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...

“Argo”: one of many snubs

Author: Mallory Fencil Amid the Iran hostage crisis, Tony Mendez, a CIA agent, implements a plan in order to rescue American hostages from Tehran. Under the...

21st century high-speed Internet a necessity, not a luxury

Author:  ITS sent out an email to selected students to take a survey regarding library and other technological services. Clearly they have never tried to...

World News week of March 17th

Author: Clark Scally Korea The 1953 Korean War armistice was nullified by North Korea on March 11, increasing tension between the two Korean nations which are...

The Vandy Man can

Author: Ryan Graff Going into the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, Occidental head coach Shea Manning secretly hoped for the best. But he could...

Arabic program stifled

Author: Haley Gray Of every language taught at Occidental, Arabic may be the one with the most critical global significance. It's the primary language of more...

‘Take Back the Month’ for sexual assault awareness

Author: Damian Mendieta Project S.A.F.E. organized Take Back the Month to bring attention to April as sexual assault awareness month. Previously known as Take Back the...

Faculty diversity deficit marks unsettling campus trend

Author: Damian Mendieta To most people the faculty seems diverse enough, but a closer historical look reveals startling facts. About a decade ago, the college didn't...

The better angels of our nature

Author: Henry Dickmeyer The word "marathon" dates back to 490 B.C. Legend has it that after the Athenians trumped the Persian army following the Battle of...