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
Let’s talk big, not small and recognize others’ suffering
Trigger warning: suicide, mental illness I hate small talk. Instead, tell me about the way you walked into the Marketplace and panicked because the girl you...
On Campus
Classism underlies third-year off-campus housing policy
Getting approved to live off campus as a junior was more difficult than getting accepted to Occidental this year. According to Chad Myers and...
Editorial
More students must run for Senate, Honor Board positions
This week, student elections will open on myOxy for the 2015–16 representatives of the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC). Elections are held each...
National
Zero tolerance on drugs risks lives of music festival-goers
Spring has sprung, and along with it, so have a series of music festivals across the country. People of all ages flock to Coachella’s...
Opinions
Advice for first years: slow down, expect unexpected
Trigger warning: sexual assault, mental illness One night, during the late days of my freshman year, I was enjoying a familiar post-party kickback with a...
Opinions
Tumultuous world issues need interdisciplinary approach: Liberal Arts education equips students with skills to succeed
Liberal arts colleges are elite. They are beautiful, tony, progressive, expensive — seemingly inaccessible. For many students, spending a sum equivalent to the price...
National
"Speak softly and carry a big stick": the political implications of toxic masculinity
As a contributor to the right-wing online magazine The Federalist so quaintly and condescendingly put it several years ago, feminists have recently fallen “in...
Opinions
‘Tragedy hipsters’ selfishly create hardship hierarchy, criticize media
The second terror attack to strike Europe in less than six months calls for consumers of Western media to examine how we react to...
