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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Getting detained and other reminders of who I am
This summer, on the same day as the violent unrest in Charlottesville, Va., I was reminded of the gravity of a situation I had...
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No se habla español: America’s problem with foreign language education
At the end of this academic year, I will (hopefully) receive a fancy piece of paper certifying that Occidental College has tested and confirmed...
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Letter from Editor-in-Chief Flora Adamian
In taking the position of Editor-in-Chief, I expected the stresses of deadlines, dreary late nights and incessant Google Calendar alerts. Less-expected, however, was the...
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Rihanna’s new makeup line tells less-inclusive companies to “Take A Bow”
I remember buying my first bottle of foundation because my theater department didn't carry any stage makeup dark enough for my tan Filipina skin....
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9/11 memorial marks turning point for free speech on campus
The Occidental Conservatives Club placed American flags on the Academic Quad Sept. 11 in remembrance of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. Unlike last year,...
Opinions
Oxy Confessions is not the place to debate sensitive issues
The Oxy Confessions Facebook page is a public, anonymous platform for students to post statements pertaining to life at Occidental. Students use Oxy Confessions to comment...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor from Planned Parenthood Club
During the “100 Days of Trump” event on April 24, a Planned Parenthood Club Executive Board member was asked by the Oxy Conservatives Club...
Letters to the Editor
Fools and journalists rush in
There’s a great cliché about journalists — when there is danger, they rush in when everyone else rushes out. Toward wildfires, riot areas, war...
