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.” -...
2013
Students on cheaper plans suffer from new dining program
Author: Occidental's dining services may have recently been ranked as the fourteenth best college for food in America by The Daily Meal, but rather than...
2014
Occidental community should show more support for athletics
Author: Roughly 40 percent of Occidental students compete in some form of athletics in a given school year. A large percentage of them are members...
Editorial
Social media sparks political conversation, but no votes
Author: A major factor in declining voter turnout since 1960 has been disengagement with political issues. Only 21 percent of 18-19 year olds voted...
Editorial
Accountability should extend beyond students’ time at Oxy
Author: At Occidental, students are held accountable for their actions because of the close-knit community of friends and peers. Every misstep in the Marketplace, act...
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....
