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...

Albright and Steinem forget the meaning of feminism

Earlier this month, comments made by several notable women’s rights activists diminished women to a group of politically unconcerned citizens by encouraging them to...

Sports without fans are not worth a penny

On Feb. 6, after 77 minutes of gameplay, over 10,000 Liverpool Football Club (FC) supporters walked out of the team's match against Sunderland AFC...

Infotainament capitalizes on short attention spans

Several companies are challenging traditional cable news stations and video outlets for the coveted role among millennials as the go-to source for video-based news...

Students ought to demonstrate interest in Senate activities

For all the discussion on campus of U.S. politics or current events, students fail to participate in — or even pay attention to —...

We fuel ISIS’ success through consumption of media

Our generation’s intimate connection with social and mass media makes threats against global humanity visible in a way that was never before attainable. Social...

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...

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...

Hillary Clinton: the most honest candidate in the race

Secretary choose pragmatism over radical idealsim