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...
Editorial
Occidental community should show more support for athletics
Roughly 40 percent of Occidental students compete in some form of athletics in a given school year. A large percentage of them are members...
Editorial
Alumni should communicate frustrations to administration, not Telefund
Annual giving to Occidental last year amounted to over $18 million, or 4 percent of the school’s annual budget, according to the 2013 annual...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor – April 16
Dear Editor, In response to “Taiwan must embrace economic integration with China.” As an international student from Taiwan, and from someone who lived there for the...
Opinions
SpringFest transports prove dance-ban policy ineffective
Hats off to Programming Board (PB) for a very successful SpringFest. Apart from a few minor glitches, common at most events, the day ran...
Opinions
Canal through Nicaragua promises social, ecological mess
Trees and heritage alike uprooted, water poisoned, people displaced from their homes and animals disappearing from existence; these are the most pressing consequences of...
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor – April 9
Dear Editor,In Juliet Suess’s April 2 article on the TEDx conference, junior CTSJ major Andrew Wilcox expresses his disillusion with the event, writing, “The...
Editorial
Registration PIN envelope system is inefficient, wasteful
Each year registration, like room draw, is inevitably stressful for students. While much of this stress can be attributed to a desire to get...
Editorial
Off-campus employment provides real-world experience
While Occidental takes great pride in the number of student employees on campus, there is still a large percentage of students here who are...
