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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....

Exploring the Epidemic of Image-Obsessed America

Author: Kelly Neukom Ninety-one percent. That's the amount of American college women on diets. It gets even worse: 46 percent of nine-to-eleven year olds are on...

The Victorian Los Angeles

Author: Daina Solomon What is that cluster of Victorian buildings by the Arroyo Seco that drivers see from the Pasadena Freeway? A movie set? A Victorian-style...

Time Out With Brandon Boyce

Author: Jacob Greenbaum Brandon Boyce was involved in reenacting history this year as one of the stars of the Gus Van Sant film Milk, and with...

America’s Harmful Bottle Obsession

Author: Ellis Raskin Fact: Americans love bottled water. They love it so much that according to the International Bottled Water Association, Americans bought more bottled water...

Women’s Basketball Opens Its Season With a Pair of Wins Over La Sierra and UC Santa Cruz

Author: Laura Bowen The Women's Basketball Team started its season strongly this past weekend, with two wins in the first two games. The games were part...

An Artistic Metropolis Hidden Underground

Author: Kara McVey Though many complain about Los Angeles' public transportation, the options available to its residents have steadily improved over recent years. Various city groups...

Ethan Weiss (sophomore, Politics)

Author:  Except, perhaps, if it had been Barack Obama, I could not have been more proud of Oxy than when I heard David Brooks would...

Shannon Hurley (senior, UEP)

Author:  To the Occidental student body:Don't be stupid. Don't drink and drive. Call a cab, call a sober friend, call campus safety.I know most often...