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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
Club needed for students with chronic health disorders
Author: Christian Morales At Occidental there is a strong focus on creating a culture in which students can thrive and learn from one another. Creating...
2013
DJs at student dances need to make the students dance
Author: Jeremy Childs There are a few things one comes to expect when attending a dance at Occidental: drunken first-year couples shamelessly making out, awkward exchanges...
2013
Obamacare’s IT Problems
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2013
Safer sex porn laws must be upheld, regardless of profit loss
Author: Cordelia Kenney All it takes to bring the porn industry to its knees is a little bit of latex. Nearly a year after California passed...
2014
Film crews an invasive presence in campus life
Author: Although Los Angeles is known worldwide as the home of Hollywood, the film industry rarely encroaches on the daily lives of locals. Yet most...
2014
Gap years should be made financially feasible for all
Author: Cordelia Kenney Tufts University recently announced the program, "Tufts 1+4," that will help mitigate the costs of taking a gap year for admitted students before...
2014
Letter to the editor – April 23
Author: Dear Editor, Last week, our alumni representative met with President Veitch. Some good progress has been made toward ending Oxy’s massive safety problem but many...
2014
Girls just want to have fun; redefining the double standard
Author: Jane Drinkard My mom was born in 1963, a time when people still believed a woman's place was in the kitchen, so it is no...
