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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...
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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...
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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...
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Opinion: U.S. intervention is a test, we’re failing it
In his State of the Union address, Donald Trump said “The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”...
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Opinion: The hidden crisis in AI therapy and why it should alarm all of us
Content warning: The following article discusses suicide. When news broke about 16-year-old Adam Raine, I found myself rereading the details with growing disbelief. Raine's parents said an...
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Opinion: Karen Bass probably should’ve seen this coming
Ryan Kim -
It isn’t up for debate: Over the last year, the mayor of the City of Los Angeles has become increasingly unpopular. Karen Bass’s polling...
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Opinion: Grand gestures don’t always mend broken hearts
Right after Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid crossed the finish line at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, the spotlight shifted from athletic achievement to something...
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Opinion: Authenticity in the octave of commodity
MJ Jones -
Music is always a place I turn to when the world feels unstable, a space where I can feel grounded in someone else’s story....
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Opinion: ‘Hamnet’ answers Shakespeare’s most famous question
“He lives not.” Before seeing Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet,” one of the top contenders to win this year’s Academy Award for Best Picture, I had never sat in...
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Opinion: ‘Together We Are America’: A halftime show that we couldn’t ignore
Seconds after Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime performance ended, my phone lit up with messages from family and friends; some expressed pride, while...
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Opinion: Unrivaled league rivals WNBA
"Everyone Watches Women's Sports." Sure. As a female athlete, I've always paid attention to the sports I played, but I never really expanded beyond...
