Editorial

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...

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...

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,...

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.” -...

Student, IA collaboration is beneficial for Occidental

Author:  Occidental’s office of Institutional Advancement (IA) brings in upwards of 15 million dollars in donations each year thanks to the generosity of alumni, outside...

College Must Change Its Approach to Alcohol Policy

Author: The Occidental Weekly Editorial Board   The ratio of alcohol-related hospitalizations to dances in the first two months of the academic year is not a figure...

Career Development Center enhancement benefits students

Author:  It seems as if every week this semester a new organization or agency hosts an informational session on campus. Last week the California Institute...

January term would ‘Re-Engage’ students academically

Author:  It is the perennial paradox of Occidental students: when at school, we are constantly complaining about all of our school work, but once we...

Professor salary funding requires more transparency

Author:  Adjunct professors save colleges money. The administration's incentive for opting for more adjunct professors is clear. Less clear is where these saved costs are...

Administration must maintain campus dialogue, momentum

Author:  After students led by Oxy United for Black Liberation — headed by members of the Black Student Alliance and Coalition at Oxy for Diversity...

Editorial: Requesting Return of Bookstore Policies

Author:  The Occidental Bookstore's new policy, which forces students to prove that they dropped a class in order to return books, represents the continuation of a...

Recent dialogue sheds light on lack of campus resources

Author:  The March 21 town hall was a valuable forum for the ongoing discussion on sexual assault. Many students stood in front of Thorne, cried,...