Tag: opinion
The 2024 Grammys’ ‘year for women’ was long overdue
The 66th annual Grammy Awards brought audiences many things: the announcement of a new Taylor Swift album, a viral performance of Tracy Chapman performing her hit...
Opinion: Cultivating reciprocity in “Braiding Sweetgrass” and the College Experience
Following the final event of the 2023-2024 Community Book Program — the author’s virtual visit to Oxy — I’d like to offer reflections on...
Editorial: From pop to psychedelic rock, our editors list their albums...
"The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" by Chappell Roan Kawena Jacobs (Arts and Culture editor) When you think of a pop song, most envision...
Opinion: Gen Z, what do you want to do when you...
When I was little, everyone asked me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?" My answers varied throughout the years — from...
Opinion: The dangers and wonders of “The Summer I Turned Pretty”
In Season 2, Episode 5 of "The Summer I Turned Pretty," two teenagers almost kiss to Frank Ocean’s “Nikes,” a song that touches on police brutality against...
Column: Unveiling the apprehension and embracing the gap year
Part of the beauty about my gap year in Shanghai is that things that used to have little significance to me have started to...
Opinion: Why I celebrate autumn in a seasonless LA
Growing up, the glow in the Colorado air as the season shifted into autumn filled me with anticipation. I began imagining fabulous backyard birthday...
Opinion: Los Angeles, City of Angels and romanticized roads
There we were, me and six of my fellow Oxy first-year compatriots, standing on the side of Mulholland Drive as the hazard lights of...
Opinion: I love California and California loves me
I’m from the south side of Minneapolis, a tight-knit community within a big, sprawling city. Or what I thought was a big, sprawling city...
Opinion: I’m still watching Lahaina burn. Are you?
Just a month after the nation’s deadliest wildfire that left at least 115 people dead, residents of Lahaina, Maui and families across Hawaiʻi, including...