What seemed to be the impossible just happened. Donald J. Trump has been elected President of the United States. During this long and gruesome election cycle, we were told this could never happen. We were told his candidacy was a joke. We were told he could never win even the primaries. We were told that...
On Friday, the Cornell Republicans announced their endorsement of the Libertarian party’s nominee, Gary Johnson, for President. The announcement came in a lengthy facebook post, which included describing Johnson as a “true conservative.” In response, the New York Federation of College Republicans decided to revoke recognition of the Cornell chapter. Contrary to claims made by...
Dean of Students candidate Vijay Pendakur participated in an open forum last Friday, during which he discussed his life story and vision for Cornell. He stressed that he would consider all students when making decisions as dean. He said during the forum “If I say ‘The dean’s area of focus is diversity and inclusion,’ the...
The Cornell Republicans announced that they plan to make an announcement regarding a presidential endorsement later this week. In response, the Cornell Daily Sun published an editorial titled “Cornell Republicans Must Renounce Donald Trump.” According to the Sun, Trump’s candidacy “poses an imminent threat to the values of our country and our campus” and is...
The Cornell Daily Sun recently featured an opinion piece written by three students calling on Cornell to divest its endowment from Israeli companies. Like many other universities across the globe, Cornell is no stranger to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign aimed at Israel. In the spring of 2014, an actual resolution calling for...
On Tuesday, Cornell Professor Elizabeth Sanders, government, presented a lecture titled “Donald Trump: a fascist, populist or demagogue reminiscent of George Wallace?” at a meeting of the Cornell Political Union. The event consisted of a speech by Sanders, followed by a group discussion. Her speech consisted of an explanation behind her label of Trump, as...
Our nation has suffered a terrible loss. With the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last week, the nation has lost an intellectual anchor of the originalist position in the highest court’s conservative wing. It is virtually undisputed that Scalia was a great legal mind. He served on the court for 29 years and...
On the evening of Nov. 13, the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL or ISIS) carried out a series of terrorist attacks in Paris and a suburb called Saint-Denis. Among locations attacked were restaurants, bars, a concert hall, and a sports stadium. As of now, the death toll is above 120. That makes...
On Thursday, Cornell students and some faculty members took to Ho Plaza to protest issues like the minimum wage and student loan debt as part of the national campaign called the Million Student March. The protests began their demonstration outside Willard Straight Hall, taking turns to deliver speeches. Some carried signs reading “No justice, no...
Unlike the other Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders describes himself as a Democratic Socialist. True to the word, he is campaigning on a radical, massive expansion of government, which includes, among other proposals, the creation of a single-payer healthcare system, free tuition at public universities, and an expansion of Social Security. Because he comes off as...