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...

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...

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...

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...

More pills, fewer ills: Oxy needs a medication vending machine

Occidental students who have had an injury that needed a little more attention than a Band-Aid or who have suddenly developed a nasty illness...

Comedy not collusion: Trump misses the facts of social critique

In a tweet posted at 4:52 a.m. Feb. 18, President Donald J. Trump issued a polite and tactful criticism of the late-night variety show Saturday Night...

That’s my flag: the US needs to recognize the Armenian genocide

As a descendant of a genocide survivor, it is truly disappointing to live in a country that explicitly chooses to discount the genocide of...

Democrats, act like you care

The next presidential election needs a fresh voice to stand out among the homogenous crowd of Democratic Washington veterans. Our country deserves someone untainted...

Open your heart, not your wallet

Another Valentine’s Day filled with affectionate couples celebrating the romantic, endearing holiday, and I’m sitting here, once again, merely rolling my eyes. Because when...

Say it, don’t spray it: the Gilman Fountain has got to go

Located just beyond the campus' main entrance and plastered across every Occidental brochure is one of the more iconic landmarks on campus, the Lucille...

Why the 2020 election will not resolve the Democratic Party’s identity crisis

Barring a nomination of the Antichrist, I am likely to vote for whoever the Democratic Party puts up for the general election in 2020....

Letter to the editor: ASOC must face our challenges

To the Associated Students of Occidental College,To be clear, this includes all 1,988 of us and even those who came before us. This is...