2011
2011
Retention Rates Drop as More Students Leave
Author: Riley Kimball 3.54 percent of last spring's student body did not return to the college this year, marking the highest attrition rate since 2003, according...
2011
Occidental Attracted to Hookup Culture
Author: Lauren Siverly "It's kinda gross. Because we're so small, everyone's been in each other's mouths," Carlos Vivaldo (first-year) said. Regarding the prevalence of casual hook-ups on...
2011
Greeks Add over 100 Pledges
Author: Kara McVey Occidental Greek Life gained 113 new members in the Formal Spring Recruitment last week. Starting with introductory events on Monday and finishing with...
2011
Mason Atkins Brings New Approach to Tiger Golf Team
Author: Sant Kumar Following the men's golf team's fall season, all eyes are on Mason Atkins (first-year). In his first college tournament (the Hamilton Fall Invitational...
2011
“Odd Future” Plays on Shock Value
Author: Will Harrison Those who tuned in to "The Jimmy Fallon Show" on Thursday, Feb. 17, observed a performance that could be labeled a whole lot...
2011
Baseball Optimistic About SCIAC Despite Recent Losses
Author: Ryan Graff Despite some solid personal performances, the baseball team (4-10 conference, 8-17 overall) got swept in a three game series against Pomona-Pitzer this past...
2011
Dance Sidesteps Obstacles to Place at Nationals
Author: Chris Ellis While most of Occidental's student body was on winter break, the women of the Occidental Dance team were hard at work putting together...
2011
Occidental Teacher Credential Program Put on Probation by Outside Committee
Author: Margaret Gabuchian & Ryan Strong Occidental's teacher credential program was put on "probation with stipulations" by a state accreditation committee on June 23, leading the...
2011
Young Prepares for Nationals After Breaking School Record
Author: Soo Jin Kim Kelly Young (senior) broke the school record for the hammer throw during the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational earlier this month. It was previously held...
2011
Student Protestors Work to Hold Banks Accountable
Author: Anne Ewbank Two Occidental students, juniors Alex Acuna and Noah Donnell-Kilmer, were arrested on Thursday Oct. 7 at the "Make Banks Pay" rally for protesting...
2011
Sundance Winner Screens New Film at Cinematheque
Author: Cordelia Kenney On Nov. 4, Oxy Cinematheque screened filmmaker Alex Rivera's 2008 feature film "Sleep Dealer," a science fiction film that portrays a future in...
2011
As Gas Prices Rise, Eco-Friendly Ideas Should Too
Author: Juliet Suess At the beginning of this school year, gas was 2.75 dollars a gallon at the corner of Colorado and Eagle Rock. Today, gas...
