graduate, here are some lessons I’d like to impart. Throughout my time at Oxy, I...

Opinions: TikTok Ban, a political ordeal or a cybersecurity necessity?

When I first heard about the news of TikTok being taken down, I reacted like every other worker who would be facing layoff: horrified....

Lessons Learned: How to drink from a fire hydrant

My mom likes to say that sometimes life is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. I think this is her...

Lessons Learned: From first-year roommates to dear friends

Culture editor Katie Moore and Opinions editor Shreya Srinivasan reflect on their college journey, starting as first-year roommates, staying in touch through the pandemic,...

Opinion: Republicans’ war on trans youth is a war on all of us

Texas. Florida. Virginia. Even, yes, California. All of these states have seen bills introduced (or passed) that attempt to clamp down on the freedom...

Lessons Learned: How to get used to men, or not?

I don’t think I realized that my seven years of all-girls school had impacted me in any formative or traumatic way until I stepped...

Opinion: ‘Everything Everywhere’ has its own universe in China

Imagine a parallel universe: Where most of the dialogue in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" sounds like gibberish; where the film was never streamed in...