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...

Clumsy student digest atrophies under community neglect

It’s great entertainment for standing in the pasta line. It’s convenient for procrastinating on the 5-page paper due tomorrow. It’s ideal for the long,...

Meaningful political dialogue requires religious literacy

For my first Communion, my grandma gave me a silver-linked rosary dotted with shiny white plastic beads. It had a weight to it that...

Trump’s popularity reflects larger international movement

Donald Trump, once an unthinkable candidate for the presidency, is now poised to win the Republican nomination with a lead in 19 out of...

Homogeneity in Hollywood hinders intercultural dialogue

The American entertainment industry is not diverse, inclusive or representative, behind or in front of the camera. But according to a recent report from...

Students must take intersectional approach to feminism

The definition of feminism has always been open-ended. Feminism implies gender equity in the broadest sense of the term before breaking off into narrower...

Why women’s lacrosse is important and quoting Mean Girls will make you more open-minded

When I took pre-calculus in high school I was overjoyed to get to limits, precisely so I could say, “The limit does not exist!”...

Emmons must expand services to satisfy students’ needs

Most Occidental students know the feeling: an all-too-familiar ominous stomach churn, in that back-seat-of-a-minivan-over-potholed-streets kind of way. It can make even the most unyielding...

Administration must maintain campus dialogue, momentum

After students led by Oxy United for Black Liberation — headed by members of the Black Student Alliance and Coalition at Oxy for Diversity...