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...
Opinions
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...
Opinions
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...
Opinions
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...
Editorial
Opinion: This ‘Chinese Cowgirl’ finds her place in the third culture
I like to refer to myself as "The Chinese Cowgirl," joking about the weird mishmash of cultures I grew up in. I was born...
Editorial
Opinion: The dangers and wonders of “The Summer I Turned Pretty”
In Season 2, Episode 5 of "The Summer I Turned Pretty," two teenagers almost kiss to Frank Ocean’s “Nikes,” a song that touches on police brutality against...
Opinions
Column: Unveiling the apprehension and embracing the gap year
Renee Ye -
Part of the beauty about my gap year in Shanghai is that things that used to have little significance to me have started to...
Opinions
Opinion: Why I celebrate autumn in a seasonless LA
Growing up, the glow in the Colorado air as the season shifted into autumn filled me with anticipation. I began imagining fabulous backyard birthday...
Opinions
Opinion: Los Angeles, City of Angels and romanticized roads
Noah Kim -
There we were, me and six of my fellow Oxy first-year compatriots, standing on the side of Mulholland Drive as the hazard lights of...
Opinions
Opinion: I love California and California loves me
Lee Lang -
I’m from the south side of Minneapolis, a tight-knit community within a big, sprawling city. Or what I thought was a big, sprawling city...
Opinions
Opinion: I’m still watching Lahaina burn. Are you?
Just a month after the nation’s deadliest wildfire that left at least 115 people dead, residents of Lahaina, Maui and families across Hawaiʻi, including...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Seek discomfort and seize the day
I was touted as “Occidental’s Most Involved Student”. And before I graduate, here are some lessons I’d like to impart. Throughout my time at Oxy, I...
