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...

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...