2009

Stimulus Cartoon Raises Question: Ruckus or Racist?

Author: Dean DeChiaro and Sonia Lessuck Racism as Dissent Against Stateby Dean DeChiaro, Features EditorOk, so perhaps it was bad timing, perhaps they didn't realize. Or...

Robert Calderon (senior, DWA)

Author:  Through out this year I have been increasingly disappointed with the renovations made to Wylie. In particular, the lack of functionality in the doors...

Seek Social Change Through Activist Jobs

Author: Peter Dreier Whether students come from wealthy, middle-class, or poor families, an Oxy education bestows certain advantages. Oxy students have more choices than most Americans...

Room Draw Attempts to Put Fun in Dysfunctional

Author: Michael Darling This week, Occidental hosted a long-standing, traditional spring event: Room Draw! Yes, folks, it's that exciting time of the year when people gradually...

Punishment of Roman Polanski is the Only Option

Author: Kara McVey Justice cannot be denied forever. In 1977, the acclaimed director Roman Polanski was brought to court for drugging and raping Samantha Geimer, a...

Demonizing Drinking Does Not Raise Alcohol Awareness

Author: Michael Darling It's October, which means it's Alcohol Awareness Month, and I cannot wait to see what Oxy's going to do for it. Last year...

Residents Dominate Middle Campus Softball Game

Author: Emily Phillips Now a couple months into the first year of the new housing policy that requires students to live on campus for three years,...

Veitch Announces New Plans for Oxy’s Future Growth

Author: Ben Dalgetty   On Oct. 15 President Veitch announced that Occidental would withdraw and revisit its Specific plan, which laid out guidelines for the school's development...

It’s Not So Hip to be Square

Author: Dylan Bos-Dowlen Squaresville: the title implies a store full of eclectic objects for socially awkward people, but instead it houses a group of dumpster divers...

Oxy Celebrates Inauguration

Author: Lisa Kraege On Jan. 20, the Occidental community watched the inauguration of Barack Obama '83. Obama became the 44th President of the United States as...

Campus Safety Puts the Pedal to the Metal with New Hybrid

Author: Linni Kral Campus Safety has added a new car to their fleet. It's a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, purchased by the department in November 2008...

Obama’s Troop Decision Betrays his Public Image

Author: Richie DeMaria On Dec. 3, 2009, in a New York Review of Books piece entitled "Afghanistan: The Betrayal," journalist and historian Garry Wills voiced his...