Opinions
Opinions
Opinion: Wellness was never meant to be an achievement
I’ve started to wonder how much I actually know about my body. When I exercise, I can see my heart rate, calories burned and how...
Opinions
Opinion: Amidst recent backlash, MSI is more important than ever
I came to Occidental, thousands of miles away from my home in Virginia, completely unfamiliar with my surroundings but eager to learn. Participating in...
Opinions
Opinion: The Sparkletts plant sits vacant. Here’s what to do.
During my second week at Occidental, I had to get my medication from the CVS on York Boulevard. As I was heading home, I...
Opinions
Opinion: Write for your inner child
There is a scene in the 2010 animated Walt Disney movie “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue” where Lizzy, a young human girl, works on...
Opinions
Paying tuition for a ticket to nowhere: The college conundrum
It is 1 a.m., the air is cool and swirling around me, and the Los Angeles hills surround me as I peer out into...
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,...
