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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....

Mandlenkosi Gobledale (junior, Music)

Author:  Dear EditorIn Audrey Lamsam's article "A critique of Hollywood," she accuses modern Hollywood of being void of artistic merit. She describes the acting, cinematography...

Afghanistan Needs More Than Reinforcements

Author: Aidan Lewis About two weeks ago, gunmen killed a female British aid worker who was walking alone on a tree-lined stretch of road in Kabul,...

Getting Ready for Darjeeling

Author: Anahid Yahjian The recent advent of "indie" culture, rising from the depths of the underground and pervading the streets of middle class America, has brought...

Saints Fans Shout “Who Dat?” After Super Bowl Victory

Author: Gil Alcaraz The biggest sporting event in America was finally upon us this past Sunday, as approximately 106.5 million Americans tuned in to watch Super...

Oxy’s No-Censorship Policy a Strong Point

Author: Kevin Abrams As a staunch enemy of moral censorship and any legal regulations carried with it, I simply cannot see any real, practical value to...

Oxy Works to Support Haiti Victims Through New Coalition

Author: Richie DeMaria Concerned students and representatives from over ten campus clubs and organizations met on Monday, Jan. 24 to discuss a response toward the Jan....

Ashly Burch (Editor-in-Chief The Occidental Weekly)

Author:  To the students of Occidental,It's customary that the first issue of The Occidental Weekly feature a "Letter from the Editor," a treatise of sorts...

Conflict and Conversation on the Divided Island

Author: Richie DeMaria and Kainoa King The story of the Troubles - the ethnic, religious and political conflict in Northern Ireland is too long, complicated and...