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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....

The Glorious, Overdue Return of the Giants-Dodgers Rivalry

Author: Dwight Hobbs I have lived in the Bay Area my whole life, save for a few months after I was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. That...

Administration Plays Big Brother with New Party Policies

Author: Michael Darling On Sept. 18, Dean of Students Barbara Avery sent an e-mail out to members of the Oxy student body living off-campus. This e-mail...

Sarah Palin is…The Ultimate Bad Disney Movie

Author: Aidan Lewis Approximately one week after the vice presidential debate, I am still trying to decide what was most wrong with Governor Sarah Palin's performance....

Phoenix Takes Performance Art to New Highs

Author: Nina Paus-Weiler In his infamous 2009 David Letterman interview, two-time Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix announced his retirement from acting in order to pursue a career...

Questioning American “Victory” After Seven Years In Iraq

Author: Jack Mulcaire On Aug. 19, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the official U.S. combat mission in Iraq, came to an end, according to President Obama in his...

Superfluous Sin Tax Damns More Than it Saves

Author: Kevin Abrams Sin taxes, also known as sumptuary taxes, are an often-used, under-debated and generally accepted practice among governments that consists of levying taxes on...

Gerry Maravilla (senior, AHVA)

Author:  Dear Editor,If people are going to comment on stories published online, please include your real name. The writer opens him or herself up to...

Injured Athlete Garners Support from Oxy

Author: John Lee While anxious new students and seasoned upperclassmen made their way through Oxy's campus on the first day of classes, Derek Thomas (first-year) lay...