Opinions

Opinion: LSAC ban on Iranian-American students is an attack on education

In early September, the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) banned many Iranian-American students from accessing their LSAC accounts for taking the Law School Admissions Tests (LSAT). As an...

Opinion: Sweeney’s sexualization ostracizes women in sports

September 2026 Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney launched an advertisement in partnership with Novig, a federally regulated U.S. prediction market. In the ad, Sweeney is posed...

Opinion: Yes, Ed Sheeran did sign up for this

Growing up, I was always encouraged to stand up for what I believe in — no matter the cost. This value was instilled in...

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...

Dartmouth bans hard alcohol in vain effort to reduce sexual assault

Author: Wellesley Daniels Dartmouth College President Phil Hanlon announced a campus-wide ban on hard alcohol Jan. 29 in response to recent scrutiny surrounding the school's infamous...

Why Senate, not Honor Board, is DEBI’s biggest obstacle

Author: Henry Dickmeyer Nobody rejects the mission of the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB). No person within our community wants the “I, Too, Am Oxy” stories...

Conversations will not eliminate entrenched racism in SAE

Author: Martin Pittman “There will never be a n*gg*r in SAE. There will never be a n*gg*r in SAE. You can hang him from a tree,...

Carly Fiorina’s hypocrisy discredits appeal to female voters

Author: Charlotte Umanoff As a supporter of Bernie Sanders, my only decision when following the GOP race is which candidate is the lesser of what is...

US gun control needs new approach

Author: Hannah Fishbein News broadcasts of mass shootings and school campuses devastated by gun violence have become a familiar sight on Americans’ television screens. The events...

It’s time to eliminate idea of a ‘standard’ way of speaking

Author: Lena Smith "I'm Sorry, But May We Discuss Tentative Speech?" was the title of Friday's episode of Forum on KQED, the branch of National Public...

Hillary Clinton: the most honest candidate in the race

Author: Rachel Cohn I cannot pretend to have read each of the thousands of online articles devoted to criticizing Hillary Clinton, but I can tell you...

Administration must maintain campus dialogue, momentum

Author:  After students led by Oxy United for Black Liberation — headed by members of the Black Student Alliance and Coalition at Oxy for Diversity...