2016

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...

Apollo Night Shines: poetry, jump rope, Britney Spears take top three spots

Author: Sydney Hemmendinger The stump was back and ready to be rubbed Feb. 26 as Apollo Night returned triumphantly to a packed Thorne Hall. The Black...

Club sports struggle for funding

Author: Owen Hill Club sports at Occidental serve as an outlet for competition without the rigorous time commitment of a NCAA sport, but the lighter schedules...

Campus trees dying following beetle infestation

Author: Melina Devoney The once-vibrant Sycamore Glen tree population is gradually transforming into brown leaves and falling branches due to an epidemic of beetle-inoculated fungus that...

Mountain West basketball needs to rebound

Author: Dylan Bordonaro In the shadow of the Pac-12, the Mountain West is the second most prominent conference in the West. But their basketball teams are...

‘Duchamp to Pop’ at Norton Simon offers artistic survey

Author: Paul Sirri The Norton Simon Museum, located in Pasadena, recently unveiled their latest exhibition, “Duchamp to Pop.” The show features the creations of the innovative...

List of funding opportunities would ease application process

Author:  At Occidental, students are fortunate to be able to fund independent internships, projects and research through a number of avenues. The John Parke Young...

Springfest will showcase greater variety of performers

Author: Benj Salkind Los Angeles-based rapper Dom Kennedy will perform at Rush Gymnasium for this year’s highly-anticipated Springfest concert April 9. Occidental student John Drumright (junior)...

What in the World 8

Author: Lucy Feickert & Shawn Cremer England. A cat recently survived a 260-mile journey across southern England — from Cornwall to West Sussex — via mail,...