The last few weeks have been pretty darn good for hip-hop fans: Kendrick Lamar finally put out those “Untitled” songs I’ve been waiting ages for, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne dropped a joint album and Kanye West announced a new album to be released in the summer in addition to a new version of the “Life of Pablo." But there’s...

Near the intersection of Eagle Rock and Colorado Boulevard lies Leanna Lin’s Wonderland: a craft store, gift boutique and art gallery all in one. On numerous brightly colored shelves sit beads of all kinds, dolls, T-shirts with smiling slices of pizza, stickers, buttons, plants and handmade jewelry. In addition to realizing an art lover's dream, this quaint little studio is...

A van carrying students rattles along a potholed road. The van is on its way to N-Kpaguni, a small village in Ghana. Upon arrival at the village, Michael Consunji, a junior football player at Occidental, steps out of the van and gets right to work. He is a field representative with Saha Global — a nonprofit that focuses on creating...

Around 2:30 a.m. Lidia Delgado, 40, left her home in Highland Park to make the 115-mile drive north to Bakersfield, where her estranged husband, three children and preschool business are located. By 4:30 a.m., she was driving back south, confused and in disbelief. Emergency services had just called to inform her that her house was on fire. On Dec. 30,...

Brady Fuller First basemen Brady Fuller (senior) helped lead the Tigers to a three-game sweep against Caltech over the weekend, going 5 for 8 with two RBIs throughout the series. The Tigers dominated all weekend, plating 37 unanswered runs before the Beavers finally broke through offensively in the third game."Our goal has always been to win a conference championship, but...

It's about three trap songs after 1 a.m. and, from off-campus house parties to dorm room kickbacks alike, the natural migration to The Cooler commences. There is a familiar sensation in the air amid the aroma of overcooked mac and cheese bites and beer-scented breath. Everyone knows it, everyone feels it, everyone has it on the tip of their tongues:...

Hollywood is a lawn with an "If Asian, keep off grass" sign; actually, there are signs for all racial minorities. This lawn has gotten away with only accommodating white audiences for decades, a problematic infrastructure not being called out by social media campaign #OscarsSoWhite in response to the lack of racial diversity among the Oscar nominees. And #OscarsSoWhite rings true...

Tens of thousands have flocked to Twitter on their Apple iPhones, tweeting with the hashtag #FBIvsApple. Ironically, the National Security Administration (NSA) may very well be simultaneously surveilling many of these digital talking heads. Apple made headlines Feb. 16 when it released an open letter to its customers regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigations's (FBI) demand that Apple restructure security...

The Consciousness Collective, a new student-led publication that aims to highlight Occidental's diverse community by providing a platform for marginalized student expression, will publish its first issue later this semester. The Consciousness Collective is the product of a student initiative spearheaded by Haarika Reddy (junior) and Olivia Davis (junior). Because both Reddy and Davis are studying abroad this semester, Raihana...

The Associated Students of Occidental College's (ASOC) proposed constitution is open for voting by the student body until Friday. The proposal includes a change Senate approved Feb. 15 that would allow students who have served a semester on the ASOC branches of Senate, Honor Board, the Renewable Energy and Sustainability Fund (RESF), and the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) to...