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...

Black studies major still in the works

Author: Cordelia Kenney After an online petition created by Former Black Student Alliance (BSA) President Brandi Locke ’13 acquired several hundred signatures last February, student support...

Street initiatives on Figueroa and Colorado must stem from community

Author: Keegan McChesney Colorado Boulevard and Figueroa Street, two of the main corridors through Eagle Rock and Highland Park, have recently become epicenters for community growth....

Your Own Armory

Author: Noel Hemphill Dita Von Teese once said that "heels and red lipstick will put the fear of God into people." As a living fashion icon...

State immigration reforms set the standard

Author: Christian Morales According to a 2010 report by the Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project, there are one million undocumented immigrants under the age of...

Student journal delivers law analysis and commentary

Author: Lena Smith The Occidental Undergraduate Law Review (OULR), scheduled to appear in spring or summer of 2014, will be a published journal in which students...

Halls compete to conserve resources

Author: Drew Jaffe Amid calls to push Occidental toward a more sustainable future, students in the Urban and Environmental Policy (UEP) department have spearheaded the school's...

Students, administration must stop playing blame game and confront binge drinking

Author: Cordelia Kenney People like to get inebriated. They always have, and they always will. The recent year-long moratorium imposed on school dances after six transports...

Gann leads volleyball to victory on Senior Night

Author: Ryan Whalen The Occidental volleyball team (17-10 overall, 10-6 SCIAC) celebrated its Senior night on Friday, commemorating Jessie Altman, Madyson Cassidy, Stephanie Gann, Hanna Hunt...