Gabriel Barrett-JacksonGabriel Barrett-Jackson may be a first-year playing center back for the first time in his soccer career, but one thing that remains unchanged for him are his shin guards. Barrett-Jackson has used the same pair of Adidas shin guards, with chipped black paint, since he was 11 years old. Those shin guards will continue to tell his evolving story...

Assistant Director of Athletics and head women's soccer coach Colm McFeely has coached soccer for longer than any current member of the women's soccer team has been alive, and has played the sport for as long as he can remember. "[I got started] pretty much the same way every kid in Ireland does, just by kicking a ball in the...

Three years ago, at the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Nintendo announced the release of "Super Smash Bros." for their still-new Nintendo 3DS. I bought a 3DS shortly after this announcement, knowing Nintendo would hold to their promise. I love "Smash Bros.," and the idea of having it on the go was easily worth buying a new console. The resulting...

As baseball marches toward another October, it leaves behind one of the game's most prolific playoff heroes—Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. Equally notable is the departure of baseball commissioner Alan "Bud" Selig who will also retire at the end of this season. With two of the larger figures in the game departing, Major League Baseball (MLB) faces a moment of opportunity...

A new policy requiring all faculty, staff, administrators, coaches and resident advisers to report all information regarding sexual assault cases to the campus Title IX Coordinator has generated controversy among faculty and student groups. The change, which faculty members claim was made without their consultation, runs counter to a recommendation by the Sexual Misconduct Advisory Board (SMAB) that faculty remain...

Due to ongoing conflict in the the Middle East and new travel warnings issued by the U. S. State Department, the Occidental International Programs Office (IPO) recently revised its application process to be more stringent for several territories in the region, including Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. The stricter application process has caused some students committed to traveling to...

Occidental is one of the most economically diverse colleges in the country, according to a report by The New York Times. The study, which examined the financial background of first year students and the cost of attendance, ranks Occidental 21st among four-year universities with a graduation rate of at least 75 percent. The New York Times study measures top colleges’...

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a club new to Occidental this year, collaborated with Hillel and J Street last Wednesday to co-host a candlelight vigil mourning the lives lost in the most recent Gaza-Israel conflict. Approximately 30 members of the Occidental community gathered in the middle of the Quad in remembrance of those killed, and also in a stand...

After years of pressure from student and faculty groups, Occidental administrators are currently in the process of developing a position for the school's first chief diversity officer (CDO). The hiring of the campus's first CDO, which Dean of the College Jorge Gonzalez hopes will happen by the end of the academic year, will add Occidental to a growing list of...

Iran. A judge from Tehran reached a conclusion on the sentencing of six Iranians, three men and three women, who filmed a video dancing to Pharell Williams' song "Happy" this past summer. The judge ruled that they violated two of the country's Islamic laws: dancing with members of the opposite sex and, for the women, being seen without a headscarf....