Opinions
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Everything changes and nothing remains still
When I was little, I had extremely strict rules and expectations for my future: be a computer engineer like my father, start a nonprofit...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Ask yourself, why not?
Every morning before middle school, my mom would say to me: “Be kind, be courageous and don’t mumble.” Much of my college experience has...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: A love letter to shared spaces
I grew up an only child, and it is safe to say that I came to college with a fear of shared spaces — communal bathrooms,...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: An obvious metaphor between the moon mission and college
There’s a scene in Samantha Harvey’s 2023 book "Orbital" in which an astronaut on the International Space Station tells his daughter that progress is beautiful....
2013
Letter to the Editor – May 3
Author: Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to the April 20th editorial, “Recent Dialogue Sheds Light on Lack of Campus Resources”. While I agree with...
2013
Humanity must renew its curiousity in space
Author: William Stupp On Sept. 12, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the Voyager 1 probe had left the boundary of our solar...
2013
House Republicans shut down women’s rights
Author: Cordelia Kenney The federal government reopened last Wednesday after nearly two weeks of being shut down. The inability of the House and the Senate to...
2013
Unpopular Opinions with Ella: An Oxy Confession
Author: Ella Fornari Occidental students love to spill their souls. Their anonymous souls. Their apparently really horny anonymous souls. Since the Facebook page "Oxy Confessions" started last...
2014
Macklemore receives bad rep for good rap
Author: Earl Park Rap is rhythm-assisted poetry. Rap is a representation of what’s going on in one’s mind and in one’s life. Rap is a craft,...
2014
To care or not to care, that is the seniors’ question
Author: Arielle Laub Recently I showed up to a non-Weekly work meeting smelling like beer and cigarettes. The co-worker sitting next to me leaned in and...
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...
Off campus
A Freshman’s guide to outdoor escapes
Author: Emma Lodes Incoming students choose Occidental College for a wide array of reasons: challenging academics; small size; the liberal arts philosophy; proximity to Los Angeles....
