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...

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...

Opinion: It’s okay to be ‘Deathly Afraid’

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...

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...

Letter to the Editor – August 29

Author:  We congratulate -- and thank -- the Black Student Alliance (BSA) for the inspiring "Keeping the Dream Alive" march, panel discussion, and candlelight vigil...

Syria Political Cartoon

Author:  Cartoon by George Summers (junior). This article has been archived, for more requests please contact us via the support system.

Amazon Rainforest necessitates global response

Author: Emma Lodes Spanning eight South American countries and 2.6 million square miles, the Amazon Rainforest has the world’s greatest biodiversity and holds the world’s largest...

National standards cheapen learning

Author: Lucy Feickert The Common Core, a set of nationwide education standards, is being implemented in the majority of states and aims to offer students equal...

Short move-in period should be less rushed, more open

Author:  Students at Occidental College share certain common experiences as a product of attending the same school. One of those is move-in day. The college...

January term would ‘Re-Engage’ students academically

Author:  It is the perennial paradox of Occidental students: when at school, we are constantly complaining about all of our school work, but once we...

Occidental community should show more support for athletics

Author:  Roughly 40 percent of Occidental students compete in some form of athletics in a given school year. A large percentage of them are members...

Occidental lags in California drought awareness

Author: Donovan Dennis Los Angeles defies the mold of most major global cities. We throw New York’s “scenes” scene to the curb, preferring individualistic attitudes and...