The Queer Straight Alliance and Beauty Beyond Color recently hosted a “genderf**k” fashion show that I participated in as a last-minute addition. The show featured both cisgender and queer models. According to the event's Facebook page, the show aspired to "help open the conversation of beauty beyond the gender binary and to create a space where all gender and racial...

On March 30, Detective Patrick Cherry pulled over and berated an Uber driver in New York City for no legal reason at all. After the driver honked his horn at Cherry for stopping his car without signaling, Cherry decided to retaliate by pulling over the Uber driver to teach him a lesson. Detective Cherry articulated his hope of teaching the...

Amid the usual traffic of students grabbing their nightly pizza slices, more than 100 students gathered around a stage in the Cooler on April 9 and 10 to watch the third annual Hyper Xpressions showcase. The student dance company performs at various Occidental events throughout the year, including basketball half times and charity events. Members view the annual showcase as...

The Occidental men's track team improved its SCIAC dual-meet record to 7-1 Saturday, sweeping La Verne (84-78), Pomona-Pitzer (107-50) and Redlands (98-64) at SCIAC Multi Dual 3. On the track, 400-meter hurdler Jesse Wong (senior) broke both his season time and the SCIAC-best mark with a time of 54.48, surging to the finish in the last 100 meters to win...

The Occidental women's softball team donned hot pink uniforms on Saturday for their double-header against Chapman, part of the team's annual Strike Out Cancer event. The Tigers fell 9-7 in the first game of the series, but came back strong during the second game, winning 5-1. The Tigers wore pink during the games to honor Annalise Fischer, a local teenage...

For students who need a little motivation to take their noses out of their books and break a sweat, Occidental offers one credit for physical activity (PHAC) courses such as yoga, Zumba, spinning, cardio tennis, karate, circuit weight training, boot camp and out-of-season conditioning. These courses provide a structured setting where students at all fitness levels can participate in sports...

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...

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...

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...