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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....

The Spiced-Up Comfort Food of Good Girl Dinette

Author: Annie Ewbank & Adam Levy The name "Good Girl Dinette" isn't evocative of any particular cuisine, but this one-year-old Highland Park eatery's tagline reads: "American...

Goldsmith Elected ASOC President

Author: Dean DeChiaro In last week's general elections, Aliza Goldsmith (sophomore) was elected the next president of the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC), becoming both...

Danielle Mantooth (senior, History)

Author:  To my fellow seniors: as we prepare to move out into the world as recent graduates, let us not forget Occidental College. Over the...

Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails Trump In Rainbows

Author: Gerry Maravilla It seems it is becoming something of a trend for many of the alternative scene's best artists to pull away from major record...

Tigers Catch March Madness

Author: Cameron Goodman Tests of a Sportsman"He does not boast /Nor quit /Nor make excuses when he fails /He is a cheerful loser /And a quiet...

Generation Junkie

Author: Max Weidman Our generation, for better or for worse, is not so apprehensive about sharing prescription pills. Once a female friend of mine proffered two...

Visiting Professor and Writer Danzy Senna Shares Work

Author: Mallory Nezam "I'm not interested in it if it's not uncomfortable," Danzy Senna said at her public reading in Morrison Lounge on Thursday, Nov. 20....

Gaiman’s Latest Aims for the Tween Crowd

Author: Chad Wyszynski In the wake of Harry Potter and His Dark Materials, books aimed at "tweens," or, more honestly, everyone who is somewhat of a...