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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....
2013
A Modest Proposal on How to Cope with Off Campus Shenanigans
Author: Haley Gray Occidental College has a problem coping with the wilder spirits of its students. As is the case every semester, this fall the off-campus...
2013
Letters to the editor – December 4
Author: Dear Editor, It seems a bit odd that a college the size of Occidental would have periods of time during the day when it...
2014
Media casts shadow on celeb triumphs
Author: Lena Smith The media capitalize on scandal. Philip Seymour Hoffman's recent drug overdose was still feeding stories ten days after his death. Comedian Sid Caesar...
2014
Baseball’s loud music disrespects residents, violates quiet hours
Author: Michael Tonetti It is a Friday night, and I go to bed relatively late. Expecting to sleep until the late morning, I am surprised to...
2014
Greek Bowl trumps other campus venues
Author: Malcolm MacLeod In my first two years at Occidental, I have experienced events all around campus — some better than others. Last year, White Panda...
Opinions
Traveling alone allows for alternate perspectives
Author: Henry Dickmeyer Before spending three weeks in India this summer, I had never left the continent. It was never on my parents' radar to wander...
2014
Co-ed frats are not the answer to inequality
Author: Wellesley Daniels On Sept. 22, Wesleyan University announced it would require all residential Greek organizations to become coeducational by 2017. The administration posited this as...
2014
How to Recycle a Witch Costume
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