Archive

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...

Vagina Monologues address violence and other issues

Author: Lucy Feickert Fluctuating between laughter and tears, the Vagina Monologues ran students through a full spectrum of emotions in Thorne Hall last Friday. Throughout the...

Tales of Telefund

Author: Tess Langan On its surface, Telefund is a group of 40 students in swivel chairs and headsets collecting gifts from alumni and parents across the country....

Administration and OSAC clash over campus-wide alert system

Author: Emily Shugerman|Rachel Stober Reports in the media of an alleged sexual assault involving two Occidental students has renewed outrage about the college's handling of sexual...

A Letter to Myself

Author: Tanvi Varma On Thursday evening, I received a text message from my mom that said: “Look what just came in the mail.” Since I was in the...

Armed Robbery Reaps Little Reward

Author: Berit Anderson I feel completely safe wandering the well-manicured lawns of Occidental College at night. Lamp posts are scattered about campus to ensure my well-lit...

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...

It’s Britney, Bitch!

Author: Emery Desper Everyone has spent the last year or so speculating on Britney Spears' less than flattering behavior---the pantyless car exits, the breakup with good...

Things I learned from my first semester of college

Author: Tanvi Varma I vividly remember August 17: the day I officially moved into college. For months, I had been nonchalantly counting down the days until...

Linni Eats L.A.

Author: Linni Kral I probably don't need to restate my disdain for Old Town Pasadena. I've made it clear in many articles that I find a...

Albright and Steinem forget the meaning of feminism

Author: Sydney Hemmendinger Earlier this month, comments made by several notable women’s rights activists diminished women to a group of politically unconcerned citizens by encouraging them...

Miner Ross (sophomore, Biochemistry)

Author:  Tef's opinion piece of last week, "Racism Strikes Party Scene Wearing Brown" has to be the most overblown, inflammatory piece of yellow journalism I've...