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We are never too old for Young Adult novels

My hands-down favorite book is “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.” Judging me? “That isn’t a real book,” my friend told me recently. “It doesn’t...

Conquering college FOMO — celebrating Cooler snacks and meaningful moments

It was 10 p.m. on a Saturday. I should have been working on comps — the dreaded hurdle before graduation. Instead, I cocooned myself in...

The necessity of having fun in a volatile world

The People of Color (POC) Spring Formal last Friday night was a necessary brief distraction from the dystopian nightmare that is our current political...

An exotic beauty? No, simply westernized and objectified

Barbies were banned from my house when I was growing up. “It’s just a doll,” I pleaded on my seventh birthday as I clutched the...

Community involvement programs at Occidental continue tradition of social justice work

Occidental touts its unique position as the only liberal arts college in Los Angeles to prospective students. That access to a rich urban community...

Student Services Fair highlights on-campus resources

In an attempt to increase transparency and inform students about the resources available to them on campus, the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC)...

No Lost Generation empowers Syrian refugee crisis victims

Sophomore Juliah Lee recently founded the No Lost Generation (NLG) club on Occidental's campus. NLG is an initiative founded by the United Nations High...

Short Truths: Bearing the weight of unhappy endings

My parents told people that I had been in a car accident. It was a lie borne out of love, I know — a...