Serena Pelenghian
7 Articles
Opinions
Opinion: It finally felt like home
A bright-eyed eager first year walks onto campus, not seeing any red, blue and orange flags, not seeing anyone that looks like her and...
Culture
Letter from my bucket list
Feb. 3, 2015, my 15-year-old self listed 17 of her wildest dreams in her black “Live, Laugh Love” journal. The first item on my...
Opinions
Middle Eastern identifying students deserve more recognition on campus
As an Armenian student who has been at Occidental for almost three years now, I am still looking for a recognized Middle Eastern community here....
Opinions
Pop the Oxy bubble and take a debate class
As Oxy students, we are in the Oxy bubble, which shapes us to form similar opinions. A philosophy class I took last semester, "Ethics...
Opinions
Delete your apps and try a social media cleanse
Last week, I found myself so upset over an event that I impulsively deleted my Snapchat and Instagram apps. In that moment, I felt immediate relief...
Opinions
What’s in a name? Oh, just my identity
My name is Serena Karina Pelenghian. If you read the three words of my name as Suhreena Kureena Pulengyin, you’re wrong. My name is...
Culture
Student art project “Ad(dressing) the Self” embellishes the academic commons
Sam Peck-Sanders (junior), Kendrick Shoji (junior) and Julian Strauss Biro (sophomore) collaborated through the Oxy Arts Initiate! program to create an exhibit titled “Ad(dressing)...
