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Opinion: Wellness was never meant to be an achievement
I’ve started to wonder how much I actually know about my body. When I exercise, I can see my heart rate, calories burned and how...
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Opinion: Amidst recent backlash, MSI is more important than ever
I came to Occidental, thousands of miles away from my home in Virginia, completely unfamiliar with my surroundings but eager to learn. Participating in...
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Opinion: The Sparkletts plant sits vacant. Here’s what to do.
During my second week at Occidental, I had to get my medication from the CVS on York Boulevard. As I was heading home, I...
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Opinion: Write for your inner child
There is a scene in the 2010 animated Walt Disney movie “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue” where Lizzy, a young human girl, works on...
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Lessons Learned: How to find yourself in the spaces left behind
When you first arrive at college, there’s a sense that it’s someone else’s college. It’s uncomfortable, being let into someone else’s space, the lives...
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Lessons Learned: A love letter to lacrosse
Emma Cho -
Sophomore year, Feb. 24, 2023, 3:37 a.m., I laid in my bed in Berkus Hall and wrote in my journal: "I love lacrosse…I still feel...
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Lessons Learned: What it means to be en route to the film credits
Renee Ye -
I’ve always loved watching film credits, especially in the movie theater. I am unbothered by their plainness and length, composed of ambiguous titles and...
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Lessons Learned: How to leave the rest
You never really think about it at the beginning of your first year of college, but four years is not a lot of time....
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Opinion: Rolling with ideas, D&D and creative writing
Levi Lee -
Since the pandemic, we’ve all been kind of isolated. Our inability to regain footing with the easy socialization from before the pandemic has hit...
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Lessons Learned: Campaign Semester gave me a growing faith in humanity — and myself
It felt inevitable for me to experience a mini-existential crisis my first year away from home as I grew into young adulthood, attempting to...
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Opinion: Subjective experience defines journalism
Noah Kim -
Baltimore is one of the deadliest cities in the nation. In 2022, the police recorded 333 homicides for a rate of 58.4 murders per...
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Opinion: ‘Severance’ asks us what is being outside of being productive
“They give us half a life and think we won’t fight for it.” Helly R., a beloved character of Apple TV’s hit television series "Severance"...
