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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....
Opinions
Dear Students, Dear Administration
My name is Paul Charbonneau, during the 2016–2017 academic year I was your student body president. My driving ethos in my position was to...
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Facebook’s data collection divides us more than it connects us
It's a typical day in 2018 America. The sun is shining, summer is around the corner and another scandal's just broken out about election interference via...
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Professors should accommodate students’ mental health issues
Students often struggle to feel like their mental health and well-being are supported in an environment that actively includes empathy. By empathy, I mean an...
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We need to stop holding immigrants to impossible standards
There is nothing America loves more than an immigrant success story. There is also nothing America loves more than degrading immigrants who don’t meet...
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The internship process is awful, and there’s no solution
Being a junior in college means that I'm on the cusp of what I still consider to be young adulthood: I've just turned 21...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: firsthand account from alumni and professor of Cathie Young Selleck ’55 controversy
Dear Oxy Community, We are surprised that President Veitch is honoring Board of Trustees member Cathie Young Selleck ‘55 as part of the “Women in...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Seniors call for the removal of Cathie Young Selleck ’55 from the graduation speakers list
The College’s 2018 commencement theme aims to celebrate women's leadership. Instead of the usual single speaker, the College has decided to host four female...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: 77 alumni request the termination of the CDO
As alumni of Occidental College, we formally and collectively request Rhonda Brown’s immediate termination as the Vice President of Diversity and Equity and Chief...
