Cornell has shown itself to be a profit-driven structure caring more about its assets, leadership security and donor influence than it does the concerns or safety of its students or the hypocrisy of its actions.
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DO | Goodbye to My Small Handful
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One insight that my dad often shares with me is that whether you are happy is mostly dictated by a select few relationships in your life.
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OBASEKI | Leaving A Promising Cornell
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For a fruitful educational and developmental experience, strive for that which seems impossible but is feasible with a steadfast dedication to the concept of free speech we all look to champion: a common sense for civil discourse.
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EICHER | Why I Don’t Drink in College
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I gave much of the first two years of my college experience to alcohol, but over the past two years, I have gained so much back.
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Sandford | Days of Future Past
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I am a historian by trade, borne back ceaselessly into the past. As such, various professors have beaten into me the fact that my writing needs what we in the industry call a “So What Question.” The question that I’ve had on my mind since the beginning of this year is what comes next?
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BASU l Timekeeping
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Some of us don’t know where we’ll be next year and even for those that do, whether it’s a job or graduate school, our everyday lives will probably be drastically different from what we’ve known for the last four years.
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MEHLER | Thank You, Steven
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Even at graduation’s door, I am finding out more about what I could love further.
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LEYNSE | Finding Your Voice in Cornell’s Cacophony
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Cornell can be cacophonous. There is so much going on at all times, so many dialogues and conversations, that it’s easy to feel like your voice doesn’t matter. But it does. Find your version of The Sun, a place where you know that your voice matters.
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CIPPERMAN | The Class That Saved Cornell
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Every graduating senior knows some version of my story at Cornell. The class of 2023 is unique, and unified, in our trials and triumphs through COVID-19. We alone have seen the before and after. We are the class that watched Cornell fall apart, and we are the class that rebuilt it — preserving and restoring the traditions, cultures and communities that make this place worthwhile. For once, I write not to break news in The Sun, but to express generational solidarity. Our class, despite all odds and administrative difficulties, saved Cornell.
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COLIE | Memory Eternal
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We carry with us some part of those who shaped our lives in any way, and I am happy to have known her, just as I am happy to know those who also shaped my life at Cornell and elsewhere.
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KUBINEC | In Praise of Lingering
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Not to go all opinion-writer-run-amok, but recently, I haven’t had the rosiest feelings for McGraw Tower. Its quarter-hour clanging feels obnoxious. I get it! Time is running out! No need for the constant reminder!