2015

Tigers fall to La Verne in close SCIAC game

Author: Melina Devoney The La Verne Leopards pinched a hard-fought 75-73 win against Occidental men’s basketball in last Thursday’s conference matchup. Minutes before tipoff, Rush Gymnasium echoed...

Professor uses art in fight against Ebola

Author: Charlotte Umanoff Art History and Visual Arts Professor (AHVA) Mary Beth Heffernan and College Photographer Marc Campos are spending two weeks in Monrovia, Liberia to...

Boycott to protect black identity: abandoning white fraternities and their enduring racism

Author: Chance Ward This past week has set ablaze a wildfire in Greek life discourse about the very thing that seems to be making the world...

Why Senate, not Honor Board, is DEBI’s biggest obstacle

Author: Henry Dickmeyer Nobody rejects the mission of the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB). No person within our community wants the “I, Too, Am Oxy” stories...

“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...

Men’s golf takes first at Oxy Challenge

Author: Daniel Terner This week has been an important and busy one for the Occidental men's golf team, as the Tigers played four 18-hole rounds in...

Students, YJC protest against police brutality

Author: Marina Dart Six hundred thirteen cardboard coffins filled the Johnson Student Center quad March 23, one for every person who has been killed by law...

Vandal defaces SJP memorial of Palestinian deaths

Author: Lauren Rewers Graffiti appeared Saturday next to the chalk memorial constructed by the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) March 16 in the quad. Beside...

New, non-traditional housing options planned for fall semester

Author: Charlotte Umanoff|Gregory Feiner Residential Education (ResEd) will offer several additions to Occidental's non-traditional housing options next fall by creating Queer House, the Social Justice Institute...

Student creates community engagement program with the elderly

Author: Margaret Su Adopt an Elder, a new program that gives students the opportunity to work directly with nursing home residents, held its first event April...