The Hameetman Career Center (HCC), formerly the Career Development Center (CDC), opened on the ground floor of the Arthur G. Coons administration building last week. In addition to the new space, the department has plans to expand personnel to include an executive director and a new career counselor. The HCC staff is hosting a casual opening party with food and...

Following a selection process that took place over the summer, the building that previously housed Oxcy Mart on the corner of Armadale Avenue and York Boulevard is slated to become the new home of an off-campus, multi-purpose arts space operated by Occidental's various arts-focused departments. Vice President for Finance and Planning Amos Himmelstein and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jorge...

Project S. A. F. E. and the Title IX Office are in the process of establishing student committees to advise their operations and better serve the student body. Project S. A. F. E. Project S. A. F. E. established its student advisory committee last month. According to Project S. A. F. E. Program Coordinator and Prevention Education Specialist Marianne Frapwell,...

Uzbekistan. Local farmers of the Shaharteppa village in the Ferghana province were ordered to glue previously picked cotton back onto bushes in order to impress Uzbekistan Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his visit through the area. “Apparently the prime minister is coming, and we’re told everything should look good here,” one resident said. Farmers were seen putting glue onto bolls...

Recent Catalonian elections held Sept. 27 resulted in a surprising victory for secessionist parties. Obtaining 72 seats, a majority in the 135 seat regional parliament, secessionist coalition Junts pel Si (JxSi, or "Together for Yes") and the leftist Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party now have the numbers to push for independence from Spain. This victory is substantial in European politics,...

News broadcasts of mass shootings and school campuses devastated by gun violence have become a familiar sight on Americans’ television screens. The events at Sandy Hook Elementary School and most recently at Umpqua Community College in Oregon have created a legislative and constitutional debate, echoing a long overdue call for a new approach to gun violence. The anger felt by...

Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Drug Use Pop singer Kesha, formerly Ke$ha, has not released any new music since her hit "Timber" topped the charts in 2013. It's not because she's retired, nor because she has lost interest in making music; she is stuck in the middle of a seemingly never-ending legal fiasco. Last October, Kesha filed a lawsuit against...

Foxhole guys — motivated, unselfish, high character. That’s what Occidental football head coach Doug Semones looks for in his players and, apparently, what he has found. In a thrilling comeback win at Jack Kemp Field Saturday night, the Occidental football team fully lived up to its coach's “foxhole” mantra and overcame a two touchdown deficit to beat the Chapman Panthers...

The signs of autumn have finally arrived in Los Angeles. From the brisk chill of 80-degree nights to the crunch of brown lawns underfoot, LA is excitedly pretending, once again, that seasons exist. Of course, nowhere is this autumnal spirit more celebrated than in coffee shops around the city. Setting foot into almost any coffee shop means being bombarded by...

Vice President for Student Affairs and former Dean of Students Barbara Avery announced she was leaving her position as dean of students in an email to the campus community Sept. 30. Former Senior Associate Dean of Students Erica O’Neal Howard replaced Avery as the acting dean of students the following day.“During the 2015–16 academic year, I will remain Vice President...