News
Black, Hispanic and Native American First-Year Enrollment at Cornell Drops After Affirmative Action Ban
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Cornell saw declines in all reported racial categories except Asian, following last year’s overturn of affirmative action.
Editorials
EDITORIAL | Has Cornell Forgotten ‘Any Person, Any Study?’
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Powerhouse universities have told their communities how a loss of affirmative action has affected enrollment. Cornell should follow suit.
News
Belonging in the Sisterhood: Women of Color Detail Underrepresentation, Exclusion in Panhellenic Recruitment and Sorority Life
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Despite the increase in DEI initiatives within sororities under the Panhellenic Association, four members told The Sun about race-related anxieties over recruitment and biases within the Greek Life system.
News
Inside the Backlash to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Cornell
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Cornell’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion has been scrutinized.
Columns
GLASGOW | Crime Reports Should Always Have Race Descriptions
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The crime report about a rape on campus made us realize how vital it is to talk about race.
News
Megan Guefen ’19 to Attempt Rowing Voyage Across Pacific
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Megan Guefen ’19 is a part of Rowing Oceans for Women, a team aiming to break the record for the fastest all-women team to cross the Pacific Ocean.
News
Cornell, Ithaca College Respond to Landmark Supreme Court Higher Education Cases
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The Supreme Court’s decisions regarding affirmative action in college admissions and student loan forgiveness will impact institutions of higher education including Cornell and Ithaca College.
beauty
As Beauty Industry Reckons With Race, Scholars Remain Skeptical
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Hairstyles like “white or Asian people with dreadlocks or box braids, at a time when Black people wearing those styles will have them kicked out of school or fired from their jobs. Some academics talk about this as loving Black culture, but not Black people,” Rooks said.
American
Re-Examinations of Asian-American Identity in ‘Minor Feelings’ & ‘Interior Chinatown’
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Why is it that Asian-Americans never neatly fit into our country’s racial dialogue?
employment
Majority of Black Workers in Tompkins County Do Not Make a Living Wage, Study Finds
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Out of the 971 Black workers over the age of 18 who live in Tompkins County, only 252 make a living wage to support one adult working a full time job.