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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....

Amanda Navetta (senior, Psychology)

Author:  Dear Editor,In last week's "Whipping McCain into Shape," Katie Presley drew a quick parallel between McCain's promise to whip Obama's you-know-what, and racist lynchings...

Cartoonist Offers Insights and Advice to Oxy Students

Author: Kelly Neukom Cartoonist Lela Lee, creator of the "Angry Little Girls" comic strip, came to Oxy to speak on April 8. Although she had been...

BSU hosts eco-friendly art show

Author:  BY TABITHA KEILY Senior News Writer The Boise State Student Union Building will display the "Greener Solutions" art show from Jan. 22 to Feb. 1,...

Muggle Quidditch Returns to Oxy for Second Season

Author: Kara McVey They line up on Sunday mornings clad in capes and goggles. Each of them is ready to fight for the win. They are...

Federal Grant Spurs Training of Math and Science Teachers

Author: Chloe Jenkins-Sleczkowski On Sept. 1 Occidental College received a $740,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Robert Noyce grant for funding the certification of future math and...

Women’s Soccer Pursues SCIAC with New NCAA Record

Author: Chloe Jenkins-Sleczkowski Pulling into the final leg of the conference season, the Oxy women's soccer team is fighting through roadblocks on its way to success....

Women’s Tennis Snaps Three-Game Losing Streak

Author: Rebecca Rodriguez As Oxy's women's tennis approaches the end of its regular season, the players are working hard to make it into post-season play. Despite...

Profs. Mary Beth Heffernan, Amy Lyford and the AHVA Department

Author:  Mitch Cde Baca states that we lack "art" in our liberal arts education at Oxy. We sympathize with student complaints about the relative paucity...