2013

Pandemic rocks campus with musical, visual array

Author: Taylor-Anne Esparza Thorne Patio was packed on Saturday night with cheering students, flashing lights, glow sticks and the booming music of White Panda and Brenton...

Sports must standardize PED policies

Author: Joe Siegal In dealing with the scourge of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), baseball and football have taken two completely different paths, showing that the philosophy...

Roginsky gives Circus Smirkus a fresh perspective

Author: Ryan Whalen Standing at center stage, Jessica "Jesso" Roginsky (first-year) takes a bow as the audience roars with approval. It is the end of yet...

OCCIDENTAL STUDENTS PUT THEIR SPIN ON THE ‘HARLEM SHAKE’

Author: Elwyn Pratt Students rallied around the Gilman Fountain noon last Tuesday to participate in the filming of a newly popular internet sensation known as the...

In Memoriam: Robert Hansen, Professor Emeritus of Art

Author: Emily Shugerman Professor Robert Hansen, an artist, father, birder and Occidental professor for over 30 years, passed away in his home in Carpinteria, Calif. on...

‘Nod your head and wake up’ to Occidental’s tolerance paradox

Author: Henry Dickmeyer Azealia Banks is not headlining SpringFest tomorrow. Booking Macklemore does not mean Programming Board hates minorities. And despite a few participants dressed in...

Eagle Rock Crime Rate Soars

Author: Noel Hemphill Recent statistics from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) report a 200 percent increase in rape, 170 percent increase in armed robberies and...

The cost of college

Author: Ryan Strong In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama made his bluntest call yet for colleges around the country to control...

Gentrified York breeds inequality

Author: Damian Mendieta Just a few blocks away from campus, Highland Park has been the home of a large Latina/o working-class community for over 50 years....

Oxypreneurship hosts day-long problem solving event

Author: Emily Shugerman Students took ten hours out of their weekend to tackle issues of communication and sustainability at Occidental at the Innovate Oxy problem solving...

A Thiel-good story: Local twins overcome Kitchen Nightmares on way to American Dream

Author: Ryan Graff “Because I’m better looking,” Jeff Thiel said as he comes out of the kitchen, tying his stained and faded black apron securely around...

Smith portrays Rodney King tragedy

Author: Damian Mendieta The sonorous voice of Roger Guenveur Smith in his one-person show summoned Rodney King back to life last Tuesday in Herrick Chapel. Smith's...