2016

From Braun to bouquet: How alums found love at Oxy

Author: Melina Devoney|George Newton According to the college's Office of Institutional Advancement, 2,672 living Occidental alumni are married to or in a domestic partnership with another...

Cam Newton Celebration Week

Author: Devon Deraad The Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl 50 this past Sunday, cementing the legacy of superstar, surefire hall-of-famer Peyton Manning as a two-time...

Sports without fans are not worth a penny

Author: Owen Hill On Feb. 6, after 77 minutes of gameplay, over 10,000 Liverpool Football Club (FC) supporters walked out of the team's match against Sunderland...

Students’ on-campus drone use unfettered by policy

Author: Melina Devoney The drones students may have spotted hovering over campus this semester were likely piloted by Bo Gao (sophomore) or Malone Hedges (first year)...

Tigers stay hot, take 2 of 3 from Kingsmen

Author: George Newton It’s a warm day with only a few clouds in the sky. The grass on the baseball field is freshly cut with crisp,...

Students join faculty retreat

Author: Sarah Corsa Faculty members discussed the reform of the Cultural Studies Program (CSP) and the creation of a Black studies program at a full-day retreat...

New Play Festival gives aspiring playwrights the opportunity to share their work

Author: Malcolm MacLeod Theater Professor Laural Meade sits alone in the lamdas of Occidental’s Keck Theater, watching a cast of student actors rehearse the play “Tell...

First family of drag racing builds on legacy

Author: Dylan Bordonaro The John Force Racing team, which includes 16-time Funny Car champion John Force, his daughters Brittany, Courtney and Ashley and son-in-law Robert Hight,...

Letter to the Editor from Karim Sharif on DEB

Author:  To the Editor, I hope to effectively express the necessity of funding the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB). Those who have the institutional memory to...

Complex Narratives of Gentrification & Displacement

Author: Sarah Corsa Around 2:30 a.m. Lidia Delgado, 40, left her home in Highland Park to make the 115-mile drive north to Bakersfield, where her estranged...

Students seek concrete change at QSA and CODE meetings

Author: Aria Bryan Expressing their desire for change on campus, students attended open meetings on gender-inclusive housing and the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB), held by...

Emmons must expand services to satisfy students’ needs

Author: Maggie Duffy Most Occidental students know the feeling: an all-too-familiar ominous stomach churn, in that back-seat-of-a-minivan-over-potholed-streets kind of way. It can make even the most...