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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...

A Modern Mikado

Author: Richie DeMaria Alan Freeman, director of Oxy's upcoming rendition of The Mikado, doesn't expect fans of the original to embrace his contemporary interpretation."They'll hate it,"...

Lauding WikiLeaks

Author: Riley Kimball Julian Assange may be the most interesting man alive. Since releasing nearly half a million documents about the United States' conduct in Iraq...

Competitive Equestrian Rider Grabs Victory by the Reins

Author: Larissa Saco Sophomore Jennifer Gaster's dorm room is unlike those of her neighbors. Silver metal horse bits in odd shapes and sizes hang above her...

Bright Lights And Revelations

Author: Amy WIthey Muse: there is no other band quite like them. The combination of lead singer Matthew Bellamy's lyrics on theology, the Apocalypse and the...

Film Festival Contrasts Media Depiction of Arab Life

Author: Jill Marucut The Arab Film Festival enlightened the Writers Guild of America in Beverly Hills this past weekend with an unusual program. Despite being a...

Folk Dance Troupe In Step with Diversity

Author: Julie Xu Occidental's Folk Dance Troupe boasts a wide variety of people from all walks of life. It consists of students, faculty, alums, family and...

The Frugal Explorer: Pasadena Flea Market

Author: Katherine Lonsdorf It's a Sunday morning and parking at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena is packed. Cars line up on the grass, makeshift...

Jeff Yarslow and Shoshana Rosen

Author:  Israel's status as a nation has continually been threatened, contrary to what Patrick Rice claims in his article, "It's Time for a Power Check."...

Death of journalism icon highlights what new media misses

Author: Sam Van Buren   In a 1996 interview, Mike Wallace looked the leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, in the eye and told him...

An Ounce of Prevention

Author: Rachel McCarthy-Moya In 2005, a 20-year-old female was diagnosed with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and told that she had precancerous cells on her cervix. She then...

First-Rate Fables

Author: Jon Kirby Prince Charming is really a duplicitous, womanizing scoundrel. Goldilocks is a gun-toting political firebrand. And the Big Bad Wolf has reformed his bloodthirsty...