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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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The Timed Writing Exam serves no real purpose and causes unnecessary stress
I chose to attend Oxy because I wanted a strong liberal arts education that fostered small class sizes and individualized teaching. In theory, the...
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Oxy must use restorative justice to fight sexual violence
The most frequent question for a senior like me is about what I will do after graduation. I have zero concrete plans, but I...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor: Tal Becker is an inappropriate Jack Kemp ’57 Distinguished Lecturer
This letter was originally sent to administration and staff April 23. The Occidental is publishing it in its original form. Letter to President Veitch about...
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GoldLink? More like GoneLink: How we lost Springfest to FOMO
On the evening of Friday, April 13, one day before Occidental's annual Springfest concert, the student body received an email from Tamara Himmelstein, the assistant...
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Garcetti belongs in city hall, not the White House
After Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s April 14 visit to Iowa, his run for the 2020 U.S. presidency is all but assured. By any measure,...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: At the end of the day, we need shared governance.
In 2015, the administration increased the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) budget by 50 percent and promoted the position to the VP level as a...
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Kristine “isn’t” White: why filling out the census makes me uncomfortable
My favorite joke to tell is when people ask for my last name, I say, “It’s the same color as my skin,” and watch...
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A letter from the Lorax: why the Haines banana trees mattered so much
I gazed up at the thick trunks growing up from the ground, the leaves sprouting from their limbs slightly off-proportion. The masses of green...
