As we bask in the heat of the late Los Angeles summer, it seems most appropriate to discuss those curious times in Earth’s geologic past when cold and ice dominated the landscape. Icecaps and ice sheets have waxed and waned across the earth’s oceans and continents for millennia — billions of years, to be more precise. The cryosphere even left...

A stoic paper cheetah with gleaming eyes stares out from the Weingart marble fireplace as a neighboring hyena looks on, its usual smile replaced by an emotionless stare. Inside the hearth, screen-printed words including “HUNTED,” “LOST FAUNA” and “RHINO” glow in warm tones of reddish-browns and dirty oranges. This is only one powerful display among numerous majestic prints, paintings, multi-media...

An investigation headed by Director of Human Resources Danita Maxwell, acting Dean of Students Erica O'Neal Howard said, is underway to address a complaint the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) reported to her, according to an email to DEB from Howard — posted by DEB on its Facebook page Thursday. DEB's complaint addressed an incident during the Experience Oxy admitted...

Director of Communications Jim Tranquada announced via a campuswide email April 14 that Randall Kennedy, the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will be this year's commencement speaker. The decision has drawn criticism from students, faculty and clubs on campus. According to Tranquada's email, Kennedy is an expert on the intersection of race and law and...

United States. PayPal is hosting “Gender Equality and Inclusion in the Workplace" today, a discussion that will feature five men as panelists. The event is part of PayPal’s Unity Speaker Series and will focus on “how men and women can partner to achieve a better workplace.” The event faced immediate public criticism from people on Twitter and Facebook for not...

Trigger warning: suicide, mental illness I hate small talk. Instead, tell me about the way you walked into the Marketplace and panicked because the girl you used to love is there with her new “bae.” Tell me about how you’re not sure you can break out of the identity American society created for you — token athletic Black man, lesbian...

Getting approved to live off campus as a junior was more difficult than getting accepted to Occidental this year. According to Chad Myers and Juls White of Residential Education and Housing Services (ResEd), only 15 of the 90 current sophomores who applied to live off campus were approved initially, and only 25 were approved in the next wave of evaluations...

Spring has sprung, and along with it, so have a series of music festivals across the country. People of all ages flock to Coachella’s double-weekend debut and other highly-anticipated music festivals across the U. S., many native to the West Coast, including Electric Daisy Carnival, FYF, HARD and Sasquatch. Many college students, including Occidental’s own, have begun their pattern of...

Jamie Cooper- Baseball After missing a chunk of the season due to a heel contusion, outfielder Jamie Cooper (junior) stepped up in the first game of the series versus Cal Lutheran. Cooper, a transfer from College of the Holy Cross, hit a massive two-run homer in the fourth inning, giving the Tigers a 2-0 lead. The Tigers went on to...

The Occidental men's and women's golf teams battled through difficult weather conditions to post competitive scores in the SCIAC Championship Tournament this past weekend. On the first day, Kristin Oberiano (senior) led the women's team by posting a solid 9-over round (81). First-years Michelle Kong and Samantha Rocha showed no nerves in their first SCIAC Championship Tournament, as both golfers...