A new club, Women in STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — plans to fill a gap that has existed for too long in the STEM community at Occidental, according to Colleen Walton (senior) and Sarah Klenha (senior). The club, abbreviated to WiSTEM, was founded by Walton, Klenha and Sarah Schmitz (senior). The rest of the executive board so...

Occidental began the process of re-roofing Nov. 16 in preparation for the rainy season. The renovations are ongoing. Facilities is renovating and repairing the roofs of Fowler and Stearns Halls, as well as Rush Gymnasium and adjacent locker rooms. The department is also installing a protective coating system on the roofs of Mary Norton Clapp Library and Booth Music Hall,...

Occidental received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in spring 2015 to increase undergraduate research in the curriculum, particularly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The primary outcome of this grant will be the hiring of three postdoctoral fellows who will have a two-year appointment in their respective departments beginning fall 2016. All departments in the...

Oxypreneurship, in conjunction with the Young Fund and the Hameetman Career Center (HCC), will be rolling out a new pilot track during the six-day entrepreneurial J-Term program this January, according to Ama Peiris (junior), a member of the Oxypreneruship executive board. The new track will have a creative focus for students who are interested in combining the business aspect of...

Of all Earth's natural wonders, mountains stand out as one of the most majestic, unignorable phenomena. They are prone to frigid, unpredictable and often uninhabitable climates, with air too thin to breathe at the highest elevations. And on a clear day, a view of icy pinnacles can arguably be one of the most beautiful vistas in the world. Mountains appear...

The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Search Committee brought four finalist candidates to campus Nov. 18–23. Preceding their visits, student representatives from the committee held a community meeting to introduce the finalists' campus-wide presentations and address student concerns. Nov. 17: Community MeetingRepresentatives from the committee decided to hold the meeting, after they received several requests from students to explain the CDO...

Walking by Jugos Azteca on York Boulevard, the first thing a passerby notices are the walls, painted an eye-catching lime green with large graphics of the shop's menu printed on a banner across the front. Inside, piles of organic cucumbers, apples and pineapples overflow behind the glass front counter. Three towering glass jars are grouped together near the checkout. Today...

As 2014 came to an end and the final "Colbert Report" aired, Kendrick Lamar humbly took to the stage to send off the host and his audience. Stephen Colbert jokingly mentioned that since this was the last episode, the show's previous performers, like Paul McCartney, Jack White and Nas, were technically Kendrick’s openers, and he was the main act. But...

While reading days loom, the idea of picking up a book for pleasure feels like a pipe dream. With the end of the semester in sight, students may soon have the opportunity to pick a novel off the top of their to-read pile. Or, an independent, local bookseller could recommend something new. Three nearby booksellers have distinct characteristics that set...

Waking up at 5:30 every morning and walking down to the pool in 42 degree morning chill isn't most people's idea of fun. Actually, it isn't Lizzy Kosin's (senior) idea of fun either. But for some reason, she's been doing it for the past 18 years."Shouldn’t I have learned by now?" Kosin said, laughing. She's wearing a sweatshirt and her...