Tag: COVID-19
TL;DR: ASOC’s spring election was unfair and unethical
The phrase “TL;DR,” or “too long; didn’t read,” is often used to introduce a summary for a lengthy text. Urban Dictionary defines this modern shorthand as...
Letter from my not-home
I don’t have a childhood bedroom. Growing up, I moved too much to settle in one for longer than two or three years at...
College amends opt-in CR/NC policy to allow C-, D+, D grades...
In response to a public letter signed by more than 1,000 students petitioning for a revised Spring 2020 grading policy, the college has announced...
Social well-being pre-, during and post-pandemic
After being sent home to Guangzhou, China, from my study abroad program in Germany, I was put in a mandatory two-week hotel quarantine. It...
Letter to the editor: A silent cry for help among student...
The challenges from COVID-19 came quickly and expanded rapidly, starting with Occidental students having to leave campus with less than a week of notice....
Letter from Austin, Texas
As part of The Occidental’s COVID-19 coverage, we are running a series titled “Letters from” written by staff writers, editors and Occidental students. These...
Letter from my childhood bedroom
As part of The Occidental’s COVID-19 coverage, we are running a series titled “Letters from” written by staff writers, editors and Occidental students. These...
Letter from the Coachella Valley
As part of The Occidental’s COVID-19 coverage, we are running a series titled “Letters from” written by staff writers, editors and Occidental students. These...
Letter from the Bay Area
As part of The Occidental’s COVID-19 coverage, we are running a series titled “Letters from” written by staff writers, editors and Occidental students. These...
Letter from Farmington Falls, Maine
As part of The Occidental’s COVID-19 coverage, we are running a series titled “Letters from” written by staff writers, editors and Occidental students. These...