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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...

Oxy Celebrates Coming Out Day

Author: Marjorie Camarda October 11 marked the 20th annual National Coming Out Day. Oxy's Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA) hosted a week of events to encourage openness about...

SCIAC Recognizes Success of All-American Tigers

Author: Gil Alcaraz This past December, two Occidental football players, defensive end Alex Wertheimer (senior) and punter Alex Groh (senior), were inducted into the Division III...

UEPI awarded grant for childhood nutritional programs

Author: Damian Mendieta     Child advocacy health organization First 5 L.A. awarded the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) a $500,000 grant to continue its efforts to...

As college costs rise, loan market could be next bubble to bust

Author: Anthony Labarga   The collapse of the consumer mortgage apparatus and the subsequent contraction of the global economy has been a disaster for anybody who was...

Fall TV Face Off: 9021 . . . Oh No, Not This Again

Author: Anna Oseran It's hard for me to wax nostalgic about the original 90210 series since I was all of 3 months of age when Shannen...

Eagle Rock Rape Suspect Behind Bars

Author: Aidan Lewis A suspect for rape and robbery in the Eagle Rock area is being held in the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles after...

For Occidental’s big milestone, a Ferris wheel just won’t cut it

Author: Sam Byrne   Most large organizations have perfected the popular custom of celebrating those anniversaries cleanly divisible by 25. At 125 years old, Occidental deserves both...

Preliminary findings returned by WASC

Author: Damian Mendieta The final stage of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process came to a close on Feb. 10 after a...

Josh Lu (Alumni 09′)

Author:  I just finished reading "Blyth Fund Attempts to Bolster Gender Equality During Selection Period" by Martha Carol (which was a matter definitely worth delving...

Water Polo Off to Tumultuous Start

Author: Michael Smith The season has been a somewhat dry one for the women's water polo team. However, despite four consecutive losses at the hands of...

Time to Rethink Iran Policy

Author: Ben Dalgetty   Iran is a nation with a sense of history not found in our fitful upstart of a nation. Empires, prophets, martyrs and millenia...