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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....
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: Highland Park is changing and so must we
Highland Park and the broader Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) area are in flux. Storefronts come and go, unfamiliar faces become a familiar fog and...
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My skincare addiction: How the internet enforces beauty standards
Last summer, I started breaking out. I don’t mean innocent little pimples, either. I mean some serious cystic nastiness that erupted on my face like a...
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We can’t change history, but we can change how we teach it
In seventh grade, my humanities teacher dropped Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” on my desk. This light read taught me that Columbus...
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A touchy subject: Democrats can do better than Joe Biden
Last year, I was with my parents while they talked to their work friend, a man I hardly know. We moved to walk, and...
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Why I talk about my mental illness
Since my first year, when I heard about Oxy from the Inside (OFTI), I knew I wanted to speak at the event. I shared...
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Upper campus accessibility is an uphill battle
The Occidental administration released an interactive map of campus March 27. The map includes a wide array of features, such as the ability to see the...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: From South Africa to Palestine, end investment in apartheid crimes #OxyDivest
It is time to divest from Israeli apartheid, and to join other colleges and organizations that have taken a stand against violent, discriminatory policies...
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In order to move forward, we need to look back
My junior year of high school, I played on an all-white varsity soccer team at a local inner-city school. Midway through our season, a...
