It is that time of the year again, the season of cold weather, Valentine's day and the Grammys. As per usual, the media is teeming with coverage about the latter of those three. The Grammys have failed to miss the critical eye of blackness since their origin. There is a never-ending stream of critiques of the Grammys, ranging from trivial...

Kia Ora—or good health in the Maori tongue—from Aeoteroa, “The Land of the Long White Cloud,” more commonly known as New Zealand, or Middle Earth for you Lord of the Rings fans. This blog will consist of dispatches from two Weekly staffers, Emma Lodes and Tim O’Donnell, as we study at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and...

Honor Board voted 3-2 Tuesday against a proposal to increase student body fees by $7 to fund the proposed Diversity and Equity Board (DEB). The board came to the decision after learning that the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senate could provide the funding from a savings account it controls, according to Honor Board Chair Siri Guntupalli (junior). Honor...

There are two things we take for granted everyday: electricity and water. In Nepal, these essential systems are erratic. As someone from an affluent nation enters a less economically-well-off region, there is an immediate reduction in comfort. But with discomfort comes an unexpected upsurge of euphoria. This week, I arrived in Nepal to study Himalayan and Tibetan Peoples with SIT...

Occidental's campus and its surrounding neighborhood frequently host film crews that turn the suburbs of Los Angeles into places ranging from Chicago ("Parenthood") to Spain ("Arrested Development"). "Togetherness," the latest show in HBO's Sunday night line-up, is both shot and set in Eagle Rock. "Togetherness" centers around a young couple, the Piersons, trying to navigate their way through adulthood as...

Since the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January, the media has been saturated with discussions about Islam's representation in popular culture. With a new exhibit entitled Islamic Art Now, LACMA is joining that conversation, and showing the world how contemporary Islamic artists are pushing the boundaries of what is accepted in the world of Islamic art, from the Middle East and...

When it comes to sexual assault on campus, Occidental students and coaches are saying "No More 'What's the big deal?'" "No More 'Not my problem,'" and "Here at Oxy we will not look the other way."The Department of Athletics and Project S. A. F. E. recently released a minute-long video featuring an array of coaches, student-athletes and students representing different...

This year's Occidental Rugby Football Club (0-2) is facing a tough transition, making a move from Division III to Division II and going up against larger schools like UC Riverside and the Claremont Colleges."We’re playing bigger teams and teams that are coached better than we have in the past," team vice-president and co-captain Jack Gephart (senior) said. In addition to...

Occidental’s new synchronized swimming club, Synccidental, is hitting the pool deck. The fledging club, co-founded by president Audrey Shawley (first-year) and vice president Gillian Mangan (sophomore) had their first information session Jan. 31. According to Shawley, 15 people attended the first session. They plan to hold weekly hour-long practices starting in the next two weeks.“We’re not looking for a huge...

The La Verne Leopards pinched a hard-fought 75-73 win against Occidental men’s basketball in last Thursday’s conference matchup. Minutes before tipoff, Rush Gymnasium echoed with the rhythms of the Occidental Drum Line and the taunts and cheers of Occidental sports fans—most conspicuously football and soccer players—reviving the energy that waned in Rush Gym during winter break competition. Going into the...