This week the Fraternity and Sorority Advisory Council, suggested that the RARE committee — charged with eliminating hazing at Greek chapters through an overhaul of the pledging process — consider requiring Greek chapters to have a live-in advisor. This change to Cornell’s policy would drastically alter the living situation for thousands of future students.

Candidates for a seat on our district's House of Representatives must engage in public debate in order for voters to responsibly make this important decision.

On Friday, an anonymous group called Scorpions X published a 16-page imitation of The Sun under the banner, “The Cornell Nightly Moon.” The issue contained a series of articles mocking and condemning the University’s response to a string of recent reported sexual and racial assaults. Shortly after the issue hit newsstands, Scorpions X sent an email from a fake account impersonating President David Skorton commenting on the issue. The group implores the University to take responsibility, yet, by insisting on anonymity, Scorpions X itself eschews responsibility and is in turn awash in hypocrisy.

The Sun commends Cornell's decision to terminate its contract with Adidas over the company's treatment of nearly 3,000 Indonesian workers.

The Bear's Den needs to develop a distinct identity in order to succeed. 

A researcher at Weill Cornell Medical College cheated the federal government by misusing and then lying about funding intended for HIV/AIDS research, three federal appeals court judges said in a unanimous ruling issued Sept. 5. It is disappointing that this researcher both lied about the use of the funding and that Cornell has yet to admit responsibility or apologize for the transgression. 

The City of Ithaca should incentivise lower rents in order to fill the vacant storefronts on College Ave.

Cornell Concert Commission’s policy on ticket scalping and buying for the Avicii concert raised ire among students when it should not have even raised an eyebrow.

On Sept. 8, a group of student leaders participated in their first monthly roundtable in an effort to address the bias incidents that we have seen on campus the past six months. The start of this ongoing dialogue shows a promising step toward strengthening communication between various groups on campus. 

In 2009 Common Council Member (D-4th Ward) Eddie Rooker ’09 was elected to the Ithaca Common Council representing West Campus, Cascadilla Park and most of Collegetown. Rooker’s decision to resign his position is reflective of the careless attitude that Collegetown’s permanent residents and landlords have been accusing the student population of exhibiting.