The month of November began with a ping: an email to the entire student body, faculty and staff declaring a “Community Restorative Day”. In response to “extraordinary stress of the past few…
Category: Opinion
SWENSON | Inside the Boardroom
Newsletter Signup Cornell’s Board of Trustees has 64 voting members, which is the largest in the Ivy-League and the composition is unique among all institutions of higher education. There are representatives from…
WEIRENS | Split Pants to Fast Splits: Reclaiming Health in College
First year students aren’t known for being a picture of good health. The lifestyle of college students in general is characterized with “Freshman 15”, sleep deprivation, midnight junk food feasts and hours of…
SCHWARZ | The Israel-Hamas War and the Effect on the American Jewish Experience
If Israel ought to be abolished because it is guilty of displacing native inhabitants, then the same should go for the United States or Australia, among many other countries. If Israel is racist, then how…
LEVIN | My Grandfather Couldn’t Come to Cornell. But I’m Here Now
Howard Levin, my grandfather, was 17 years old when he lied to the Army recruiter about his age. The year was 1942 — the height of the Second World War. Adolf Hitler…
WILSON | Patrick Kuehl’s Secret Common Council Run Is Undemocratic
Newsletter Signup On Nov. 7, elections were held for multiple Ithaca Common Council positions, including incumbent Jorge DeFendini’s current seat in the Fourth Ward. DeFendini was roundly understood by members of the…
TEBBUTT | Robin’s Song
Ever since surviving my first winter here in Ithaca, I have learned to recognise the song of the robin (Turdus migratorius) as a welcome signal of spring. The warm trills vie with…
SCHWARZ | How We Learn from Our Students
Some of my colleagues and even my own students are surprised when I say that I learn from my students every day. I was told when I first thought about being…
LITVAK | The Middle East Conflict and the Faculty’s Responsibility
There is an episode of Seinfeld in which Jerry’s Catholic dentist, Tim Whately, converts to Judaism. Jerry is very upset and goes to complain to a priest that Whately has been telling…
EINHORN | How Cornellians Can Rise to the Challenge of Our Time
Dear Cornell students, Today, I’m reaching out as part of the Cornell community, which is of deep importance to me and my family. I attended Cornell, as did my parents and two…