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...
Opinions
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...
2011
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...
2011
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...
2011
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...
2011
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...
2012
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...
2012
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...
2012
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...
2013
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...
