Opinions
Opinions
Opinion: Wellness was never meant to be an achievement
I’ve started to wonder how much I actually know about my body. When I exercise, I can see my heart rate, calories burned and how...
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Opinion: Amidst recent backlash, MSI is more important than ever
I came to Occidental, thousands of miles away from my home in Virginia, completely unfamiliar with my surroundings but eager to learn. Participating in...
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Opinion: The Sparkletts plant sits vacant. Here’s what to do.
During my second week at Occidental, I had to get my medication from the CVS on York Boulevard. As I was heading home, I...
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Opinion: Write for your inner child
There is a scene in the 2010 animated Walt Disney movie “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue” where Lizzy, a young human girl, works on...
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Opinion: Do restorative circles prevent harm or cause it?
There I was, with my fellow orientation leaders, sitting in a restorative circle. I had never heard of such a thing before. But after...
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John and Jerry’s jinx: an autopsy of the worst owners in sports
John Fisher and the Athletics When it comes to the world of Major League Baseball, it’s common to see fan disdain heaped upon team owners...
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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Opinion: Do you think Trump is a madman? That’s exactly what he wants
As the world watches, the president of the United States threatens allies with military action, slams the world with tariffs and cozies up to America’s enemies. It's been...
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Opinion: MAHA is RFK’s unprecedented assault on American medicine
It’s no exaggeration to say that the second Trump administration may be the most transformative regime America has ever experienced. From gutting federal government...
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Opinion: Escape learned helplessness, find a “will to meaning”
In his 1946 book “Man’s Search for Meaning,” neurosurgeon and psychologist Victor Frankl details his experience as a Holocaust survivor. We follow Frankl through...
Letters to the Editor
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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Opinion: First, they came for the green card holders
Within a couple weeks of my first piece on the brazen authoritarian shift we’re witnessing in our government, the disappearance and detention of green card and...
