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...
2009
Sensational Balloon Boy Flies Away with Serious News
Author: Chloe Jenkins-Sleczkowski I think we're all getting sick of Balloon Boy by now. Here at Oxy, we're part of a national minority that does, in...
2007
RIAA Targets Oxy in Latest Campaign Against Music Theft
Author: Ben Dalgetty Last week the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) launched a new wave of pre-lawsuit action against college campuses in their latest campaign...
2007
Kendra Dority (Editor-in-Chief)
Author: To the Occidental Community:As the Editor-in-Chief of the Weekly, I see the campus newspaper---and especially this section---as a space for dialogue and discussion among...
2012
Students, faculty react to Obama victory
Author: Emily Shugerman The Cooler erupted in cheers as the news flashed across the screen: "CNN predicts Obama win." Students gathered in the Cooler, and other...
2012
Local chapters make Greek life one of a kind
Author: Claudia Chow Greek life in many schools (and bad movies) is characterized by a frat row overflowing with alcohol and sororities branded with pearls and...
2012
Despite low budget, FHS puts female wrestlers on the mat
Author: Ryan Graff The Los Angeles Unified School District did not include
coaches or stipends in new legislation when it added all-girls wrestling this season as an
official...
2012
Editorial: Lengthen Thanksgiving Break
Author: Occidental’s
fall academic calendar may be acceptable for students from California, but it thoroughly
fails students from the east coast or Hawaii . Next year, the...
2012
Women’s swim beats Redlands, men improve
Author: Ryan Graff The women’s 200-yard medley relay A team, comprised of Caroline Chang (junior), Emily Watkins (sophomore), Lizzy Kosin (first-year) and Lauren Ransom (senior) started...
2013
India gang rape puts US attitude under microscope
Author: Haley Gray The Dec. 2012 New Dehli gang rape is sparking impassioned discussion all over the world about violence against women and victim-blaming. Indians...
2013
Questioning LAPD’s ethics in hunt for Christopher Dorner
Author: Koby Deitz We have seen it before countless times in movies: one character seeks revenge by any means necessary. Time and time again, we have...
2013
FIFA: A match fixed in hell
Author: Joe Siegal Though soccer is the world’s most popular sport, it is hardly the best regulated. Amid the revelation in the last few weeks that...
