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...
Opinions
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.”...
Opinions
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...
Opinions
Opinion: A love letter to dance
“Please, allow me to show you something…” The song "Drunk Dialing…LODT" by Summer Walker became an anchor for me this past year; her words helped...
Opinions
Opinion: UC Berkeley housing battle shows the limits of appealing to ‘community’
UC Berkeley was forced to cap its enrollment at 2020 levels March 3, jeopardizing the opportunity for thousands of students to attend the college....
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...
Opinions
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...
