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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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Bowe Bergdahl: Hero, traitor or human?
Don’t read the comments — that’s the first rule of Facebook. Regardless, I waded into the swamp. This time my fix was a news story...
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Crisis in Puerto Rico: A reminder of American arrogance that precedes Trump
Trump's response to the current humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico has been both contemptuous and ignorant. His casual paper towel throwing, obsession over "our"...
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It’s time to price dorms by quality
As a first year, I expected to have a lot of emotions when I stepped on campus the first day: excitement, nervousness, curiosity, even...
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Live from New York, comedians normalize Trump!
Watching Alec Baldwin look into the camera dressed as Donald Trump and announce, "live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" is still unnerving. One...
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Working hard or hardly surviving the workload
As my undergraduate career nears its end and my job search begins, I’ve started mulling through the standard set of post-grad anxieties. Did I...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor from members of DEB/ASOC
Dear Occidental College Community, Thursday, Nov. 2, the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) Senate Joint Committee of Academic Affairs...
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REHS does not deserve the hate: An RA’s perspective
Being a resident advisor (RA) is one of the most difficult jobs a student can have while in college. We are the first people...
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Accessing birth control was already hard. Don’t make it harder.
The Trump administration recently enacted — with no period for public comment and only a few days warning — a measure that will allow...
