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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...

Jordan de la Torre (senior, ECLS and Spanish Lit.)

Author:  Every Wednesday morning, when I pick up The Weekly on the way to work, I find myself instantly drawn to the back page, where...

ASOC Senate Rewrites Funding Guidelines for 2010-2011

Author: Martha Carol The Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senate met with student organizations and club leaders on April 5 to discuss changes to the...

Students Strive to Bring Bike Sharing Program to Campus

Author: Becca Miller The Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) is developing a bike sharing program on campus. Students in UEP Professor Mark Vallianatos' Environmental Problem...

A Look Under the Microscope: Student Researchers Apply their Skills Outside the Classroom

Author: Melina Devoney If students do not feel academically fulfilled with the intensive class workload at Occidental, they have boundless opportunities to explore their academic passions...

Take Back The Week events highlight intersectionality

Author: Demi Duenes Project S.A.F.E. hosted its annual event series Take Back the Week (TBTW) April 5–10 in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, focusing on...

Lacrosse defeats Poets, earns first round bye

Author: Daniel Terner The Occidental Tigers (10-5, 6-4) dominated the Whittier Poets (2-13, 0-10) from start to finish in the women's lacrosse matchup last Saturday, winning...

Bernanke loses credit by joining Wall Street ranks

Author: Carmen Triola It has been a few weeks since former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke began his new job as a blogger at Citadel, a...

“Two Years” continues Rushdie’s fantastical tradition

Author: Hannah Fishbein While LA may not have the literary pedigree of New York City, a famed novelist's appearance nevertheless attracts bibliophiles in droves. Most recently,...

Rock Climbing Club weighs in on LA gyms

Author: Clif Cody While many colleges and universities have rock climbing facilities on campus, members of the Occidental Rock Climbing Club must venture outside of Eagle...

In Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’, comedy and opera exist in harmony

Author: Peter Johnson To many, opera conjures strange or boring images, such as scenes of stuffy singers with horns on their head, rooted to a single...

What in the World 2.0

Author: Ximena Santiago Australia. Criminal charges were dropped against five bikers arrested and held for three weeks in January 2014 after they stopped to buy ice...