Archive
2018
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...
2010
Facebook Activism is a First Step, Not an Actual Solution
Author: Sarah Flocken Blue. Black. Purple. Red plaid. White-striped. Pink. Lace.A few weeks ago, women all across the Facebook user population received a message inviting them...
2011
Oxy Shots Receives ASOC Funding for Darkroom
Author: Faryn Borella This Friday, Occidental's only photography club, Oxy Shots, will open a darkroom on campus accessible to the entire student body. Since its founding,...
2009
Satirical News is a Legitimate Resource
Author: Martin Cramer Comedy news sources like the Onion hold our fragmented country together: Without them, we as a nation would be less informed than we...
2007
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...
2007
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...
2011
Steelers and Packers to face off in Super Bowl XLV
Author: Ryan Graff Shaun Suisham and Mason Crosby. Unless you're a die-hard football fan, these two names are probably meaningless. But on Feb. 6, one of...
2012
Ryan budget plan thinly veiled racism
Author: Damian Mendieta Amid a flurry of debate over Republican Congressman Paul Ryan's budget resolution, President Barack Obama attacked the GOP proposal, calling it "Social Darwinism."...
2008
Examining the Obsession With Video Games
Author: Brett Fujioka Video games. They seem to be the activity of choice at college aside from intercourse, smoking, and drinking. Girlfriends are constantly vexed...
2008
The Top Five Underrated Sports Movies
Author: Andrew Valdes When you think about the top sports movies of all time, such films like Rocky, Hoosiers, and Bull Durham immediately come to...
2008
Campus Safety Unwilling to Stray Beyond Boundaries
Author: Sommer Hamilton At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, Elizabeth Gelinas (senior) was harassed by two men yelling obscenities while walking two blocks home...
2008
Sarah Flocken (sophomore, ECLS)
Author: Two things concerning two people named Max: 1) I am writing to agree with George Denny's response to Max Read. Speaking as...
