Opinions
Opinions
Opinion: Wellness was never meant to be an achievement
I’ve started to wonder how much I actually know about my body. When I exercise, I can see my heart rate, calories burned and how...
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Opinion: Amidst recent backlash, MSI is more important than ever
I came to Occidental, thousands of miles away from my home in Virginia, completely unfamiliar with my surroundings but eager to learn. Participating in...
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Opinion: The Sparkletts plant sits vacant. Here’s what to do.
During my second week at Occidental, I had to get my medication from the CVS on York Boulevard. As I was heading home, I...
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Opinion: Write for your inner child
There is a scene in the 2010 animated Walt Disney movie “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue” where Lizzy, a young human girl, works on...
Culture
The Occidental writers share their favorite on-campus study spots
Peer Tutoring Center By Sabastian Luyen (Staff writer) When I need a quiet place to rush through my readings or quickly finish an assignment before my...
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Opinion: Childhood pets leave us too soon
We all know that death is inevitable. Sorry to start this on such a downer, but it’s true — especially with our pets. I’m sure...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: How to be OK with being alone
For the past 19 years, my biggest fear has always remained the same. The most typical fears — heights, the dark, small spaces and snakes...
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Opinion: Five things I learned hitchhiking for the first time
It was 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. I was standing at an intersection across the street from a gravel production plant, an empty commercial building and...
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Opinion: Occidental must do better for disabled students
Behind Stewie, next to the bench overlooking the LA horizon and the mounted pair of binoculars to better take in the view, is a slightly...
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Opinion: Finding old friends in new ones
My two roommates and I are close friends from high school that decided to go to Oxy together. Ever since we arrived here Aug....
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Opinion: New school, new city, new me?
On a normal day at Oxy I'll wake up, do my hair and makeup and walk out of the door. As my made-up face...
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Opinion: Claudia Goldin’s Nobel shows how far women have come, and how far society has to go
Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, was the recipient of the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her contributions...
