The Occidental men's soccer team (11-1-3 overall, 8-1-3 SCIAC) started off the homecoming festivities Saturday by crushing Whittier (5-8-1 overall, 4-7-1 SCIAC) 6-0. Valdair Martins-Lopes (senior) started the scoring by beating a six-man wall from outside the penalty area, and the Tigers never looked back. Right-back Liam Walsh (first-year), midfielder Ariel Rosso (first year), midfielder Daniel Lawson (senior) and forward...

The Occidental men’s water polo team (2-12 overall, 0-1 SCIAC) fell 12-4 to Pomona-Pitzer Saturday in the first home competition of the year at Taylor Pool. The matchup started conference play for the Tigers, who had come off a series of tough games and tournaments against numerous ranked teams from across the country. Their competitive season began in early September...

The Occidental women's volleyball team (9-10 overall, 5-6 SCIAC) had a packed schedule for homecoming weekend, facing off against conference foe Pomona Friday night, before taking on Southwestern University (Texas) and Caltech in a double header Saturday. Riding a five game win streak, the Tigers were poised to tighten their hold on the fourth and final spot for the SCIAC...

Amidst accusations of employees' misuse of statistical information, one-week fantasy sports giants DraftKings and FanDuel issued a joint statement on Oct. 5 denouncing any wrongdoing. While the employees of either company were not permitted to compete in their own contests, they were, however, allowed to enter their competitor's contests. Employees of the two companies have access to data that the...

Kwame DoThe Occidental homecoming football game was nothing short of nerve-wracking this past Saturday as the team (3-2 overall; 2-1 SCIAC) came out victorious in the final minutes of the game, defeating Chapman University 35-27. Running back Kwame Do (senior) gave the Tigers an extra boost, rushing for 212 yards and putting three touchdowns on the board. "Individually, I think...

Education professor Suzie Abajian '98 kicked off her campaign for the South Pasadena Unified School District (SPUSD) board of education with a fundraiser Sept. 19. Abajian is running against Joe Loo and Jon Primuth for two available positions on the board. Loo is an incumbent and has served on the board for 13 years, while Primuth, an attorney, is the...

There's something about Disney that I’ve never been able to outgrow. Maybe it's the singing inanimate objects, maybe it's the magical lands or maybe it's the overarching message of making your dreams come true, but I’ve never been able to truly shake it. And I’m not the only one — Disney films and characters appeal to the childlike wonder and...

A beautiful solemness floated throughout Thorne Hall Oct. 17 as director Désirée La Vertu conducted Glee Club in the first piece of its Homecoming Concert — a fast-paced Latin hymn titled “Justorum Animae.” The mood swiftly warmed as the singers began “Hosanna in excelsis” by Brent Pierce. The song felt like a bouncy sleigh ride, much like holiday music, as...

Twelve dollars. Paper tickets. Popcorn, soda, synthetic butter concentrate. Well-worn carpeted floors, soundproof walls, a zit-speckled teenager in a polo shirt directing you to the correct theater. This is how we've always seen movies. However, the release of Netflix's breathtaking first original narrative film, "Beasts of No Nation," could mark the beginning of a new era of cinema. Though the...

By the time I arrived at my biology lab at 8:30 a.m. Thursday Oct. 8, I was already several hours into my day. I tried to wipe the admission stamp off of my hand as I sat counting bacterial colonies, dance beats still playing in my head. An hour earlier, I had been watching a performance by fire dancers. I...