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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...