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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....
2011
American T.V. Media Delivers a Junk Food Diet
Author: Riley Kimball "Every news broadcast is censored. It's just that in China, we're very aware of it." So said my host brother in China. Like most...
2012
Editorial: Steps taken for Earth Day should be made permanent
Author: The Occidental Weekly Editorial Board This week, Occidental is observing Earth Day by not offering plastic bags in the Marketplace or Cooler in order to...
2011
Introductory Class Restrictions Prevent Holistic Graduates
Author: Alex Zeldin This semester I hit a crossroads in my Occidental education. Being a second-semester junior and essentially having fulfilled my major and core requirements,...
2011
Meal Plan “A” Deserves a Failing Grade
Author: Alex Zeldin Under absolutely no circumstance is it beneficial to be on any meal plan other than D while attending Occidental (unless you are a...
2012
‘Academic Commons’ too social
Author: John Loizeaux With midterm exams in full swing, most students are trying to find a quiet place to study. There are a variety of places...
2012
Tough binaats: a journey through the center of Cairo
Author: Haley Gray Living in a new cultural context forces you to reexamine societal norms you might not otherwise have noticed. Having spent two months in...
2013
India gang rape puts US attitude under microscope
Author: Haley Gray The Dec. 2012 New Dehli gang rape is sparking impassioned discussion all over the world about violence against women and victim-blaming. Indians...
2013
U.S. must revamp Latin American foreign policy
Author: Emma Lodes We could soon see the end of Communism in Latin America – in the last few weeks, communist Cuba and socialist Venezuela were...
