The women’s golf team may be small, but their membership spans the globe. The four players on the Tiger team come from around the world: Kara Alam (sophomore) is from Pakistan, Hana Mizuno (junior) is from Japan, Kristin Oberiano (junior) is from Guam, and Ella Inman (junior) is from Michigan. After playing together for two years, however, the team has...

The Occidental women’s softball team (5-17 overall, 2-10 SCIAC) played a pair of double-headers this weekend falling 11-1 and 4-3 to Pomona-Pitzer and 13-1 and 7-1 against Williams College. The Tigers played aggressive defense against the Sagehens, only to be plagued by a series of walks in the top of the second. Down 2-0 in the top of the second...

Former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland retired last week after a promising rookie season, citing his fears of long-term health problems that could be brought on by head injuries. Borland gave up a likely lucrative career in the NFL, in the process alerting the football-watching public to the biggest issue it does not want to confront. The elephant in...

The newly-formed Occidental Barbell Club is off to a strong start. On March 20, a group of students congregated outside Alumni Gymnasium—the facility in which non-varsity athletes are usually confined—in anticipation of their first lifting session in the varsity weight room. Nine members of the club descended to the basement floor of Athletics and dispersed in the spacious room filled...

Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senate approved a constitutional amendment March 16 to establish a vice president of sustainability position, passing the measure by a 9-0 vote with one abstention. The duties of the new position include meeting regularly with Occidental’s sustainability coordinator, initiating contact with other sustainability-oriented organizations on campus and acting as a liaison between Sustainability Fund...

The Occidental Facilities Management Department will implement plumbing, ventilation and other structural renovations to the Norris Chemistry laboratories as early as this spring, according to Chemistry Professor Michael Hill. Occidental’s Assistant Director of Energy Services Michelle Hill said that the renovations will ramp up after the school year ends and are expected to last into the 2015-16 academic year. The...

United States. Four California residents filed lawsuits Thursday against wine brands Franzia, Mogen David and Almaden at the Los Angeles Superior Court. Although U. S. law does not require wine companies to monitor the arsenic level of their products, the complaint alleged that the brands’ wines have 500 percent more arsenic than is safe for consumption. The complainants said they...

Nobody rejects the mission of the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB). No person within our community wants the “I, Too, Am Oxy” stories to define an Occidental experience, nor do students oppose the “empowerment and improved conditions for structurally marginalized groups on campus” stated firmly in DEBI’s mission statement. DEBI is noble and necessary, and our beloved, socially conscious liberal...

Laser beams, Christmas lights and screen projections illuminated Sycamore Glen on Friday night for the performance of rapper Mykki Blanco. The KOXY concert brought hundreds of people together for the unique antics of Blanco’s live show, during which she constantly engaged the audience, venturing beyond the confines of the stage. Mykki Blanco is the female rap persona of performance artist...

Over 4,000 miles from its namesake and currently 50 degrees warmer, Reykjavik Outpost took advantage of its LA locale to bring artists and designers to Saturday's pop-up shop event. The local talent infiltrated the Icelandic boutique, sporting platinum blonde hair with dark roots, shift dresses and chunky, asymmetric jewelry. Two frenetic Icelandic women bustled in and out of the back...