Nobody rejects the mission of the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB). No person within our community wants the “I, Too, Am Oxy” stories to define an Occidental experience, nor do students oppose the “empowerment and improved conditions for structurally marginalized groups on campus” stated firmly in DEBI’s mission statement. DEBI is noble and necessary, and our beloved, socially conscious liberal...

Laser beams, Christmas lights and screen projections illuminated Sycamore Glen on Friday night for the performance of rapper Mykki Blanco. The KOXY concert brought hundreds of people together for the unique antics of Blanco’s live show, during which she constantly engaged the audience, venturing beyond the confines of the stage. Mykki Blanco is the female rap persona of performance artist...

Over 4,000 miles from its namesake and currently 50 degrees warmer, Reykjavik Outpost took advantage of its LA locale to bring artists and designers to Saturday's pop-up shop event. The local talent infiltrated the Icelandic boutique, sporting platinum blonde hair with dark roots, shift dresses and chunky, asymmetric jewelry. Two frenetic Icelandic women bustled in and out of the back...

If my life was a video game—and sometimes I think it really is—different vacations would be the add-on packs to my main game. In this life-game hybrid of mine, the most recent add-on, or downloadable content (DLC), "Adventures in San Francisco," would cover all of my spring break shenanigans—hot tubbing, reading comics and playing a ton of "Fallout 3 Game...

From 1933 until the end of World War II, the Nazi Party of Germany committed art theft on a massive scale, stealing over 650,000 works throughout Europe. It was the greatest art theft in history and a devastating blow to Europe's cultural heritage. But in the latest series of attacks on ancient artifacts, the Islamic State (ISIS) has one-upped Nazi...

Kelly Wourms (senior) is putting his classroom education in Media Arts and Culture to work in the real world under his stage name, Terrys Tacos. As a music video director and photographer for the Seattle-based music collective THRAXXHOUSE, Wourms got the opportunity to document the group's founding members, Key Nyata and Mackned as they represented the 40-plus member conglomerate at...

This month has brought to the forefront a concept that people have been blind to for far too long. This concept is the profound, but very real, ally industrial complex. This complex is materialized by the people who place themselves at the top of the hierarchy of social oppression, granting themselves a royal spot they actually have no right to....

Built as the new capital for the once powerful Muslim empire of the Fatimids, Cairo has provided a potent symbol of Egypt’s rich history for over a millennium. A stone’s throw from the great pyramids and bursting with ancient monuments and historic Islamic architecture, Cairo continues to inspire awe in visitors from around the world. From its imperial origins, Cairo...

I have now been living in New Zealand for six weeks. Yet, for me, and my fellow international students in Dunedin everything still feels fresh, new and different. And, quite frequently, everything seems better here than in the United States. The burger place that does two-for-one Tuesdays is so much better than any burger I can get back home, the...

Color plus water plus music equals elation. In Nepal, this holiday is aptly named Holi: the festival of colors. Once a year, the city of Kathmandu is transformed into a rainbow. Smearing powdered dye on strangers faces is the norm. Children drop water bombs from the sky. DJ sets and chanting crowds reverberate throughout the metropolis. Upon entering the heart...