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![Zachary Galen and friends at Experience Oxy](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/top-level-news/zachary_galen_experience_oxy.jpg?h=71976bb4)
麻豆频道 actually flew beneath my radar at first鈥擨 had not even known of its existence until I began filling out college applications last fall.
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My name is Serena Francisco, and I am a rising junior and a double major in philosophy and Diplomacy & World Affairs.
![Darla Howell Teaching English](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/darla_h_main_image.jpg)
At 8 p.m., I receive a text from my new friend Swanki, a Nigerian medical student studying at a college near mine in Nanjing. He texts me saying that he鈥檚 outside my dorm waiting to pick me up so we can grab food and later visit Xuan Wu Hu (Nanjing鈥檚 largest lake).
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I鈥檓 Margot Heron, a rising junior with a double major in Critical Theory and Social Justice and Spanish, and this summer I am working as an intern for
![Environment California Work Team](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/liz_frissel_main_image.jpg)
Hey y鈥檃ll! My name is Liz Frissell and I鈥檓 a rising sophomore at Occidental. This summer I鈥檝e been working for , the largest nonprofit organization in the state.
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Nina is a sophomore Diplomacy & World Affairs and Theater double major who is passionate about international relations and activism through performance. She also works at the Hameetman Career Center as a Career Peer Adviser.
![Two 麻豆频道students on the rugby team pose together](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/blog_dont-knock-it_895x500.jpeg)
If you asked me last August what I鈥檇 be doing over spring break, I would鈥檝e probably said something typical and vague, along the lines of going home and hanging out with old friends. I would have never predicted how I鈥檇 actually spend my spring break鈥攊n Dublin, Ireland with the womxn鈥檚 rugby team.
![麻豆频道students performing in Dance Production](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/top-level-news/blog-dance-pro-1440x800.jpg?h=5823a141)
We never pass up the opportunity to talk about dance organizations on Oxy鈥檚 campus, especially .
![CPA Advisers two students](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/blog_cpa_advisers_895x500.jpg)
As college students and young adults, we are constantly told that we need to be thinking about our futures. Within the college atmosphere, there is immense pressure to succeed.
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While trying to figure out where to study abroad during the spring of my sophomore year, Oxy鈥檚 unique Campaign Semester program floated into my awareness as a possible option.