2016

Rising Stars

Author: Paul Sirri Nicole Castro Women’s Tennis What do you find so rewarding about tennis? I think it’s a really personal achievement. Besides playing on a team, winning as...

‘Realistic’ Barbies will not solve body issues

Author: Sydney Hemmendinger Come March of this year, toy-making giant Mattel will premiere the first line of Barbies to include dolls with more “realistic” bodies than...

Lab renovations planned with grant awards

Author: Margaret Su Moore Lab of Zoology has received a combined total of $2.95 million for renovations and upgrades from the Fletcher Jones Foundation, the Keck...

TLOP Album Review

Author: Devon Deraad Kanye West dropped his new album, "The Life of Pablo," this week, and it's finally available for streaming on Tidal (you can get...

Step by step: Learning to appreciate Southern California’s wilderness

Author: Malcolm MacLeod As a first year, I was part of the Nature Writing Cultural Studies Program (CSP) taught by professor Keith Naylor of the religious...

Hookup culture stigmatizes queer students

Author: Chance Ward It's about three trap songs after 1 a.m. and, from off-campus house parties to dorm room kickbacks alike, the natural migration to The...

InternAway to fund student summer internships in US

Author: Cory Lomberg The Hameetman Career Center (HCC) will fund approximately 20 students’ unpaid internships in any U.S. state this summer through InternAway. This new program...

Campus Safety Advisory Committee holds first community meeting, discusses student demands

Author: Drew Jaffe   The Campus Safety Advisory Committee — born out of last semester's occupation of the Arthur G. Coons Administrative Center — held its first...

Choreographers bring pizzazz to Dance Pro 2016

Author: Emily Holguín After over a week of social media hype, students gathered in a sold-out Thorne Hall Friday to witness one of Occidental's most anticipated...

What in the World 7

Author: Ximena Santiago Tajikistan. President Emomali Rahmon has proposed three new national holidays that would individually honor wrestling, horse riding and flower planting. These holidays would...

Fuller brings resilience, on-base skills to top of lineup

Author: Tim O'Donnell The Occidental baseball team (20-5 overall, 15-3 SCIAC) has made quite a bit of noise this season, having won 18 of 19 games,...

Club sports deserve institutional support and funding

Author: Kara Alam Occidental College has a proud history of student athletes who dedicate their time, energy and money to participating in club sports. But despite...