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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....
2013
The better angels of our nature
Author: Henry Dickmeyer The word "marathon" dates back to 490 B.C. Legend has it that after the Athenians trumped the Persian army following the Battle of...
2013
Letter to the Editor – May 17
Author: Dear Editor,None would disagree that a student *proven* to have assaulted or raped other another student should be expelled, after which the victims should...
2013
Students on cheaper plans suffer from new dining program
Author: Occidental's dining services may have recently been ranked as the fourteenth best college for food in America by The Daily Meal, but rather than...
2013
State immigration reforms set the standard
Author: Christian Morales According to a 2010 report by the Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project, there are one million undocumented immigrants under the age of...
2013
L.A. River restoration deserves full investment
Author: Lena Smith Where there should be natural banks, the Los Angeles River is encased in unsightly concrete walls. There is little – aside from spotty...
2014
Pedestrians must take back Eagle Rock Boulevard
Author: Stephen Nemeth One of the advantages of living in a small neighborhood like Eagle Rock is how close together everything and everyone is. But one...
2014
Occidental needs to continue water conservation efforts
Author: Although the Water Conservation Challenge has formally ended, The Occidental Weekly would like to remind students that water scarcity in California has not. With...
2014
Alumni should communicate frustrations to administration, not Telefund
Author: Annual giving to Occidental last year amounted to over $18 million, or 4 percent of the school’s annual budget, according to the 2013 annual...
