Opinions
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...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: All roads of personal growth lead to Rome
Since coming back from my study abroad semester in Rome, Italy, I have spent the last few months dwelling on the experience I had...
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Opinion: Capoeira is a ‘jeito’ of life
The other night, I dreamt of berimbaus (single string gourd instruments) singing in the distance and gravelly voices whispering along to “Deixa eu passar.”...
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Opinion: Even if the bubble bursts, AI will survive
It seems like it’s become impossible to navigate contemporary daily life without encountering some form of AI. From Google automatically incorporating Gemini into its search results...
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Opinion: Finding meaning in snail mail
Every morning after my first class, I make a quick stop in the mail room. I peer into my mailbox and check to see...
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Opinion: I see you, and you see me, too
A friend recently told me that they described me to someone on campus, someone who I’d never met, as “the girl who wears blush,” and it gave me pause. It...
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....
