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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....

Shannon Hurley (sophomore, UEP)

Author:  I appreciate your efforts to leave your trash on the tables in the Cooler, but I don't think it piles high enough. With...

The Return of Television

Author: Tyler Kearn Many of television's pressing questions were abruptly left dangling by the writer's strike: Will Michael and Jan stay together? What's the deal with...

Oxy and the Olympics

Author: Chloe Jenkins-Sleczkowski The recent selection of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics has spurred discussion about memories...

Get Local, Get fresh and Get Fed with New Club

Author: Andrea Cornelius Delicious food, great company and music are the perfect recipe for a Saturday night. Well Fed, Occidental's new club on campus is devoted...

ASOC Constitutional Amendments Fail

Author: Ben Dalgetty   On Friday, Oct. 23, students at Occidental failed to pass a number of ASOC constitutional amendments due to a lack of participation, despite...

Oxy Policies Spur Drunk Driving

Author: Dean DeChiaro As The Occidental Weekly's News Editor, I am responsible for sifting through the plethora of each week's Campus Safety reports and choosing which...

Women’s Softball Suffers Sixth Consecutive Conference Loss

Author: Rachel Kaplan Oxy's women's softball team faced consecutive challenging matches this past weekend, losing all four games they played. On Friday, April 2, the team...

Duncan Marks (sophomore, Biology)

Author:  I have to say that I disagree completely with the proposed "themed housing" in Norris next year. While it's nice to have people...