Editorial
Culture
Editorial: A musical guide to surviving your first year
Maybe you just escaped from the most excruciating exam you’ve ever taken at Oxy and you need to cleanse your soul. Or maybe your...
Culture
Editorial: From pop to psychedelic rock, our editors list their albums of the year
"The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" by Chappell Roan Kawena Jacobs (Arts and Culture editor) When you think of a pop song, most envision...
Culture
Moxie at Oxy: Spring fashion on campus
Sit on the Quad for five minutes and you'll see plenty of Pinterest-worthy outfits. Students at Occidental can often be seen dressing to impress,...
Culture
Favorite book recommendations of the semester
"The One Inside" by Sam Shepard
By Ava LaLonde (Opinions editor) “The most authentic endings are the ones which are already revolving towards another beginning.” -...
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes: The Occidental, a glance into the student-run newspaper
2023 marks the 130th year of The Occidental, the student-run newspaper at Occidental College founded in 1893. Despite this long-running history, readers may not...
Editorial
Letter from the editor-in-chief: Jane Drinkard
As editor-in-chief, I have the opportunity to read more than 20 student-written articles per week. We are an intelligent, academically driven student body, yet...
Editorial
Letter From the editor: Jane Drinkard
Occidental Students, Faculty and Staff, According to President Donald J. Trump, we at the Occidental Weekly — as part of “the media” — are “the...
2012
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,...
2013
Excessive air-conditioning must be made proportionate
Author: It seems ridiculous to need a sweatshirt in class in Los Angeles on a 100-degree summer day, but it is necessary as a result...
Editorial
Students must take a moment to appreciate custodial staff
Author: As students at Occidental, or at any other residential college, we live in a well-oiled machine that feeds us, cleans up after us and...
Editorial
Students need to remain vigilant within campus bubble
Author: Over the last few weeks, a series of incidents has challenged the feeling of invincibility that so often accompanies life on a college campus....
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...
