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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....

U.S. Can Only Hurt Afghan Politics

Author: Lindsay Palmer I remember where I was in October 2001 when I heard that the United States had started bombing Afghanistan. Though I was only...

Occidental College’s Field of Dreams

Author: Alison Caditz Imagine people catapulting themselves 15 feet into the air using only a long, thin pole, propelling spears through the air, and spinning at...

Victor Sowers (sophomore) & Ben Dalgetty (sophomore)

Author:  It seems pretty obvious that no administration could, or even should, bow to every whim of the student body. Our administration here at...

Jessica Simes

Author:  Dear EditorThis letter is in regards to "Chad and Caroline Do Melrose." I think they mischaracterized the public transportation option, saying that you could...

Matthew Gordon

Author:  Dear EditorThe Marketplace has recently instituted a policy of no longer allowing people to open the large containers of soy milk for their coffee,...

Joshua Lu (junior, on behalf of the Occidental Campus Democrats)

Author:  The country benefits when young people vote. The Occidental Campus Democrats believe unequivocally that politics matter. To this end, we are determined to engage,...

Environmentalism Ineffective Without Government Backing

Author: Melissa Rudberg One could say that environmental issues are fashionable right now; there are definitely haves and have-nots. I don't have anything against saving the...

Beyond the Polarity of Political Parties

Author: Alex Graves For once, I wish I were from the South---South Carolina, to be exact. Home of the mighty Gamecocks. More importantly, the home of...