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Dear Editor, Last week, our alumni representative met with President Veitch. Some good progress has been made toward ending Oxy’s massive safety problem but many problems still exist. We are compiling a list of issues urgently needing to be addressed as well as creating recommendations. Current and former students, faculty, administration, staff, trustees and governors are all welcome to help identify...
Guinea. The death toll for a recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa has passed 100, according the World Health Organization. Confirmed Ebola cases have occured in Guinea and Liberia with suspected cases also appearing in Mali. There is no vaccine for the virus, which kills between 20 and 90 percent of victims, but Doctors Without Borders...
As students at Occidental, or at any other residential college, we live in a well-oiled machine that feeds us, cleans up after us and beautifies our environment. Encouraged to spend the maximum amount of time and energy on academics, we are gifted with the bliss of abandoning the boring, routine activities of home life such as cooking, cleaning and...
In my first two years at Occidental, I have experienced events all around campus — some better than others. Last year, White Panda put on a passable show in front of Thorne Hall, Toga-clad heathens raged in the Quad and Macklemore got scared of the rain and forced us to pack into Rush Gym like sardines. This year, Sycamore...
It is nice to think that food is safe, the people who cook it are meticulous and the ingredients are high quality. Presuming that food will not induce a stomach-ache is easy. Although it hurts the stomach to digest or throw up bad food, it hurts the soul to doubt a taco from a taco truck. However, the Los...
Exactly one month and one day after Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 crashed off the coast of Thailand, or Australia, or wherever, I found myself sitting in my favorite Vietnamese restaurant with a few friends. Glancing up occasionally at the television tuned to CNN, I noticed that during the hour or so that I was there, the station discussed nothing...
Every minute, someone in the United States attempts suicide. On any given day, 12 people ages 15 to 24 will commit suicide. Out of every 100 college students, 1.5 have attempted suicide. For college students, external factors like the economy, academic and social competitiveness, tuition and campus crime can significantly impact their mental health. Yet many undergraduates do not receive care because...
As the group approached Irwindale, we rolled down our windows, inhaling deeply. The air smelled sour, with a hint of spiciness. We thought we were experiencing the pungent stench of the Sriracha factory. What we smelled turned out to be not the beloved hot sauce, but wet mulch. The group drew nearer to the headquarters of Sriracha manufacturer Huy Fong...
No longer do residents of Eagle Rock have to go to villages in the Swiss Alps, the plains of the Netherlands or the fields of Wisconsin to obtain top quality cheeses. A cheese shop of our very own has at last landed in Eagle Rock. Milkfarm, an artisan cheese shop, opened in Eagle Rock on Colorado Boulevard. Among the...
In honor of yesterday's Earth Day, Occidental is hosting its first-ever Earth Day Sustainability Fair Friday as the culminating event of Earth Week. The fair will showcase the sustainability efforts of a wide range of campus groups, such as the biology department, the Beekeeping Club, the Hawaii Club and the Green Bean Coffee Lounge. The goal of Occidental’s Earth Week...