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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....

Documentary Filmmaker Advocates Political Participation

Author: Laura Bowen Last Thursday Oct. 9, director Robert Greenwald, known for his politically minded documentary films like Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers and Wal-Mart:...

Internet Gaming Novel Critiques Real Soical Issues

Author: Anne Ewbank How far would you go to game? Some people go very far, indeed. Since the creation of virtual worlds, people have been spending...

What the Hell’s a Hipster?

Author: Richie DeMaria My editors asked me to write an opinion piece on hipsters. They basically wrote out the word "hipster" and said, "Go."Great! Hipsters! What...

Will Suh (senior, DWA)

Author:  I wish to bring to attention an interesting fact that one of our most distinguished alumni, retired Rear Admiral Marsha Evans of the U.S....

Oxy Football Runs Record to 5-0

Author: Lizeth Castillo Halfway through this season's schedule, the Tigers are facing the prospect of an undefeated 2008 football season. "We feel really good about this...

The Oxy Cheer Team

Author:  The members of the Oxy Cheer team would like to thank everyone for coming out to support our tigers at the sporting events so...

Projecting a Bright Future

Author: Teresa Eilers One hundred and seven blocks south of Downtown Los Angeles in Watts, CA, a massive steel tower rises almost 100 feet in the...

“Waiting for ‘Superman'” Sparks Dialogue

Author: Jack Greenbaum When "An Inconvenient Truth," directed by Davis Guggenheim, hit theaters in mid-2006, audiences were faced with the real disaster that is global warming...