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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: Programming Board releases budget and calls for student vote for SpringFest Artist
— Programming Board: Lexi Banbury (senior), Eli Plvan-Franke (senior), Bea Bestor (sophomore), Maya Crawford (senior), Robby Schreiber (sophomore), Hannah Wakefield (sophomore), Kyle Costello (senior), Isabel Geddes (junior), Kevyn Kovesdy (sophomore), Anna Holm (senior) Programming Board...
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Democrats “fix the damn road” to the White House: takeaways from the midterms
https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js With all precincts reported, the 2018 midterm elections ended with Democrats gaining control of the House of Representatives, flipping 27 seats, while Republicans made gains...
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‘Death ain’t ready for you’: a reflection on suicide prevention and awareness month
September was Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, and I was very aware. Two years ago, I almost suicided, and that anniversary is disorienting at best and...
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Astrology is fake, but the friendships we make through it are real
You might remember the huge buzz on the internet several years ago when NASA declared there was a 13th Zodiac sign — Ophiuchus. NASA explained how the Earth's...
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Hollywood needs to stop making reboots and focus on telling diverse stories
Hollywood has been continuously churning out an obscene amount of sequels and remakes. So far this year, there have been 46 remakes, reboots and sequels,...
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Food for thought: students deserve healthier nighttime dining options
Imagine this: It's been a long, hard practice and you find yourself daydreaming about the Homestyle station at the Marketplace (MP). By the time you...
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Credit where credit is due: give student-athletes more than one unit
Approximately 25 percent of students at Occidental College are student-athletes, but these athletes aren't getting the credit they deserve. Occidental awards student-athletes with one unit of...
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Trump’s redefinition of gender is rooted in politics, not science
In 1859, Charles Darwin proposed the theory of evolution. The guy was onto something, but his peers weren't. The theory quickly evolved, so to speak, into "social...
