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‘She wanted more’: Olivia Haga’s soccer journey beyond Oxy

Olivia Haga ‘23 played for the Occidental women’s soccer team and has played professionally overseas since graduating. Haga said her path to the pros...

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....

ODT Dances Their Way to 13th Place Finish

Author: Wesley Goodman-Levy Perhaps it was the pressure of performing on a national stage, perhaps it was the drive to improve upon last years second-to-last place...

A Classical Night at Cal Tech

Author: Gerry Maravilla I consider myself a concert veteran. My first concert was in the seventh grade; I saw Powerman 5000 and Static-X at the Hollywood...

Charlotte Strauss Swanson (first-year, undeclared)

Author:  Dear Editor,In the last issue I wrote an article---Taste of Oxy---and wrongly did not recognize the performances of Brandon Olivia, guitarist Derrick Wong, Monikah...

Sergio Arteaga (senior, DWA)

Author:  I would like to respond to Christina LeBlanc's article "Work Study: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems?" I do not agree with Ms. LeBlanc's claim that...

The Great Technology Debate of ’08

Author: Michael Darling and Tyler Kearn (Contributing Opinion Editors) Pro-TechnologyTyler Kearn (Contributing Opinions Editor)Roger Ebert can't speak. The movie critic, famous for the television show At...

Dean DeChiaro (first-Year, History)

Author:  Dear Editor,What is with the air conditioning in Braun? I was so pumped when I heard that we had AC, being as my number...

Prop 8 Supporters Vandalize Off-Campus Houses

Author: Emily Phillips Early last Monday morning, the day before the election, Jake Santelli (junior) and Sean Inoue (senior) woke to find the front of their...

Anything Can Happen in Portland

Author: Sonia Lessuck Less than a year ago, two kids from Portland, Oregon were attending house shows when it struck them: "Dude, we could this." After...