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...
Editorial
Editorial: Welcome to the Opinions Columnists
The Occidental Weekly commends the students we recently hired to write regularly as columnists for our Opinions section. We welcome Will Dean, Micol Garincol,...
Opinions
Commodifying the Occidental Student through the ‘College Experience’
This year, Occidental’s tuition and fees broached $50,000. For reference, when Occidental first opened its doors in 1880, tuition was $1,108 (adjusted for inflation)....
Opinions
Sexual assault is a men’s issue: what we can do to stop the sexual violence epidemic
As a male growing up I felt it was my duty to defend men whenever someone complained about us as a group. I quickly...
Opinions
An exotic beauty? No, simply westernized and objectified
Barbies were banned from my house when I was growing up. “It’s just a doll,” I pleaded on my seventh birthday as I clutched the...
Opinions
Palestine, Israel: defend the people without power or rights
As an American-born Israeli, I always sense questions forming in people's heads when the Arab/Israeli conflict comes up. “Why don’t you do more to...
2017 Top Articles
Bouncer culture and queerness: The problem with the door
Several weeks ago, I made my way to York Boulevard for a night of Thursday bar-hopping. As usual, the Occidental crowd started at Block...
Editorial
Burning down the house: Voting down the ballot
From B-list celebrities to professional athletes, it seems everyone with a soapbox encourages the American populous to register to vote. And yet, while we...
Opinions
The NSA knows what you did last night
To tag, or not to tag? That is the question many of us face each weekend, phones and snap stories brimming with last night’s...
