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...
2014
Mind the cap: students need more work hours
Author: Henry Dickmeyer Today's students are overwhelmed by tuition hikes and debt obligations. According to Financial Aid Research at The Chronicle of Higher Education, the price...
2015
Charlie Hebdo tragedy still waiting for the punchline
Author: Henry Dickmeyer I am probably not Charlie Hebdo. I have never been sued by the Grand Mosque of Paris for depicting Muhammad with a bomb...
Editorial
Seize your summer: students should take advantage of study abroad opportunities
Author: Occidental students should take advantage of the opportunities the college offers to travel and conduct research abroad, particularly during summer and winter breaks. The...
2015
Esquire feature reveals the media’s inherent bias and tendency to finger-point in sexual assault coverage
Author: Jane Drinkard Esquire Magazine published an article March 25 titled, “Occidental Injustice: The Disastrous Fallout when Drunk Sex Meets Academic Bureaucracy.” The lengthy article by...
2015
Bernanke loses credit by joining Wall Street ranks
Author: Carmen Triola It has been a few weeks since former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke began his new job as a blogger at Citadel, a...
2015
Administration did not properly address C.O.D.E. demands
Author: Emily Gao A student gets his ID out of his car at the request of Campus Safety. As he turns to pick up his ID,...
2015
Consumers should curb Uber usage, protest practices
Author: Gabriel Dunatov Uber’s dramatic rise has been nothing short of a revolution. Founded in San Francisco in 2009, the app is now usable in 60...
2015
Rubio is wrong: liberal arts degrees are still valuable
Author: Claire Cancilla In the Republican presidential debate Nov. 10, Marco Rubio declared, incorrectly, that “welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and...
