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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....

RLHS Eliminates Hall Coordinators and Creates Two New Positions

Author: Laura Bertocci Residence Life and Housing Services (RLHS) Community Director Chad Myers confirmed on Friday that, starting next year, RLHS will no longer hire students...

New Yorker Columnist Begins Lecture Series at Veitch’s Behest

Author: Sarah Flocken Remsen Bird Artist-in-Residence Lawrence Weschler, a writer, critic and director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University, began...

Celebrating Jewish Traditions on Campus with Hillel

Author: Sasha Pokrovskaya On Friday at 6 p.m., seven students gathered by the fountain in front of Lower Herrick. They were there to celebrate Shabbat, the...

Water Warriors

Author: Danielle Sherman Beginning the season with team bonding and strenuous practices, Oxy's Men's Water Polo Team is working hard to prepare for their first tournament....

Lucky Number 15: Veitch Joins the Occidental Team

Author: Elizabeth Cutler When asked to write an editorial regarding Occidental College's 15th President, Jonathan Veitch, Ph.D., my first response was something along the lines of...

FEASTing for a Sustainable Food Future

Author: Kelsey Longmuir FEAST, or Food, Energy And Sustainability Team, is a new club on campus, started this spring by co-founders Elissa Chandler (junior) and Saul...

¡Viva Yiddish! Yields a Musical Melting Pot

Author: Daina Solomon|Daina Solomon Shalom, amigos! Imagine Klezmer clarinets, blaring brass, banda ballads, crazy congas, vigorous violins, fine flutes, syncopated steps, awesome oom-pah-pahs, amplified accordions, giant...

U.S. and Mexico Eye World Cup Berths in 2010

Author: Gerry Maravilla With the next World Cup still two years away, it may be a surprise to learn that qualifications have already begun. While the...