Though the Occidental football team celebrated Senior Day for its final game of the season, it was a first-year that led the Tigers (5-4 overall, 4-3 SCIAC) to victory over La Verne (3-6 overall, 2-5 SCIAC) Saturday at Jack Kemp Stadium. Quarterback Bryan Scott (first-year) threw for 473 yards and six touchdown passes — both career-highs — as the black...

As the current school-record-holder in the 50-yard freestyle and with her name attached to four different relay records — the 200- and 400-yard medley relays and the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays — Occidental alumna Lauren Ransom '13 is one of the most successful sprinters in Tiger history to date. Along with being a dominant force in the pool, Ransom...

Though baseball is America's pastime, it is now facing a crisis of popularity. As the median age for viewers of this year's World Series hit 54.4 years old, and as the Fall Classic produced the fourth-lowest television ratings in its history, many have bemoaned the seemingly rapid aging of baseball's fanbase. Arguably more disconcerting and underemphasized, however, is baseball's trend...

Sophomore Alex Najarian, who was one of just two Occidental men's swimmers to qualify for nationals last season, stole the show for the Tigers at Saturday's Redlands Pentathlon. Najarian consistently scored across all five events, taking 11th place overall in the year's opening meet. "It's just day-to-day putting in the work," he said. "Some days it comes together, some days...

As a young competitor and aspiring basketball player, senior and now 6-foot-3-inch Elizabeth "Bisty" Messick discovered that hoops is a way of life on Native American reservations in Nevada. "Basketball is a really big thing on reservations; it's just what they do," Messick said. "They kind of took me under their wing and taught me everything." Prior to attending an...

Football (4-4 overall, 3-3 SCIAC) Saturday marked the 70th time the Occidental football team (4-4 overall, 3-3 SCIAC) took on the Whittier College Poets in what has become known as the "Battle for the Shoes." The match-up proved an offensive showcase, as both teams scored over 50 points and combined for 1,083 total yards. Despite the Tigers' offensive firepower throughout...

No matter whether it's described as racial abuse, bullying, hazing or locker room antics, the Miami Dolphins’ ongoing scandal over the treatment of offensive lineman Jonathan Martin by teammate Richie Incognito has gripped sports media. Though widespread coverage has been rightfully critical of all involved parties from the league office down to the Miami organization, several Dolphins players have been...

Men's Water Polo (1-20 overall, 0-5 SCIAC) The Occidental men's water polo team (1-20 overall, 0-5 SCIAC) continued to experience offensive struggles last week against two conference opponents. The Tigers attempted to secure their first conference win Wednesday at Chapman. But the black and orange fell to a quick 5-1 deficit in the first quarter before team captain Jack Stabenfeldt...

Occidental men's soccer (3-16 overall, 2-14 SCIAC) could not muster a win on Wednesday's Senior Night, falling to Pomona-Pitzer (8-11-1 overall, 7-8-1 SCIAC) 2-1 in a hard-fought match. The team then rebounded in the final game of the season with a 2-0 victory over Caltech Saturday. The black and orange had five seniors who suited up for their last college...

Those close to the Occidental women’s soccer team (5-10-2 overall, 4-9-1 SCIAC) know two things to be true. The first is that any given contest will come down to the wire, and the second is that Julie Khil (first-year), though a newcomer, will make a veteran play to keep the Tigers within reach. But the SCIAC No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS)...