Deborah Stewart Martinson lost her battle with cancer on Saturday, passing away peacefully while surrounded by family and friends at her Burbank home. She was 67. Martinson was born May 20, 1946 and raised in Fillmore, California. She married her husband, Barry Martinson, in 1970, and they made a life together as residents of Burbank for over 43 years. Martinson...
Emotions flared at the board of trustees spring dinner as members of the Occidental community presented statistics and expressed concern about sexual assault to members of the board as they exited the dinner. The conversation turned contentious once board members engaged in a heated discussion with students and faculty attending the vigil, prompting Associate Vice President Marsha Schnirring to...
The Occidental baseball team (18-20 overall, 14-13 SCIAC) entered SCIAC pool play Saturday competing with La Verne (18-20 overall, 14-13 SCIAC) and Redlands (15-22 overall, 14-13 SCIAC) for the fourth-and -final league playoff spot. The squad responded to the pressure positively by winning two of its three weekend contests. The Tigers split a home doubleheader Saturday, defeating Caltech (1-32 overall,...
Allow me, if you will, to steal and paraphrase from three men better than I will ever be: This might just do nobody any good. But now the end is near, and as I face the final curtain for my Weekly blog, I am feeling a tad nostalgic and sappy. It is on that note that I would...
Public protests and angry media outcries abounded in wake of the documentary "Blackfish," directed by Occidental alumna Gabriela Cowperthwaite '93. Exposing the dark practices that SeaWorld utilizes to create its famous shows involving trainers interacting with "tamed" orcas led, unsurprisingly, to a lawsuit, and SeaWorld lost. The majestic orca breaching in the wild (Source: CC) The Occupational Safety and...
Occidental students officially elected Diplomacy and World Affairs (DWA) major Chris Weeks (sophomore) as president of the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) for the 2014-2015 school year. 1,060 people voted in the election this year, the largest number of voters for an ASOC election in the past five years. “I feel relieved that it’s over," Weeks said. "I think...
The Occidental community lost half of its beloved duck couple this weekend. On Sunday, April 20, amid Easter festivities, the female fountain duck was found belly-up in the same reservoir that a few weeks ago had served as the site of conception for her recently-laid eggs.Two students looking to showcase the ducks in a video project were some of...
President of the Brookings Institution and former Deputy Secretary of State under the Clinton Administration Strobe Talbott spoke at Occidental Tuesday in his lecture, "Vladimir Putin vs the 21st Century: How the Last Month Has Made Global Governance Harder." Talbott discussed how the recent actions by Putin in Ukraine have created new tension between Russia and the West. After his...
So there’s this TV show, right. It’s set in the future, where a nefarious artificial intelligence has essentially conquered Earth with a robot army nuked the planet and forced the last remnants of humanity into a small city. Nope, this isn’t “Terminator.” It’s “Power Rangers RPM,” the last “Power Rangers” season produced by Disney. “RPM” feels like the culmination...
I was browsing through BuzzFeed late one night, my mind becoming numb and quiet before I fell asleep. BuzzFeed, with its endless lists, quizzes and photo galleries, is excellent for procrastinating and general amusement, keeping readers updated on breaking news, trending topics and the cutest hedgehogs on the web. It was one such list about Coachella that inspired me...