2015

Artists challenge traditional Islamic style, form

Author: Malcolm MacLeod Since the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January, the media has been saturated with discussions about Islam's representation in popular culture. With a new...

Professors stage NTT teach-in

Author: Henry Dickmeyer The Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) Faculty Committee launched a two-day educational program on the inequalities between NTT and tenured/tenure-track faculty (T3) today. The program is...

Guns Are Required to Maintain Freedom and Safe Society

Author: Dylan Bordonaro Disallowing the possession of firearms in any public space, including public colleges and universities, is a direct assault on the liberties granted to...

InternLA/PDX needs revised program policy

Author: Malcolm MacLeod For the first time since starting InternLA/PDX, Occidental's Career Development Center (CDC) has decided that former participants may not apply for a second...

Bethke becomes Icetep behind soundboard

Author: Cory Lomberg What is Gabe Bethke listening to? For the senior American Studies major, there’s no short answer. He jumps from ‘80s thrash metal to...

It’s time to eliminate idea of a ‘standard’ way of speaking

Author: Lena Smith "I'm Sorry, But May We Discuss Tentative Speech?" was the title of Friday's episode of Forum on KQED, the branch of National Public...

Boycott of Tarantino films distracts from violence

Author: Peter Johnson Quentin Tarantino, award-winning director of films such as “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained” is waging a war of words with the national police...

The song of the year is ‘Untitled’

Author: Benj Salkind As 2014 came to an end and the final "Colbert Report" aired, Kendrick Lamar humbly took to the stage to send off the...

Veitch answers questions from Occidental community at public meeting

Author: Sarah Corsa|Lauren Rewers Students, faculty and staff convened in Choi Auditorium Thursday at noon to ask President Jonathan Veitch and other administrators questions about diversity...

“Togetherness” brings Eagle Rock to HBO

Author: Ella Fornari Occidental's campus and its surrounding neighborhood frequently host film crews that turn the suburbs of Los Angeles into places ranging from Chicago ("Parenthood")...

Tinashe scheduled to headline SpringFest, Rachel West to open

Author: Jane Drinkard Singer/Songwriter Tinashe will perform at the Remsen Bird Hillside Theater (Greek Bowl) for the annual SpringFest concert April 4, making her the first...

Guns will not solve the college sexual assault problem

Author: Lena Smith A girl in her late teens lets a boy lead her upstairs at a party. She has had several drinks; she cannot remember...