2016

Students protest denial of Armenian genocide in quad

Author: Carson Malbrough   To increase public awareness of the 1915 Armenian genocide, the Occidental Armenian Students Association (ASA) held a silent protest Thursday in the Johnson...

Athletes of the week

Author: Brody Barkan Jamie Cooper- Baseball After missing a chunk of the season due to a heel contusion, outfielder Jamie Cooper (junior) stepped up in the first...

‘Hamilton’ doesn’t hesitate

Author: Gregory Feiner As hard as it is to believe, one of most important and popular hip-hop albums of 2015 was a Broadway cast album about...

Star Wars take center stage in Thorne Hall

Author: William Stupp Last Friday, in a concert hall not very far away, a medley of Star Wars music blasted out of Thorne Hall. The program...

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...

Famous Japanese noodle house comes to Pasadena

Author: Frida Gurewitz Like late night study sessions and going to class in pajamas, ramen is essential to the college experience. Unfortunately, the sad, salty Styrofoam-ed...

Why you should clean your blender, call your mom, and tell your roommate you hate their candles

Author: Griff Wynne The only things less fruitful than hookup culture at Occidental are campus smoothies. Green Bean or Cooler, smoothies here come from a box...