Immediately before placing their order at the front of the ingredients bar, customers at Pasadena's new Panda Express "Innovation Kitchen" see a sign propped atop the protective glass: "What does American-Chinese mean to you?" Looking farther down the line, they get a full view of Panda Express' kitchen, unique "mixology" tea bar and employees wrapping, dicing, slicing and frying in...

Upon first glance, the only commonality between the Urban and Environmental Policy (UEP) and theater departments are the close vicinity of the two department buildings. But for UEP and theater double major Marisha Thakker ‘14, the connection extends beyond the short walk from Keck Theater to the UEP house, to her senior comprehensive thesis (comps) and her post-graduate job. Every...

"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." President John F. Kennedy knew that it is often our challenges that yield the greatest reward. Easy feats do not make for triumphant victories—but difficult feats, while painstaking,...

While most students know him as a regular worker at Berkus Hall dinners, John Pinto's had a career—and even a brush with fame—before serving up his first meal on campus. Before coming to Occidental, Pinto spent 40 years in the professional boxing scene—fighting, coaching and announcing in both amateur and professional circles. His journey in the ring began in 1975...

From pickup football in small-town Chester, Calif., to captain of the Occidental football team, Ross Fiegener (senior) has long showcased his natural talent on the gridiron. But even in his fourth year as an inside linebacker for the Tigers, Fiegener remains humble. According to Fiegener, football became his calling in life early on. With the closest Pop Warner or Pee...

The Occidental women's soccer team (4–4 overall, 2–4 SCIAC) has grown accustomed to playing extra minutes. For the third time this season, the Tigers pushed a game into overtime after trading goals with Cal Lutheran on Saturday. The game went down to the final minute, when Regals forward Kali Youngdahl broke free from the Tiger defense and floated a shot...

Samuel Stekol: If it were possible to have Samuel Stekol (senior) on a fantasy football team, his 245 yards on 13 receptions and three touchdowns against La Verne on Saturday would have tallied a whopping 42.50 fantasy points. Despite missing one of the Tigers' three games so far this season, Stekol still ranks first in the SCIAC in both receptions...

On the fourth of July, nearly 1,000 fans made their way to Kokernot Field in West Texas to see the Alpine Cowboys play. In the town of Alpine, population 5,500, a crowd of 1,000 people is sizable. That night was the highlight of the baseball season for alumni Riley Smith '14 and Scott Hong '14, who played for the Alpine...

Occidental women's cross country runner Grace Bender (senior) is one with the forces of nature. When she is not dominating the running trails—as she did at the Stanford Invitational on Sept. 27, with a lifetime best time of 24:19 in the 6k—she is promoting environmental sustainability on campus. Bender's long journey in running began in middle school, after her mom...

On Friday, Landon Donovan will suit up for the United States men's national soccer team for the 157th and final time in a friendly with Ecuador. Retiring at just 32 years old, and as arguably the best American soccer player of all time, the story of Donovan's career is inseparable from the rise of soccer in the United States. The...