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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....

L.A. City Officials Need to Plug the Bursting Pipes

Author: Chloe Jenkins-Sleczkowski You may have heard about the recent water problems in Los Angeles. No, I'm not talking about water shortages and droughts. And I'm...

Reevaluate the Roots of Racism at California Science Center

Author: Sarah Mofford Discussions of race are not usually thought of as scientific pursuits. Typically, they are considered part of the humanities or social sciences. Yet...

Oxy Takes Part in ShakeOut

Author: Rachel Kaplan On Thursday, Oct. 15, at 11:15 a.m., the Occidental campus participated in the Great California ShakeOut, a statewide earthquake drill. This is the...

ASOC Senate Rewrites Funding Guidelines for 2010-2011

Author: Martha Carol The Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senate met with student organizations and club leaders on April 5 to discuss changes to the...

Attention Paid to Trite Tweets a Worrying Trend

Author: Michael Darling A pair of items struck my fancy in the last few weeks. First, I learned that Occidental has its own Twitter account. Second,...

Women’s Rugby Comes to a Close After Tumultuous Year

Author: Henry Carr During its spring season, which concluded at the end of March, the women's rugby team competed valiantly against its opponents in the Southern...

Viva Lost Wages

Author: Kelly Neukom The man sitting on one end of the poker table might intimidate some. He has shoulder-length black hair and half of his face...

Jeremy Gong (first-year, Undeclared)

Author:  I am very dissatisfied with the food dispensing systems that are established on this campus. I offer a short anecdote: One Saturday evening, upon...