Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Against the Masking Ban
At the end of the summer, Occidental students received a routine email that should have been startling to anyone with even a cursory knowledge...
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Letter to the Editor: War is the antithesis of community
Tell me what is a better reflection of sanity — the poise of “Strike Package” Tom Stritikus as his crowning moment was under siege,...
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Letter to the Editor: Yes, Israel is a settler-colonial state. Calling it so matters.
Feb. 7, 2024, in response to a Statement of Concern signed by 61 Occidental faculty members, Associate Professor of Classics and Chair of Comparative...
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Letter to the editor: An open letter to the Oxy community
Dear students, As I pen down this note, waves of memories wash over me, reminding me of the extraordinary journey we have embarked upon together...
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Letter to the Editor: Professor Gretchen North issues an apology for the Orientation panel
In response to the letter from students concerning the faculty panel at Orientation, I would like to apologize for getting the panel off on...
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Letter to the Editor: Faculty must be active in rebuilding community trust after failed academic panel
To the faculty of Occidental College, We address you as former leaders of the Orientation program and as students deeply affected by the faculty panel...
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President Veitch and Vice President Amos Himmelstein, end Oxy’s complicity in Israeli apartheid
Dear President Veitch and VP Amos Himmelstein; We are a collective of students concerned about the possibility of Oxy’s unethical investments in companies complicit in...
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Letter to the editor: A call for horizontal leadership from ASOC DEB & ASOC RESF
Dear Oxy Students, With the ASOC elections ongoing, the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) and Renewable Energy and Sustainability Fund (RESF) have considered endorsing...
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Letter to the editor: Highland Park is changing and so must we
Highland Park and the broader Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) area are in flux. Storefronts come and go, unfamiliar faces become a familiar fog and...
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Letter to the editor: From South Africa to Palestine, end investment in apartheid crimes #OxyDivest
It is time to divest from Israeli apartheid, and to join other colleges and organizations that have taken a stand against violent, discriminatory policies...
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Letter to the editor: I stand with the Yale faculty who resigned from an exploited program in Ethnicity, Race & Migration. I am doing...
This letter originally appeared on Professor Courtney Baker's personal Facebook page. It has been reproduced here in its entirety, with only minor changes made...
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Letter to the editor: The jig is up, Oxy will always be anti-Black
Through engaging advocacy around the recent resurfacing of blackface and eugenics, I have been reminded of the College’s ongoing love affair with antiblackness. Occidental...
