A group of eight followed Occidental alumnus Carlos Aguilar '98 down Colorado Boulevard during the April 19 soft launch of his food tour company, Fun Belly. The party made six stops on their three-hour tour, including one at Little Beast for a sampling of American comfort food and one at Four Cafe for their organic options. Between dishes, Aguilar entertained...

Kim Babon officially succeeded Sue Pramov April 2 as Occidental's new Director of National Awards. The position entails mentoring students and alumni on their career and academic goals by helping them pursue scholarships and fellowships. As director, Babon is responsible for coordinating the recruitment and application processes, which include essay composition, writing letters of recommendation and interview preparation. Babon is...

Starting this fall, four students will join Emmons Student Wellness Center in establishing a new peer mentorship program. Emmons Senior Director Sara Semal and Director of Counseling Matt Calkins implemented the program at the recommendation of Active Minds, a student group that petitioned for the introduction of peer mentors to on-campus healthcare services last March. The volunteer mentors will engage...

A team of 10 students spent their spring break in Managua, Nicaragua, doing construction work at a safe house for young girls and painting a local elementary school. The service trip was organized by Greta Jarvis (senior) in partnership with Forward Edge International, a Christian relief and missions organization based in Vancouver, Wash. The students stayed for eight days in...

Taylor WaltonCompared to many of his teammates, Taylor Walton (first-year) is relatively new to track and field. The six-foot-five high jumper had been playing just basketball for most of his life until his English teacher and track coach encouraged him to join track his junior year of high school.“I didn’t really know what I was doing the first few meets,...

With women in positions like the president of the Federal Reserve and chief technology officer of the United States, one could claim that American society has accepted female leaders in math and science. Unfortunately, recent research proves otherwise. According to a 2014 report from the National Student Clearinghouse, the share of women receiving bachelor’s degrees in these fields has actually...

Students, faculty and staff members filled nearly two-thirds of Thorne Hall on Thursday morning to attend the Sexual Assault Task Force's first Town Hall Meeting. The Sexual Assault Task Force scheduled the meeting to give the college community the opportunity to publicly raise concerns about changes they wish to see at the school regarding sexual misconduct. Vice President for Institutional...

Silent Solidarity, a program designed to help students understand the experience of marginalized social groups, will be offered to Occidental students for the first time on Mar. 28. Participants in the program take on an assigned identity and refrain from all forms of communication, including social media and texting, from 9 a.m. until a debriefing session at 5 p.m. in...

Carnegie Hall and the Great Wall of China are only some of the widely acclaimed venues in which the CalTech-Occidental Concert Band has performed, but for their annual winter concert, the group returned to the more familiar stage of Occidental's Thorne Hall. Nearly all the performances featured individual musicians as soloists, but the concert gave band members the opportunity to...

Campus Dining has decided to expand its Eco-Takeout program to all residential students after a two and a half year pilot phase. The college will start automatically enroll students for the reusable take-out container system at the end of spring semester, charging a one-time fee of five dollars to their meal plan, FLEX or Tiger Plus account, while simultaneously beginning...