Tag: letter to the editor
Letter to the Editor: Seek discomfort and seize the day
I was touted as “Occidental’s Most Involved Student”. And before I graduate, here are some lessons I’d like to impart. Throughout my time at Oxy, I...
Letter to the Editor: On the Foreign and the Familiar
Hello there. Perhaps the most challenging part of this letter is identifying its addressee — whether it is the Editor, the Reader, or the...
Letter to the Editor: Oxy needs to add Asian American Studies...
Content warning: This article discusses the texts that emerged in February between two Occidental students that included genocidal, racist speech toward Asian people. Upon hearing...
Letter to the Editor: The racism of the pandemic, on and...
Content warning: This letter discusses racial discrimination and violence toward Asian people. I got my first COVID-19 vaccination March 3, 2021. I felt such relief...
Letter to the Editor: Spotify, Joe Rogan and censorship
When rock icon Neil Young called on Spotify to choose between streaming his work or podcaster Joe Rogan’s, my first thoughts were not about...
Letter to the Editor: My alma mater should take healing into...
Not a great start to the Year of the Tiger. At Occidental College, a screenshot of a text conversation between two students surfaced on social...
Letter to the Editor: In order to be a truly great...
Having grown up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I have seen “not-in-my-back-yard-ers” (NIMBYs) up close and personal. NIMBYs are extremely vocal residents who...
Letter to the Editor: To divest from Israel is to invest...
Occidental made the correct decision not to divest from companies that do business in Israel, denying the request of Students for Justice in Palestine...
Letter to the Editor: Greek Council Letter of Accountability
To the Occidental College Community, Greek Life at Oxy would like to collectively acknowledge the egregious systems which have contributed to our privileged position as...
Letter to the editor: Oxy students demand a People’s Budget in...
Letters to the editor are traditionally edited for clarity, Associated Press (AP) style and grammar. This letter was published as submitted to allow readers...