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Stirring it up in the Marketplace kitchen

Most Occidental students are still in bed when the first shift of Marketplace staff report to the kitchen, where they labor throughout the morning...

Enthusiastic Quad-Sitters Defeated by Apathy of Oxy’s Student Body

Author: Davida Persuad During my senior year of high school, between the meetings, practices, rehearsals and occasional academics, I embarked upon the tedious journey of applying...

Johnny Football: Icarus 2.0

Author: Devon Deraad The story of Icarus flying too close to the sun and melting his wings, only to come crashing back to earth, is a...

A Hopeful Future for Club Sports

Author: Anthony Ostland Here at Occidental, there is a rich tradition of club sports. In the past, there has been much debate concerning what kind of...

Catcher Munoz forgoes draft, focuses on pre-med program

Author: Alex Nieves   It was a typical summer day in La Verne, Calif. when current Occidental catcher Victor Munoz (sophomore), then a senior at Claremont High...

The cost of college

Author: Ryan Strong In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama made his bluntest call yet for colleges around the country to control...

New treatment of infant HIV provides limited hope

Author: Lucy Feickert Recent news stories have been lauding a cure for auto-immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), an event with the potential to bring hope and health...

Taking L.A. by bus

Author: Lena Smith Only in the city of Angels can a trip on the bus make a rider feel both right at home and mildly out...

Gina Smith and Leslie Gomez to take on Occidental’s sexual assault policy

Author: Arielle Laub Occidental hired sexual assault policy consultants Gina Smith and Leslie Gomez for outside review of college policies in light of the recent misconduct...

College students lead progressive charges

Author:  If any Occidental students logged onto their Facebook accounts over the last week, they may have noticed a trend of pink-and-red equal signs flooding...

Kristoff Krane showcases poetic hip-hop at Weingart Patio

Author: Emma Lodes Last Saturday night a small crowd of around fifty hip hop enthusiasts stood on Weingart patio to watch Kristoff Krane perform. As he...

Fayyad exit must not derail Palestine development

Author: Emma Lodes Last Saturday, Salam Fayyad – the United States’ last political friend in Palestine, the West Bank’s champion of economic development and Palestine’s greatest...