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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...
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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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Medication Mythbusting: what does it mean to take meds for mental illness?
No one has ever told me to try yoga instead of medication, and for that, I am personally grateful. I have been told, though,...
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Oxy needs more resources for language learning
Nelson Mandela once said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
