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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A letter from the Lorax: why the Haines banana trees mattered so much
I gazed up at the thick trunks growing up from the ground, the leaves sprouting from their limbs slightly off-proportion. The masses of green...
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Dear Students, Dear Administration
My name is Paul Charbonneau, during the 2016–2017 academic year I was your student body president. My driving ethos in my position was to...
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Facebook’s data collection divides us more than it connects us
It's a typical day in 2018 America. The sun is shining, summer is around the corner and another scandal's just broken out about election interference via...
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Professors should accommodate students’ mental health issues
Students often struggle to feel like their mental health and well-being are supported in an environment that actively includes empathy. By empathy, I mean an...
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We need to stop holding immigrants to impossible standards
There is nothing America loves more than an immigrant success story. There is also nothing America loves more than degrading immigrants who don’t meet...
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The internship process is awful, and there’s no solution
Being a junior in college means that I'm on the cusp of what I still consider to be young adulthood: I've just turned 21...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: firsthand account from alumni and professor of Cathie Young Selleck ’55 controversy
Dear Oxy Community, We are surprised that President Veitch is honoring Board of Trustees member Cathie Young Selleck ‘55 as part of the “Women in...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Seniors call for the removal of Cathie Young Selleck ’55 from the graduation speakers list
The College’s 2018 commencement theme aims to celebrate women's leadership. Instead of the usual single speaker, the College has decided to host four female...
