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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...
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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...
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‘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...
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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,...
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Sports can still be influential, even if they’re not being played
The first draft of this column was about Italy canceling all professional sporting events in the country due to the outbreak of the coronavirus,...
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Spring athletics canceled in response to COVID-19
President Jonathan Veitch announced the cancellation of all Occidental Division III spring sports seasons March 12 in response to COVID-19. On the same day, the National...
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Mental health advocates and student athletes fight for body positivity
Active Minds, a student mental health advocacy group on campus, teamed up with the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) to host a workshop focused...
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Swim slashes records at SCIAC Championships
Occidental’s swim team competed at the SCIAC Championship meet Feb. 20–23 at the Brenda Villa Aquatics Center in Commerce, CA. Occidental’s swimmers broke a...
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Former student athletes raise the stakes through sports gambling
Some Occidental students will be cheering a little harder than others during March Madness this month. 47 million Americans are projected to bet $8.5...
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Hockey is the next great American pastime
With a period and a half left in a Feb. 22 game with crucial playoff implications, the Carolina Hurricanes faced one of the worst...
Players Of The Week
Sebastian and Emoto raise the bar as The Occidental’s Athletes of the Week
Zeke Sebastian Zeke Sebastian (junior) set the school record in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:40.79 at SCIAC Championships Feb. 20–March 1. He also finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle, setting a...
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Team traditions sow success for Occidental athletes
Before local meets, Occidental cross country runners gather to make pasta together. After games, the Occidental womxn's rugby team eats dinner with the team...
