Friday, May 22, 2026
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Graduating OCC Honor Society co-founders Lance copp and Sophia land leave their mark, bringing together students of different majors
By Ava Rea Rice
Soon to be Orange Coast graduates Lance Copp and Sophia Land have rocked the boat, making waves across campus during their final year at community college.
OCC students of different majors have come together, found community, and made a home in Sigma Kappa Delta (SKD).
The English honor society is releasing the second edition of their student-run literary magazine named Untitled Document on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
“I feel like everyone has a creative side to them, no matter what major they have,” Copp, SKD’s president said. “Whether it's writing poems, making art, or whatever. We wanted to make this platform for people to express their creative side.”
During the Fall 2025 semester, Copp approached Land, both English majors, during club rush to ask for her help in reestablishing the previously inactive chapter of SKD.
From there, the pair recruited other classmates. They started to brainstorm how the newly instated society could gain more awareness.
“The magazine was kind of like the natural progression of the newsletter we were originally planning to send out,” Land, who is SKD’s Deputy Editor, said. “We talked briefly about doing a ‘What is SKD up to?’, ‘What are we reading?’ That kind of thing. But a lot of people were also doing independent writing.”
Photo captured by Ava Rea Rice on Wednesday, May 20
From left to right: Spike Lopez, Creative Director, Sophia Land, Deputy Editor, and Lance Copp, President of SKD
Tapping into the resource pool of student projects, the group eventually began to develop the first edition of the Untitled Document.
They wanted to make something that would represent OCC’s chapter of SKD as an English honor society. But more importantly, they wanted to bring students who were simply passionate about literature together.
“We want to make a community,” Copp said.
“The magazine was just the vehicle for that,” Land said.
“We want to make something really cool, like we're not just here for ourselves, just to put something on our application,” Copp said. “We actually want to create something really cool.”
This spring edition will feature 22 student submissions.
Advertisements were posted around campus and online for written and visual pieces, open to all OCC students.
“Because we have such a big group, it's made for a very interesting magazine, and I'm excited for everyone to see it,” Land said.
SKD’s regular members are made of many majors including English, visual arts, psychology, and engineering.
“I feel like the new publication is a more accurate representation of who we are as a group and what we hope to put out into the void,” Land said.
Beyond the academic recognition that comes with being part of an honor society, SKD’s members have gained much from their involvement and collaboration on the magazine.
“I've benefited a lot from learning what's possible and what I can do, not even as a student, but as a person,” Spike Lopez, a visual arts major, said.
Lopez was originally asked by Copp for help designing SKD’s T-shirts. Later, Lopez was invited on the team as the Creative Director.
Heading into Fall 2026, Lopez has been elected as interim president to keep their momentum going. They plan to have posters to advertise the submission window ready to go before the semester starts.
Lopez also plans to focus on recruiting new members to rebuild the team. A majority of SKD’s current members will be graduating along with Copp and Land. Copp plans to attend his dream school UCLA in the fall.
“I think SKD is growing as a pillar of OCC,” Lopez said.
Through their hard work on Untitled Document, SKD has become much more than just an honor society.
Their magazine provides a creative outlet available to every student at OCC, regardless of their major. It’s a chance for students to share part of who they are.
“The most valuable thing that we've accomplished from these past two semesters of SKD is just forming this community,” Copp said. “Being able to see familiar faces and to call each other, to talk to each other and not just be classmates.”
SKD is a place for students to connect and work with others beyond the confines of their major.
“We’ve brought a lot more happiness to people,” Copp continued. “We're more happy to go to class now and see each other. So I think that's the most important part, is just bringing together a community.”