In his farewell address, George Washington famously said that Americans should set aside their “violent lines and dislikes of foreign nations,” adding that it would let our passions control us and make us slaves. Washington was totally correct, but we’re too deep in the woods to get back home.
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WEIRENS | A Burglar Taught Me Where Home Really Is
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A terrifying home invasion showed me a what’s important at Cornell.
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SCHWARZ | Cornell Should Do More to Introduce Students to the Cultural Resources of New York City
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It would truly enhance the student experience.
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GUEST ROOM | We Must Preserve Cultural Identity for Indigenous Students on Campus
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Akwe:kon reflects a valuable community space and it’s extremely disheartening that more universities don’t provide a space like it.
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DUFRESNE | Slogging Together: The Antidote to World-Weariness
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From a purely intellectual perspective, the students I teach at Cornell are often dazzling — insightful, creative, analytically gifted and unafraid of hard work. So when I see these same students fall into cynicism and despair, I find it . . . well, crushing.
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STRAUS | What You Should Know About Studying Abroad At Oxford and Cambridge
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I left Cornell to find something different. Here’s what I found.
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BEARD | The Freedom to Think Critically
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Cornell needs to buckle down on the development of critical thinking and writing skills in its undergraduates
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CHANCELLOR | The Euphemisms We Hide Behind
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Language was developed in order to allow humans to communicate different concepts and express what they mean to others. Several tools such as categories have also been introduced to more effectively achieve this purpose. While these mechanisms were created to accomplish admirable goals, their use in the current day, especially on the modern university campus, has been antithetical to those goals. Language is now purposefully used to obscure and obfuscate one’s intentions. This phenomenon is most observable in more controversial subjects such as politics.
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DO | My Korean Disconnect
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My summer in Korea taught me more about myself than I ever expected.
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CHANCELLOR | We Are Not a Monolith
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This Black History Month, remember that Black communities in America and beyond are not a monolith.
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POGGI | The Hidden Costs of Studying Abroad
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Are you thinking of studying abroad? Think again — because it isn’t cheap.