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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....
2015
Letter to the Editor from recent C.O.D.E. alumni
Author: Dear Occidental Dean of Students Office and the Oxy Community: As Oxy alumni, we are appalled by the recent events on campus. This letter is...
2015
Police in schools have caused more harm than good
Author: Sydney Hemmendinger Earlier this month, video footage of a white male police officer violently flipping over and then dragging a black female student out of...
2015
Letter to the editor
Author: To the Editor, A recent opinion piece (“Plastic water bottles have no place on eco-friendly campus”; Dec 2) does not take into account why so...
2016
Asian Americans deserve multifaceted representation in Hollywood
Author: Emily Gao Hollywood is a lawn with an "If Asian, keep off grass" sign; actually, there are signs for all racial minorities. This lawn has...
2016
To Skimm or not to Skimm: millennials, unsubscribe
Author: Jane Drinkard & Chloe Woodruff Many young adults have become familiar with the lean, high-heeled silhouette of a woman who dons the masthead of theSkimm,...
2011
Raising the Debt Ceiling
Author: Alex Zeldin As Congress looks to raise the debt ceiling for the ninth consecutive year, many Republicans are calling for an end to repetitive increases,...
2011
Steroids Pump Up Government Spending
Author: Ryan Graff, Lauren Siverly America has always had a fascination with celebrities, including professional athletes. This is exemplified in the way that the United States...
2011
Of What We Lose
Author: J. Mohorcich Let's start with an allegory. A student — call him Sebastian — is accepted by Occidental College. He comes to school here. He learns...
