I cannot believe that today marks exactly one month since we left Quito and arrived in San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos. I've passed the halfway mark of my time in Ecuador. Life on the island has been amazing. How bad can it be when your school is across the street from a beach covered in sea lions? Right now, I am...

I don’t think many from the evangelical Christian community are going to like what I am about to say, but as I usually intend to do, I am going to be honest here. I am about 1000 percent over the purity, or “True Love Waits," church culture and unbelievably glad that many churches are too. If you were a church...

For the last geology-related episode of the year, we go out with a bang — magmatic eruptions deep underneath the western Canadian province of British Columbia (B. C.). Geologists know that the Coast Mountains are a batholith — a mountainous formation created by numerous plutons deep in the earth’s crust — created during the gradual subduction of various chunks of...

“I could be MLK, I could be Juicy J.” Raury rapped that back in June on “Devil’s Whisper,” the first single from his debut album “All We Need” that came out last week. It was an optimistic statement coming from a young artist trying to break into the mainstream hip-hop scene. With the release of his new album, I have...

There are two types of people in this world: those who like scary movies and those who do not. While some viewers love shivering under blankets on the verge of tears, others favor charming, rather than grotesque, films. To find a film that suits everyone’s preferences, The Weekly selected some of the best Halloween movies, listed in order of scariness....

Minutes into the first Music on a Friday Afternoon (MOFA) event of the semester, the audience sat in rapt attention as six Occidental students took their turns onstage. Harmonious melodies filled the air as these six solo artists — three vocalists, one pianist, one cellist and one violinist — each performed a selection of their choosing for the small audience...

Occidental alumnus Terry Gilliam 62' shifted in his plush red chair onstage for the duration of his interview with KTLA's Sam Rubin Oct. 19, bouncing on the cushion, crossing and uncrossing his legs and ending each answer with a punchline. Absurdity is part and parcel of his career. Gilliam's appearance in Glendale as part of the "Live Talks Los Angeles"...

Residential Education and Housing Services (REHS) staff hosted a town hall meeting in Choi Auditorium Thursday. Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Vice President of External Affairs Savannah D'Orazio (sophomore) and First-Year Class Senator Paul Charbonneau led the meeting with a series of questions submitted by students for a panel of REHS staff. The panel included REHS Director Chad Myers,...

We are at a time in our country in which public opinion is transitioning away from “establishment” politicians to outsiders with new, fresh voices. What this means is that during this election season, the candidates attracting the most voters are either non-politicians or those who do not possess the standard tone or behavior of a reserved politician. This shift is...

Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence made headlines last week when she published an essay on Lenny Letter, Lena Dunham’s newsletter, that called attention to one of the biggest issues in the job market today: the gender pay gap. Women and men are equally talented, which is why neither should be valued over the other. The fact that a woman with...