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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....

Guest Lecturer Bill Nye Advocates For Environmental Action

Author: Riley Kimball Last Saturday, scientist and Emmy award-winning television star Bill Nye "The Science Guy" delivered the annual Phi Beta Kappa lecture to a packed...

Rachel Baer (first-year, Undeclared)

Author:  This past week, The Daily Beast blog reported that Occidental is the 12th happiest college in the nation. I find this extremely hard to...

Kieran McCulloch (senior, Politics)

Author:  I found Mr. Henry Abbott's letter to the editor (regarding the beautification of our campus) both fickle and repugnant. Occidental College already allots a...

Recent Felon Disenfranchisement Decision is Constitutional

Author: Sean Smith This January, in the landmark case Farrakhan vs. Gregoire, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a Washington state law...

Pundit Panel Deconstructs Obama Policies for Students

Author: Martha Carol Team leader Michael Clegg (sophomore) and nine fellow students in the "Obama and the Issues: The Challenge of Change" class hosted a panel-led...

Common Ground Still Sifting through the Wreckage

Author: Eric Jensen, Managing Editor After three years of graphic news coverage, charity photo exhibits and vivid verbal accounts, millions of Americans from around the country...

Baseball Snaps Losing Streak as Last Game Approaches

Author: Emily Phillips After suffering a month-long losing streak, the Tiger baseball team has finally found its rhythm, winning seven of its last 10 match-ups and...

Making a Racquet in the SCIAC

Author: Lizeth Castillo The Women's Tennis Team has begun the season well, winning three consecutive games, including the season home opener against Hope International University...