On a cold morning in Ithaca, I sat at CTB sipping coffee as breaking news flashed across my phone screen: a China-controlled Hong Kong court, citing the National Security Law, sentenced 45…
Category: Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Vote to Remove Rep. Mulattieri from Student Assembly
I’m deeply disappointed by the Assembly’s failure to remove Rep. Mulattieri from its ranks. The Cornell Student Assembly is the premier institution for Cornell’s student body. The reputation of the Assembly is derived from…
LIVSHITS | Why I Write: The Burden of Language
“Моя американка” — my American — hits harder than a punch in the gut. It is hurled without warning from my mother’s lips. Just as innocently and quietly, her disdain for my…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Free Speech Is Not a License to Advocate Violence
Maria Lima Valdez ‘25 protested her suspension for her private Instagram post saying “Zionists must die,” arguing “it was not a call to action.” What is Valdez referring to, if not inciting…
DASSER | If Oppenheimer Had Gone to Sunday School
We often throw around the joke that if Oppenheimer had taken an ethics class, maybe we wouldn’t have nuclear bombs. But would those lectures have changed anything? Actually, we’d have been better…
SEX ON THURSDAY | Much to be Thankful for (Syphilis)
Newsletter Signup In US history classes we learn that, after one initial rejection, Queen Isabella agreed to sponsor Christopher Columbus’ journey to discover (and subsequently colonize) the New World. While this isn’t…
SEX ON THURSDAY | Sex Is Overrated
I’m so freaking horny all the time, but all I can think every time I have sex is “When is this going to be over?” I think about sex a little too…
SEX ON THURSDAY | The Price of Penis
Newsletter Signup From prostitution to plane tickets, gas prices to vehicle maintenance, sex does not often come for free. For those financially lucky enough to find themselves amidst convenient geographically located partners,…
SEX ON THURSDAY | It Is Not Only a Frat Issue
Editor’s Note: This column mentions sexual assault and harrassment. If you can relate to any of this, I am deeply sorry. I never thought I would end up writing a column about…
EDITORIAL | Cornell Is Run by a War Profiteer
Just about everyone, whether left or right, wants the Israel-Gaza war to end — except those whose net worths depend on it. One such war profiteer is Kraig Kayser MBA ’84, the…