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...
Opinions
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...
Opinions
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...
Opinions
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...
2011
Applauding a Newly Diversified Housing Strategy
Author: The Occidental Weekly Editorial Board Early last month, this publication reported that the college was weighing the purchase of a complex on Colorado Boulevard as...
2011
America Doesn’t Need Donald Trump in the Oval Office
Author: Jill Goatcher As the 2012 presidential election quickly approaches, Republican voters are frantically searching for a viable candidate to unseat the current president. With no...
2012
Austerity the way forward for Greece
Author: Anthony Labarga Swamped by the extravagance and rampant corruption of their finance ministry, Greek politicians have been left with no choice but to accept another...
2011
Editorial: Aid Not Symetrically Beneficial
Author: The Occidental Weekly Editorial Board In 2009, Occidental instituted a financial aid policy that lowers the funding for students on need-based financial aid should they...
2012
Heeding timely words from nature’s visionary
Author: Ethan Weiss, Opinions Editor Oh, how the times change. Ninety-nine years ago, the city of San Francisco was fighting a fierce battle over the fate...
2011
Campus Safety Should Open the Window to Community
Author: Sam Van Buren In a time when going green is becoming increasingly necessary, Campus Safety should explore energy-saving and cost-cutting alternatives to their patrol cars...
2012
Editorial: Requesting Return of Bookstore Policies
Author: The Occidental Bookstore's new policy, which forces students to prove that they dropped a class in order to return books, represents the continuation of a...
2012
Taking advantage of the landscape
Author: Emma Lodes Living and learning while hidden in the concrete maze of Los Angeles, it is easy to forget that the world is not a...
