EDITORIAL | The Bubble Has Popped

GUEST ROOM | On the Position of University Presidents

161 Things Every Cornellian Should Do

CHEYFITZ | President by Fiat

STITH | Cornell is a Microcosm of America, and Kotlikoff is our Own Trump

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Class of 2029, Welcome to Cornell!

Editor-in-Chief Julia Senzon '26 welcomes the Class of 2029 to Cornell.

BURZLAFF | Beyond the Silent Wall: Participation Is a Process, Not a Performance

BURZLAFF | Teaching and Learning as Acts of Hope

What does it mean to teach and learn in uncertain times — both in the world writ large and here on campus? Professor and Opinion Columnist Jan Burzlaff reflects on navigating education as a collective construction of meaning when tensions spike, trust breaks down and people pull back into their own spaces.

CARUSO | Cornell has a (D)uty to (E)veryone (I)n this Community

As diversity, equity and inclusion programs in higher education are being targeted by President Donald Trump, how does Cornell's guiding principles of "any person, any study" position it as the leader of DEI defense? In his first-ever Sun piece, Columnist Paul Caruso argues that as one of the first universities in the nation (and notably the first Ivy League) to admit Black Americans and women, it is in our DNA to defend our community tooth and nail.

AGRAWAL | Finding Your Resistance: Personal Struggle and Political Action

CHANCELLOR | The True University

In mid-March, Christian pastors and apologists (i.e. defenders of Christianity) Cliffe and Stuart Knecthle came to campus, the closest thing to Socrates in Plato’s dialogues coming to fruition. Hundreds of students, not just from Cornell but from all over, gathered together in the center of campus not to hear someone drone on about their worldview but for dialogue.

BURZLAFF | Office Hours (Open Door Edition)

GUEST ROOM | Silenced, Not Heard: The Collapse of Open Dialogue

Many Israelis, Palestinians and diaspora Jews have long believed in open dialogue and collaboration as a path to peace. However, the landscape shifted dramatically following the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and the war that followed, challenging long-standing efforts for peace. The rise in hostility made it impossible to continue these conversations.

GUEST ROOM | Cornell, Stand Firm

GUEST ROOM | Cornell! Academic Freedom Depends on Your Resistance!

As Trump continues to annihilate American democracy by asserting that the truth is what he says it is, morality is what he says it is, law is what he says it is, and the Constitution means what he says it means, shouldn’t we be able to rely on the administrators leading our universities to stand with us? To protect us? Sadly, that’s not happening. 

AREVALO | Resistance Comes in Trickles, Not Floods

SCHECHTER | The New Guy Must Unite the Ivies