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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Generation Z has the right to speak on gun violence
If I were to die in a mass shooting tomorrow, I'd want you to politicize my death to no end. I'd want you to...
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Logan Paul, Tide Pods and the quest for attention
In the world of internet news, 2018 started off with a bang. Logan Paul, a vlogger who rose to internet fame for videos that prominently feature raps, pranks and stunts,...
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Bisexuals don’t have to pick a side — they already have
I was at a party this summer having a conversation with a male friend. At the time, he was dating a female friend of...
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Trump is using the military to parade his insecurity
Donald Trump wants a parade. With an approval rating of 40 percent, a special prosecutor reaching deeper and deeper into the White House and the stock market dipping,...
Letters to the Editor
Letter-to-the-Editor: Salaita’s Speech Unsettles Jewish Students
Authors: Maddie Callis, Jaydon Levitt, Sara Packer Contributors: Alex Waxler, Jona Yadidi Although the authors of this article are all members of Hillel’s E-Board, the opinions...
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Letter from the senior leadership team: Name change
To the Occidental community, The senior leadership of The Occidental Weekly — after months of consideration and discussion — has decided to return to our publication's...
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The government shut down twice in a month. Congress said, “Whatever, man.”
The Democrats' moral flip-flopping during the three-day-long January shutdown shows that 27 elected officials don't know where they stand on the policy issue of...
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You shouldn’t feel bad about Oxy Confessing your existential dread
Oxy Confessions is tough to characterize. At first glance, the Facebook page looks something like a disjointed, anonymous group chat; nameless students wonder what classes they...
