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Category: Opinion
BATEMAN | What It Is to Break a Strike
Members of the Cornell community — custodians, groundskeepers, cooks, food service workers, greenhouse employees, gardeners, mechanics and others — are on strike. As the administration has acknowledged, the work these employees do…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Cornell Looks To Keep Momentum in UAW Negotiations
Editor’s Note: A version of this letter was sent to the president of UAW 2300 on Aug. 23 by Laurie Johnston, Senior Director of Staff and Labor Relations, Cornell Department of Human…
KUMAR | Cornell Won’t Stand by Its Workers — so We Will
Cornell University does not care about you. No matter what work you do for the University, how high your grades are or how much you sacrifice to pay that tuition bill, the…
EDITORIAL | The Sun Stands With Striking Workers
Classes don’t start for a week, but Cornell is already back to its miserly ways. This time, it’s in negotiations with their employees, members of the United Auto Workers Local 2300. Negotiating…
GUEST ROOM | Cornell reproduces Big Oil’s disinformation: It’s time to ask why
The alarming gap between climate rhetoric and action is sending our planet over the brink of habitability. A landmark Congressional Report brought that into stark relief by revealing how fossil fuel industry…
DO | Goodbye to My Small Handful
The farewell gauntlet of graduation season has taught me that you can tell a lot about a relationship from how the goodbye feels. Some are messy and tearful, others are a friendly…
COY | Today’s Campus Protests Stir Old Memories for This Sunnie
Editor’s note: The following column appeared in The Sun’s Reunion Edition issue which was published June 7, 2024 for Reunion Weekend. When I read this spring about the protests at Cornell over…
LEUBSDORF | I Really Owe It All to The Sun
Editor’s note: The following column appeared in The Sun’s Reunion Edition issue which was published June 7, 2024 for Reunion Weekend. It was the first time I’d seen Cornell. Without the benefit…
AMSTER | ‘Hocus-Pocus’: The Sun and the Magic of Student Journalism
Editor’s note: The following column appeared in The Sun’s Reunion Edition issue which was published June 7, 2024 for Reunion Weekend. One night on the Ithaca Commons, our old Compugraphic computers crashed…