Leadership Development Programs

Happy New Year everyone! I hope that everyone’s year is off to a great start and we are all getting ready for the new semester to start! I wanted to write a blog post about something a little different this month; an opportunity usually offered at colleges that some...

Cool Things I've Done In College Thus Far: Part I

Firstly, I’d like to apologize for my lack of updates recently.  As many of you may guess, I’ve been more busy than our president (as my mom would describe it).  With that, I’d like to use this blog post as a recap of all the cool things I’ve done in my first two...

Final Summer to Reflect

Throughout my final summer as an undergraduate student I have found that summer is no longer what it once was. While in high school my friends and I spent our days finding ways to get in trouble and would laugh about it after during our ritual sleepovers. Life was...

NEW YEAR RESOLUTION

HI FRIENDS!!! It’s LJ – coming to you all the way from Eagle Rock, California!!! It’s move-in season here at Occidental. This week marks the end of winter break for us TIGERS, and everybody is slowly making their way back to the 90041. Technically,...

Defying the College Student Stereotype of Being Broke

While in college not only are you constantly stressed over the copious amounts of work piled on by professors, but there is also that underlying stress that comes from being the stereotypical broke college student. Key word in that sentence, broke. However, there are...