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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....

Summertime and the Reading is Easy

Author: Yennaedo Balloo My middle school took pretty serious measures to make sure its students read during summer break: we were given a reading list by...

The Last Jacob’s Palate

Author: Jacob Goldstein This semester, as the Weekly's food critic, I committed myself to reviewing restaurants that-for one reason or another-represented a part of LA's diverse...

DWA Student Research Goes Cross-Country

Author: Morgan Flake Diplomacy and World Affairs is a popular major here at Occidental. It just might get a little more popular if its students' ideas...

ASOC Senate Empty Seats Bear Potential for Change

Author: Daniel Minguez For former senator Roberto Calderon, a cloud of pessimism continues to surround the student government. Last year's elections failed to fill four seats...

When You Wish Upon a Tree

Author: Elizabeth Cutler After a 21 Choices run a few nights ago, two friends and I strolled around Old Town Pasadena while contemplating the attributes of...

Kasey Vaughn (sophomore, DWA)

Author:  While I was completely thrilled to discover that The Oxy Weekly was actually willing to acknowledge Veteran's Day, despite the fact that essentially none...

Good Heavens, Herrick

Author: AnnaRose King and Riley Hooper "This is a Christian school where the religious life is not offensive nor obtrusive, but is the real thing," former...

Unlocking Educational Opportunity

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros Applying to college is a process full of anxieties surrounding grades, test scores, letters of recommendation, college visits and financial aid packages. Students...