Opinions
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
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...
Opinions
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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Pick up the phone, Telefund is fundamental to Occidental
Besides politics and having to tell someone they have food in their teeth, nothing gets people on edge more than talking about money. Many...
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Myth and mental health
As the exposure of mental health issues has increased, skeptics — especially in this age of anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theories — have claimed that...
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Diversity is a joke to SNL
Within the last few weeks, I came across "Saturday Night Live's" (SNL) SoulCycle skit. The skit opened up with an Asian American comedian, who, unbeknownst to...
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The mental illness plotline in the “Joker” is no laughing matter
On a brisk October morning, I decided that it would be a good idea to see Todd Phillips’s "Joker" and ruin the next 14 hours...
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Nuclear energy is fission-ary
After the World Climate Strike Sept. 20, California’s climate change activists demanded the state rely on carbon-free energy by 2050. California promises to go 100 percent carbon-free by...
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Don’t be a Co-Star in your own life
I was searching the library for a non-existent study spot when I felt the buzz of a phone notification. I moaned, expecting yet another admin’s...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Community vigil to mourn Migrant Farmworkers mural whitewashed during Hispanic Heritage Month
Dear friends, This letter is to inform stakeholders, community leaders, organizations, artists and constituents that another iconic mural has been erased in Highland Park, Los...
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It’s not a (Victoria’s) secret that all bodies are beautiful
Over the last two decades, the Victoria’s Secret (VS) Fashion show has become an iconic event. Each year since middle school, one of my friends would...
