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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: 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: 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: 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....

Skype Translator to break language barriers

The universal translator from "Star Trek," the babelfish from "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy" and a real human interpreter are a few of...

UVA's Greek policies exacerbate sexual assault issue

It is the eve of men’s bid night at the University of Virginia (UVA), and Greek Row is unusually quiet....

Charlie Hebdo tragedy still waiting for the punchline

I am probably not Charlie Hebdo. I have never been sued by the Grand Mosque of Paris for depicting Muhammad with a bomb tucked...

Domestic violence commercial helps NFL save face; league should not hold disciplinary responsibility

Professional football has been the most popular sport in the United States for 30 straight years. Of the fifty most valuable sports franchises...

Super Bowl madness obscured commercial's powerful message

NO MORE, an anti-domestic violence coalition, created a chilling, 30-second commercial that aired during the 2015 Super Bowl in partnership with Grey Group, a...

Letter from the Editor – February 11, 2015

As I turned to my keyboard to start writing this letter, the clock slowly started to tick past 3 a.m. on a Tuesday morning....

Letter to the Editor

This week's issue of the Oxy Weekly features an article titled "Honor Board reviews DEBI proposal, questions student body fee increase" by...

Letter to the Editor

While recognizing that Henry Dickmeyer's Nov. 11 "Mind the cap: students need more work hours," is an opinions piece, I feel it necessary to...