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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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Letter from the Editor
Journalism is a dying field, or so I am told almost daily. There is no future in it, no jobs and certainly no money....
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"Yes" is sexy; Bill 967 redefines sexual assault assault on campus
Emily Sulkowicz was raped in her dorm room at the start of her junior year. Now, Sulkowicz is the girl carrying her mattress around...
On Campus
Occidental lags in California drought awareness
Los Angeles defies the mold of most major global cities. We throw New York’s “scenes” scene to the curb, preferring individualistic attitudes and mingling...
On Campus
Veitch's social contract starts with his signature
The most concerning part about President Jonathan Veitch's six-year contract extension last month was not the extension itself, but rather the tone of its...
Community News
A Freshman's guide to outdoor escapes
Incoming students choose Occidental College for a wide array of reasons: challenging academics; small size; the liberal arts philosophy; proximity to Los Angeles. Then...
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Embrace the introvert within: free to be you and me
After four long, yet simultaneously ephemeral years at Occidental, I will reap the fruits of my laborious days spent here, along with about 500...
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A brush through history: TV from 1951 to 2014
“A new era has begun, one started this time in the laboratories and factories of America. No doubt the period from 1945 to the...
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Moving from religious tolerance to acceptance
Two Sundays ago, as I drove down Eagle Rock Boulevard to my house in Cypress Park, I was met with barricades and flashing lights....
