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...

I will die on this (Katie) Hill

“OK, millennials?” In a recent op-ed for The New York Times, columnist Maureen Dowd concluded her take with a smug mic drop directed at 20- and 30-year-olds...

VSCO girls just want to have fun

A few weeks ago, my friend told me about a game he and his friends play: essentially a version of Punch Buggy, but with “VSCO...

Let’s clap for the Mary Norton Clapp

Hot take: the Mary Norton Clapp Academic Commons is the best place to be on campus. Nothing puts me in a better mood than...

Forever 21 fails to grow with its customers

My best friend once told me that “nothing at Forever 21 lasts forever.” As of Sept. 29, the chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will close...

Affirmative action is right, legacy admission is white

Last month, a federal judge ruled that Harvard University does not discriminate against Asian American applicants. The plaintiff, a nonprofit called Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), alleged...

Mental Health Matters: Myths and Autism Spectrum Disorder

As the popularity of mental health has increased, skeptics — especially in this age of anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theories — have claimed that diagnoses...

Let’s kill LA’s commodification of death

As someone from Los Angeles, I have spent money on a variety of things that I am not particularly proud of. Whether it’s overpriced...

Japanese Brave Blossoms brave the storm to honor the game

Right in the middle of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Typhoon Hagibis sent Japan into chaos. Due to damage from the storm, games between New Zealand...