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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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Gen Z should not yeet away its bright future
Nihilism, existentialism and despair. These aren't words confined to Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture courses: our generation uses them interchangeably to describe everything...
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Occidental’s lack of a permanent Title IX coordinator makes me feel unsafe
In a self-defense class I took last Sunday, I learned how to defend myself from an attacker. I learned to stomp on their feet, use the...
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Self-harm: When coping doesn’t look like coping
Trigger warning: discussions of self-harm and a brief discussion of suicide. There are resources listed at the bottom of this article should you need...
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Children of divorce find a home in college
In New York City, everyone around me was hustling in some form or another. I was hustling too. I was editor-in-chief of my high...
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In-class essays will kill the essay mill
Professors need to stop allowing their students to write essays outside of class, because many of them are not writing their essays at all. College...
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I will die on this (Katie) Hill
“OK, millennials?” In a recent op-ed for The New York Times, columnist Maureen Dowd concluded her take with a smug mic drop directed at 20- and 30-year-olds...
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VSCO girls just want to have fun
A few weeks ago, my friend told me about a game he and his friends play: essentially a version of Punch Buggy, but with “VSCO...
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Let’s clap for the Mary Norton Clapp
Hot take: the Mary Norton Clapp Academic Commons is the best place to be on campus. Nothing puts me in a better mood than...
