Have you seen Molly? That is apparently the question on everyone's mind these days. Virtually all major news outlets have an arrest warrant with her – and electronic dance music's (EDM) – name on it. Following the deaths of two young adults in connection to the chemical compound MDMA, other wise known as molly, the organizers of one the country's...

The Bike Share program, which has been one of the Sustainability Fund's fastest-growing investments, installed a new repair unit this year with the help of the Sustainability Fund. The free on-campus bike share program provides a sustainable means of transportation on campus and has been increasing in capacity in the last few years The expansion of the program has been...

A man with a curled ginger mustache, bandana around his neck and brown wool hat atop his head holds onto his bike and surfs the ebb and flow of the L. A. Metro train. Everyone else in his car sits. At the 23rd Street Expo-Line stop, he walks his bike out of the Metro, pauses, turns his bike lights on...

The March 21 town hall was a valuable forum for the ongoing discussion on sexual assault. Many students stood in front of Thorne, cried, were angry and tried to bring change. Afterwards, students were invited to multiple debriefing sessions for reflection. But after that day, the discussion fell short; there were no longer forums for reflection, just debate, on campus....

It seems as if every week this semester a new organization or agency hosts an informational session on campus. Last week the California Institute of Advanced Management made their pitch to students. In March, the Pathways Internship program gave a presentation on how to get a job with the federal government. And in early February, students packed into a Fowler...

Every year room draw sparks a huge conversation on campus. Every year students find at least one thing to complain about during the process. And every year nothing changes. The task of room draw seems simple: get a number, get a roommate, get to Rangeview, get a room. But it is never that simple; in fact, room draw is a...

Students may pay higher student fees next year as part of an Associated Students of Occidental (ASOC) senate proposal to raise the fees in order to better fund student activities on campus. The proposal, enabled by the passage of an amendment to the ASOC Constitution last year that allows ASOC student body fees to be raised at the discretion of...

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...

Most of us know the library as more than the stacks, computers, quiet floor and occasional errant Cheetos wrappers that constitute it. There are scribbles etched into desks as urgent and existential as those a high-security prisoner might write. Kisses and farts wedge between the stacks, silent as unopened books. Anyone who has heard of the tunnels or climbed up...

“Because I’m better looking,” Jeff Thiel said as he comes out of the kitchen, tying his stained and faded black apron securely around his barrel-like midsection. Thiel references how the staff and patrons of The Capri Italian Restaurant tell him and his identical twin, Jim, apart. As Jim — younger than Jeff by five minutes — makes his way from...