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...

Jeremy Gong (first-year, Undeclared)

Author:  I am very dissatisfied with the food dispensing systems that are established on this campus. I offer a short anecdote: One Saturday evening, upon...

The Moving Monument

Author: Jessica Stevens The planning and implementation of civic works projects is rarely a cut-and-dry task in the City of Los Angeles. The history of the...

Sean Embrey-Stine (first-year, undeclared)

Author:  As most Oxy students must have noticed, there has been a lot of anti-oxy sentiment around campus recently. Students are upset with Occidental, understandably,...

Deserted Beaches and Being the Inverse Little Mermaid 

Author: Delaney Nolin Early (too early) this morning I finally got to pull on my new wetsuit and go on my first dive here in Galápagos....

REHS addresses questions on policies, student housing concerns

Author: Jessica Faroy Residential Education and Housing Services (REHS) staff hosted a town hall meeting in Choi Auditorium Thursday. Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Vice President...

Chargers’ relocation plan has potential to backfire

Author: Gregory Feiner Next year, the NFL is going to bring at least one of three teams to Los Angeles and, consequently, apocalyptic gridlock to the...

Central Bankers

Author: William Pottenger Paul Krugman, an American economist and op-ed columnist for the New York Times, wrote an interesting piece this past summer about how central...

Geo Jocks: Pollution

Author: Donovan Dennis When taking in a sunset from Fiji Hill, it's hard not to appreciate a little bit of Los Angeles’ smog. The golden sunlight,...

Senate Dishes Out Dollars

Author: Yennaedo Balloo The ASOC Senate made decisions on three capital improvement funding requests and seven general funding requests last Tuesday, Feb. 17. Of the capital...

Letter to the editor: Diamond Webb

Author:  Dear Occidental community, My name is Diamond Webb. Senior. Black at a Primarily White Institution (PWI) and barely surviving. During my three years at Occidental College,...

Women Are More Than Vaginal Figures

Author: Aidan Lewis I am sorry to report that, unlike many Oxy students on campus over the weekend, I didn't attend Friday's performance of "The Vagina...