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...

Occidental campus: not a trash can

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Expensive AHVA comps lack appropriate funding

Author:  The Art History and Visual Arts (AHVA) department designed its senior comprehensives (comps) requirements to simulate professional environments for artists, art historians and filmmakers....

Skype Translator to break language barriers

Author: Lena Smith The universal translator from "Star Trek," the babelfish from "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy" and a real human interpreter are a few...

Occidental community needs accomplices, not allies, in fight for diversity and equity on campus

Author: Damian Mendieta A careful glance at the Coalition at Occidental for Diversity and Equity’s (C.O.D.E.) timeline shows the rise and fall of student movements for...

DEB provides step forward towards campus commitment to equity

Author: Damian Mendieta Today, Honor Board will vote to determine if Diversity and Equity Board Initiative (DEBI) merits an additional student body fee of $7, a...

Effects of climate change already in U.S.’s backyard

Author: Donovan Dennis President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Alaska has been condemned by critics as a media stunt, a cover-up to assuage Alaskans for setting...

Letter to the Editor from recent C.O.D.E. alumni

Author:  Dear Occidental Dean of Students Office and the Oxy Community: As Oxy alumni, we are appalled by the recent events on campus. This letter is...

Police in schools have caused more harm than good

Author: Sydney Hemmendinger Earlier this month, video footage of a white male police officer violently flipping over and then dragging a black female student out of...