2013

Hagel saga portends Republican tragedy

Author: Jacob Surpin Chuck Hagel, despite the best efforts of the Republican minority in the Senate, will be the next United States Secretary of Defense. The...

Student-taught classes may come to Occidental

Author: Sarah Corsa|Emily Shugerman Student-taught classes could appear in the Occidental course catalog as early as Fall 2013 as part of the proposed Experimental College of...

Denimheads blindly devoted to cause of individuality, purity

Author: Ben Tuthill The time had come. It was winter break. I had five weeks of nothing to do in the Twin Cities, Minnesota,...

Fashion week puts patience to the test

Author: Ben Tuthill I have lost all of my patience in the past couple months. I don’t know if it’s just second semester of senior...

Minamishin scores for Tigers as women’s soccer falls to Whittier

Author: Ryan Graff The Occidental College women’s soccer team is used to going deep into minutes and closing out games. Six of the Tigers’ first 10 matches went...

Dr. Anthony Sparks ignites the small screen with “Blacklist”

Author: Charlotte Flight A faculty member at Occidental College has reached success on the small screen as producer of the hit NBC show, "The Blacklist." Dr....

Occidental’s weak language component cheapens global education

Author: Haley Gray In spite of Occidental's purported commitment to global and intercultural studies, Occidental is part of the majority of complacent institutions with under-prioritized foreign...

‘American Promise’ provokes discussion about race, class and gender in education

Author: Haley Gray Inspired by Michael Apted’s 7 Up series, lawyer turned film-maker Michele Stephenson and her husband Joe Brewster began the project of documenting their...

Don a cape: Batman is back in ‘Arkham Origins’

Author: Will Westwater It seems that not too long ago players donned Batman's cape and cowl to glide and grapple about the cold, crime-ridden slums of...

Men’s Soccer defeats Caltech in SCIAC finale

Author: Tim O'Donnell Occidental men's soccer (3-16 overall, 2-14 SCIAC) could not muster a win on Wednesday's Senior Night, falling to Pomona-Pitzer (8-11-1 overall, 7-8-1 SCIAC)...

Actions against hazing far too ‘Incognito’

Author: Joe Siegal No matter whether it's described as racial abuse, bullying, hazing or locker room antics, the Miami Dolphins’ ongoing scandal over the treatment of...

Petition proposed, C.O.D.E. sit-in encourages support

Author: Drew Jaffe In an act of solidarity, student supporters of the Coalition at Oxy for Diversity and Equity (C.O.D.E.) gathered at the entrances of Lower...