2009

Oxy Blackshirts Open Season with Long Beach Tournie

Author: Gil Alcaraz and Gabe Shapiro As many club sports at Oxy start to kick practices into gear, the men's rugby team is no exception. After...

No Price for Redemption in Catholicism

Author: Brian Francisco Of the several examples in last week's issue of Occidental students exhibiting the self-righteous indignation and ironic close-mindedness that is often found at...

Simply The Best

Author: Kara McVey and Andrea Wong When the students of Occidental College move into their respective residences, they are provided with a bed, a desk, a...

Students Canvass for Equal Education

Author: Lisa Kraege About 20 Occidental students joined with Benjamin Franklin High School students on Saturday, Feb. 28 to canvass local neighborhoods in support of the...

Steve Lopez Shares the Story Behind “The Soloist”

Author: Kara McVey In the winter of 2005, Los Angeles Times journalist Steve Lopez wandered the streets of downtown L.A. researching a story. He was looking...

Obama Uniting Faith & Politics Transcends Church & State

Author: Aidan Lewis Controversy over the separation of Church and State will manifest itself in a particularly slippery form this year-President Obama's Office of Faith-Based and...

Cindy Tang (senior, AHVA)

Author:  This is in response to Aliza Goldsmith's letter to the editor last week. Goldsmith claims that the Film Department "were never asked to move...

Students Break Gender Barriers at QSA’s Genderfuck

Author: Emily Birnbaum Genderfuck, the annual dance sponsored by Oxy's Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA) took place on Saturday, April 18, and provided students the opportunity to infringe...

Oxy’s Battle of the Coasts

Author: Leah Glowacki Oxy students reputably overcome racial, socioeconomic and religious differences, among others, and live in a diverse and cooperative community. A divider many students...

A Saturday Afternoon Goes Awry with Goat Slaughter

Author: Eric Kleinsasser A couple of weeks ago, a group of Occidental students acquired a goat, and intended to get together and "sacrifice" it for reasons...

Lucía I. Maldonado-Medina (junior, DWA)

Author:  Since letters to the editor seem to be the forum for voicing one's complaints that the editor can do nothing about, I felt compelled...

Lil’ Wayne is the new Mozart

Author: Lisa Kraege I love Lil' Wayne. Because he's a demeaning, misogynist, despicable and unfortunate part of our god-forsaken generation? Actually, no. I love Lil' Wayne...