HeyJaredAli AlSaif
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- Sep 17, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for The Cornell Daily Sun – Ithaca
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- Aug 28, 2026
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The Museum Is Supposed to Hurt (opens the original)
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I have a confession to make. I love museums. I love the distinct, climate-controlled perfume of chilled air, polished marble, antique paper and dignified (bordering on pretentious) quiet. Stepping through the huge museum doors, both as a child and now, makes you feel small. You can stand before a lunar landing module, or a massive fossil, and walk away with a cozy sense that the universe was neatly categorized just for you to take it in. It was fully understood, and safely guarded by adults far
Sun Roundtable: Protest Culture on Campus (opens the original)
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Subjective writers from The Sun gathered for a roundtable discussion to examine student protest culture on campus. Our writers considered how attitudes towards protests have changed, discourse vs. disruption, and the University administration’s impact on our protest behavior. The Sun Roundtable series is a recurring discussion that invites writers from Opinion, Arts & Culture, and Lifestyle to deliberate on contemporary and contentious issues affecting Cornellians. Ali AlSaif is a member of the
You Can’t Handle the ‘Iliad’ (opens the original)
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Whenever I want to quantify the modern readership’s relationship with classical antiquity, a quick look at Goodreads proves highly instructive. On the platform, Homer’s Iliad possesses only half the number of reviews found on its chronological successor, the Odyssey. One epic is universally prevalent, effortlessly contemporary and adapted endlessly; the other remains critically revered but generally avoided. What accounts for this disparity? Why have we largely forgotten Achilles, the civilizati
HATER FRIDAY | Stop Making TikTok Edits (opens the original)
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Michelangelo had his mallet, Daft Punk had their synthesizers and Stanley Kubrick had his ZEISS lenses. The humble TikTok editor has CapCut: an impressive tool — if only they didn’t feel the need to use it on literally everyone and everything. Like most Cornell students, I (unfortunately) scroll. Whether it be Instagram Reels or TikTok, platforms have honed their short-form craft well enough to keep us satiated for hours on end. You might enjoy watching cat videos, fragmented clips of movies and
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