Only in the city of Angels can a trip on the bus make a rider feel both right at home and mildly out of place. The bus, like most public forms of transportation, is much cheaper than driving, and saves the commuter valuable time from making endless circles looking for parking. Take heed, though, as bus routes can be confusing...

Ellen Daigle, then a nurse, envisioned herself spending more time with her children and made the tough decision to leave her career behind and pursue her dream of starting a business. Daigle set out to find a new career and went back to college to take classes to explore her artistic aspirations. "I kind of had a vision of getting...

Since Councilman Eric Garcetti was first elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2001 to represent District 13, which is centered in the Hollywood area, he has effectively led the charge for important reforms in Los Angeles. For example, Garcetti has led the effort on important environmental and human rights initiatives in the city. Principally, Garcetti worked on critical...

Over the course of about 45 years at Occidental College, Richard Shive '61 witnessed many people, programs and interests come and go. He heard parents refer to Occidental as a communist institution, was present when the college installed its first printer in the library and saw the inauguration of the first non-Presbyterian president of the school. Shive graduated in '61...

In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama made his bluntest call yet for colleges around the country to control the skyrocketing costs of higher education and not to consider his improved student aid program as a license to continue raising administrative costs. “Taxpayers can't keep on subsidizing higher and higher and higher costs for higher education....

Though Occidental should be proud to have free parking, there is a substantial amount of inefficiencies related to the parking system. Free parking is without a doubt much appreciated by the Occidental community, but the current parking system contains several flaws that could certainly be improved through simple, calculable measures. Although parking is not a guarantee, all students and faculty...

ITS sent out an email to selected students to take a survey regarding library and other technological services. Clearly they have never tried to use the Internet at 10 p.m. when it is at its highest usage, when it moves slower than a slug crossing an entire swamp. Because if they had, in fact, used the Internet during that time,...

Live Arts Los Angeles Live Arts Los Angeles (LALA) offers a variety of dance and workout classes that Occidental students can attend. Some styles include ballet, hip-hop, contemporary and African dance. LALA also offers yoga, pilates, zumba and stretch classes. Senior Timothy Chang, who teaches a Jazz Funk class at LALA, likes the small and intimate setting offered at LALA....

Tucked among the funky cafes and thrift stores that line Colorado Boulevard, Tapestries Natural Life is an explosion of color and texture. Open and airy, the shop gives off the feeling of a modern fashion boutique. Rainbows of Guatemalan clay beads drape from sculpted tree figurines, and intricately patterned tapestries hang in organized rows under arching ceilings. But the products...

On its surface, Telefund is a group of 40 students in swivel chairs and headsets collecting gifts from alumni and parents across the country. But closer inspection reveals a reality of pick-up pictionary games and candy bowl politics — a reality more beautiful and bizarre than one could imagine. Telefund operates out of the basement of Thorne in what Telefunders...