Opinions
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Everything changes and nothing remains still
When I was little, I had extremely strict rules and expectations for my future: be a computer engineer like my father, start a nonprofit...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Ask yourself, why not?
Every morning before middle school, my mom would say to me: “Be kind, be courageous and don’t mumble.” Much of my college experience has...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: A love letter to shared spaces
I grew up an only child, and it is safe to say that I came to college with a fear of shared spaces — communal bathrooms,...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: An obvious metaphor between the moon mission and college
There’s a scene in Samantha Harvey’s 2023 book "Orbital" in which an astronaut on the International Space Station tells his daughter that progress is beautiful....
Editorial
Let changing Res-ed’s policy continue to mobilize the student body
We at The Occidental Weekly have lately focused our editorial efforts on the current, content-rich U.S. political climate. This week, we look inwards at...
Editorial
Letter from the editor-in-chief: Jane Drinkard
As editor-in-chief, I have the opportunity to read more than 20 student-written articles per week. We are an intelligent, academically driven student body, yet...
2017 Top Articles
Facing loss and grief in college: Let’s talk about death, baby
I remember vividly the first time I saw the rings on the inside of a tree. We took a field trip to Central Park...
Opinions
Talk about what you know, not the experiences of the working class
I cannot tell you how many classes I have sat in on, or how many conversations I have had, where the discussion centers on...
Editorial
Editorial: Campus Safety and the student body
We call upon Campus Safety to be more transparent in its actions. We also call upon students to be more vigilant and communicative with...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: ASOC President
My name is Paul Charbonneau, and aside from being the guy from whom you have trained your brain to ignore emails (check them out,...
Opinions
Grieving, panicking, we turn to history
In the aftermath of a devastating, confusing year, there is a foreboding atmosphere on Occidental's campus. Some of us are grieving Trump’s election noisily,...
Opinions
The necessity of having fun in a volatile world
The People of Color (POC) Spring Formal last Friday night was a necessary brief distraction from the dystopian nightmare that is our current political...
