Opinions

Opinion: Be yourself for Halloween

The first time Halloween rolled around after I started college, I found myself without a costume. I was two months into my very first...

Opinion: The ugly truth of Korean beauty standards

Looking back at my life growing up in Seoul, I noticed how quietly misogyny started seeping into everyday life in the form of beauty...

Opinion: It’s okay to be ‘Deathly Afraid’

It’s the spookiest time of the year, and everyone is gearing up for the season’s festivities. Back home, I never really celebrated Halloween, but...

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...

Letter to the editor from Kobe Cancel: Dear Oxy Theater, do better

CONTENT WARNING: This following article and links discuss issues of sexual assault and sexual violence, including rape.   In an article she co-wrote for Emerson College’s...

Enough is enough: No more national days

April 20 is National Lima Bean Respect Day, and I have some questions. How does one celebrate this day? Why should we stand in...

Letter to the editor from the Queer Student Alliance

We of the Queer Student Alliance (QSA) write here in concern. We are concerned about both national and campus-based issues. Incidents like the Fall...

To bra or not to bra? That is not the question

I bought my first bra in sixth grade on an after-school Target excursion with my mom. It was by the brand Xhilaration (how I...

Your interpretation of ‘Skinny Love’ is wrong (but so is mine)

A few months ago, I was fortunate enough to see Bon Iver at the Hollywood Bowl. I feel painfully cliché saying it, but I’m...

We are never too old for Young Adult novels

My hands-down favorite book is “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.” Judging me? “That isn’t a real book,” my friend told me recently. “It doesn’t...

Editorial: Spaces for discussion are crucial for successful campus events

Last week, Active Minds’ “Send Silence Packing” event was prominently displayed on the Academic Quad, engaging passersby and sparking mixed feelings and reactions from...

Letter to the Editor from President Jonathan Veitch

As Faculty Council President Anthony Chase and I reported at the March faculty meeting, the March 10 immigration policy symposium Occidental organized with the...