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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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Opinion: Demolishing the East Wing is yet another broken norm in the Trump administration
The East Wing of the White House was a historic building. Constructed in 1902 during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, it stood for 123 years until it was demolished...
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Opinion: AI is ruining the liberal arts experience
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My mother, who attended a small liberal arts college, used to tease my dad about his engineering degree. "You received training," she’d say, “but...
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Opinion: I don’t want to go to war with Venezuela
October was Venezuela’s month, and it seems like November — and possibly the rest of the year — will be too. Oct. 10, opposition...
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Opinion: Academia in the modern world needs to reflect its premodern ideals
Over 2000 years ago, Athens led the Greek city-states in a war against the Persian empire. The Athenians had grown accustomed to dominance over the...
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Opinion: Prop. 50, saving our people or burning down our democracy?
The Democrats have failed to quell the fire burning down the principles of the country. In the face of what some political scientists have called a...
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Opinion: Your skinny jeans are not a recession indicator
Over the last few months, videos have filled my phone screen, declaring everything from "quiet luxury" to "the rise of skinny culture" as recession...
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Opinion: The passions that keep our loved ones close
Though my grandpa lived a long and fulfilling life, I still felt he went too soon. When he gave me some of his family...
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Opinion: Who are you going to fight your “One Battle After Another” with?
“I wish I were part of the French 75,” I thought while sitting in my reclining chair at the AMC Americana, watching Paul Thomas...
