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...
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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...
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...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: How to engage again, after all this time
Last year, during the very beginning of the plague, The Occidental published a series called “Letters From,” in which dispersed Occidental students wrote about...
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Opinion: I will always call it Staples Center
When I was 6 years old, my parents took my sister and me to watch the Harlem Globetrotters at the Staples Center. I remember...
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Opinion: Why care about local politics?
In September 2020, councilmember Paul Koretz, who represents the district including UCLA, removed the street redesign project "Uplift Melrose" from LA’s active transportation funding...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Oxy needs to add Asian American Studies to its repertoire
Em Gao -
Content warning: This article discusses the texts that emerged in February between two Occidental students that included genocidal, racist speech toward Asian people. Upon hearing...
Anti-Asian Texts Coverage
Opinion: Unaccountability allows racism to persist
Content warning: This article discusses recently emerged texts between two Occidental students that include genocidal, racist speech toward Asian people. Consistent with The Occidental's coverage...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: The racism of the pandemic, on and off campus
Anne Yu -
Content warning: This letter discusses racial discrimination and violence toward Asian people. I got my first COVID-19 vaccination March 3, 2021. I felt such relief...
Opinions
Opinion: Give people, not cars, the right of way on campus
On the night of Feb. 8, someone stole my bike. It was a beautiful red Trek Series One 1.1 road bike. If you were...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Spotify, Joe Rogan and censorship
When rock icon Neil Young called on Spotify to choose between streaming his work or podcaster Joe Rogan’s, my first thoughts were not about...
