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...
2012
Ending the failed war on drugs
Author: Joe Siegal Following a first term in which President Obama's policies reinforced the status quo in the United States' "war on drugs," American voters on Nov....
2013
Meal plan reform values perception over affordability
Author: Ryan Strong Recently, Occidental College’s Campus Dining Department realized it had a problem. Student surveys put Occidental food on the low end of a “value"...
2013
Yes, women can have it all
Author: Lucy Feickert The debate over whether or not women can have it all – a career and a family – has been of great concern...
2013
In the end, President Veitch must lead Occidental
Author: Henry Dickmeyer It’s no secret that Jonathan Veitch was named Occidental’s newest president in 2009 to return political and philosophical integrity to the school. After...
2013
Veitch must lead
Author: Ryan Strong Last Thursday, President Jonathan Veitch walked into a faculty meeting and delivered an emotional plea for reconciliation, civil
discourse and “expression of affection for people”...
2013
FIFA jeopardizes workers’ rights
Author: Joe Siegal When the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar back in 2010, it was meant to show...
2013
Academic Commons should not throw out books, sell soul
Author: Donovan Dennis Nearly 2,000 years ago, the great Roman philosopher Cicero wrote, “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Thus, any...
2014
Tolerance paradox still runs deep at Occidental
Author: Juliet Suess Occidental College is an intolerant place. Though students, faculty and administration preach that the school is open and tolerant, they are simply upholding...
