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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...

Young Initiative takes Occidental Students Across the Globe

Author: Nina Greenebaum The Young Initiative on the Global Economy // (function(a){var b="embedly-platform",c="script";if(!a.getElementById(b)){var d=a.createElement(c);d.id=b;d.async=true;d.src=("https:"===document.location.protocol?"https":"http")+"://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js";var e=document.getElementsByTagName(c);e.parentNode.insertBefore(d,e)}})(document); // On a particularly unremarkable Tuesday afternoon, Johnson 302 is filled with the...

Hannibal Season 2, Episode 1 review: A delicious appetizer

Author: Mike Cosimano (Warning: this review contains spoilers for "Hannibal" Season 1.)“Hannibal” comes out swinging. Literally."Kaiseki" – the first episode of critical darling “Hannibal’s” second season...

World News Issue 5

Author: William Stupp Ukraine. The inhabitants of Ukraine's Crimea region voted Sunday to join the Russian Federation on unspecific terms. Turnout was said to be over...

Do we really care about Ebola?

Author: Rourke Healey On July 12, 1968, TIME Magazine published a head-turning cover story on starving children in the Biafran civil war. The pleading eyes of...

The changing face of girls’ education

Author: Sarah Corsa My program embarked upon a weeklong excursion to the edge of the Thar desert this week, during which we visited a variety of...

Co-ed frats are not the answer to inequality

Author: Wellesley Daniels On Sept. 22, Wesleyan University announced it would require all residential Greek organizations to become coeducational by 2017. The administration posited this as...

Former Tiger baseball star lends a hand 55 years later

Author: Tim O'Donnell Wayne Sink '59 once donned a catcher's mitt for Occidental baseball. Now, he uses the tools from his workshop to lend a helping...

CODE protests racism on campus

Author: Lauren Rewers The Coalition @ Oxy for Diversity and Equity (CODE) organized a demonstration Thursday at 11:30 a.m., protesting a party planned by two members...

Stepping forward at the Barefoot College

Author: Sarah Corsa Yesterday, I visited an organization that completely counters everything the American education system stands for and teaches us to aspire toward. The Barefoot...

Swim and Dive reloads with strong recruiting classes

Author: Ryan Whalen Both the Occidental men's and women's swim and dive teams are looking to make waves in the pool this season with strong recruiting...

World War II veteran reflects on time at Oxy

Author: Carmen Triola Alvin H. Thompson ‘49 first walked onto Occidental’s quad in the fall of 1945, after surviving bomb raids and artillery fire during two...