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...

Oxford comma drama and the need for descriptivism

Anybody who cares about grammar probably also cares about the Oxford comma: the final comma before the conjunction in a list. Depending on whom...

Companies are not as green as their marketing seems

In the wake of the World Climate March, it’s trendy to be eco-friendly. I bet you could name at least a couple of your friends...

Letter to the Editor: Professor Gretchen North issues an apology for the Orientation panel

In response to the letter from students concerning the faculty panel at Orientation, I would like to apologize for getting the panel off on...

Pic your battles: we need consent in public photography

It’s a surreal experience to look up and make eye contact with yourself, peering dumbstruck out of someone else’s cell phone. My 18-year-old self is...

“Don’t even read this, it sucks”

I love creating. I love cooking, sewing, writing, scrapbooking, songwriting and singing. Yet the second it comes time to share that joy, I revert...

In Bachelor in Paradise, love is love

On the Sept. 17 finale of Bachelor in Paradise, 4.4 million viewers watched Demi Burnett’s dream come true. She got down on one knee in a...

Andrew Yang’s got that thang

Most readers will be familiar with the following scene: it is lunchtime at an elementary school. The day is ripe for enjoyment — only a...

Trump’s transphobic rhetoric has violent repercussions

Warning: This article contains descriptions of violence against a transgender woman, which may be upsetting to some readers. Trump’s dangerous rhetoric physically sickens me. Listening...