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...
Letters to the Editor
Letter from the Editor
When people talk about the future of journalism — especially print — it's usually in somber, hushed whispers. After all, in a digital world...
Opinions
Why you should clean your blender, call your mom, and tell your roommate you hate their candles
The only things less fruitful than hookup culture at Occidental are campus smoothies. Green Bean or Cooler, smoothies here come from a box and...
National
Hillary Clinton: the most honest candidate in the race
Secretary choose pragmatism over radical idealsim
Opinions
'Realistic' Barbies will not solve body issues
Come March of this year, toy-making giant Mattel will premiere the first line of Barbies to include dolls with more “realistic” bodies than the...
Opinions
To slim down, Marketplace must 'bulk' up
"Sustainability" is perhaps one of our generation’s favorite buzzwords and has become ubiquitous on college campuses in the past decade. Occidental Campus Dining has...
2012
What is government?
Author: Benjamin DeLuca What is government? Government, the means through which we pool our resources and our abilities to provide infrastructure and a binding social order for every...
2012
Hope for return to normalcy
Author: Henry Dickmeyer Four days after Senator Barack Obama was elected to his first term as President of the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
2013
Questioning LAPD’s ethics in hunt for Christopher Dorner
Author: Koby Deitz We have seen it before countless times in movies: one character seeks revenge by any means necessary. Time and time again, we have...
