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...
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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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I moderated Oxy Confessions and now it needs to die
It's Feb. 24, and Oxy Confessions just posted for the first time in a month. Obsessively checking for updates, speculating about the moderator's identity and anonymously complaining...
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#Fitspiration: The dangers of the quest for health
It began with exercise — when I was a kid, I would push myself and my body during workouts. I began to devote more...
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Pete Buttigieg’s sexuality is only part of this white, Christian, veteran, Ivy-educated candidate
Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay presidential candidate, has achieved surprising successes in early democratic caucuses. He came first in Iowa and second...
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The US must address its exportation of mass gun violence
A gunman opened fire at the Terminal 21 shopping center in Nakhon Ratchasima in central Thailand Feb. 9, killing 29 people and injuring over 50 others....
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I am once again asking mikebloomberg to stop buying memes
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: an old guy tries to hang with kids by adopting one of their mannerisms to poor...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Ignorant to his positionality, Jeff Flake visits Oxy
*Trigger/content warning: This article, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence. Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) took up considerable space...
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Pop the Oxy bubble and take a debate class
As Oxy students, we are in the Oxy bubble, which shapes us to form similar opinions. A philosophy class I took last semester, "Ethics...
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NYT columnists offer an inaccurate interpretation of the Israel-Palestine question
President Donald Trump's White House presented its "Middle East Peace Plan" Jan. 27, the finished product of a three-year process overseen by his son-in-law Jared Kushner. Calling...
