2014

Men’s Basketball upsets rival Redlands

Author: Tim O'Donnell After suffering an 83-60 loss at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Wednesday night, the Occidental men’s basketball team (10-11 overall, 5-7 SCIAC) rebounded Saturday, rallying past...

Letter from the Editor: Spring 2014

Author: Henry Dickmeyer The newspaper works seven days a week to produce content that ranges from sexual assault policy updates to campus sustainability efforts, from local...

Holy cow! McDonald’s in India?

Author: Ben Poor Despite popular opinion, McDonald’s Quarter Pounder is not called a Royale with Cheese in Paris. I'm sorry to tell you that, readers –...

Softball drops first four games of league play

Author: Malcolm MacLeod The Occidental College softball team (1-9 overall, 0-4 SCIAC) opened up its conference season this weekend with doubleheaders against La Verne and Chapman....

Short move-in period should be less rushed, more open

Author:  Students at Occidental College share certain common experiences as a product of attending the same school. One of those is move-in day. The college...

‘Kill la Kill’ mid-season review: clothes make the woman

Author: Mike Cosimano I was initially going to write about the new “House of Cards” season this week. But the more I ruminate on Frank Underwood’s...

Robson, Chang, van Deventer defend SCIAC titles

Author: Stephen Nemeth The Occidental swimming and diving teams finished the four-day SCIAC Championships over the weekend with the women placing fifth and the men seventh...

Student organizations raise awareness of disordered eating

Author: Olivia Landon Student organization Active Minds and local sorority Delta Omicron Tau (Delta) hosted National Eating Disorder Awareness Week on campus this past week to...

Ukrainian, Venezuelan protests reveal underlying connection

Author: Stephen Nemeth Protests in Ukraine and Venezuela have turned deadly. In Ukraine, demonstrations were triggered by brokering economic deals with Russia and pulling away from...

Tiny penguins in tiny jumpers: How a knitting revolution is saving penguin lives after oil spills

Author: Jill Goatcher Fittingly called "Little Penguins," the tiniest penguins in the world measure up at a mere 13 inches tall and average around 2 pounds,...

Track & Field sets two all-time marks at SCIAC Multi-Dual #1

Author: Spencer Donaldson A number of personal and Occidental records were posted as the men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in two meets in...

Marketplace encounters troubles with casual workers

Author: Stephen Nemeth The introduction of new temporary workers at the Marketplace has caused concern among existing employees, some of whom believe the training of these...