Opinions
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Everything changes and nothing remains still
When I was little, I had extremely strict rules and expectations for my future: be a computer engineer like my father, start a nonprofit...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Ask yourself, why not?
Every morning before middle school, my mom would say to me: “Be kind, be courageous and don’t mumble.” Much of my college experience has...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: A love letter to shared spaces
I grew up an only child, and it is safe to say that I came to college with a fear of shared spaces — communal bathrooms,...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: An obvious metaphor between the moon mission and college
There’s a scene in Samantha Harvey’s 2023 book "Orbital" in which an astronaut on the International Space Station tells his daughter that progress is beautiful....
Opinions
Starbucks "Race Together" flops as a tasteless marketing campaign
Imagine hurriedly stopping at your local coffee shop on your way to work in the morning. Bleary-eyed and un-caffeinated, you approach the counter. Let's...
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Last week, The Occidental Weekly published an article titled “Professor Complacency Perpetuates Racism on Campus,” which described an exchange between an Occidental student, a...
Editorial
Core curriculum should adapt to technological times
Occidental's mission is founded on a holistic educational experience that prepares its students for an increasingly complex world. With the rise of the Internet...
Opinions
Dictators deserve denunciations from media, not punchlines
Vladimir Putin returned March 16 from a 10-day disappearance from office, and the internet has been having quite a laugh about it. Rather than...
Opinions
InternLA/PDX needs revised program policy
For the first time since starting InternLA/PDX, Occidental's Career Development Center (CDC) has decided that former participants may not apply for a second internship...
On Campus
Why Senate, not Honor Board, is DEBI's biggest obstacle
Nobody rejects the mission of the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB). No person within our community wants the “I, Too, Am Oxy” stories to...
Editorial
Boycott to protect black identity: abandoning white fraternities and their enduring racism
This past week has set ablaze a wildfire in Greek life discourse about the very thing that seems to be making the world go...
Opinions
Guns will not solve the college sexual assault problem
A girl in her late teens lets a boy lead her upstairs at a party. She has had several drinks; she cannot remember how...
