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MAC department partners with Vidiots to screen ‘Nightcrawlers’

Occidental College's Media Arts & Culture (MAC) professor John Trafton and the video store and movie theater Vidiots partnered to give a screening of the...

California SB 98 requires notification of immigration enforcement presence on college campuses

Senate Bill 98 (SB 98) also known as the Sending Alerts to Families in Education (SAFE) Act, was signed into law Sept. 20. The law...

Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council votes to redraft letter opposing development of Eagle Rock Plaza Home Depot

The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC) voted to redraft a letter expressing opposition to building a Home Depot in the Eagle Rock Plaza, during a meeting Oct....

‘They want to win’: Franklin High Rocket League advances to nationals

The Rocket League esports team at Benjamin Franklin High School has advanced to nationals at the Scholastic Esports Tournament. The National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC) is one of the sponsors of the event....

Emmons Does Its Best

Author: Richard Youngblood I applaud last week's article entitled, "Quality Healthcare Should Be a Right Not a Privilege." Although I'm not an expert in the political-economy...

Crime Rates Reduced in L.A.

Author: Kelsey Longmuir Recent statistics have shown that crime in Eagle Rock and Northeast Los Angeles has begun to steadily decline. Reputed "gang capital of America,"...

Campus Climate: Storms Ahead

Author: Yennaedo Balloo I attended the Campus Climate Discussion before Spring Break. The discussion was open to all students and had a good attendance, stronger than...

Committee Formed to Evaluate Drug Policy

Author: Emma Parker A committee is being formed to evaluate Occidental College's "search and seizure" practices, Director of the Campus Safety Department Holly Nieto said. The...

Successful Strides for Oxy Basketball Teams

Author: Lizeth Castillo Oxy's men and women's basketball teams have brought their best game to the floor and have found themselves on the track towards a...

J. Mohorcich III (first-year, Politics and Economics)

Author:  It is only once every half-century or so that a work of art shatters every established boundary of its medium and transcends the very...

More Than Just Monopoly Money

Author: Adam Greenhouse and Richard DeMaria There is something distinguished about the 13 men and women of Occidental's Blyth Fund. Maybe it's their stellar grades and...

Reel Talk With Cinemaddicts Presents: Boogie Man The Lee Atwater Story

Author: Zak Stoltz Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) welcomes viewers into the mind of one of the most conniving, mud-slinging, manipulative politicians that ever...