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...
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Mental Health Matters: Say yes to rest and play
Author and researcher Brené Brown says “It takes courage to say yes to rest and play in a culture where exhaustion is seen as a status symbol." It’s...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: OSAC updates mission statement
OSAC -
Dear members of the Occidental community, We are Oxy Sexual Assault Coalition (OSAC). We are a student and faculty-led coalition here to raise awareness of...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to Editor: Veterans are important members of the Occidental community
When you first think about Occidental College, do you immediately think about veterans? Probably not. At the end of the 2017–18 academic year, Aaron...
Opinions
Empower girls to run the world through education
The gender divide is not a new topic and neither is access to education. The international gender divide begins in early education — from the time girls can’t...
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Asian beauty standards are more than (white) skin deep
Saturday nights in my household consisted of Hunan Broadcasting’s Happy Camp variety show, a coffee table littered with sunflower seeds and the mundane gossip of my...
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US media fails to tell the full story of the Hong Kong protests
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I couldn't help being exposed to the fact-blurring Chinese media coverage on the Hong Kong (HK) protests when I was in China over the...
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Oxford comma drama and the need for descriptivism
Anybody who cares about grammar probably also cares about the Oxford comma: the final comma before the conjunction in a list. Depending on whom...
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Companies are not as green as their marketing seems
In the wake of the World Climate March, it’s trendy to be eco-friendly. I bet you could name at least a couple of your friends...
