The Occidental women's basketball team fell to No. 12 University of St. Thomas (Minn.) in its first home game of the season. A strong second half was not enough to help the team catch up to the Tommies, who maintained a significant lead on the Tigers throughout the game and closed out a 64-49 victory. The game began with the...

For years, Occidental football kicker Alex Graves (senior) defended the goal. Now, his only job is to aim between the goalposts."I never imagined myself playing football," Graves said. "I've always been a soccer player. It's definitely a weird thing to hear." Until his junior year, Graves played goalkeeper for the Tigers' soccer team. After totaling just over 33 minutes of...

Unbeknownst to the Occidental community, members of the Residential Education and Housing Services (REHS) staff have run six half-marathons since last spring. They have participated in the San Luis Obispo Half Marathon, and the Rock-N-Roll Half Marathons in Los Angeles, San Jose, San Diego, Seattle and several other cities. Director of REHS Chad Myers has run several marathons in recent...

Australia. Co-host of Sydney's "Today" morning talk show Karl Stefanovic revealed Nov. 15 that he wore the same suit every day for a year as a social experiment to gauge sexism in the workplace. He found that, while he received nearly no comments about his blue suit the whole year, people regularly criticized co-host Lisa Wilkinson’s outfit choices. Stefanovic said...

John Guzman John Guzman (senior) won the NCAA West Regional Cross Country meet for the second year in a row Nov. 15. Despite being matched against stiff competition, Guzman was able to control the race from beginning to end, finishing with a time of 25:15.96. Guzman did not go into the race focused on securing a specific time; rather, he...

Taylor WaltonRim rockers and posterizations may be coming to Rush Gymnasium this season, courtesy of men's basketball forward Taylor Walton. The 6-foot-5 Walton dunked for the first time when he was 14 years old. The next year, he dunked in a game for the first time, sealing a playoff victory for Branson High School. Then came a highlight-reel dunk against...

In last Thursday's edition of the New York Times, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver took a bold stance, advocating for the legalization and regulation of sports gambling in America. While Silver's idea is provocative and could theoretically open up new revenue streams for the NBA, sports gambling and its pitfalls could also diminish the integrity of pro basketball. The NBA must...

With a campus located in the heart of the entertainment industry, it is no surprise that Occidental hosts a variety of student musical groups ranging from indie rock bands to a capella singers. RAW Records, Occidental's student-run recording studio, aims to help these budding musicians record and distribute their music to a wider audience. RAW Records is involved with all...

Saving the earth and protecting animal populations, when held up in comparison to other justice movements, like ending wars or abolishing slavery, is usually considered less of a priority. The latter take precedence—maybe because they involve human lives and not just trees or an obscure species of owls. Or perhaps their concepts just seem grander. The more I think about...

As four other students and I walked into the large, stone women’s police station in Dharamshala, we immediately remarked on the smell of fresh paint. The building was clearly old, and resembled what I imagine a medieval dungeon looked like. From the inside and out, nothing indicated the building’s purpose. We walked down a dark, featureless hallway and entered a...