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...
Opinions
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...
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Joe Rogan’s podcast reiterates the importance of free speech
Joe Rogan, most famous now as the host of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, has had a wide and varied career. He began work as a...
Opinions
Politics have become a reality game show that Democrats shouldn’t be playing
A few weeks ago, my friend told me about her obsession with The Bachelor. She explained that even though she knows it’s bad, she loves...
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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...
Opinions
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
Kathy Ou -
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...
