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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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Trump is using the military to parade his insecurity
Donald Trump wants a parade. With an approval rating of 40 percent, a special prosecutor reaching deeper and deeper into the White House and the stock market dipping,...
Letters to the Editor
Letter-to-the-Editor: Salaita’s Speech Unsettles Jewish Students
Authors: Maddie Callis, Jaydon Levitt, Sara Packer Contributors: Alex Waxler, Jona Yadidi Although the authors of this article are all members of Hillel’s E-Board, the opinions...
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Letter from the senior leadership team: Name change
To the Occidental community, The senior leadership of The Occidental Weekly — after months of consideration and discussion — has decided to return to our publication's...
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The government shut down twice in a month. Congress said, “Whatever, man.”
The Democrats' moral flip-flopping during the three-day-long January shutdown shows that 27 elected officials don't know where they stand on the policy issue of...
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You shouldn’t feel bad about Oxy Confessing your existential dread
Oxy Confessions is tough to characterize. At first glance, the Facebook page looks something like a disjointed, anonymous group chat; nameless students wonder what classes they...
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Migos’ “Stir Fry” serves up a plate of Orientalism
Atlanta-based trap group Migos now ties The Beatles’ record with 14 songs currently charting on Billboard’s Hot 100 list. With the group’s recent drop of “Culture II,”...
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Eagles’ Philadelphia folklore runs deeper than pigskin
Rejoice! The Philadelphia Eagles — champions of the downtrodden, slayers of dynasties, guardians of America’s first capital — have defeated Darth Vader and the...
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The white-centric narrative of sexual assault
Harvey Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax and “the most powerful producer in Hollywood,” is submerged in a flood of rape and sexual assault accusations. So...
