Charlie Finnerty

26 Articles

COVID-19 surge during week of March 27 tested Occidental’s isolation housing capacity

During the week of March 27, Occidental College reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 99 active cases under management...

Oxy Womxn’s Baseball cracks smiles and breaks barriers at first tournament

In the early morning of March 20, members of Oxy Womxn's Baseball piled into Ellie McKinney’s (junior) 2009 Honda Civic to make their way...

College reports all time high of COVID-19 cases with 94 students testing positive

Between March 27 and April 2, 94 students tested positive at Occidental’s COVID-19 testing center — 5.8 percent of all students tested during that...

Occidental’s chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta disbands in wake of racist text messages

Content warning: This article discusses texts that emerged in February between two Occidental students that included genocidal, racist speech toward Asian people. Occidental’s chapter of...

The last reporter in the room: A profile of music writer Jeff Weiss ‘03

As the slow death of print media continues to consume local newspapers, less visible is the loss of alt weekly publications. The small independent newspapers once provided a...

Students’ anti-Asian texts create uproar on campus; students demand action

Content warning: This article discusses recently emerged texts between two Occidental students that included genocidal, racist speech toward Asian people.  In December 2020, an Occidental...

Pandemic staff shortages affect administrative offices across campus

As students return to campus this semester, several of Occidental College’s administrative offices — admissions, financial aid and Residential Education & Housing Services (REHS) —...

Fall 2021 semester poses “Double Red Zone”

Content warning: This article contains discussions of sexual assault on campus. While moving onto campus for the first time is a celebratory achievement for students...