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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....
Opinions
Opinion: Persevering through the Marketplace
I walk up the stairs, my heartbeat quickening with each step. My body begs me: reconsider. My brain warns me: approaching danger. My flight...
Opinions
Opinion: I am (not) literally J. Robert Oppenheimer
During the "Barbenheimer" cultural event, I dressed in pastels for Greta Gerwig's "Barbie," so I figured I might as well dress in black slacks...
Opinions
Opinion: Why I love to love “Modern Love”
I have exactly one photo of Ruby Gower. In it she is wearing a pink blouse, a flower tucked into the breast pocket. She’s...
Opinions
Opinion: There were snubs at the Oscars this year — just not the ones you think
Even before "Barbie" was released in July of 2023, it was going to be a cultural phenomenon. The internet had been ablaze for weeks...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Settler Colonialism Cannot Explain Israel. Worse, It Cannot Promote Peace
Some of my colleagues write in their Letter to the Editor (LTE) of Nov. 15, 2023 that I am wrong to claim, in my...
Opinions
Opinion: Apps like Fizz are antithetical to our community
My name is at the top of this article, or maybe at the bottom but I’ll write it again, just to make it clear....
Opinions
Opinion: Modi’s new temple worships religious nationalism
When I was a child, my parents would take my brother and me to a Hindu version of Sunday school — Saturdays, from approximately...
Opinions
Opinion: Cultivating reciprocity in “Braiding Sweetgrass” and the College Experience
Following the final event of the 2023-2024 Community Book Program — the author’s virtual visit to Oxy — I’d like to offer reflections on...
