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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....
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: Diamond Webb
Dear Occidental community,
My name is Diamond Webb. Senior. Black at a Primarily White Institution (PWI) and barely surviving.
During my three years at Occidental College,...
Opinions
Teach for America cannot fix education inequalities
It's that time again — Teach for America (TFA) is recruiting on college campuses nationwide, and the smell of the white savior complex is...
Opinions
It's time to eliminate idea of a 'standard' way of speaking
"I'm Sorry, But May We Discuss Tentative Speech?" was the title of Friday's episode of Forum on KQED, the branch of National Public Radio...
Opinions
SXSW cancellations improper response to sexist threats
South by Southwest (SXSW), the annual tech-music-film conference and festival held in Austin, announced Oct. 26 that it was canceling two of its events...
Editorial
The dialogue on campus sexual assaults must continue
Beginning during the 2012–13 school year and lasting into 2014, sexual assault dominated discourse on campus and raised tensions between all factions of the...
Opinions
Police in schools have caused more harm than good
Earlier this month, video footage of a white male police officer violently flipping over and then dragging a black female student out of her...
Editorial
Volunteer work could enrich students' experiences
Occidental students have access to a resource that many fail to use to its full extent: the city of Los Angeles. The benefits of...
Opinions
Consumers should curb Uber usage, protest practices
Uber’s dramatic rise has been nothing short of a revolution. Founded in San Francisco in 2009, the app is now usable in 60 countries...
