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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: Stop letting people you don’t know tell you what your taste buds should think
I was, as I often am, curled up on my couch before bed catching up on my YouTube subscriptions. Inspired by a craving for...
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Opinion: A guide to modern adulthood during a pandemic
At the beginning of the semester, my social media feed was filled with pictures of out-of-staters’ views from their airplanes and geotags signifying they...
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Opinion: We can grow up, too
The first adult I confided in about my delayed manifestation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms was my commanding, intellectual, Black, mid-30s high school...
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Opinion: Don’t be fooled by the memestocks, r/WallStreetBets carries more power than you’d think
Having grown up on the internet, from Club Penguin chats to teenage Omegle hangouts to Tumblr, Twitter and Reddit, I’ve learned that internet subgroups...
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Letter to the Editor: To fund the oppressor destroys any pretense of neutrality #OxyDivest
An uncomfortable truth that Occidental has tried to distance itself from is the direct role it took in funding South African apartheid 40 years...
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Opinion: Only the Trump administration is to blame for ineffective vaccine distribution
It's no surprise the federal government under former President Trump lacked any sort of vaccination distribution plan to effectively vaccinate American citizens. The Centers...
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Opinion: Let’s talk about religion
I am an Armenian Orthodox Christian woman. When I share my identities on campus, I feel like I have to restrict talking about my...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: From an Occidental staff member to the community, thank you for your support
This letter was written by Magdalena Cortes on behalf of Occidental's Academic and Residential Cleaning Services staff to those who donated to the relief...
