I am incredibly lucky to have access to a car and a lack of morals regarding pollution. Because to me, there are few things more cathartic than wasting gas, listening to music and greeting the open road with turning wheels. I was wasting gas and time along the moving parking lots natives call freeways last week when I passed by...

Two amendments to the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) constitution passed Monday. One established the vice president of sustainability position on Senate and the other created the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB), a separate branch of ASOC. According to the ASOC constitution, 20 percent of the student body must vote—with two-thirds of those votes in favor of the proposal—in...

Kristin Oberiano (junior) led the Tigers at the SCIAC #2 tournament over the weekend, hitting a total nine over par—just 6 strokes behind the leader—earning her fifth place overall. Oberiano, who struggled at the beginning of the season, attributes her success this weekend largely to her improved mental toughness on tournament days. “In the beginning of the season, I wasn’t...

The Occidental women's lacrosse team kicked off the second round of SCIAC regular season play with a narrow win against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) April 2 after having lost their first game against CMS at the beginning of the season. With less than two minutes left in the game, co-captain Alida Beck (senior) scored the winning goal, breaking a tie to bring...

LeBron James’ sudden departure from Miami in June, ending the “big three” of himself, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, set off a series of events that shifted the league’s balance of power. Compounding this, the other dominant teams—the Oklahoma City Thunder, the San Antonio Spurs, the Indiana Pacers, and the Los Angeles Clippers—all battled injuries, and fell behind. Three new...

Eagle Rock's own Kimberly Orpinela (senior) has a knack for throwing hammers that even Thor would envy. She is one of Occidental’s all-time best female throwers and her personal best hammer throw of 146' 1" feet, posted at the SCIAC Multi-Dual #1 meet earlier this season, shattered records, moving her to third place on the school’s record board. “I never...

As talk about the NFL's possible return to Los Angeles continues to heat up once again, the public should temper its excitement until it is fully known where the financing of a new stadium will come from. Los Angeles should not fall prey to the same trap that so many American cities have and should resist using taxpayer money to...

Athletics Department Service Coordinator Olivia Sabins has been working at Occidental since before most of the current student body was born. The Los Angeles native, who first took the position in 1988, considers it to be the best job on campus."I think I do have the best, or one of the best, if not the best jobs on campus, because...

Since September last year, the already precarious power balance in the Middle East together has fractured even further, with catastrophic consequences for the civilian population of the Arab world. Violence and unrest continue in Libya, the disastrous war in Iraq and Syria continues to tear society apart at the seams, and, most recently, a Houthi-led rebellion in Yemen has sent...

By the time this entry is published, I'll most likely be on a ferry headed toward Wellington — New Zealand's capital—and, all due respect to Auckland, the most vibrant and enticing city for my mid-semester break (not spring break, I have to keep reminding myself). The break has provided me with my first chance for extended travel in New Zealand...