Opinions
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....
Editorial
Opinion: The dangers and wonders of “The Summer I Turned Pretty”
In Season 2, Episode 5 of "The Summer I Turned Pretty," two teenagers almost kiss to Frank Ocean’s “Nikes,” a song that touches on police brutality against...
Opinions
Column: Unveiling the apprehension and embracing the gap year
Renee Ye -
Part of the beauty about my gap year in Shanghai is that things that used to have little significance to me have started to...
Opinions
Opinion: Why I celebrate autumn in a seasonless LA
Growing up, the glow in the Colorado air as the season shifted into autumn filled me with anticipation. I began imagining fabulous backyard birthday...
Opinions
Opinion: Los Angeles, City of Angels and romanticized roads
Noah Kim -
There we were, me and six of my fellow Oxy first-year compatriots, standing on the side of Mulholland Drive as the hazard lights of...
Opinions
Opinion: I love California and California loves me
Lee Lang -
I’m from the south side of Minneapolis, a tight-knit community within a big, sprawling city. Or what I thought was a big, sprawling city...
Opinions
Opinion: I’m still watching Lahaina burn. Are you?
Just a month after the nation’s deadliest wildfire that left at least 115 people dead, residents of Lahaina, Maui and families across Hawaiʻi, including...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Seek discomfort and seize the day
I was touted as “Occidental’s Most Involved Student”. And before I graduate, here are some lessons I’d like to impart. Throughout my time at Oxy, I...
Opinions
Opinions: TikTok Ban, a political ordeal or a cybersecurity necessity?
When I first heard about the news of TikTok being taken down, I reacted like every other worker who would be facing layoff: horrified....
