2008

Gerry Maravilla

Author:  Dear Editor,I know that many people on this campus do not take the Occidental Weekly seriously. I have heard and seen people merely scan...

For Those Who Have Rocked, We Analyze You

Author: Michael Darling Well my friends, it's that time of year again. The leaves are changing colors and out of Cleveland has come a pronouncement. Yes,...

Casey Ogden

Author:  Dear Editor,Let me begin by saying that I realize that Oxy prides itself on being a beautiful campus. With its sprawling lawns and immaculately...

The House that Memories Built

Author: Sonia Lessuck Imagine springtime in the Bronx, New York. It's sunny but still cool enough to wear a jacket. The Yankees host the Boston Red...

Mexico, US Soccer Rivalry Takes One Step Further

Author: Gerry Maravilla As far as sports rivalries go, it would be a stretch to find one bigger than the rivalry between the United States and...

New School Approach

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros Charter schools offer students "alternative educations," but each charter school offers its own version of what alternative education means. In essence, charter schools...

This Is Why I’m Hot

Author: Kelly Neukom I've never been happy with my body. This statement shouldn't surprise you. Most women (and some men) loathe their bodies. It doesn't matter...

All the Saints of the City of the Angels Descend Upon Autry

Author: Caroline Olsen-Van Stone Social justice, gripping portraits, attribution to saints and the history of Los Angeles come together in J. Michael Walker's solo exhibition All...

One Night of Cool

Author: Anahid Yahjian It was the kind of welcome everyone secretly wishes for when stepping off a plane after a long flight: 800 bodies rising in...

Ron Paul: The Renegade

Author: Max Weidman My family has something of a penchant for independent candidates. The first presidential election I remember is '92 when my dad voted for...

Liberty and Rain Boots for All

Author: Berit Anderson I love water. I spent many of my developmental years throwing myself head-first into various bodies of it: quarries, lakes, ponds, bays, straits,...

J. Mohorcich III (first-year, Politics and Economics)

Author:  It is only once every half-century or so that a work of art shatters every established boundary of its medium and transcends the very...