2016

Famous Japanese noodle house comes to Pasadena

Author: Frida Gurewitz Like late night study sessions and going to class in pajamas, ramen is essential to the college experience. Unfortunately, the sad, salty Styrofoam-ed...

Why you should clean your blender, call your mom, and tell your roommate you hate their candles

Author: Griff Wynne The only things less fruitful than hookup culture at Occidental are campus smoothies. Green Bean or Cooler, smoothies here come from a box...

Sexual misconduct policy implemented

Author: Hannah Fishbein President Jonathan Veitch announced in a Feb. 4 email to the Occidental community that the Campus Committee on Sexual Responsibility and Misconduct (CCSRM)...

Colorful characters share rarities at book fair

Author: Laura Scott Outside the Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, LA’s most stylish and pop-cultured residents gather near several food trucks and a small stage before...

Step by step: Learning to appreciate Southern California’s wilderness

Author: Malcolm MacLeod As a first year, I was part of the Nature Writing Cultural Studies Program (CSP) taught by professor Keith Naylor of the religious...

Hookup culture stigmatizes queer students

Author: Chance Ward It's about three trap songs after 1 a.m. and, from off-campus house parties to dorm room kickbacks alike, the natural migration to The...

InternAway to fund student summer internships in US

Author: Cory Lomberg The Hameetman Career Center (HCC) will fund approximately 20 students’ unpaid internships in any U.S. state this summer through InternAway. This new program...

Campus Safety Advisory Committee holds first community meeting, discusses student demands

Author: Drew Jaffe   The Campus Safety Advisory Committee — born out of last semester's occupation of the Arthur G. Coons Administrative Center — held its first...

Choreographers bring pizzazz to Dance Pro 2016

Author: Emily Holguín After over a week of social media hype, students gathered in a sold-out Thorne Hall Friday to witness one of Occidental's most anticipated...

What in the World 7

Author: Ximena Santiago Tajikistan. President Emomali Rahmon has proposed three new national holidays that would individually honor wrestling, horse riding and flower planting. These holidays would...

Fuller brings resilience, on-base skills to top of lineup

Author: Tim O'Donnell The Occidental baseball team (20-5 overall, 15-3 SCIAC) has made quite a bit of noise this season, having won 18 of 19 games,...

Club sports deserve institutional support and funding

Author: Kara Alam Occidental College has a proud history of student athletes who dedicate their time, energy and money to participating in club sports. But despite...