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...
2013
Editorial: Los Angeles mayoral race
Author: Since Councilman Eric Garcetti was first elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2001 to represent District 13, which is centered in the...
2014
Short move-in period should be less rushed, more open
Author: Students at Occidental College share certain common experiences as a product of attending the same school. One of those is move-in day. The college...
Editorial
Expensive AHVA comps lack appropriate funding
Author: The Art History and Visual Arts (AHVA) department designed its senior comprehensives (comps) requirements to simulate professional environments for artists, art historians and filmmakers....
2015
The dialogue on campus sexual assaults must continue
Author: Beginning during the 2012–13 school year and lasting into 2014, sexual assault dominated discourse on campus and raised tensions between all factions of the...
2013
College students lead progressive charges
Author: If any Occidental students logged onto their Facebook accounts over the last week, they may have noticed a trend of pink-and-red equal signs flooding...
