Opinions
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Everything changes and nothing remains still
When I was little, I had extremely strict rules and expectations for my future: be a computer engineer like my father, start a nonprofit...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Ask yourself, why not?
Every morning before middle school, my mom would say to me: “Be kind, be courageous and don’t mumble.” Much of my college experience has...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: A love letter to shared spaces
I grew up an only child, and it is safe to say that I came to college with a fear of shared spaces — communal bathrooms,...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: An obvious metaphor between the moon mission and college
There’s a scene in Samantha Harvey’s 2023 book "Orbital" in which an astronaut on the International Space Station tells his daughter that progress is beautiful....
Opinions
We need to stand up to sexual assault at Oxy
As a woman, I know what it's like to feel like my body doesn't completely belong to me. I felt like my body wasn’t mine...
Opinions
Easy access to guns does not equate to freedom
April 20, 2019 marks the twenty year anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre — a tragedy that took 13 lives, and at the time, was seen...
Opinions
Allow transgender soldiers to serve in our military
The Pentagon's controversial policy banning transgender recruits from joining the military went into effect April 12. Directly opposing the beliefs of 70 percent of American...
Letters to the Editor
President Veitch and Vice President Amos Himmelstein, end Oxy’s complicity in Israeli apartheid
Dear President Veitch and VP Amos Himmelstein; We are a collective of students concerned about the possibility of Oxy’s unethical investments in companies complicit in...
Opinions
It’s not rocket science: Humanities have a place in our education system
In the higher education community, there is a clear divide separating STEM and the humanities. Students debate the superiority of their respective favorite, while...
Opinions
Online room draw causes room drama
It was 9:29 a.m. on my first room draw day, and the loud noise coming from whatever creature resides in the Braun AC units...
Opinions
Coachella Valley is more than Airbnbs and Ariana Grande
It was that time of year in Los Angeles again. Miles away from our freeways, congested with millennials from Ohio late for their yoga...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: A call for horizontal leadership from ASOC DEB & ASOC RESF
Dear Oxy Students, With the ASOC elections ongoing, the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) and Renewable Energy and Sustainability Fund (RESF) have considered endorsing...
