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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....

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...

A Policy of Prevention

Author: Soo Jin Kim One in four college women surveyed were victims of rape, according to Robin Warshaw's report I Never Called it Rape. 42 percent...

Color Me Political

Author: Brenda McNary While so much of my attention is focused on the intense political rhetoric between candidates, pundits and friends in the election, it is...

SCIAC Recognizes Success of All-American Tigers

Author: Gil Alcaraz This past December, two Occidental football players, defensive end Alex Wertheimer (senior) and punter Alex Groh (senior), were inducted into the Division III...

Giulia Pasciuto (junior, UEP)

Author:  Dear Editor,Students can now apply for funds from the Renewable Energy and Sustainability Fund. If you have an idea for a project that...

Legacy of Boston Tea Party Sullied by Sensationalist Politics

Author: Chloe Jenkins-Sleczkowski The past year has brought on an inreased exposure of tea - not Earl Grey. I am speaking of the Tea Party Movement,...