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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 by Occidental theater students
Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim once said, “I am always conscious of what the actor may ask me. I have a defense for nearly every line...
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The left has a fake news problem too
I cannot remember the last time a day went by where I didn't hear the term “fake news.” The liberal left lambasts the right,...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor from Kobe Cancel: Dear Oxy Theater, do better
CONTENT WARNING: This following article and links discuss issues of sexual assault and sexual violence, including rape. In an article she co-wrote for Emerson College’s...
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Enough is enough: No more national days
April 20 is National Lima Bean Respect Day, and I have some questions. How does one celebrate this day? Why should we stand in...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor from the Queer Student Alliance
We of the Queer Student Alliance (QSA) write here in concern. We are concerned about both national and campus-based issues. Incidents like the Fall...
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To bra or not to bra? That is not the question
I bought my first bra in sixth grade on an after-school Target excursion with my mom. It was by the brand Xhilaration (how I...
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Your interpretation of ‘Skinny Love’ is wrong (but so is mine)
A few months ago, I was fortunate enough to see Bon Iver at the Hollywood Bowl. I feel painfully cliché saying it, but I’m...
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We are never too old for Young Adult novels
My hands-down favorite book is “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.” Judging me? “That isn’t a real book,” my friend told me recently. “It doesn’t...
