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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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#Fitspiration: The dangers of the quest for health
It began with exercise — when I was a kid, I would push myself and my body during workouts. I began to devote more...
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Pete Buttigieg’s sexuality is only part of this white, Christian, veteran, Ivy-educated candidate
Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay presidential candidate, has achieved surprising successes in early democratic caucuses. He came first in Iowa and second...
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The US must address its exportation of mass gun violence
A gunman opened fire at the Terminal 21 shopping center in Nakhon Ratchasima in central Thailand Feb. 9, killing 29 people and injuring over 50 others....
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I am once again asking mikebloomberg to stop buying memes
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: an old guy tries to hang with kids by adopting one of their mannerisms to poor...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Ignorant to his positionality, Jeff Flake visits Oxy
*Trigger/content warning: This article, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence. Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) took up considerable space...
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Pop the Oxy bubble and take a debate class
As Oxy students, we are in the Oxy bubble, which shapes us to form similar opinions. A philosophy class I took last semester, "Ethics...
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NYT columnists offer an inaccurate interpretation of the Israel-Palestine question
President Donald Trump's White House presented its "Middle East Peace Plan" Jan. 27, the finished product of a three-year process overseen by his son-in-law Jared Kushner. Calling...
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My cell phone, the ultimate Swiss Army knife
On my way back to Occidental after winter break, I boarded a flight from Portland to San Jose, and after a brief layover, another...
