2016

SAE changes recruitment, rush policy

Author: Melina Devoney Occidental’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) will no longer participate in formal recruitment week, according to Assistant Director of Student Life Diego...

‘Vagina Monologues’ celebrates female sexuality

Author: Stephen Nemeth   The audience could see the silhouettes of ten people through the darkness of Thorne Hall. The spotlight shone on one as she yelled, “My...

Golf teams look to improve on successful fall seasons

Author: Owen Hill Prior to the start of the fall semester, Occidental Athletics announced that men's and women's golf head coach Andrew Larkin would be leaving...

Athletics burgled again; investigation ensues

Author: Donovan Dennis The Athletics department's burglary saga continues after thieves struck Spencer Fieldhouse during the Tiger baseball games against Willamette University Feb. 13. This theft,...

Tumultuous world issues need interdisciplinary approach: Liberal Arts education equips students with skills to succeed

Author: Donovan Dennis Liberal arts colleges are elite. They are beautiful, tony, progressive, expensive — seemingly inaccessible. For many students, spending a sum equivalent to the...

Music icons influence geek culture

Author: Frida Gurewitz There was something about David Bowie in “Labyrinth” that made my little 10-year-old heart go aflutter. Maybe it was the tight pants, the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

La Luz and Death Valley Girls to play KOXY show

Author: Cory Lomberg KOXY's fourth event of the 2015–16 school year on Feb. 27 will feature performances by Seattle-based band La Luz and Burger Records’ Death...

Student, IA collaboration is beneficial for Occidental

Author:  Occidental’s office of Institutional Advancement (IA) brings in upwards of 15 million dollars in donations each year thanks to the generosity of alumni, outside...