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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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Commodifying the Occidental Student through the ‘College Experience’
This year, Occidental’s tuition and fees broached $50,000. For reference, when Occidental first opened its doors in 1880, tuition was $1,108 (adjusted for inflation)....
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Sexual assault is a men’s issue: what we can do to stop the sexual violence epidemic
As a male growing up I felt it was my duty to defend men whenever someone complained about us as a group. I quickly...
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An exotic beauty? No, simply westernized and objectified
Barbies were banned from my house when I was growing up. “It’s just a doll,” I pleaded on my seventh birthday as I clutched the...
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Palestine, Israel: defend the people without power or rights
As an American-born Israeli, I always sense questions forming in people's heads when the Arab/Israeli conflict comes up. “Why don’t you do more to...
2017 Top Articles
Bouncer culture and queerness: The problem with the door
Several weeks ago, I made my way to York Boulevard for a night of Thursday bar-hopping. As usual, the Occidental crowd started at Block...
Editorial
Burning down the house: Voting down the ballot
From B-list celebrities to professional athletes, it seems everyone with a soapbox encourages the American populous to register to vote. And yet, while we...
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The NSA knows what you did last night
To tag, or not to tag? That is the question many of us face each weekend, phones and snap stories brimming with last night’s...
2017 Top Articles
An open letter to the first Occidental student who made me feel white
I would like to extend a sincere thank you to the Occidental student who first made me feel white. Thank you for a moment you...
