2009

Tiger Track Runs Over Their Competition

Author: Sharen Cervantes On Feb. 21, Occidental's Track and Field team will ring in the 2009 season at Pomona-Pitzer with the Annual All-Comers Meet. They are...

Late Night Robbery Puts Students on Edge

Author: Lisa Kraege On Friday, Feb. 20, at about 10:30 p.m., four male Occidental students reported to Campus Safety that they had been robbed of their...

Oxy Baseball Comes Out Swingin’

Author: Dean DeChiaro Not until Feb. 20 will it really matter that the Oxy boys of summer are playing some of their best baseball in years,...

Women’s Soccer Ends Season in Stride at SCIAC Tournament

Author: Emily Phillips Leaving their hearts on the field, the women's soccer team finished its hard-fought 2009 season with a 1-0 loss to rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS)...

FCC Proposes Net Neutrality

Author: Tyler Kearn The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed formally mandating net neutrality on Oct. 22. Net neutrality, in general terms, is the theory that everyone...

National Acceptance of Weed Should Lead to Less Harsh Laws

Author: Nick Nam What's in vogue this season and has roots (no pun intended) in all venues of mainstream American culture including film, television, fashion and...

Sarah Ritter (senior, UEP)

Author:  Many of us don't really consider bicycling a serious form of transportation after elementary school. However, recently, bikes have been making a comeback for...

Springsteen’s Grit Defies L.A. Glam

Author: Dean DeChiaro If one tore relentlessly through the dictionary on a merciless mission to find the single perfect word to describe the atmosphere at the...

Alex Graves (senior, Politics)

Author:  I would like to take a moment to address Michael Darling's LTE last week. After reading the article, I was perplexed. Frankly, I...

Unrecognized Sexism at Oxy Deserves Action

Author: Linni Kral Imagine, for a moment, that it's April Fool's Day. You walk to the quad, pick up The Weekly and find a "joke" article...

Heart Like A Hand Grenade Less Than Explosive

Author: Gerry Maravilla If you had told me when I was in high school that Green Day would rival U2 and Coldplay as the biggest band...

Students Build Bridges with Alumni Over Beans and Beer

Author: Alison Kjeldgaard On Friday evening, the front terrace of Thorne Hall was buzzing the sound of with students, alumni and professors talking over the DJ's...