Little was known about the next installment of the terrifying "Silent Hill" franchise until a playable trailer, simply named "P. T.," appeared on the PlayStation Network Shop in August. With Halloween around the corner, I figured it was finally time to play through the teaser—a departure from the original "Silent Hill" formula that brings both new scares and new weaknesses.“Silent...

Sweden. The Swedish Navy suspects that a Russian submarine entered Swedish territory this past weekend after it recorded “suspected foreign activity underwater” and intercepted a Russian distress radio signal. The recording prompted a widespread search for the submarine, involving hundreds of navy vessels. This latest incident follows a string of allegations from Baltic states that Russia has violated their sovereign...

If New York is the city that never sleeps, Los Angeles is the city that goes to bed early. That being said, there are advantages to early bedtimes, and one of those is waking up in time for brunch. Though there have been numerous criticisms of the brunch concept lately, namely that it is a bourgeois fabrication, I do not...

No one justice issue is greater than another. Justice towards women, justice towards the poor, and justice towards one another are all equally valuable and worthy of working towards. If I were, though, to mention one justice issue that ought to be of utmost importance, especially for the Christian Church, it would be the issue of justice towards children who...

Room draw will now be based on seniority, based on the results of a recent campus-wide survey conducted by Residential Education and Housing Services (REHS). Nearly 700 students participated in the survey, which was co-sponsored by the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC). REHS sent out its "Room Draw Distribution Survey" Oct. 1 and let students choose from four policy...

Just because an area is named a marine reserve and a UNESCO heritage site does not mean that it is pristine and well-protected. The 51,000 square miles of ocean surrounding the Galapagos islands represent the second-largest marine reserve in the world and the largest in a developing country. With growing populations and high economic incentive, the waters of the Galapagos...

“If you’re Jewish, then why do you eat pork?” This is a question I am asked a surprising amount, by people who have no idea that there are, in fact, a large number of Jews who eat pork. And all of them should find their way to Black Hogg in Silver Lake. Black Hogg Chef Eric Park worked under award-winning...

Occidental community members gathered in Choi Auditorium Thursday for a conversation about gender issues on campus, hosted by the Center for Gender Equity (CGE). Topics included the number of gender neutral bathrooms, the lack of an active Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) and the desire to heighten awareness of LGBTQ issues."It is a conversation that we feel is implicit for everyone,...

Transparency International founder and former World Bank employee Peter Eigen regaled student with stories of financial and political corruption on his Sept. 30 visit to campus. "Corruption was so devastating, so deadly for millions that I decided I had to do something about it," Eigen said. Eigen spoke at three events on campus, part of the larger John Parke Young...

Every department at Occidental has a heart, a corps of diligent staff pumping a paper bloodstream through its body. The atria and ventricles of this heart are support staff—executive assistants, administrative assistants and lab assistants. Without them, every department would be a heart attack waiting to happen."[Support staff] play a central role in the life of the college," Dean of...