Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Settler Colonialism Cannot Explain Israel. Worse, It Cannot Promote Peace
Some of my colleagues write in their Letter to the Editor (LTE) of Nov. 15, 2023 that I am wrong to claim, in my...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: It is not antisemitic to say Israel is a settler colonial state
In an article titled “37 professors sign pro-Palestine email, face pushback from colleagues,” The Occidental quoted Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (CSLC) professor...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Oxy needs to add Asian American Studies to its repertoire
Em Gao -
Content warning: This article discusses the texts that emerged in February between two Occidental students that included genocidal, racist speech toward Asian people. Upon hearing...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: The racism of the pandemic, on and off campus
Anne Yu -
Content warning: This letter discusses racial discrimination and violence toward Asian people. I got my first COVID-19 vaccination March 3, 2021. I felt such relief...
2014
Letter to the Editor – Feb. 26
Author: Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to respond to The Weekly’s recent opinion article about Greek Life’s exclusivity. Speaking on behalf of...
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor – April 9
Author: Dear Editor,In Juliet Suess’s April 2 article on the TEDx conference, junior CTSJ major Andrew Wilcox expresses his disillusion with the event, writing, “The...
2014
Letter to the Editor – April 16
Author: Dear Editor, In response to “Taiwan must embrace economic integration with China.” As an international student from Taiwan, and from someone who lived there for the...
2014
Letter to the editor – April 23
Author: Dear Editor, Last week, our alumni representative met with President Veitch. Some good progress has been made toward ending Oxy’s massive safety problem but many...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor – April 30
Author: Dear Editor, On Sunday evening there was a candlelight vigil for survivors of sexual assault on campus outside of the board of trustees...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor — Oct. 1
Author: Dear Editor,On Sept. 23, The Weekly published an editorial arguing that alumni donations have mostly benefited a small proportion of the student body. This...
Letters to the Editor
Letter from the Editor – February 11, 2015
Author: Alex Nieves As I turned to my keyboard to start writing this letter, the clock slowly started to tick past 3 a.m. on a Tuesday...
2015
Letters to the Editor
Author: Last week, The Occidental Weekly published an article titled “Professor Complacency Perpetuates Racism on Campus,” which described an exchange between an Occidental student, a...
