Occidental’s women’s ultimate Frisbee team, Women’s Aerial Club (WAC), began the spring season low in numbers but high in spirit. Despite losing four out of six games in a tournament at Irvine the weekend of March 7, WAC walked off the field optimistic, according to handler Blaire Sellers (sophomore). Sellers said that WAC was proud of the close 9-10 loss...

Occidental’s men’s ultimate team, “Detox,” gained a talented first-year class, a new coach and a fresh team philosophy this spring. Detox debuted its talent at their first USA Ultimate-sanctioned tournament of the season, “Trouble in Vegas,” on the weekend of Feb. 28. They went 3-and-3 to secure 11th place out of 28 teams, losing only to the top two teams...

Noah Winnick (Junior) is a textbook example of a jock: a thrower for the Occidental track and field team and a former football player. However, his passion for throwing is overshadowed by something entirely different—singing. Winnick is well aware that he has an unusual combination of interests. “You don’t expect a big guy walking around with a shot-put to go...

A girl in her late teens lets a boy lead her upstairs at a party. She has had several drinks; she cannot remember how many. She cannot remember checking in with any of her friends for at least an hour. The boy leads her into an empty room and starts touching her in the dark. The girl feels suddenly overwhelmed,...

Disallowing the possession of firearms in any public space, including public colleges and universities, is a direct assault on the liberties granted to every American citizen. While private institutions, such as Occidental, are capable of establishing their own restrictions, the government cannot impose restrictions on Constitutional rights at public universities. There is no debate over the meaning of the Second...

Occidental students should take advantage of the opportunities the college offers to travel and conduct research abroad, particularly during summer and winter breaks. The International Programs Office (IPO) and departmental grants offer a variety of opportunities for students who do not have time to spend a semester abroad. The majority of programs currently offered allow students to receive credit, scholarships...

A careful glance at the Coalition at Occidental for Diversity and Equity’s (C. O. D. E.) timeline shows the rise and fall of student movements for social justice. C. O. D. E.’s website does not include an explanation for the decline of the 2006 Oxy Unite group or the 2010 Student Diversity Coalition, but my personal experiences working with anti-oppression...

Coffee culture is on the rise in Northeast Los Angeles, where the new owners of Zweet Station are preparing to join the ranks of Café de Leche, Swork, The Coffee Table and a slew of recently established caffeine-oriented shops. Owners Kacey Sourakli, Paul Austad, Marvin Manzon and Nikki Manzon had Occidental students in mind when they decided to transform Zweet...

There is an unexpected love affair going on in Silicon Valley. As tech titans like Google, Facebook and Apple jockey for supremacy in the ever-changing digital age, they have partnered with the most eminent architects of our time to reinvent the world in which we work and live. Google recently commissioned world-renowned European architects Thomas Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels to...

Students often assume the history they learn about through museums, textbooks or historians is an accurate and truthful narrative. Filmmaker Jesse Lerner challenges this assumption in his film, "Ruins: A Fake Documentary," which he screened to a large crowd of students and professors in Choi auditorium March 5. Before the film began, he primed the audience with a warning. “Beware....