Opinions
Opinions
Opinion: Be yourself for Halloween
The first time Halloween rolled around after I started college, I found myself without a costume. I was two months into my very first...
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Opinion: The ugly truth of Korean beauty standards
Looking back at my life growing up in Seoul, I noticed how quietly misogyny started seeping into everyday life in the form of beauty...
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Opinion: It’s okay to be ‘Deathly Afraid’
Levi Lee -
It’s the spookiest time of the year, and everyone is gearing up for the season’s festivities. Back home, I never really celebrated Halloween, but...
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Opinion: The Cornell Daily Sun demonstrates the power of student voices
This article includes discussion of sexual assault. Sept. 21 the Cornell Daily Sun, Cornell University’s independent daily student newspaper, published an editorial revealing the names that became...
2015
Boycott of Tarantino films distracts from violence
Author: Peter Johnson Quentin Tarantino, award-winning director of films such as “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained” is waging a war of words with the national police...
2016
Infotainament capitalizes on short attention spans
Author: Rachel Cohn Several companies are challenging traditional cable news stations and video outlets for the coveted role among millennials as the go-to source for video-based...
2016
Trump’s popularity reflects larger international movement
Author: Rachel Cohn Donald Trump, once an unthinkable candidate for the presidency, is now poised to win the Republican nomination with a lead in 19 out...
2016
Tumultuous world issues need interdisciplinary approach: Liberal Arts education equips students with skills to succeed
Author: Donovan Dennis Liberal arts colleges are elite. They are beautiful, tony, progressive, expensive — seemingly inaccessible. For many students, spending a sum equivalent to the...
2011
Obama’s Pot Policy Not The Shake-Up People Think
Author: Griffin Mead While local dispensaries and medical marijuana users have decried recent federal investigations of California's medical marijuana dispensaries as an unwarranted crackdown and a...
2011
Applauding a Newly Diversified Housing Strategy
Author: The Occidental Weekly Editorial Board Early last month, this publication reported that the college was weighing the purchase of a complex on Colorado Boulevard as...
2011
America Doesn’t Need Donald Trump in the Oval Office
Author: Jill Goatcher As the 2012 presidential election quickly approaches, Republican voters are frantically searching for a viable candidate to unseat the current president. With no...
2012
Austerity the way forward for Greece
Author: Anthony Labarga Swamped by the extravagance and rampant corruption of their finance ministry, Greek politicians have been left with no choice but to accept another...
