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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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We should reach out to the community beyond our borders
After a weekend beach trip, a Thursday night of bar hopping or even a midnight walk down to Donut Friend, it can be easy...
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Taking a knee during the national anthem is a patriotic protest
The use of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at sporting events dates back, on record at least, to the early 1900s. Because the United States had...
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No more free passes for supporting immoral artists
I went to see “Manchester by the Sea” in theaters. I paid for it, it made me cry and the story stuck with me...
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We are here and (believe it or not) we are queer
I came out for the first time the way many people do — on social media. Two years ago, in the spring semester of...
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Neutrality vs. Objectivity: The Weekly weighs in
The Weekly has long prided itself on being an objective purveyor of news on this campus. We have carved out a role for ourselves...
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Getting detained and other reminders of who I am
This summer, on the same day as the violent unrest in Charlottesville, Va., I was reminded of the gravity of a situation I had...
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No se habla español: America’s problem with foreign language education
At the end of this academic year, I will (hopefully) receive a fancy piece of paper certifying that Occidental College has tested and confirmed...
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Letter from Editor-in-Chief Flora Adamian
In taking the position of Editor-in-Chief, I expected the stresses of deadlines, dreary late nights and incessant Google Calendar alerts. Less-expected, however, was the...
