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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...

Men’s and Women’s Ultimate Frisbee Fly High at Sectionals

Author: Soo Jin Kim Although the men's and women's ultimate frisbee teams recently attended sectionals, both squads are already looking forward to next semester.The men's ultimate...

Gaypril Festivities Cultivate Oxy LGBTQI Community

Author: Kara McVey and Martha Carol Occidental's Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) held a voguing demonstration, a talk by Dr. Karen Tongson and the annual Genderf#@% dance...

Senate Discusses Fundraising for End of Year Budget

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros Senators discussed ASOC Senate's end of year budget at their meeting Wednesday, March 19. As of the meeting, the Senate had little over...

Typographer invites unique perspective

Author: Sarah Corsa College students are constantly reading books, surrounded by books, and immersing themselves in the ideas these books impart. But rarely do students consider...

Artist reveals politics of immigration through art

Author: Emma Lodes A Chicano gangster looms with his arms extended, crucified on a cross, with a tattoo of the Virgin Mary across his stomach and...

Editorial: Don’t Forget about the SAC

Author:  Pounding hammers and raging drills aside, this year's gutting of the Johnson Student Center has displaced many departments and student services, including the Office...

Breast Cancer Awareness spreads on campus

Author: Noel Hemphill Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) a student-run group on Occidental’s campus, is taking advantage of Breast Cancer Awareness month to jump-start their cancer awareness...

Climate change silenced by campaign rhetoric

Author: Emily Bell In 1973, America faced an oil shortage unlike anything that had been seen before. When the crisis passed, President Jimmy Carter realized the...

Bringing class back to academia

Author:  When an individual attends class, he or she most likely expects to see a professor lecturing, donned in work-appropriate apparel as they should be,...

Hurricane Sandy an emergency under a microscope

Author: Ella Fornari Before Sandy hit the Northeast last week, both political parties presumed that the way the Obama administration would handle the after-effects of the...

Treviño discusses activism, film

Author: Emma Lodes Picture two iconic images of Los Angeles. One of gritty Chicano rights activism and the fight for immigrant rights, and the other of...