Four musicians, their instruments, amplifiers and a veritable jungle of monitoring, lighting and recording equipment are crammed into a repurposed office in the Academic Commons. Two photographers move about the room filming. They dodge equipment and duck wires to find the right angle. Behind the performers, fairy lights blink continuously. The decorations hang from a corner bookshelf, a relic of...

Sustainability can mean many things to many people, but limiting waste product and fostering reuse are at the core of sustainable best practices. Should it have avoided the vocabulary and mantra of Occidental students before this semester, sustainability now seeps into many conversations and curricula across campus as the college’s annual theme. The Cultural Studies Program (CSP) lecture series brought...

Washington University in St. Louis eliminated the sale of disposable plastic water bottles from its campus in January 2009. In 2013, Western Washington University became the largest public university to do the same. Occidental, however, used over 104,000 disposable plastic water bottles in 2014, only 30 percent of which were recycled, if our habits align with the national trend. This...

Faculty voted 83–45 against calling for the immediate resignation of President Jonathan Veitch in a meeting Tuesday, Director of Communications Jim Tranquada said. The vote was a direct response to a recent movement for diversity and equity at Occidental organized by the student activist group Oxy United for Black Liberation, according to Diplomacy and World Affairs Professor Sanjeev Khagram and...

The stock market crash that happened this past summer is still fresh in the memories of many Chinese consumers, bankers and politicians. In order to tighten the country's financial loose regulatory environment, policy makers are contemplating a five year plan for 2016-2020. According to a report from The Economist, the overarching goal is to create a "super-regulator" similar to those...

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine…you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you.” (Isaiah 43: 4) “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with...

As I pass the "one month left" point in my study abroad experience, I find myself somewhere between excited to go home and inexpressibly sad about having to leave this incredible place. I will likely not have another opportunity to come to the Galápagos, at least not any time soon, and the government prohibits reentry for at least a year...

The administration addressed Oxy United for Black Liberation’s 14 demands in an email signed by President Jonathan Veitch, Vice President for Academic Affairs Jorge Gonzalez and Chair of the Board of Trustees Chris Calkins Thursday morning. The administration agreed to meet every demand in some capacity except Veitch’s removal and the allocation of funds to the Diversity and Equity Board...

A focus on fundamentals and precision has the women's and men's basketball teams on similar paths this year. With experienced players and a team well-balanced in skill and age, the men's team aims to allow for a broader scope in play-making while the women's relatively young team hopes for a positive bounce-back season. Women's It is a rebuilding year for...

Lizzy Kosin Swimmer Lizzy Kosin (senior) shined at the Soka Invitational in Aliso Viejo, California, recording a season best of 2:05.99 in the 200-yard freestyle. Kosin also swam well in the 100-yard butterfly, placing 5th and recording a time of 1:03.34.“After a week of hard training it's never really about how fast your time is, it's about whether or not...