A strong passion for rock climbing unites sophomores Billy Cornell and Cliff Cody and exchange-student John Beesley, the new heads of Occidental College’s Rock Climbing Club. Under the new leadership, the club is expanding its presence and providing all students with opportunities to engage in the extreme sport of rock climbing. According to a recent Forest Service report, the number...

Let’s be clear: the word “Redskin” is a racial slur. It is a linguistic relic of a time period in which white Americans massacred and ostracized Native Americans. Moreover, it’s a reminder of the shameful mistreatment of the people who originally lived on the land that became this country. Keeping the word around in the public consciousness and allowing it...

As part of its Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy, Occidental employs an amnesty policy that comes into effect when a student seeks medical attention for his or herself or on behalf of another student. This policy exempts students from disciplinary action for both personal possession or use of illicit substances, including consumption of alcohol by minors. While the administration asserts...

Tens of thousands of people gather every other Saturday in downtown L. A. for a free, self-guided tour of art galleries. Governor Jerry Brown signed a slew of hugely progressive bills last week, including one that will allow illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses and another allowing children to have more than two legal parents. The United States government has...

When senior quarterback Tommy Edwards went down for the season with an elbow injury last week, there were serious questions about the state of the quarterback position — and of the team as a whole — for the Occidental football squad. With Bryan Scott's (first-year) orchestration of Occidental's 38-30 comeback win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) on Saturday, some of those questions...

Playing in 110-minute matches probably feels typical by now for the Occidental women's soccer team. Senior Taylor Renshaw manufactured a standout performance in goal and was supported by the back four as the Tigers were able to sneak out a scoreless double-overtime draw against SCAIC-rival Redlands on Wednesday at Patterson Field. The contest marked the squads' sixth overtime game in...

The Occidental College women’s soccer team is used to going deep into minutes and closing out games. Six of the Tigers’ first 10 matches went into overtime — five into double-overtime — with seven of the team’s 14 goals in that span coming in the second half. But the black and orange entered Whittier’s Graham Soccer Field on Saturday night...

Protecting the blindside of the quarterback and creating holes for running backs are tasks on the periphery of the football spotlight. The work of an offensive lineman is often regarded as the dirty work of the sport; the work that Occidental left tackle Dalton Spinas (senior) embraces as he sacrifices his body in the midst of a fierce trench battle...

When the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar back in 2010, it was meant to show that the wealthy, rapidly developing Arab nation was to be a standard-bearer for the sport in the Middle East. However, FIFA's plan seems to have come apart at the seams as poor planning, alleged corruption and the...

Occidental received the kick to open the second half of Saturday’s football game against Redlands. And quarterback Tommy Edwards (senior) led the team down the field. After a few dropped balls, Edwards and company made their way to the one-yard line. On fourth down, Edwards started on the six. He snapped the ball. And then the crowd went quiet. Edwards...