Occidental’s Blyth Fund, a 38-year-old student-managed investment portfolio, elected its first female president, Clare Shuey (junior), March 25. Shuey, who ran unopposed, will succeed President Cullen Cohane (senior) in overseeing the fund’s director performance, trade operations and agenda. “It’s a fantastic achievement ... in terms of putting females in positions of power, particularly in regard to finance,” Cohane said. “On...

Graffiti appeared Saturday next to the chalk memorial constructed by the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) March 16 in the quad. Beside the names of the over 2,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza last summer, an unknown individual wrote "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but most terrorists are Muslim today." Another unknown person then crossed out the message and wrote...

Starting this fall, four students will join Emmons Student Wellness Center in establishing a new peer mentorship program. Emmons Senior Director Sara Semal and Director of Counseling Matt Calkins implemented the program at the recommendation of Active Minds, a student group that petitioned for the introduction of peer mentors to on-campus healthcare services last March. The volunteer mentors will engage...

As part of Occidental’s Earth Week celebration, Campus Dining will pilot an organic smoothie bar in the Marketplace April 24. The bar will be a fixture of Saturday brunches beginning Fall 2015. According to Executive Chef Michael "Meesh" Montygierd, Chef Conrado Gomez proposed the idea of a smoothie bar in order to accommodate the overwhelming demand by students in the...

Exactly 100 years after a group of suffragette Progressives in Eagle Rock opened the doors of their own Corinthian-style clubhouse in 1915, nearly 250 local residents crowded into the same building to celebrate the anniversary. People from all across Eagle Rock came together Feb. 28 to honor the women, their extensive charity work and the club's longstanding legacy. The Women’s...

North Korea. The North Korean government officially launched its first and only online shopping website for citizens Friday. The site, Okryu, is regulated by the state and sells food and medicine. However, it remains unclear how many citizens will have access to online shopping as internet use is tightly controlled and usually only accessible by the elite. Most online purchases...

If students do not feel academically fulfilled with the intensive class workload at Occidental, they have boundless opportunities to explore their academic passions and investigate their inquiries outside the classroom and even beyond the campus. Ellen Goldenberg (senior) said that Occidental is unique in that it provides easily accessible opportunities for students to pursue undergraduate research with their professors. For...

Last Saturday, Occidental students stormed en masse to the Greek Bowl where Tinashe, the first female artist ever to be featured in the school’s annual SpringFest, performed hits from her newest album "Aquarius." The hour-long performance showcased several crowd-pleasers, including “2 On,” “Pretend” and “All Hands on Deck,” as well as covers of DJ Snake’s “Turn Down for What” and...

Zenith Virago introduced herself as the local death walker when she met Art History and Visual Arts Chair Broderick Fox at the Byron Bay International Film Festival in 2012. Virago, the subject of Fox's new documentary "Zen and the Art of Dying," presides over non-traditional weddings and funerals in her adopted home, Byron Bay, Australia. Fox's most recent documentary, which...

A cast of four Occidental students treated the crowd in Keck Theater Friday night to an excellent rendition of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama "4000 Miles" by Amy Herzog, complete with break-ups, hook-ups and a soundtrack featuring Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Directed by Occidental's Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Sarah Kozinn, the play tells the story of Leo, played...