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: Bring your stuffed animals to class

You might be asking yourself, ‘Why am I reading an article about stuffed animals when the world is going crazy?’ I won’t begrudge you for...

Lessons learned: Being boys

Nathan Crawford reminded me to have fun when I was trying my hardest to grow up. In other words, we were boys. I met Nathan, who...

Opinion: U.S. intervention is a test, we’re failing it

In his State of the Union address, Donald Trump said “The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”...

Opinion: The hidden crisis in AI therapy and why it should alarm all of us

Content warning: The following article discusses suicide. When news broke about 16-year-old Adam Raine, I found myself rereading the details with growing disbelief. Raine's parents said an...

Opinion: Karen Bass probably should’ve seen this coming

It isn’t up for debate: Over the last year, the mayor of the City of Los Angeles has become increasingly unpopular. Karen Bass’s polling...

Opinion: Grand gestures don’t always mend broken hearts

Right after Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid crossed the finish line at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, the spotlight shifted from athletic achievement to something...

Opinion: Authenticity in the octave of commodity

Music is always a place I turn to when the world feels unstable, a space where I can feel grounded in someone else’s story....

Opinion: ‘Hamnet’ answers Shakespeare’s most famous question

“He lives not.” Before seeing Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet,” one of the top contenders to win this year’s Academy Award for Best Picture, I had never sat in...