2015

World News 5.0

Author: Ximena Santiago Indonesia. The head of Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency, Budi Waseso, has proposed to build an island prison guarded by crocodiles for the country's...

Kia Ora, Oxy!

Author: Emma Lodes|Tim O'Donnell Kia Ora—or good health in the Maori tongue—from Aeoteroa, “The Land of the Long White Cloud,” more commonly known as New Zealand,...

The forgotten pillar: on diversity at Occidental College

Author: Emily Shugerman|Martin Pittman Karen Romero was only a few months into her time at Occidental when a racist classmate made her consider leaving. In her first-semester...

“Detox” frisbee succeeds with new coach, young roster

Author: Melina Devoney Occidental’s men’s ultimate team, “Detox,” gained a talented first-year class, a new coach and a fresh team philosophy this spring. Detox debuted its talent...

Office of Religious and Spiritual Life offers students new fellowship opportunity focused on interfatih study

Author: Margaret Su Following nine years of success with its Values and Vocations Fellowship, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (ORSL) is rolling out a...

Occidental surfers hopeful for funding

Author: Ryan Whalen Occidental is 22 miles from Santa Monica Beach and 28 miles from the Manhattan and El Porto Beaches — popular spots for Southern...

Before The Cut – Spring 2015 Issue 5

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Student groups come together in October for Food Justice Month

Author: Sydney Bowman An array of student organizations on campus are uniting this October under a common cause: food justice. Since 2010, students have dedicated the month...

Soledad O’Brien brings “I am Latino in America” tour to Occidental

Author: Lena Smith "Will Northwestern Mutual create a scholarship for first generation students?" a student asked in Thorne Hall Thursday evening during the Q&A session following...

Rise and shine with 5:30 a.m. sober rave

Author: Lily Goldfarb By the time I arrived at my biology lab at 8:30 a.m. Thursday Oct. 8, I was already several hours into my day....

Democrats and Republicans share similar biases

Author: Rachel Cohn Following the first Democratic primary debate of the 2016 presidential cycle, liberal-leaning political conversation and social media flooded with opinions of how Democrats...

No Condemnation: On the Christianity and the purity church culture

Author: Eileen Lee I don’t think many from the evangelical Christian community are going to like what I am about to say, but as I usually...