International
Features
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...
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...
2013
Aloof Russia elucidates Cyprus crisis
Author: Malcolm MacLeod For decades, wealthy Russians have been avoiding their country's high taxes by depositing their earnings in Cyprus, a small island in the Eastern...
2014
World News 8.0
Author: Ximena Santiago Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian king’s advisory council recommended Friday that the government relax its ban on female drivers. The council suggested that...
2013
World News – Week of September 23, 2013
Author: Lucy Feickert Kenya. Ten to 15 al-Shabab extremists, including several Americans, stormed an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday and began firing at civilians,...
Campus News
World News 9.0
Author: Ximena Santiago Australia. Co-host of Sydney's "Today" morning talk show Karl Stefanovic revealed Nov. 15 that he wore the same suit every day for a...
2013
Dean Gonzalez lectures on World Cup, Olympics
Author: Juliet Suess Dean Jorge Gonzalez visited Professor Derek Shearer's Diplomacy and World Affairs (DWA) 284: Sports and Diplomacy in a Globalized World last Tuesday. He...
Campus News
World News 11.0
Author: Ximena Santiago Switzerland. An animal rights group officially petitioned to ban cats and dogs from Swiss cuisine. The petition was submitted to the Swiss...
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...
