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Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Everything changes and nothing remains still
When I was little, I had extremely strict rules and expectations for my future: be a computer engineer like my father, start a nonprofit...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Ask yourself, why not?
Every morning before middle school, my mom would say to me: “Be kind, be courageous and don’t mumble.” Much of my college experience has...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: A love letter to shared spaces
I grew up an only child, and it is safe to say that I came to college with a fear of shared spaces — communal bathrooms,...
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: An obvious metaphor between the moon mission and college
There’s a scene in Samantha Harvey’s 2023 book "Orbital" in which an astronaut on the International Space Station tells his daughter that progress is beautiful....
2015
Republicans must modernize to prevent untimely demise
Author: Donovan Dennis “In case we have forgotten, because we keep hearing that 2014 has been the warmest year on record, I ask the chair, you...
2015
LA Sustainability Plan aims too low
Author: Greg Feiner Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti announced the city's first Sustainable City Plan two weeks ago. According to a press release from the mayor's...
2015
U.S.-Cuban Thaw exposes U.S. government hypocrisy
Author: Jessica Faroy Raúl Castro visited New York to address the United Nations General Assembly this past Monday, his first trip to the United States in...
2015
Female film stars deserve to be paid what they are worth
Author: Sydney Hemmendinger Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence made headlines last week when she published an essay on Lenny Letter, Lena Dunham’s newsletter, that called attention...
2015
Boycott of Tarantino films distracts from violence
Author: Peter Johnson Quentin Tarantino, award-winning director of films such as “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained” is waging a war of words with the national police...
2016
Infotainament capitalizes on short attention spans
Author: Rachel Cohn Several companies are challenging traditional cable news stations and video outlets for the coveted role among millennials as the go-to source for video-based...
2016
Trump’s popularity reflects larger international movement
Author: Rachel Cohn Donald Trump, once an unthinkable candidate for the presidency, is now poised to win the Republican nomination with a lead in 19 out...
2016
Tumultuous world issues need interdisciplinary approach: Liberal Arts education equips students with skills to succeed
Author: Donovan Dennis Liberal arts colleges are elite. They are beautiful, tony, progressive, expensive — seemingly inaccessible. For many students, spending a sum equivalent to the...
