Imagine a world where fire, water, earth and air can be manipulated by those gifted with the power of bending, and the avatar can control all four elements. Years ago Nickelodeon introduced all this and more in "Avatar: the Last Airbender." In "Avatar: the Last Airbender," avatar Aang brought peace to the four elemental nations. "Legend of Korra," the brilliant...

Occidental College prides itself on being a residential campus. Though there has been recent debate over dorm quality and Residential Education and Housing Services' (ResEd) efficiency, the residential component is intrinsic to the atmosphere on campus. But to force students to live on campus until their senior year is unnecessarily inhibitive. College is a transitional period between adolescence and adulthood....

In recognition of a generous gift from the Berkus family, President Veitch announced in a school-wide email the renaming of Rangeview Hall, celebrating it as “the most desirable and sought-after residence hall among Oxy students.” Indeed, many students envy the small portion of their peers who are able to enjoy Rangeview’s air-conditioning and personal bathrooms (and tubs). What truly makes...

The background noise is the first obvious aspect of the art show currently on display in Weingart. Sound emanates from a collection of documentary trailers and short videos in a room to the left of the main gallery. A disembodied whirring echoes through the rooms. The noise comes from an art piece that makes use of the somewhat inexplicable, empty...

I write this article from my computer. It is this computer which houses all of my work from the past four years, hundreds of megabytes of entertainment, memories and essays crammed onto one hard drive. I, like many other students, am dependent upon technology for numerous aspects of my daily life. It would be foolish, then, to claim that technology...

It is the meal that defines a childhood. It is the perfect combination. It is grilled cheese and tomato soup. I savor nostalgic memories of my father melting a slice of Kraft American cheese between two pieces of Wonder Bread and serving it with Campbell's tomato soup. Those days are now long gone, and the grilled cheese has had a...

The building, painted a nondescript beige, takes up an entire street corner. It is desolate, a monotonous façade which stealthily hides the wonders that lie within. A large marquee broadcasts the perpetual weekly special – Mariachi Chicken. Welcome to Pat and Lorraine’s Diner. Pat and Lorraine's has stood in this spot so long that its exact date of inception has...

Occidental hired sexual assault policy consultants Gina Smith and Leslie Gomez for outside review of college policies in light of the recent misconduct debate. Smith and Gomez made their first set of visits to campus on April 3 and 4. According to President Jonathan Veitch, Smith and Gomez plan to analyze Occidental’s current policies and assess previous cases of assault...

As an inter-disciplinary school, Occidental can boast the label of “liberal arts college.” Yet, its humanities – the backbone of a liberal arts education – flounder. As an ECLS major with a creative writing emphasis, humanities are my home. It is within these disciplines that myself and others find the puzzles we know how to solve, the problems which bait...