2011

With 31 Paths of Study, Students Face ‘Major’ Indecision

Author: Anne Ewbank Occidental's campus is often described as a "bubble," an environment where students are  somewhat isolated from the outside world in more ways than...

Ten Students Occupy L.A., Thirty More March in Support

Author: Haley Gray A team of student organizers have been building a network on campus in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street Together movement. The Youth...

Men’s Basketball Opens Season with Two Game Homestand

Author: Jeremy Shapiro The Occidental men's basketball team faced a tough stretch of opponents to open the season. The Tigers narrowly lost their first game, 78-72,...

Banned Super Bowl Ads Profit from Rejection

Author: Sam Byrne The Super Bowl is over, the players have hung up their cleats, spectators have gone home and Packers fans have finally started to...

Multicultural Spread Goes Fast at ‘Taste of Oxy’

Author: Riley Kimball The annual Taste of Oxy last Sunday Nov. 13 offered students over 20 booths filled with an impressive variety of foods, live music...

Occidental Children’s Theater Spins Golden Tale

Author: Mirin Fader One Los Angeles Times writer called it a "regrettably only once-in-a-year event." Another deemed its slick combination of "rambunctious charm" and "whiz-bang physicality"...

Veitch: Splatter Humiliated Occidental

Author: Ben DeLuca Occidental administrators are working to limit the damage after local news sources widely reported on eight alcohol-related hospitalizations during the Splatter dance on...

Harsher Punishments for Marijuana Offenders

Author: Haley Gray The Dean of Students Office enacted an unofficial change in the College's disciplinary approach to marijuana offenses this semester. Students are now more...

The Man Behind the Mascot

Author: Mirin Fader Occidental mascot Oswald the Tiger has an alter ego. He can back flip, leap and do the splits. He is a biology major...

Occidental Celebrates 25 Years at the U.N.

Author: Ben DeLuca   High-ranking authorities on the U.N. visited campus last week for the second half of Occidental-at-the-United Nations' 25 anniversary celebration. The celebration began in...

Women’s Lacrosse Makes Strides in Second Season

Author: Ryan Graff Although women's lacrosse (5-11 overall, 2-6 SCIAC) is only in their second season of varsity competition, they are already making progress both in...

Comfort Food at an Uncomfortable Price

Author: Aralyn Beaumont   The cabin-like exterior glows iridescently in its porch lighting at night, conjuring vibrant images of a Southern home, minus the flickering fireflies and...