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...
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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...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Greek Council Letter of Accountability
To the Occidental College Community, Greek Life at Oxy would like to collectively acknowledge the egregious systems which have contributed to our privileged position as...
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Opinion: Stop letting people you don’t know tell you what your taste buds should think
I was, as I often am, curled up on my couch before bed catching up on my YouTube subscriptions. Inspired by a craving for...
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Opinion: A guide to modern adulthood during a pandemic
At the beginning of the semester, my social media feed was filled with pictures of out-of-staters’ views from their airplanes and geotags signifying they...
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Opinion: We can grow up, too
The first adult I confided in about my delayed manifestation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms was my commanding, intellectual, Black, mid-30s high school...
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Opinion: Don’t be fooled by the memestocks, r/WallStreetBets carries more power than you’d think
Having grown up on the internet, from Club Penguin chats to teenage Omegle hangouts to Tumblr, Twitter and Reddit, I’ve learned that internet subgroups...
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Letter to the Editor: To fund the oppressor destroys any pretense of neutrality #OxyDivest
An uncomfortable truth that Occidental has tried to distance itself from is the direct role it took in funding South African apartheid 40 years...
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Opinion: Only the Trump administration is to blame for ineffective vaccine distribution
It's no surprise the federal government under former President Trump lacked any sort of vaccination distribution plan to effectively vaccinate American citizens. The Centers...
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Opinion: Let’s talk about religion
I am an Armenian Orthodox Christian woman. When I share my identities on campus, I feel like I have to restrict talking about my...
