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...

Dance Your Worries Away: Get in Line

Author: Berit Anderson The ticket system adopted for last Saturday's dance has been the subject of many student complaints, but from what I can tell, those...

ASOC Elections Produce GA Co-Chairs and Honor Board Juror

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros The unfilled positions left by the resignation of last semester's General Assembly Co-Chairs Laura Knuttunen (senior) and Jessica Simes (junior) have finally been...

Golf Swings into Season

Author: Sant Kumar The women's golf team looks to developing their skills this year so that they will be able to compete against other SCIAC teams...

Giving Kanye a Run for His Money

Author: Max Weidman At first I was worried. The projections have Kanye beating 50 Cent out by something like 50-100,000 album sales. The intro of 50's...

Henry Abbot (Sophomore)

Author: Henry Abbot Why is it that people at this school seem to not be able to clean up after themselves? When looking for colleges...

Kenda Woolfson (sophomore, ECLS)

Author:  I have been in contact with a cornucopia of Oxy students, and the consensus is one hundred percent unanimous: Quesadillas at the cooler are...

Accreditation Team Visiting This Week

Author: Damian Mendieta Members of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation team will visit Occidental from Feb. 8-10 for the third and final...

Occidental’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Author: Caroline Olsen-Van Stone The commercial filming that regularly occurs at Occidental College is intended more to increase name recognition of the College than increase revenue,...

With or Without the Facebook Photos, Keeping Cape Town Close

Author: Vera Goodwin-Brown Upon my bittersweet return to the States after studying abroad for four months in Cape Town, South Africa, I found myself feeling as...

When Students, Faculty Don’t Break Bread, Intellectualism Fails

Author: Jack McHenry If one listens closely, there are stories of a bygone age at Occidental College when teachers and students mingled freely in the quad...

KOXY-KXSC Show Fails to Impress

Author: Evan Carter The joint efforts of Occidental's radio station KOXY and USC's KXSC brought three acts to the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts on...