Opinions
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
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...
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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.”...
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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...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: ASOC isn’t working for you, so we won’t work for ASOC
Dear Nina Srdić Hadži-Nešić, Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) President, Let us be clear: we love ASOC. Few institutions allow students to manage a...
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Instagram perpetuates (un)wellness culture
I was taught that I was not the expert of my body from a young age. As an 8-year-old, my parents decided I was done eating...
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“OK, boomer” attacks a mindset, not a generation
You don’t believe in climate change? OK, boomer. You think “OK, boomer” is the new n-word? OK, boomer. Zoomers — members of Generation Z — created the “OK, boomer”...
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Gen Z should not yeet away its bright future
Nihilism, existentialism and despair. These aren't words confined to Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture courses: our generation uses them interchangeably to describe everything...
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Occidental’s lack of a permanent Title IX coordinator makes me feel unsafe
In a self-defense class I took last Sunday, I learned how to defend myself from an attacker. I learned to stomp on their feet, use the...
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Self-harm: When coping doesn’t look like coping
Trigger warning: discussions of self-harm and a brief discussion of suicide. There are resources listed at the bottom of this article should you need...
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Children of divorce find a home in college
In New York City, everyone around me was hustling in some form or another. I was hustling too. I was editor-in-chief of my high...
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In-class essays will kill the essay mill
Professors need to stop allowing their students to write essays outside of class, because many of them are not writing their essays at all. College...
