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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Guns Are Required to Maintain Freedom and Safe Society

Disallowing the possession of firearms in any public space, including public colleges and universities, is a direct assault on the liberties granted to every...

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

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 social...