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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....
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Surviving the heat wave; easier for some students than others
Two weeks ago, I woke up in Stearns Hall feeling as if I was being suffocated. Drenched in sweat, I regretted my decision not...
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Girls just want to have fun; redefining the double standard
My mom was born in 1963, a time when people still believed a woman's place was in the kitchen, so it is no surprise...
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iPhone 6 exploits our addiction to technology
David Hearne carefully positioned his cot and blanket outside the entrance of a Verizon Wireless store in Salisbury, Md. Last Friday evening, a native...
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Ebola outbreak prompts rapid vaccine research
The Ebola virus currently plaguing at least five West African nations has up to a 90 percent fatality rate, and yet, according to the...
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Alumni donations should meet students' basic needs
The rate at which new construction projects are being started on our campus can, at times, be staggering. These building renovations and capital projects...
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Anecdotes from the Archives Gender Equality on Campus: then, now and beyond
The Occidental Weekly, September 1944: A headline on the front page reads “'Men Only’ Theme for Men's Stag Night.”“‘For Men Only’ is to be...
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Traveling alone allows for alternate perspectives
Before spending three weeks in India this summer, I had never left the continent. It was never on my parents' radar to wander the...
On Campus
Weight room policy strengthens athletics
Melinda Houston, a professor in the Kinesiology department and Occidental's first full-time head conditioning coach, is shaking things up in the varsity weight room....
