Michelle Ito (sophomore) looked forward to becoming a Resident Advisor (RA) for first-year students when she applied for the position last spring. She enjoyed serving as a prefect at her high school and wished to continue that role under Residential Education (ResEd). Since being hired as a Stewie Hall RA, she feels she has been a valuable source of support...

As student body voting opened for the Diversity and Equity Board Initiative (DEBI) March 30, senators and honor board jurors struggled over how to fund the initiative should it pass. Eight Honor Board members, seven ASOC senators and approximately 50 students packed into the Studenmund Room March 25 to discuss DEBI’s funding, which Honor Board has voted down twice in...

Indonesia. After confiscating over 1,000 pounds of marijuana Friday, police in Jakarta burned the drug and inadvertently caused an entire neighborhood to be affected by the fumes, giving many citizens a high. The marijuana was disposed of in mass at the police headquarters in the Tangerang district. After the incident, one journalist stated that he needed to “sit down and...

Politics Professor Thalia Gonzalez’s tenure review, scheduled to be completed by the board of trustees meeting April 19, has been put on hold, according to an email sent by the professor to concerned alumni. The delay is due to a research misconduct complaint filed Oct. 17 by her former student, which prompted Dean Jorge Gonzalez to launch a preliminary investigation...

Six hundred thirteen cardboard coffins filled the Johnson Student Center quad March 23, one for every person who has been killed by law enforcement in the Los Angeles County since 2000. Occidental students constructed the coffins in an effort to raise awareness of police brutality in Los Angeles. The coffins were donated to the Youth Justice Coalition (YJC), an organization...

The Center for Gender Equity (CGE) honored the annual HERstory month this March with events focusing on themes of success and self-care. One HERstory event also kicked off Women in Leadership (WIL), a new program sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs designed to foster managerial skills in female students. HERstory month is a national awareness campaign that focuses on...

Victims of four recent burglaries at Berkus House said the crimes have created a sense of distrust among the house’s community after investigations into the thefts left the victims empty-handed. Residents Gabby Hanna (senior) and Aviva Alvarez-Zakson (senior) reported the semester’s first burglary Jan. 22 after Hanna’s purse and Alvarez-Zakson’s iPad and its accessories were purportedly taken from their room...

Onyekachi NwabuezeIn the second SCIAC Multi Dual meet Saturday, sprinter Onyekachi "Onye" Nwabueze (sophomore) placed first in the 200-meter dash and second in the 100-meter dash. Nwabueze attributes her success in the meet to the hard work she has put into practice."My focus in practice these few weeks and my goal to push myself beyond what I'm comfortable with really...

The Occidental baseball team finished last weekend with late inning theatrics. Tied 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning of the final game against Pomona-Pitzer, pinch runner Jeff Johnson (senior) stole home to score the winning run for the Tigers. With the win the Tigers improve to 17-9 overall and 13-5 in SCIAC play, moving into third place in...

Occidental’s track and field teams performed strongly in the second SCIAC Multi-Dual meet this past Saturday. The men’s team swept the competition, defeating Caltech 126-18, Chapman 127-16 and Cal Lutheran 95-66. The women’s team went 2-1 for the day, with an 83-28 win over Chapman, and an 87-47 victory over Caltech. The wins were keyed by valuable contributions across the...