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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In order to move forward, we need to look back
My junior year of high school, I played on an all-white varsity soccer team at a local inner-city school. Midway through our season, a...
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Stop Snapping and start chatting: Let’s fix college dating culture
Boston College professor Kerry Cronin recently offered her students an assignment for extra credit. Students were invited to ask a classmate out on a date, with a...
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Social media supports journalism, and that’s not fake news
As a journalist, I am definitely biased. The rough texture of the newspaper gives me a sense of agency, hope and activism that I do...
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It’s time to involve older generations in climate change activism
When I read the recent news that Swedish 16-year-old old climate activist Greta Thunberg was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, I felt confident about the...
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Eat to reflect your values: Why meat contributes to climate change
Each year, more than 9 billion animals are killed for human consumption in the U.S. alone. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report in 2018 outlining the damage...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: I stand with the Yale faculty who resigned from an exploited program in Ethnicity, Race & Migration. I am doing...
This letter originally appeared on Professor Courtney Baker's personal Facebook page. It has been reproduced here in its entirety, with only minor changes made...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: The jig is up, Oxy will always be anti-Black
Through engaging advocacy around the recent resurfacing of blackface and eugenics, I have been reminded of the College’s ongoing love affair with antiblackness. Occidental...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: Blackface scandal should not overshadow campus activism
Dear Editor, I am writing about the March 8 article in the The Occidental on the photograph of students in blackface in the 1984 college...
