2016

‘Starchitect’ speaks at Disney Concert Hall

Author: Malcolm MacLeod   An older man wearing thin glasses and a postboy cap admires a tall paper structure with billowing folds like sails in the wind....

Rugby captains lead Oxy team toward rebound season

Author: Tim O'Donnell Last spring, the Occidental Men's Rugby Club — to put it gently — struggled. Normally a stalwart program (recent accolades include a Sevens...

We fuel ISIS’ success through consumption of media

Author: Chance Ward Our generation’s intimate connection with social and mass media makes threats against global humanity visible in a way that was never before attainable....

Queer student survey reveals rifts in community

Author: Stephen Nemeth Center for Gender Equity (CGE) Graduate Assistant Kevin Franco organized a two-part initiative designed to evaluate the experience of queer students at Occidental....

Meaningful political dialogue requires religious literacy

Author: Laura Scott For my first Communion, my grandma gave me a silver-linked rosary dotted with shiny white plastic beads. It had a weight to it...

BioBlitz to catalog biodiversity

Author: Margaret Su Occidental's first ever BioBlitz, an all-day event Saturday, will give community members the opportunity to record and identify various living species on campus....

CDO updates community on Oxy United demands in public meeting

Author: Sarah Corsa Rhonda Brown, Occidental’s first chief diversity officer (CDO) and vice president for equity and inclusion, formally introduced herself to the community in a...

Women’s golf struggles amidst tough conditions

Author: Ryan Whalen The Occidental women's golf team struggled in the SCIAC #2 tournament at South Hills Country Club in West Covina, Calif., over the weekend....

Chalk on the quad: Oxy shouldn’t stifle freedom of speech

Author: Dylan Bordonaro Last week, in response to the unauthorized use of chalk on college property to convey pro-Trump sentiments, Vice President for Inclusion and Equity...

LA Rams’ first big trade might be first big mistake

Author: Dylan Bordonaro Hoping to make a splash and quickly move into playoff contention in their new city, the Los Angeles Rams acquired the first pick...

Learning to love ‘Cherry Bomb’

Author: Benj Salkind I’ve never been a huge fan of the Odd Future crew music-wise. Besides Frank Ocean, the group has an abnormal style — their...

Commencement speaker draws criticism

Author: Drew Jaffe Director of Communications Jim Tranquada announced via a campuswide email April 14 that Randall Kennedy, the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at...