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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
Military policy puts perpetrators before assault victims
Author: Nicolette Gendron As "The Guardian" of London has reported, the U.S. military has "a dirty little secret." In the year 2010, 3,158 sexual crimes were...
2012
As college costs rise, loan market could be next bubble to bust
Author: Anthony Labarga The collapse of the consumer mortgage apparatus and the subsequent contraction of the global economy has been a disaster for anybody who was...
2012
Travyon Martin, deemed guilty before proven innocent
Author: Jacob Surpin In some sense, there is little more to be said about Trayvon Martin. As William Finnegan wrote in The New Yorker, "The killing...
2011
When Labor Strikes: The Uneasy State of Wisconsin’s Unions
Author: Cordelia Kenney The financial crisis has made sacrifices and cutbacks necessary all over the country, but none have been as drastic as what Wisconsin Gov....
2012
Campus Dining needs to spread the word for the gluten-free
Author: Kirsten Wright Three year mandatory on-campus residency at Occidental allows students to develop relationships and learn to live together in tight spaces. It forces...
2012
Activism requires active activists: how Occidental struggles to inspire change
Author: Ella Fornari Students and administration alike love to talk about Occidental's long history of political and social action, from Barack Obama's first political speech to Martin Luther...
2012
Isn’t it time we were let in?
Author: Ian Mariani Over this upcoming winter break, the final three halls that are accessed by brass keys will be converted to ID card access. Braun,...
2013
On productive forms of anger and the need to listen: Campus-wide conversation on sexual violence should take place on student’s terms, not administration’s
Author: Rachel Liesching Engaging in honest conversations about sexual violence and accountability is an unavoidably brutal process. It requires a community to acknowledge that sexual assault...
