She was not wearing a sharp black suit. She did not have a Bluetooth attached to her ear. Her personal assistant was nowhere in sight, and she did not carry around an Oscar. She did not seem to lack ethics or morals. Lindsey Collins ’94 did not remotely resemble Hollywood's stereotypical producer. She dressed in simple cargo pants and boots....

Writing and Rhetoric Professor Paul Casey was a tall person. And not only in height, according to Julie Prebel, a fellow professor in the department. “When he was there, you knew he was there,” Prebel said. “He wasn’t shy about his views or keeping them from some people. Maybe that is why he touched a lot of students, too.” So...

Campus Dining served halal meat in the Marketplace for the first time at lunch Friday after working with the Muslim Students Association (MSA) to bring the dietary option to campus. Halal is the Arabic word for "permissible." Meat that is permissible under Islamic law comes from an animal that does not have hooved feet and is slaughtered with a cut...

With support from a myriad of other academic departments and community organizations, the history department will be rolling out a new history research institute in January. Tentatively named the Institute for the History of Los Angeles, the new program aims to support faculty and student research, along with alumni, public and community partner interaction and collaboration, according to History Professor...

Greece. An anonymous Greek collector recently spent $23,000 on a cracker that survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The 103-year-old English biscuit was stored in a Kodak film envelope and saved by James Fenwick on the rescue boat Carpathian. The cracker was delivered with a note that reads: “Pilot biscuit from Titanic lifeboat April 1912." Alan Aldridge, from the...

Uber’s dramatic rise has been nothing short of a revolution. Founded in San Francisco in 2009, the app is now usable in 60 countries and 300 cities. In 2014, it had approximately eight million active members giving over a million rides a day. Soon, Uber is expected to be valued at $50 billion. Its accessibility and affordability have made it...

The financial crisis in 2008 was basically the result of a lack of liquidity, which means a borrower's access to tangible assets to repay their debts. Ever since the global financial crisis, investment banking profits have not recovered to their pre-crisis levels. Particularly in Europe, banks have been struggling. Widespread economic sluggishness has been part of the reason that banks...

In 1865, when the words "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime ... shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction," were constructed as the 13th Amendment of the U. S. Constitution, Black people were grateful for their newfound freedom. In their minds, they had attained equality and would no longer...

Occidental women's soccer's (7-7-3 overall; 6-5-3 SCIAC) two seniors, defender Kelsey Hung and midfielder Michaela Tsuha, helped lead the Tigers to a 2-0 victory over Redlands in their final collegiate game. The win capped off the season sweep against the Bulldogs but was not enough to earn the Tigers a spot in the four-team SCIAC playoff tournament. Prior to the...

Katie Grogan's official role may be as director of operations for the Athletics Department, but she has her fingers in many pies. In addition to having served on at least five campus committees, she is the co-chair of the Administrator and Staff Council and an academic advisor at the Advising Center. She has also worked with various student organizations —...