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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: Rhonda Brown responds to resignation call
Dear Occidental Community, I am writing this Letter to the Editor in response to Ricardo Parada’s Letter to the Editor last week, that suggested I...
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Women shouldn’t have to choose between getting a doctorate and dying alone
"The Bachelor" finale aired March 5, and as a proud member of Bachelor Nation, I had a stronger reaction than most of the other 7.8...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: President Veitch defends Cathie Young Selleck’s ’55 inclusion at Commencement
Occidental College announced March 19 that its 2018 Commencement will celebrate Women in Leadership and feature four distinguished women leaders from a wide range...
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Addiction is scary enough without fear-mongering posters
"MARIHUANA: WEED WITH ROOTS IN HELL," screams one 1936 anti-marijuana movie poster emblazoned with pictures of a dejected woman; joints labeled with words like "Lust," "Crime" and...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor from Senior Class Senator Ricardo Parada
On Monday, March 19, Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senate held their weekly meeting. Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity...
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You can’t put a price on a neighborhood
Gentrification has continually been at play in Occidental's own backyard — in fact, our school has ultimately been complicit in gentrification, sometimes very deliberately. As the...
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Berry Bowl isn’t the problem, it’s the shrinking middle class
I'm here to confess a sin. I disobeyed the anti-gentrification posters stuck around campus. I ate at Berry Bowl. Multiple times. The problem is that...
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In an urgent mental health crisis, Emmons needs more options
While most describe their undergraduate college experience as a time of growth and freedom, others remember the stagnation and isolation that accompanied their untreated...
