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Opinion: Wellness was never meant to be an achievement
I’ve started to wonder how much I actually know about my body. When I exercise, I can see my heart rate, calories burned and how...
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Opinion: Amidst recent backlash, MSI is more important than ever
I came to Occidental, thousands of miles away from my home in Virginia, completely unfamiliar with my surroundings but eager to learn. Participating in...
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Opinion: The Sparkletts plant sits vacant. Here’s what to do.
During my second week at Occidental, I had to get my medication from the CVS on York Boulevard. As I was heading home, I...
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Opinion: Write for your inner child
There is a scene in the 2010 animated Walt Disney movie “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue” where Lizzy, a young human girl, works on...
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“OK, boomer” attacks a mindset, not a generation
You don’t believe in climate change? OK, boomer. You think “OK, boomer” is the new n-word? OK, boomer. Zoomers — members of Generation Z — created the “OK, boomer”...
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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...
