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...

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...

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...

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...

Is Obama Gambling Too Much in the Name of Green?

Author: Alex Zeldin President Obama will soon have to defend what may be the first scandal in his administration. Solyndra, a manufacturer of solar energy panels...

Occidental is Stalling on Skotcheim’s Amethyst Commitment

Author: Alex Zeldin In 2008, Occidental College President Robert A. Skotheim signed a pledge in full support of the  Amethyst Initiative. The Amethyst Initiative is an...

Date of the Union: Bipartisan Gimmick Doesn’t Signal Real Unity

Author: Jill Goatcher Straying from the usual dinner and a movie, date night got a makeover this past Tuesday. The annual State of the Union address...

Hardly a Charity Event for the Single Ladies

Author: Jill Goatcher With the leader of Libya, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and his family in the midst of a bloody battle to hold onto power, it...

Music industry fails to create, innovate

Author: Adrian Hairapetian Recently, Mumford & Sons, an English folk-rock band formed in 2007, released their long-awaited, second studio album "Babel." The 12-track record sold 600,000 copies...

Mourning the loss of print News(week)

Author: Ian Mariani Newsweek will halt production of its print edition starting December 31 of this year after 80 years of publication, but is anyone surprised? Newsweek's...

Recent Israel-Gaza conflict revives two-state debate

Author: Ella Fornari After years of rocket fire and jilted rhetoric from both sides, the news of rocket fire in Israel and Gaza two weeks ago first...

Summer abroad

Author: Sarah Corsa When I walked up to one of the tables at the Summer Abroad Fair last month, the first question the representative asked me...