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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....

Darcy Garretson (senior, DWA)

Author:  I'm writing in response to a Weekly letter that was published last semester or last year about how Oxy is not very handicapped accessible....

Xmas: All About You

Author: Max Weidman Soon the sounds of dissent will blot out the lilting beauty of children's voices singing carols. Soon the bitterness of cynics everywhere will...

Michael Darling (sophomore, History)

Author:  This is too short to serve as an opinions article, but it's worth saying: There's a developer who plans on building a rather large...

O-Week Welcomes Large First-Year Class to Oxy

Author: Hillary Holmes On Aug. 29th, nearly 600 first-year students were officially welcomed to Occidental College in Rush Gym, where 58 O-Team leaders in neon orange...

Ryan Phillips

Author:  Dear Editor,Before this controversy, I preferred to simply ignore race. I thought this would be the best way to treat everyone equally. Judge not...

The Frugal Explorer: Tea Time

Author: Katherine Lonsdorf I carry my travel mug proudly and openly admit to spending half my meal plan on the simple mix of hot water and...

A Closing Message from your ASOC President

Author: Patrick McCredie Since my arrival, Occidental has maintained a state of turbulent stability. Though such a characterization may seem paradoxical, it is no less true....

Mixed Reviews of Summer Reading

Author: Nona Gronert On Sept. 4, first-years attended the presentation by Michael Shermer on the summer reading, "Angels and Ages" by Adam Gopnik. The summer reading...