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...
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Define immersion: hearing, understanding, participating
Author: Lena Smith My first instinct was to begin writing this post in French – a good indicator of what happens when one is dropped in...
2014
The impressive PR department of ISIS
Author: Rourke Healey If you live in America, you have probably heard of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).You may have heard about the...
2014
Studying abroad challenges singular narratives
Author: Sarah Corsa On my first day of formal classes, I watched Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk titled “The Danger of a Single Story.” Adichie points out...
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The Church, the LGBTQ Community, loving God and loving people
Author: Eileen Lee "And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and...
Blackness: In Bold
The Dress, Society, And Anarchy
Author: Chance Ward This week has been the last of Black History Month, and unfortunately it bore yet another glaring example of social human regression. If...
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Yemen: The Battle for the Balance of Power
Author: Joseph Evans Since September last year, the already precarious power balance in the Middle East together has fractured even further, with catastrophic consequences for the...
2015
Equity Financing
Author: William Pottenger While a large portion of Occidental's student body probably doesn't agree with Marco Rubio's conservative stance on social issues, he does have a...
2015
The Name of Christ: On the Refugee Crisis and the American Religious Spirit
Author: Eileen Lee For all our separation of state and church, our bluster about the irrationality of religion and the growing number of people identifying as...
