2007

Double your Major, Double your Fun

Author: Elizabeth Cutler Is double the major double the fun---or at least, double the education, career benefits and prestige? Student newspapers and educational publications have already...

The Proselytization of Atheism

Author: Max Weidman 'Faith' has become something of a taboo. Like the dildo in your closet or the jelly between your toes, it is simply no...

PDBD: Post Dramatic Breakup Disorder

Author: Lizeth Castillo "We need to talk." How funny is it that four little words have the power to make your heart stop beating, your stomach...

Bob Sipchen (Adjunct Professor of English Writing)

Author:  Emily Jensen did a fine job of reporting on the intensive team-taught courses in journalistic writing and theory that Occidental is offering for the...

In My Own Words…

Author: Emily Daggett, Senior, Track and Field For me, the sport of Track and Field represents everything I love and fear in this world. Each time...

Xmas: All About You

Author: Max Weidman Soon the sounds of dissent will blot out the lilting beauty of children's voices singing carols. Soon the bitterness of cynics everywhere will...

The New Thunderbolts

Author: Jon Kirby On 24-hour cable news networks, talking heads blather on endlessly about the latest controversial government policy-but this time it's not an intransigent foreign...

It’s Twice As Nice

Author: Sam Mowe and Adam Greenhouse Jonathan and Robert Dohring (juniors), twin brothers and divers for Oxy's team, finished first and second in the 1-meter and...

Loving Yourself, Too Much

Author: Lisa Andrews A study led by San Diego State psychology professor Jean Twenge came out recently which concludes that our generation of college-age students is...

Check Language at the Door: Words With Excess Baggage

Author: Max Weidman Words, especially those which target historically underrepresented groups, have excess baggage. Sometimes, despite your best efforts, you have no control over this-there is...

Getting Ready for Darjeeling

Author: Anahid Yahjian The recent advent of "indie" culture, rising from the depths of the underground and pervading the streets of middle class America, has brought...

Panel Discusses Intentions of Founding Fathers

Author: Elizabeth Cutler Over 100 years after it was originally adopted in Philadelphia, the United States Constitution celebrated its birthday on Oxy's campus. On September 18,...