2009

Pro-Israel Signs Spark Heated Student Response

Author: Thomas Schryver On Feb. 5, the Occidental chapter of Hillel posted numerous signs around campus, all beginning with the words, "When I say that I...

The 2010 Vagina Monologue Cast

Author:  We would like to invite everyone to come to our Second Annual Vagina Open Mic Night in Lower Herrick on Friday, November 13th at...

Oxy Students Hit the Big Screen

Author: Charlotte Strauss Swanson and Arielle Darr Everyone is silent. Action. Cameras rolling. The curtain rises. One by one, Orlando Bloom, Juliette Lewis, and Christopher Thornton...

Global Perspectives Student Magazine Loses Significant Funds

Author: Kevin Abrams The new year will bring a new edition of Global Perspectives, Occidental College's only undergraduate student-run research journal. It focuses on international affairs...

Residents Dominate Middle Campus Softball Game

Author: Emily Phillips Now a couple months into the first year of the new housing policy that requires students to live on campus for three years,...

Veitch Announces New Plans for Oxy’s Future Growth

Author: Ben Dalgetty   On Oct. 15 President Veitch announced that Occidental would withdraw and revisit its Specific plan, which laid out guidelines for the school's development...

It’s Not So Hip to be Square

Author: Dylan Bos-Dowlen Squaresville: the title implies a store full of eclectic objects for socially awkward people, but instead it houses a group of dumpster divers...

Oxy Celebrates Inauguration

Author: Lisa Kraege On Jan. 20, the Occidental community watched the inauguration of Barack Obama '83. Obama became the 44th President of the United States as...

Campus Safety Puts the Pedal to the Metal with New Hybrid

Author: Linni Kral Campus Safety has added a new car to their fleet. It's a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, purchased by the department in November 2008...

Obama’s Troop Decision Betrays his Public Image

Author: Richie DeMaria On Dec. 3, 2009, in a New York Review of Books piece entitled "Afghanistan: The Betrayal," journalist and historian Garry Wills voiced his...

Nicole Leung (junior, Biochemistry) and Rachel Deitch (senior, Religious Studies)

Author:  After reading the article titled "Senate Funds Dance Production Despite Probable Embezzlement" in last week's paper we were surprised on many fronts. The title...

Museum of Jurassic Technology Packs a Peculiar Punch

Author: Kara McVey Museums as we know them today may be a fairly modern invention, but they are rooted in antiquity. From the ancient Library at...