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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....

Wesley Goodman-Levy (sophomore, Psychobiology)

Author:  I thought Riley Hooper's article "Get With The Program" in last week's Weekly was quite well done, especially in summarizing the issues the PB...

Be Kind Rewind: Not Your Typical Jack Black Comedy

Author: Tyler Kearn Be Kind Rewind is an unusual film, especially given the promotions that portrayed it as a "typical" Jack Black comedy. It is...

A Very Different Holocaust Movie

Author: Max Weidman The Austrian/German film The Counterfeiters just took the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Having grossed just over $1 million in the US,...

Trainers Discuss Female Athlete Health Issues

Author: Sommer Hamilton Dr. Julia Wang and Dr. Imani Gardener presented a program called "Health Issues and the Female Athlete" as part of the educational program...

Going the Distance at Oxy’s First Home Meet

Author: Caroline Olsen-Van Stone While many students enjoyed a week of spring break, the track and field team only had the first half to relax and...

Get Out of My Movies, National Guard

Author: Thomas Schryver Several weeks ago, I went to see the movie Religulous. Before the three hours of previews started up, I found myself in for...

Zachary Lundgren (senior, UEP)

Author:  I am writing in response to articles written by Elizabeth Cutler (Oxy Needs to Open its Mind Politically, 10/22/08) and Dean DeChiaro (Don't be...

How Necessary is Experience for the Presidency?

Author: Mathew Mikuni The stratospheric rise of Sarah Palin has definitely shaken up the current race. Among other things, it has led to the resurrection of...