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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...

Baseball Strikes Back

Author: Adam Greenhouse The Oxy Baseball Team equaled last season's win-total by taking two out of three games from Whitworth College last Friday and Saturday at...

To Whom It May Concern

Author: Emily Jensen Dear Housing Services:I would like to arrange to live in a double room with my darling roommate Felix. This year, we had a...

Steroids Pump Up Government Spending

Author: Ryan Graff, Lauren Siverly America has always had a fascination with celebrities, including professional athletes. This is exemplified in the way that the United States...

The forgotten legacy of ‘808s and Heartbreak’

Author: Benj Salkind I remember the first time I heard Kanye West. I had just turned 12 and received a new iPod Nano for my birthday. One...

Do You Speak Whale?

Author: Delaney Nolin Before our arrival in Galápagos, I had one last incredible experience on the mainland of Ecuador. For the first week of my second...

World News 3.0

Author: Ximena Santiago Uzbekistan. Local farmers of the Shaharteppa village in the Ferghana province were ordered to glue previously picked cotton back onto bushes in order...

Poker

Author: William Pottenger When I was growing up, my friends and I played no limit Texas hold 'em. Every weekend, my closest two friends and I...

Gilliam ’62: From ‘The Fang’ to Monty Python

Author: Lena Smith Occidental alumnus Terry Gilliam 62' shifted in his plush red chair onstage for the duration of his interview with KTLA's Sam Rubin Oct....

Grogan’s versatility vital behind the scenes

Author: Margaret Su Katie Grogan's official role may be as director of operations for the Athletics Department, but she has her fingers in many pies. In...

Rediscovering my Love of Swimming

Author: Delaney Nolin Living near the coast for nearly my entire life has made the ocean central to who I am. Coming to the Galápagos islands...

The dialogue on campus sexual assaults must continue

Author:  Beginning during the 2012–13 school year and lasting into 2014, sexual assault dominated discourse on campus and raised tensions between all factions of the...