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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...

Editorial: The last lunch hour

Author: The Occidental Weekly Editorial Board   The recent decision to institute ten minute passing periods next year is a necessary one, as the closure of Johnson...

Students Condemn Administrative Apathy in WASC Interviews

Author: Laura Bertocci On Thursday, March 4, evaluators from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) held three meetings for students, faculty, and administration to...

Johnny Cash’s Last Rites Honored in “American VI: Ain’t No Grave”

Author: Michael Darling On Feb. 23, the final installment of recordings by the legendary Johnny Cash hit the shelves. In 1994, Johnny Cash teamed up with...

‘Tragedy hipsters’ selfishly create hardship hierarchy, criticize media

Author: Kara Alam The second terror attack to strike Europe in less than six months calls for consumers of Western media to examine how we react...

Looking into the Future

Author: Chad Wyszynski For most of us, the time beyond graduation is an insidious void toward which we're traveling much faster than we'd like. Well-meaning relatives,...

Water polo beats Caltech, falls in senior game

Author: Ryan Whalen The final week of regular season games was a busy one for the Occidental women's water polo team (3-11 overall, 1-7 SCIAC) as...

Thaitalian

Author: Jacob Goldstein When it comes to cuisine, there is fine line between excitingly exotic and just plain strange. Old Town Pasadena's Thaitalian, a Thai-Italian fusion...

“Speak softly and carry a big stick”: the political implications of toxic masculinity

Author: Charlotte Umanoff As a contributor to the right-wing online magazine The Federalist so quaintly and condescendingly put it several years ago, feminists have recently fallen...

Trainers essential for player recovery, well being

Author: Riley Kimball (Senior Writer) In the most important training period of the season, Emily Watkins' (first-year) leg started hurting. "My IT band in my right...

On anonymity and dialogue: Oxy Confessions revealed

Author: Lauren Rewers|Chloe Woodruff In some ways, looking at old posts from the Oxy Confessions Facebook page is akin to opening a time capsule — a...

En garde, Oxy Students Ready, Fence!

Author: Chelsea Kellogg The methodical clinking of fencing echoing from Lower Herrick can be attributed to the fencing club, which has channeled its momentum from last...