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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...

Cacao Mexicatessen Spices Up Eagle Rock Dining Options

Author: Delia Barnas Eight months ago, a new restaurant arrived in Eagle Rock that aimed to appeal to fans of exotic, spicy foods. Cacao Mexicatessen, a...

Obama’s Troop Decision Betrays his Public Image

Author: Richie DeMaria On Dec. 3, 2009, in a New York Review of Books piece entitled "Afghanistan: The Betrayal," journalist and historian Garry Wills voiced his...

Brighten Up Your Holiday at Griffith Park

Author: Kara McVey The Marketplace is tinseled up, wreaths bedeck neighborhood doors and some students have resorted to wearing their pashminas for more than mere fashionability....

Music icons influence geek culture

Author: Frida Gurewitz There was something about David Bowie in “Labyrinth” that made my little 10-year-old heart go aflutter. Maybe it was the tight pants, the...

Rush Week Organizers Aim to Dispel Stereotypes of Greek Life

Author: Joyce Lee Oxy's three sororities, Alpha Lambda Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Omicron Tau, the co-ed fraternity Zeta Tau Zeta and the two...

Samantha Sencer-Mura (sophomore, Undeclared)

Author:  What the fuck Oxy? This week I have been walking around seeing the new "advertising campaign" for room draw. One of these advertising posters...

Dance Production 2009

Author: Alison Kjeldgaard Last Friday and Saturday night an energetic group of students, professors, family and alumni packed Thorne Hall to support student dancers in one...

Spreading the Spoken Word, With Soul and Swagger

Author: Kate Bustamante Long before poets were printing their words of passion and mass distributing them to inspired readers, masters of language were performing their creative...

The Golden State Attempts to Gain Funding for New Rail System

Author: Christopher Suzdak The state of California, despite recent budget woes, is pressing ahead in a bold initiative to introduce a state-wide high-speed rail system. This...

In Kathy’s Corner

Author: Kelly Neukom Campus Dining Production/ Servant Assistant Kathy Lauriha (lovingly dubbed "Kathy the Sandwich Lady" by Oxy students) is known for her consistently sweet demeanor...

Veganism More Substantive Than Another Empty Fad Diet

Author: Claire Larson After years of being happily vegetarian, I made the tough decision to go completely vegan at the beginning of this semester. I was...