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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....

Code Amethyst

Author: Kevin Abrams & Riley Hooper In Ancient Greece, the purple gemstone amethyst was believed to ward off drunkenness and promote moderation in drinking. Today, college...

Judge Closes Local Dispensary to Curb Sales of Medical Marijuana

Author: Riley Kimball Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant issued an injunction to prevent Hemp Factory V, an Eagle Rock medical marijuana dispensary, from...

Panel Discusses Curbing Gang Violence

Author: Marjorie Camarda Fowler 302 was packed with attendees of the Panel on Gangs in LA on April 22. It is rare to see people outside...

Women’s Soccer Falters in Final Week

Author: Alex Graves This fall there was a tremendous amount of excitement for the women's soccer season. Coming of last season's impressive 11-5-2 record, expectations for...

Car Crash on Colorado Blvd Takes Lives of Four Locals

Author: Charlotte Strauss Swanson and Arielle Darr Amidst shattered glass and shredded rubber, drivers slow as they near the old oak tree to catch a glimpse...

ASOC Senate Discusses Alcohol, Smoking Policies

Author: Charlotte Strauss Swanson On Tuesday, Nov. 11 the ASOC Senate assembled in Fowler Hall to vote on and discuss this week's budget, Oxy's smoking and...

Marissa Potasiak (first-year, DWA)

Author:  Two weeks ago, I attended the opening night of Occidental's production of "The Buried Child." As someone who never had the opportunity to see...

Museum of Jurassic Technology Packs a Peculiar Punch

Author: Kara McVey Museums as we know them today may be a fairly modern invention, but they are rooted in antiquity. From the ancient Library at...