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Stirring it up in the Marketplace kitchen

Most Occidental students are still in bed when the first shift of Marketplace staff report to the kitchen, where they labor throughout the morning...

Administration Plays Big Brother with New Party Policies

Author: Michael Darling On Sept. 18, Dean of Students Barbara Avery sent an e-mail out to members of the Oxy student body living off-campus. This e-mail...

Star Softball Pitcher Strikes Out Competition

Author: Ryan Graff Brittany Vacura (sophomore), current pitcher for the women's softball team, has been playing softball since she was in the womb, literally. Her mother,...

YCCA Strives To Live Up To Occidental’s Radical Rating

Author: Annie Wolfstone Occidental College is one of the nine most radical colleges in the country, according to a July 8 ranking in "The Huffington Post."...

Baseball Snaps Losing Streak as Last Game Approaches

Author: Emily Phillips After suffering a month-long losing streak, the Tiger baseball team has finally found its rhythm, winning seven of its last 10 match-ups and...

Berit Anderson (junior, DWA)

Author:  In my last article "The Sunny Side of Sophomore Housing," I made a serious mathematical error. Due to faulty calculator use in conjunction with...

President Skotheim Meets Students at General Assembly

Author: Jessica Stevens Occidental's General Assembly capped its second meeting of the year with a visit from Interim President Robert Skotheim and two funding proposals for...

Editorial: ASOC, students must band together

Author: The Occidental Weekly Editorial Board In response to a 2008 mugging of students on an unlit Campus Road, two ASOC Senators worked with administration and...

Early Decision Application Pool Likely to Increase Again

Author: Arielle Darr More and more colleges and universities across the nation are choosing to terminate early decision (ED) options for high school seniors. However, Oxy's...

Affirmative Action and Archaic Institution

Author: Mathew Mikuni The election of Barack Obama was surely a historic moment in our country's history. Major newspapers declared that the last racial barriers had...

Don’t think it doesn’t happen here

Author: Andrea Kippur Occidental takes pride in having students of a higher caliber then the rest of the academic world, so why don't we hold students...

America’s Harmful Bottle Obsession

Author: Ellis Raskin Fact: Americans love bottled water. They love it so much that according to the International Bottled Water Association, Americans bought more bottled water...