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....

Trump support chalking removed

Author: Gabriel Dunatov Chalk messages promoting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared outside residence halls and on sidewalks throughout campus April 3. Although a majority of...

Rugby teams play in prom dresses

Author: Gregory Feiner Prom dresses and rugby go together like chicken and waffles — it’s not an obvious combination but, after the Occidental rugby teams put...

Multicultural Summer Institute co-directors discuss program, student concerns at town hall

Author: Fiona Eustace Occidental students, faculty and staff came together April 19 for a town hall meeting about the Multicultural Summer Institute (MSI). The informational presentation...

LA culture shapes Occidental experience

Author: Keegan McChesney Dear Los Angeles, I love you, but I must go. It breaks my heart to say this, but the time has come for us to...

Local rapper Quez makes waves at Occidental

Author: Stephen Nemeth During homecoming weekend last semester, on top of a coffee table at an off-campus house, a rapper by the name of Quez introduced...

Responsibility for the Financial Crisis

Author: William Pottenger Over winter break, I watched a lot of films, and one of my favorite was Adam McKay's "The Big Short." It told the...

Students ought to demonstrate interest in Senate activities

Author:  For all the discussion on campus of U.S. politics or current events, students fail to participate in — or even pay attention to —...

Club teaches English

Author: Hoku Krueger Comparte, a new student organization at Occidental, will begin offering weekly courses in basic English for day laborers in partnership with the Instituto...