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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....
2012
Music industry fails to create, innovate
Author: Adrian Hairapetian Recently, Mumford & Sons, an English folk-rock band formed in 2007, released their long-awaited, second studio album "Babel." The 12-track record sold 600,000 copies...
2012
Mourning the loss of print News(week)
Author: Ian Mariani Newsweek will halt production of its print edition starting December 31 of this year after 80 years of publication, but is anyone surprised? Newsweek's...
2012
Recent Israel-Gaza conflict revives two-state debate
Author: Ella Fornari After years of rocket fire and jilted rhetoric from both sides, the news of rocket fire in Israel and Gaza two weeks ago first...
2013
Summer abroad
Author: Sarah Corsa When I walked up to one of the tables at the Summer Abroad Fair last month, the first question the representative asked me...
2013
The better angels of our nature
Author: Henry Dickmeyer The word "marathon" dates back to 490 B.C. Legend has it that after the Athenians trumped the Persian army following the Battle of...
2013
Letter to the Editor – May 17
Author: Dear Editor,None would disagree that a student *proven* to have assaulted or raped other another student should be expelled, after which the victims should...
2013
Students on cheaper plans suffer from new dining program
Author: Occidental's dining services may have recently been ranked as the fourteenth best college for food in America by The Daily Meal, but rather than...
2013
State immigration reforms set the standard
Author: Christian Morales According to a 2010 report by the Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project, there are one million undocumented immigrants under the age of...
