International
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International students look for a taste of home
At Occidental College, international students come from 25 countries, including Brazil, Botswana, Mexico, India and Singapore. According to the International Programs Office (IPO), these...
2011
Student Organizations on Edge about Palestinian Bid for Statehood
Author: Clark Scally Occidental students watched closely as Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, submitted a bid for statehood to the United Nations last Friday....
2013
Humanity must renew its curiousity in space
Author: William Stupp On Sept. 12, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the Voyager 1 probe had left the boundary of our solar...
2015
What in the World 1.0
Author: Ximena Santiago United Kingdom. A historian found the possible first use of the word f*** in an English court case dated 1310. The discovery occurred...
2012
Muslim Students Association holds vigil for Syrian victims
Author: Haley Gray More than 20 students stood in silence beneath the branches of the acorn trees and a nearly moonless sky in the Academic Quad,...
2013
FIFA jeopardizes workers’ rights
Author: Joe Siegal When the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar back in 2010, it was meant to show...
2013
World News week of March 17th
Author: Clark Scally Korea The 1953 Korean War armistice was nullified by North Korea on March 11, increasing tension between the two Korean nations which are...
2013
United States, Iran must pursue peace talks
Author: Manna Selassie A 15-minute phone call between President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and President Barack Obama is already being noted as one of the most...
2013
World News: Issue 7
Author: Clark Scally International Space Station. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft made the fastest yet docking flight to the ISS to date, arriving just six hours after...
2013
Amazon Rainforest necessitates global response
Author: Emma Lodes Spanning eight South American countries and 2.6 million square miles, the Amazon Rainforest has the world’s greatest biodiversity and holds the world’s largest...
2013
Trade policy reform needed to curtail Mexican immigration
Author: Emma Lodes A peasant woman in Oaxaca, Mexico bends over her colorful, intricate weaving. Dusk falls over the small, deserted cornfield, empty since her husband...
2013
Occidental’s weak language component cheapens global education
Author: Haley Gray In spite of Occidental's purported commitment to global and intercultural studies, Occidental is part of the majority of complacent institutions with under-prioritized foreign...
