2011

First Two Weeks of NBA Season Canceled, Lockout Looms

Author: Sant Kumar Many National Basketball Association (NBA) fans look forward to the beginning of the regular season every November, as every fan's favorite team renews...

March Madness Moves Onward

Author: Ryan Graff March Madness is finally back, signalling avid fans to fill out their brackets, enter their betting pools and settle in for the long...

Spreading the Spoken Word, With Soul and Swagger

Author: Kate Bustamante Long before poets were printing their words of passion and mass distributing them to inspired readers, masters of language were performing their creative...

Professor Search Ongoing

Author: Ben DeLuca & Kaitlyn Reeser The DWA and UEP departments are currently on the hunt for faculty to join them next fall according to the...

Intramural Soccer Caters to All Skill Levels

Author: Julie Xu Students are expressing more interest in intramurals, specifically in the game of soccer. This year, there are over 350 students in 500 different...

Recording Studio Opens For Student Use

Author: Jake Steele RAWRecords (RAWR), a new Occidental record label, opened the College's first professional-style recording studio last Monday for student use. RAWR provides a means...

Women’s Water Polo Undefeated in SCIAC Play

Author: The Occidental Weekly - Sports Staff Last Saturday, the women defeated La Verne 16-5, solidifying a three-game winning streak to kick off SCIAC play. After...

Mount Fiji Solar Project Slowly Gaining Energy

Author: Michelle L. Park & Larissa Saco Since physics professor Daniel Snowden-Ifft began to work with the idea during the Spring of 2009,  utilizing solar power...

Radiohead Embraces Electronic Sound and Pop Roots with Latest Album

Author: Sam Dalsheimer Radiohead's breakthrough albums "OK Computer" and "Kid A" were tinged with a self-serious melancholy. Inherent in those albums was a sense that maybe...

New Bells Ring An Unexpected Tune

Author: Chelsea Kellogg North Adams, MA bore the unmistakable signs of withered industrial town. In 1996, abandoned warehouses, empty lots and a silent clock tower prophesied the...

Permits for Solar Panel Project on Mt. Fiji Delayed

Author: Damian Mendieta Occidental College has still not received the necessary permits for its $7 million solar array project, which school officials expected to have late...

Ultimate Welcomes Season of Firsts

Author: Larissa Saco This year's women's Ultimate Frisbee team has had the most successful season Occidental has seen from them yet. The Tigers recently placed third...