Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senior Senators Antoniqua Roberson and Mari Peña announced plans to organize a formal ball during senior week in an email sent to the student body Sept. 24. The ball, intended for seniors only, would consist of a formal dance as well as a recognition and superlative ceremony to celebrate outstanding members of the graduating...

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bare-chested bravado dominated the headlines. His reckless, unilateral military intervention in Syria left the international community split and Diplomacy and World Affairs (DWA) majors scratching their heads. Yet the media’s overeager desire to frame this aggression as the dawn of a new Cold War overshadows other pressing issues in Russian society. Though the lives...

A student gets his ID out of his car at the request of Campus Safety. As he turns to pick up his ID, a Campus Safety officer asks "Are you being aggressive?" The student replies, "No, don't touch me." Soon after, multiple officers tackle the student to the ground and put him into a chokehold. "No, you calm down," "You...

An array of student organizations on campus are uniting this October under a common cause: food justice. Since 2010, students have dedicated the month of October to raising awareness about injustices in the food system in the hopes that the campus will become more sustainable and conscious about food choices, according to Susan Young, director of the Office of Religious...

In honor of National Coming Out Day Oct. 11, Occidental's Queer Student Alliance (QSA) and Center for Gender Equity (CGE) will host several events in order to open conversation about the process of coming out. Today, the CGE is sponsoring a talk by Phil Wilson, CEO and president of the Black AIDS Institute, called "Queer Out: Understanding the Coming Out...

Campus Safety released the Annual Fire Safety and Security Report (AFSSR), also known as the Clery Report, Thursday. The recent AFSSR report includes crime statistics from the 2014 calendar year in addition to information from the two previous years. In an email to the campus community Thursday, Clery Coordinator Veronika Barsegyan and Chief of Campus Safety Victor Clay explained that...

Just a month into their Occidental collegiate careers, first years have already created a buzz in the arts and entertainment scene. From dancing in Hyper Xpressions to photographing for La Encina, these four first years hit the ground running. Megan McKiernanMegan McKiernan describes herself as the girl who shows up to the first meeting with cupcakes. Yet when she arrived...

I remember the first time I heard Kanye West. I had just turned 12 and received a new iPod Nano for my birthday. One of the first songs I bought was a top 10 hit on iTunes called “Heartless," which struck me right away. I searched YouTube for anything that sounded similar — the closest contenders were other songs from...

Aidan Dougherty (junior) sat down on a mountainside this summer, took a bite of his sandwich and snapped a picture of the Alps with his iPhone that would go on to win the geology department’s summer photo contest Thursday. He was hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc, a roughly 100-mile hike that loops through Switzerland, France and Italy. “It was...

Jeff Weiss ‘03 doesn’t want to preach. The Angeleno writer and critic steers away from clichés and universal truths. He will try not to ramble — unless he is working on a post. Written rants, when regarding hip-hop or rap, baseball or basketball, literature, recreational drug use or corporate-run publications, are encouraged. The freedom to ramble, to be his own...