Blogs
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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe
When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...
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This dude I met on the street
I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...
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Four Days in Jujuy
My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...
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A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)
1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...
2014
Backdoor Science S2 EP8
Author: Backdoor Science https://soundcloud.com/the-occidental-weekly/backdoor-science-season-2-episode-8 Backdoor Science explores the scientific world and updates the Occidental community on all of its happenings. Each week we will bring you engaging...
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Bet on Ba for brunch
Author: Nettie Stein-Miller Among the bars and boutiques that occupy Highland Park, one can find a hidden, baby blue French bistro: Ba. Although it is better...
2014
Soppressata and stereotypes
Author: Nettie Stein-Miller “If you’re Jewish, then why do you eat pork?” This is a question I am asked a surprising amount, by people who have no...
2014
Stepping forward at the Barefoot College
Author: Sarah Corsa Yesterday, I visited an organization that completely counters everything the American education system stands for and teaches us to aspire toward. The Barefoot...
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Without Works: On abortion, adoption, and what it means to be pro-life
Author: Eileen Lee I advocate for many things. Abortion is not one of those things.I will address this and all its related issues and sides again...
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Spiritual Science
Author: Emma Lodes Before the earth, before the sun and the moon there was nothing but Io—a genderless, parentless energy dancing within the void. Io was,...
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Occidental: Islamophobic graffiti reveals ignorance in even the most liberal environments
Author: Joseph Evans This week’s post is a little different to what I usually publish, but an issue caught my attention a few days ago that...
2015
Cooperation not Competition
Author: Delaney Nolin As I approached by fourth week here in Ecuador, I have become more accustomed to life here and all the differences in cultures....
