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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...
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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...
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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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Opinion: Alysa Liu is redefining success in figure skating
I have been a fan of figure skating for years. I am in no way a skater myself. I stepped on the ice rink...
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Opinion: Yes, this is what ethnic cleansing looks like
Dec. 31, the last day of 2025, the official Instagram account of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted an image of a sandy beach, with...
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Opinion: Why double majoring will heal higher education
I like to say I didn’t choose my majors — my majors chose me. The department of Critical Theory & Social Justice (CTSJ) seemed...
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Opinion: Demolishing the East Wing is yet another broken norm in the Trump administration
The East Wing of the White House was a historic building. Constructed in 1902 during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, it stood for 123 years until it was demolished...
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Opinion: AI is ruining the liberal arts experience
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My mother, who attended a small liberal arts college, used to tease my dad about his engineering degree. "You received training," she’d say, “but...
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Opinion: I don’t want to go to war with Venezuela
October was Venezuela’s month, and it seems like November — and possibly the rest of the year — will be too. Oct. 10, opposition...
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Opinion: Academia in the modern world needs to reflect its premodern ideals
Over 2000 years ago, Athens led the Greek city-states in a war against the Persian empire. The Athenians had grown accustomed to dominance over the...
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Opinion: Prop. 50, saving our people or burning down our democracy?
The Democrats have failed to quell the fire burning down the principles of the country. In the face of what some political scientists have called a...
