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: 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...

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.”...

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...

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...

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...

Opinion: Hollywood vs. originality

If someone compared my sentiment from the time I was 4 years old watching "The Wiggles" to my sentiment at 14 years old watching...

Letter to the editor: An open letter to the Oxy community

Dear students, As I pen down this note, waves of memories wash over me, reminding me of the extraordinary journey we have embarked upon together...

Opinion: My memories are made with music

Tilting my head back, I blinked hard to stop the sudden tears. "Oh, I feel so down When you’re not with me..." Listening to The Blaze’s performance...

Gap Year Column: Digging deeper into my family history

“Laokele” is a word in the Shanghainese dialect used to describe old gentlemen who thrive in delicacy and luxury influenced by the Western culture....

Opinion: Hasan Minhaj’s ’emotional truths’ aren’t victimless

I remember exactly where I was when I found out Hasan Minhaj was a liar. I was lying in bed on a Sunday night,...

Opinion: Artsakh is Armenia; it always was, and it always will be…

When I was 11 or 12 years old, my mom told me to memorize a poem that my grandpa (whom I call Pipo) wrote...