International

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...

Boston attack betrays foreign intelligence sharing failures

Author: Zach Abels Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing three and injuring more than 260. The two...

World News 6.0

Author: Ximena Santiago United States. Google's Senior Vice President Alan Eustace, 57, jumped from a high-altitude air balloon near the top of the stratosphere Friday, breaking...

World News – Issue 11

Author: Clark Scally Georgia, United States. Wilcox County High School in rural Georgia just hosted its first integrated prom in school history. Until this year, separate...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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,...

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...

What in the World 1.0

United Kingdom. A historian found the possible first use of the word f*** in an English court case dated 1310. The discovery occurred on...

World News 11.0

Switzerland. An animal rights group officially petitioned to ban cats and dogs from Swiss cuisine. The petition was submitted to the Swiss government...