2016
2016
Floating Library drifts into Echo Park Lake
Author: Gregory Feiner Renting a paddleboat at the Echo Park Boathouse seems to be something that everyone always means to do, but never quite gets around...
2016
Criticism of Cam Newton is unwarranted
Author: Dylan Bordonaro Although the Carolina Panthers continued to experience growing pains in Super Bowl 50, the organization has firmly established itself as a top contender...
2016
Fantastiprov: when life gives you lemons, improvise
Author: Cory Lomberg A performance by Fantastiprov, Occidental's improv comedy troupe, gives little indication of who the individual cast members actually are. Instead, the audience comes...
2016
Kanye West’s TLOP is a flop
Author: Benj Salkind When Kanye West released “Only One,” a sweet, crooning love song to his daughter North on New Year’s Day in 2015, I thought...
2016
Tigers stay hot, take 2 of 3 from Kingsmen
Author: George Newton It’s a warm day with only a few clouds in the sky. The grass on the baseball field is freshly cut with crisp,...
2016
Students join faculty retreat
Author: Sarah Corsa Faculty members discussed the reform of the Cultural Studies Program (CSP) and the creation of a Black studies program at a full-day retreat...
2016
New Play Festival gives aspiring playwrights the opportunity to share their work
Author: Malcolm MacLeod Theater Professor Laural Meade sits alone in the lamdas of Occidental’s Keck Theater, watching a cast of student actors rehearse the play “Tell...
2016
First family of drag racing builds on legacy
Author: Dylan Bordonaro The John Force Racing team, which includes 16-time Funny Car champion John Force, his daughters Brittany, Courtney and Ashley and son-in-law Robert Hight,...
2016
Letter to the Editor from Karim Sharif on DEB
Author: To the Editor, I hope to effectively express the necessity of funding the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB). Those who have the institutional memory to...
2016
Complex Narratives of Gentrification & Displacement
Author: Sarah Corsa Around 2:30 a.m. Lidia Delgado, 40, left her home in Highland Park to make the 115-mile drive north to Bakersfield, where her estranged...
2016
Students seek concrete change at QSA and CODE meetings
Author: Aria Bryan Expressing their desire for change on campus, students attended open meetings on gender-inclusive housing and the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB), held by...
2016
Emmons must expand services to satisfy students’ needs
Author: Maggie Duffy Most Occidental students know the feeling: an all-too-familiar ominous stomach churn, in that back-seat-of-a-minivan-over-potholed-streets kind of way. It can make even the most...
