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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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....
Letters to the Editor
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...
Opinions
Food for thought: We should make time for mindful mealtimes
The beginning of the year is a time when people reflect, set goals and change themselves and their habits for the better. It’s a...
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Appearance isn’t everything: health is not equivalent to weight
Society idolizes skinny. It judges fat. It does this to the point that it claims thin is always healthy and chubby is always unhealthy....
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I will accept this rose, but not sexual assault
While most Monday nights for The Bachelor Nation (The Bachelor franchise’s fan club) are filled with laughter and romantic lust, one episode exposed the...
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We need to find the facts in the Fyre fiasco
Capitalizing on a hot topic, Netflix and Hulu released two separate documentaries in response to the Fyre Festival disaster. Netflix's "Fyre" and Hulu's "Fyre...
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“Shockingly Evil” is shockingly deceptive: Ted Bundy is not America’s sweetheart
I watched the “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” trailer play to an upbeat rock song as Zac Efron’s picturesque smile flashed across the...
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Being a female econ major shouldn’t come at the price of sexism
There are approximately three male economics majors for every female economics major nationwide. As a bright-eyed and optimistic frosh, I thought I would be one...
