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...

Black girls’ hair is not yours to co-opt

Black hair and hairstyles are empowering and a form of resistance, but only white people "rocking" our hairstyles are considered beautiful. Malcolm X once said...

The GOP needs to be pro-choice or put away ‘Atlas Shrugged’

Tomi Lahren is as far to the right as they come. Last week, however, Lahren's segment on Glenn Beck's "The Blaze" was permanently banned...

Why I didn’t text you back

Since getting my first phone eight years ago — a maroon Env2 — I’ve doled out an insurmountable amount of reasons "Why I Didn’t...

Compassion for the Changing Dynamics of the Coal Industry

  In comparison to the many social and political issues that exist in gray areas, the coal industry is one that most people have strong...

The UN matters — An argument for recognizing its importance

This past January, Republican lawmakers began the 115th Congress, eager because of the long sought-after power given to them by the double Republican majorities...

Editorial: Identity ought to be Self-Decided

The Weekly believes in stepping away from standard journalistic tradition and allowing students and sources in our community to define their own gender pronouns. Last...

Editorial: We don’t know and that’s okay

We, as Occidental students and citizens of a world increasingly susceptible to the perils of populism, must reevaluate our relationship with the phrase, “I...

Remy, Nicki, and the diss track double-standard

If you consider yourself engaged with the hip-hop realm in any capacity, you were also probably shook on the revolutionary day that was Feb....