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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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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Opinion: Drop the company or drop the activism
From turning trash into fleece to not-so-passive aggressive messages against evil politicians in the tags of garments, Patagonia has been taking action to fight climate change and all the nasty...
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Opinion: My crazy and storied relationship with the New York Times
I have a crazy and storied relationship with the New York Times. To the impartial onlooker, it might seem fairly normal: I read it....
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Opinion: Historical preservation laws betray our past and sell out our future to satisfy a few in the present
As a large city, LA divides its development rules throughout the city into various "community plans." The one that governs our area is the Northeast...
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Opinion: Binging junk food romance is healthier than you think
If you’re anything like me, your love for reading books started at your elementary school’s annual Scholastic Book Fair. All of my classmates, including myself,...
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Society makes an unfair director’s cut on Olivia Wilde
Director Olivia Wilde has allegedly committed some questionable offenses over the course of making and promoting her new film, “Don’t Worry Darling.” Significant media attention on...
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Opinion: @endthemandate shows us we need to fix how we talk to each other
It was a quiet summer morning, and I was enjoying my last couple days of laziness before the term began. I checked my Instagram,...
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Lessons Learned: How to become the person you are meant to be
My name is Yenni Guadalupe Gonzalez Salinas and I am a daughter of immigrants. As I was growing up, my mother instilled in me...
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Opinion: Chile unbound, understanding the rejection vote
On Sept. 4, 2022, the people of Chile voted on the proposed constitution, the Constitución Política de la República de Chile, with an overwhelming majority...
