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...
Opinions
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...
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TL;DR: ASOC’s spring election was unfair and unethical
The phrase “TL;DR,” or “too long; didn’t read,” is often used to introduce a summary for a lengthy text. Urban Dictionary defines this modern shorthand as...
Opinions
Social well-being pre-, during and post-pandemic
After being sent home to Guangzhou, China, from my study abroad program in Germany, I was put in a mandatory two-week hotel quarantine. It...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: A silent cry for help among student athletes
The challenges from COVID-19 came quickly and expanded rapidly, starting with Occidental students having to leave campus with less than a week of notice....
Opinions
Dear Saudi Arabia, please don’t buy my favorite soccer team
When I was 7 years old, I watched the movie “Goal!” — a wish-it-was-true story in which a poor, undocumented teenager named Santiago Muñez...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: Choose equity, Occidental
Letters to the editor are traditionally edited for clarity, Associated Press (AP) style and grammar. This letter was published as submitted to allow readers...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: A proposed academic change for equity by Occidental students
Letters to the editor are traditionally edited for clarity, Associated Press (AP) style and grammar. This letter was published as submitted to allow readers...
Opinions
Climate change denier Naomi Seibt is not a threat
Greta Thunberg’s emotional speech at the United Nations (UN) Climate Action Summit in 2019 rattled our social media feeds. She shed tears as she...
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We should still celebrate Earth Month in the time of COVID-19
As spring in Minnesota has slowly arrived, I have noticed more of my neighbors walking through the local parks and playing outside with their...
