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...

Media coverage sparks frenzy on alleged rape

Author: Rachel Stober|Emily Shugerman Reports from local media on Wednesday about an alleged rape near campus came as a surprise to students, who are now organizing...

Occidental faculty votes to divest college funds from gun manufacturing companies

Author: Emily Shugerman|Haley Gray Occidental faculty voted to support a measure, proposed by Occidental UEP and politics Professor Peter Dreier, to ask the college Board of...

U.S. must revamp Latin American foreign policy

Author: Emma Lodes We could soon see the end of Communism in Latin America – in the last few weeks, communist Cuba and socialist Venezuela were...

On-campus filming peaks during spring break

Author: Noel Hemphill It was hard not to notice the presence of film crews at Occidental this spring break, with multiple shows, including Glee and True...

Editorial: Los Angeles mayoral race

Author:  Since Councilman Eric Garcetti was first elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2001 to represent District 13, which is centered in the...

Yes, women can have it all

Author: Lucy Feickert The debate over whether or not women can have it all – a career and a family – has been of great concern...

Theta hosts dodgeball tournament for charity

Author: Noel Hemphill Occidental's Eta Mu chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta seeks to put the "fun" into fundraising with their seventh annual charity dodgeball tournament. The...

Pat and Lorraine’s Diner a Local Landmark

Author: Arielle Laub The building, painted a nondescript beige, takes up an entire street corner. It is desolate, a monotonous façade which stealthily hides the wonders...