2014
2014
Facilities updates highlight sustainability
Author: Jeremy Childs & Manna Selassie| Facilities Management increased its sustainability efforts following the reinstitution of Occidental’s sustainability committee last semester. With projects that range from...
2014
New California minimum wage raises questions for student workers
Author: Cordelia Kenney California’s new minimum wage law, passed last September, will go into effect on July 1 of this year, making the new minimum in...
2014
All the Bees: A Closer Look at Beekeeping Club
Author: Manna Selassie http://vimeo.com/87044499
The recent disappearance of bees worldwide has stung the Occidental community, stimulating the reactivation of the college's beekeeping club. While the club became...
2014
Baseball edges Chapman in extra innings as Marks records game-winning RBI double in top of 12th
Author: Tim O'Donnell The Occidental College baseball team (2-4 overall, 1-2 SCIAC) opened conference play over the weekend with a home-and-away series against Chapman (3-4 overall,...
2014
Students, society condone alcohol abuse in college
Author: Cordelia Kenney Numerous heated conversations have transpired about the social scene at Occidental since the moratorium on school dances last fall, yet virtually none delve...
2014
Sports in Brief Issue 3
Author: Ryan Whalen Track & Field Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams were in action earlier this week, competing in the Rossi Relays at...
2014
Underdogs stole show, broke boundaries at 86th Annual Academy Awards
Author: Charlotte Flight Stranded in space, a scientist must scrape together means to survive from destroyed, orbiting satellite scraps. Kidnapped from his family and forced into...
2014
Johnson’s services not so secret for Occidental Track & Field
Author: Lauren Rewers|Tim O'Donnell Taking a friend out to dinner is a mundane activity for most college students, but for Occidental sprinter Jeh Johnson (first-year), this...
2014
To care or not to care, that is the seniors’ question
Author: Arielle Laub Recently I showed up to a non-Weekly work meeting smelling like beer and cigarettes. The co-worker sitting next to me leaned in and...
2014
Occidental needs to continue water conservation efforts
Author: Although the Water Conservation Challenge has formally ended, The Occidental Weekly would like to remind students that water scarcity in California has not. With...
2014
Janice continues to build national presence for women’s lacrosse
Author: Nina Greenebaum The Occidental women’s lacrosse team has emerged as a SCIAC and NCAA Division-III powerhouse over the past two seasons. After the departure of...
2014
Rugby 15s goes deep into playoffs, 7s team members eye 2016 Olympics
Author: Melina Devoney Down by two points with seven minutes left, fly-half Barnaby Audsley (senior) scored a penalty kick that reinvigorated the Occidental men’s rugby team....
