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...
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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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You can’t put a price on a neighborhood
Gentrification has continually been at play in Occidental's own backyard — in fact, our school has ultimately been complicit in gentrification, sometimes very deliberately. As the...
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Berry Bowl isn’t the problem, it’s the shrinking middle class
I'm here to confess a sin. I disobeyed the anti-gentrification posters stuck around campus. I ate at Berry Bowl. Multiple times. The problem is that...
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In an urgent mental health crisis, Emmons needs more options
While most describe their undergraduate college experience as a time of growth and freedom, others remember the stagnation and isolation that accompanied their untreated...
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL
"BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL." I — along with every iPhone owner in Hawaii — awoke...
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ASOC is in shambles. It’s time for a revolution.
In the most recent Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) elections, two of five positions on the ballot ran unopposed, and two seats — one...
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Shaun White is not my American hero
I refresh my Instagram to yet another image of Shaun White. Since the opening of the Winter Olympics Feb. 9, White's bright red hair...
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Snapchat owns us and they know it
As you may have noticed, Snapchat just released an update. As upset about it as the rest of us, beauty mogul and reality TV star Kylie...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: Failure to Mention Occupation Unsettles Some Jewish Students
— The JSU E-Board (Naomi Brauner,* Natalie El-Hai, Lily Goldfarb, Max Hornstein, Sophia Kauffman, Claire Krelitz, Tal Litwin, Stephanie Malter, and Mo Mills) 2017 marked...
