Exactly 100 years after a group of suffragette Progressives in Eagle Rock opened the doors of their own Corinthian-style clubhouse in 1915, nearly 250 local residents crowded into the same building to celebrate the anniversary. People from all across Eagle Rock came together Feb. 28 to honor the women, their extensive charity work and the club's longstanding legacy. The Women’s...

North Korea. The North Korean government officially launched its first and only online shopping website for citizens Friday. The site, Okryu, is regulated by the state and sells food and medicine. However, it remains unclear how many citizens will have access to online shopping as internet use is tightly controlled and usually only accessible by the elite. Most online purchases...

If students do not feel academically fulfilled with the intensive class workload at Occidental, they have boundless opportunities to explore their academic passions and investigate their inquiries outside the classroom and even beyond the campus. Ellen Goldenberg (senior) said that Occidental is unique in that it provides easily accessible opportunities for students to pursue undergraduate research with their professors. For...

Last Saturday, Occidental students stormed en masse to the Greek Bowl where Tinashe, the first female artist ever to be featured in the school’s annual SpringFest, performed hits from her newest album "Aquarius." The hour-long performance showcased several crowd-pleasers, including “2 On,” “Pretend” and “All Hands on Deck,” as well as covers of DJ Snake’s “Turn Down for What” and...

Zenith Virago introduced herself as the local death walker when she met Art History and Visual Arts Chair Broderick Fox at the Byron Bay International Film Festival in 2012. Virago, the subject of Fox's new documentary "Zen and the Art of Dying," presides over non-traditional weddings and funerals in her adopted home, Byron Bay, Australia. Fox's most recent documentary, which...

A cast of four Occidental students treated the crowd in Keck Theater Friday night to an excellent rendition of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama "4000 Miles" by Amy Herzog, complete with break-ups, hook-ups and a soundtrack featuring Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Directed by Occidental's Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Sarah Kozinn, the play tells the story of Leo, played...

Both the Game Developers Conference and the Penny Arcade Expo wrapped up weeks ago, leaving gamers with little recent news. During the current break in the gaming sphere, I like to speculate about what is coming next. What better way than to give my predictions and hopes for the Entertainment Expo (E3)—the video game industry's biggest annual conference—held in Los...

Esquire Magazine published an article March 25 titled, “Occidental Injustice: The Disastrous Fallout when Drunk Sex Meets Academic Bureaucracy.” The lengthy article by Richard Dorment was featured in the “Women and Men” special issue, which aimed to answer the loaded question: What is the state of relations between the men and women of America today? In his article, Dorment closely...

You stroll into the Marketplace on a Friday morning, grabbing a bowl of oatmeal with chopped walnuts sprinkled on top and a slightly underripe banana as you walk past the display of fruit. You were up far too late the night before working on a paper, but who cares? Even if your sleep schedule is suffering, your diet is not....

Years have passed since the debate over sexual assault reports at colleges was initially pushed to the national stage. However, the conversation about handling sexual assault allegations on campuses has continued at universities across the country. An ongoing lawsuit between the University of Oregon and an unidentified student who claims to have been raped embodies the unhealthy perception of sexual...