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...

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,...

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...

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...

Letter to the editor from members of DEB/ASOC

Dear Occidental College Community, Thursday, Nov. 2, the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) Senate Joint Committee of Academic Affairs...

Letter to the editor from Planned Parenthood Club

During the “100 Days of Trump” event on April 24, a Planned Parenthood Club Executive Board member was asked by the Oxy Conservatives Club...

Fools and journalists rush in

There’s a great cliché about journalists — when there is danger, they rush in when everyone else rushes out. Toward wildfires, riot areas, war...

Letter to the editor by Occidental theater students

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim once said, “I am always conscious of what the actor may ask me. I have a defense for nearly every line...

Letter to the editor from Kobe Cancel: Dear Oxy Theater, do better

CONTENT WARNING: This following article and links discuss issues of sexual assault and sexual violence, including rape.   In an article she co-wrote for Emerson College’s...

Letter to the editor from the Queer Student Alliance

We of the Queer Student Alliance (QSA) write here in concern. We are concerned about both national and campus-based issues. Incidents like the Fall...

Letter to the Editor from President Jonathan Veitch

As Faculty Council President Anthony Chase and I reported at the March faculty meeting, the March 10 immigration policy symposium Occidental organized with the...

Letter to the editor: ASOC President

My name is Paul Charbonneau, and aside from being the guy from whom you have trained your brain to ignore emails (check them out,...