The artists in the photo above the piece online are as follows, L to R: Wild Life, Skechy, Obey Giant, and Free Humanity. In the 1980s, LA was considered the mural capital of the world. But in 2002, public murals were banned after unsightly graffiti tags and dishonest marketing started to dominate the urban landscape. The city lost its title...

They came from all over the country: Portland, Oregon, Springfield, Virginia, Haverford, Pennsylvania, Berkeley and Menlo Park, California. They have different academic interests, including majors and minors in Diplomacy and World Affairs (DWA), politics, sociology, math, art history and East Asian Studies. But what they share is a love for lacrosse. The Occidental women’s lacrosse program was still in its...

The future of 3D printing lies in the potential for people to create. As the 3D printing process makes three dimensional, solid objects from a digital model, this technology is allowing artists to make their ideas come to life. At an unprecedented level, 3D printers are stretching the limits of design and creating new opportunities for artists to innovate. The...

Five members of Fossil Free Oxy met with members of the Board of Trustees’ investment committee April 19 to present a formal proposal for the organization’s fossil fuel divestment campaign. Fossil Free Oxy member Julia Kingsley (senior) said the divestment campaign’s demand for the college is a large one: divesting from companies that extract fossil fuels from the earth (coal,...

Occidental’s Green Bean Coffee Lounge modified its sustainable “for-here” mug program April 20, according to Taylor Durham (senior), the Green Bean’s health, safety and sustainability manager. The Green Bean also plans to update its specialty drink menu next semester in order to increase its monetary contribution to scholarships. The Green Bean offers organic and local products, recycling and compost bins...

Venezuela. A woman threw a mango at President Nicolas Maduro Saturday, hitting him above his left ear. The woman, Marleny Olivo, wrote a message on the fruit asking for his help with housing problems. Maduro recently approved the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela, a mass construction program designed to solve a recent lack of available housing. The president is a...

The newly formed Economic Students Association (ESA) held a women in economics panel April 20. The event gave students the chance to hear several peers, professors and alumni speak about their personal experiences with gender disparity in economics, ESA Executive Board member Georgina Garcia-Obledo (sophomore) said. Garcia-Obledo said the luncheon allowed female economic majors to get to know each other...

The Occidental men’s and women’s tennis teams will each be saying goodbye to two seniors this year. For the men’s team, these seniors are Eric Kazangian and Josh Dancu. The women’s team is graduating Sara Charney and Amber Gadsden. On and off the court, these four students have served up their best for Occidental. Kazangian is a biochemistry major from...

It was the bottom of the eighth inning: AJ Libunao (senior) at bat and Jeffrey Johnson (senior) on third base. The game was tied 4-4. The pitcher from Pomona-Pitzer was taking his time in his wind up and Johnson bolted for home plate. Johnson stole home and the score suddenly was 5-4 in favor of Occidental going into the ninth...