Tucked away in the Antaeus Company Library in the North Hollywood (NoHo) Arts District, Los Angeles's bundled-up literati listened to the theater company's dramatic reading of "The Legend Sleepy Hollow" in a room littered with texts by Shakespeare and Homer. Two blocks down the road, a member of The Newer York Press took over the Ha Ha Cafe patio with...

Oxypreneurship is expanding and lengthening this year's January Term (J-Term) due to the success of last year's pilot program. The upcoming J-Term, which will take place Jan. 7-18, will give more students a chance to explore entrepreneurship in-depth over winter break. Oxypreneurship member Maddie Caldemeyer (senior) describes the program as an entrepreneurial boot camp where students can learn entrepreneurial skills...

While Occidental students may be too old to trick-or-treat this Halloween, amusement parks and hayrides are an age-appropriate alternative only a short drive from campus. Our writers mustered up the courage to visit Universal Studios, Six Flags, the Haunted Hayride and Knott’s Berry Farm to give their fellow students the low-down on nearby Halloween attractions. Universal Studios Halloween Horror NightHalloween...

Students and local residents crunched numbers at Occidental's first Datathon this past weekend to analyze the effects of gentrification in Highland Park. The 12-hour event was organized by four organizations within Occidental, American Public Media's Marketplace and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. The idea behind the event was to use data that was publicly available and turn it...

Blaire Sellers (sophomore) and Brandilyn Tebo (senior) are empowering local students to confront their emotions through their new Affirming Workshops About Reclaiming Motions (AWARE) initiative. The program was developed by the two Occidental students in August as part of their interest in spreading emotional intelligence education. Participants in the workshops learn about distinguishing thoughts from feelings, naming the three elements...

United States. Google's Senior Vice President Alan Eustace, 57, jumped from a high-altitude air balloon near the top of the stratosphere Friday, breaking the world record for highest free fall jump. The air balloon took off from an abandoned airport in Roswell, N. M. and reached an altitude of 135,890 feet before Eustace, wearing a carefully designed spacesuit with a...

“The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron” trailer went live Wednesday night, and since then I have watched it well over 20 times. The original "Avengers" film sits as the third highest-grossing movie of all time, and for good reason. This makes the May 2015 release date for "Age of Ultron" seem an agonizingly long while away, but in the meantime,...

Students today know Occidental as a “liberal bubble,” where left-wing students go to thrive and the Young Republican club has been defunct for years. Historically, however, this has not always been the case. In the Oct. 8, 1965 issue of The Occidental Weekly, to the left of an article titled “He’s a Bitchin’ Guy” and above “The Sanest Thing a...

“What do we want? A touchdown, right? Come on, what do we want?” This is how Chris Norby '72 and Alex Wallace '72 led students and parents in the stands in 1969 and again last weekend, during Occidental football's 21-14 homecoming victory of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) on Saturday. “We’re the heads of the Oxy Alumni Cheerleader Association,” Norby said. “We started...

Electronic DJ Duo ODESZA will bring their signature sound to Occidental as the headliners of the Fall Fest concert on Oct. 31. Composed of DJs Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, the band formed in 2012 and has since released two albums, “Summer’s Gone” (2012) and “In Return” (2014). Their music features atmospheric vibes and eclectic beats perfect for grooving, as...