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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....
Opinions
Anecdotes from the Archives Gender Equality on Campus: then, now and beyond
Author: Keegan McChesney The Occidental Weekly, September 1944: A headline on the front page reads “'Men Only’ Theme for Men's Stag Night.”“‘For Men Only’ is to...
2014
Fail: Freshmen Required to Create Sexual Assault Memes
Author: Taylor Majewski|Lucy Stewart Sexual assault is not a laughing matter, a fact that—based on our schools' recent history—Occidental students are perhaps especially equipped to understand....
2014
Occidental offers potential for social progress
Author: Alex Nieves I am a black man. At least that is how I identify myself, my heritage and the face I see when I look in...
Opinions
Super Bowl madness obscured commercial’s powerful message
Author: Nina Greenebaum NO MORE, an anti-domestic violence coalition, created a chilling, 30-second commercial that aired during the 2015 Super Bowl in partnership with Grey Group,...
Editorial
Occidental should take advantage of unique identity
Author: A little-known fact about Occidental is that our name translates to “western” in Latin, in reference to the desire of our founders to establish...
2015
Fast food ban proves to be racially biased
Author: Margaret Su You stroll into the Marketplace on a Friday morning, grabbing a bowl of oatmeal with chopped walnuts sprinkled on top and a slightly...
2015
CSP program faulty at its core
Author: Jane Drinkard According to Occidental’s website, the Core Program is the “backbone” of an Occidental education. Such a backbone needs to be supportive, sustainable and...
2015
College needs to expand gender-inclusive housing
Author: The majority of Occidental’s on-campus housing options restrict students to same-sex roommates, regardless of their gender identifications. Out of Occidental’s 11 residence halls and...
