Eight Honor Board members, seven ASOC senators and approximately 50 students packed the Studenmund Room March 25 to discuss the Diversity and Equity Board Initiative (DEBI), which Honor Board has voted down twice in the last two months. At the meeting, members of the Diversity and Equity Committee of Senate presented a third proposal for DEBI in hopes of motivating...

In the bathroom of the Cooler last Thursday, I had a very unfortunate, racist encounter with a guest speaker to Occidental College, Ann Louise Bardach. She is a journalist who came to speak to the school on U. S relations with Cuba. As soon as I came out of the stall, she looked at me and asked "Oh, where are...

Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) scoured Occidental's campus Thursday night tearing down more than 20 posters reading, "What did we ever do to you? #staystrongSAE,"––a possible reference to a recent scandal at the University of Oklahoma. According to SAE Social Chair Eddy Perezic (sophomore), a brother found one of the posters around 9:30 p.m. on the side of Bell...

The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Occidental hosted several events aimed at educating students on the Palestinian perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in honor of “Palestine Awareness Week,” for the first time in the campus’s history. “We just want students to be more educated on this issue because a lot of the conversation on this topic—especially in the...

The entirely student-run and -choreographed Dance Production is known for including students from all areas of the Occidental community. From different years, majors and experience levels, they come together to exhibit an amalgam of different dance styles. Although styles change with the times, the community feel of Dance Production persists through the years. It brings alumni back to campus and...

Vladimir Putin returned March 16 from a 10-day disappearance from office, and the internet has been having quite a laugh about it. Rather than freak out that a national leader had left the country he was supposed to run, headlines addressed Putin like an old friend—the one that never really got it together. “Where Have You Been, Putin?” asked CNN....

The Occidental women’s lacrosse team wrapped up a busy week of out of conference play Sunday afternoon. The Tigers (6-4) finished the week with a record of 2-1. Last Wednesday, the squad squared off against Scranton University. Riddled by injuries, the Tigers played with only one player available off the bench. In the first half, both teams were evenly matched,...

This week has been an important and busy one for the Occidental men's golf team, as the Tigers played four 18-hole rounds in four days against top-quality opponents. The Tigers opened their week hosting and winning the Occidental Colllege Challenge this past Saturday at Oak Valley Golf Course, taking down Macalester College (MN) and Pomona-Pitzer with a team score of...

For the first time since starting InternLA/PDX, Occidental's Career Development Center (CDC) has decided that former participants may not apply for a second internship in the program within the same city. A number of InternLA alumni, myself included, were surprised and disappointed to hear this news. It cannot be denied that earning $3,900 at an undergraduate internship in ones' field...

Steven van Deventer Steven van Deventer (senior) finished strong at the NCAA Division III Championships, placing second overall in the 200-yard breaststroke and 5th in the 100-yard breaststroke. Though he claimed the national champion title for 200 breast in 2013 and 2014, van Deventer nevertheless swam an impressive 1:58.84 in this year's event. Van Deventer said he was happy with...