Sports
Sports
Controlling the uncontrollable: athletes’ superstitions and rituals
Men’s tennis player Benjamin Burrows (senior) said competitive sports are inherently mental. Burrows said he and many other athletes partake in rituals or have...
Sports
Women’s tennis finds rhythm after early-season struggles
The Occidental women's tennis team has been on a winning streak, recording three consecutive 7-0 sweeps. The team shut out Whittier March 27 and has...
Sports
‘We-before-me’: student managers star in supporting roles
Occidental sports teams have done well this year, with several teams reaching their respective SCIAC conference tournaments and others with seasons still in full swing. Every sports program at...
Sports
Athletes of the Week Okamoto and Yurich lead playoff push
Olivia Okamoto Olivia Okamoto (senior) is currently the lacrosse team’s leading scorer and has been on All-SCIAC teams from 2023–2025. An attacker from Redmond, WA,...
Sports
Occidental announces new athletics slogan: ‘One Tiger, Many Stripes’
The Occidental College athletics department announced their new slogan “One Tiger, Many Stripes” replacing “All in for Oxy,” via Instagram Oct. 5. According to Director...
Enterprise
Effects of athletic department staff furloughs felt by student athletes
Since the SCIAC's July 24 announcement cancelling the fall sports season due to COVID-19, Occidental’s athletics department has faced departmental changes in staffing. According...
Football
Occidental announces end of football program after 126 years
Occidental College President Harry J. Elam Jr. announced in an email to students, staff and faculty Oct. 13, that the college would be permanently...
Sports
‘There’s been another awakening of golf’: Local golf courses thrive amidst COVID-19 shutdown
While government restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced many athletic facilities in the Los Angeles area to close down indefinitely, local golf courses...
Sports
Coaching college sports with no promise of a season
When sports were cancelled at Occidental last spring due to COVID-19, athletes headed home. That time has stretched to nearly six months, with Occidental...
Sports
Athletics recruiting continues despite fall season cancellations
In spite of a remote fall semester and the cancellation of fall sports, Occidental coaches have continued to recruit student-athletes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic...
Sports
Occidental athletes find ways to improve during COVID-19 quarantine
In light of the progressing COVID-19 pandemic, Occidental cancelled all spring sports last March only a few weeks into the season. When the College announced that...
Opinions
America’s pastime is moving out of the past
Baseball is America’s pastime. For over a century, through peace and war, prosperity and despair, one thing has remained constant: baseball. President Franklin Delano...
