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: 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...

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.”...

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...

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...

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...

Why we should hope to never return to normal

It should be clear that "normal" is what got us here. And yet — as this disease kills scores each day, as cities slump into...

Letter to the Editor: Advice for hard times from Oxy student veterans

Until recently, my military experience and that of our student veterans — Tyler Melchisky (junior), Alex Borges (sophomore), Dylan Sullivan (sophomore) and Jarad Angel...

Editorial: Put our health above grades and teach with empathy

Our 13-person editorial board is composed of students from a variety of majors who are currently scattered across the United States. Each of us...

Home for the pandemic

No matter your reality, the recent forced move-out presents challenges for everyone. For some, leaving Oxy means going home. For others, the house in...

Letter to the Editor: Black community feels isolated after college mishandles the deaths of two black students

I am grateful to be at Oxy. I have amazing allies and supporters within the faculty, staff and student body that have pushed me...

Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 reveals shortcomings in IPO’s crisis preparedness

COVID-19’s effect as a global pandemic extends far beyond fears of catching the highly contagious illness — economies have tanked, unemployment has risen and...