Brazil. Researchers in Rio de Janeiro set thousands of mosquitos free on Thursday in an attempt to fight dengue fever. The researchers claim that the mosquitoes carry a type of bacteria, Wolbachia, that will suppress the fever. Brazil has the highest number of dengue fever cases in the world, with 3.2 million people infected and 800 deaths from 2009 to...

David Hearne carefully positioned his cot and blanket outside the entrance of a Verizon Wireless store in Salisbury, Md. Last Friday evening, a native of Seaford Delaware, Hearne chose to forego his bed that night in order to be one of the first to purchase the iPhone 6 the following morning.“I can’t resist it,” said Hearne in a USA Today...

On a sun-drenched road in northeast Los Angeles, a discount store, a bike shop and an art gallery mingle side by side. A stroller-touting hipster wearing ripped jeans strides past an olive-skinned man with oil-stained overalls. Neither party acknowledges the other. The road is York Boulevard in the neighborhood of Highland Park, and the stores are Junior’s Discount, The Bicycle...

The Occidental Programming Board hosted its first "Liberal Arts Tailgate" prior to the men's soccer (6–3 overall, 3–3 SCIAC) matchup against Chapman on Saturday. This pre-game celebration, however, was not a typical tailgate. While students were treated to classic tailgate foods such as burgers and soda, Programming Board also offered a variety of vegan and vegetarian options, like kale and...

My mom was born in 1963, a time when people still believed a woman's place was in the kitchen, so it is no surprise that she was raised to believe that finding a boyfriend should be one of her primary goals in college. My grandmother even suggested she hang out around nearby Williams College and "pretend to use the library...

Claire StrohmOccidental women's volleyball played three games within the last week, yet first-year Claire Strohm was able to maintain her high level of play throughout. She led the team in kills in all three games, and tallied a total of 35 for the week. This season the Tigers gained a large first-year class after losing five players after graduation. As...

Aloe Blacc may not be a household name, but he certainly has a well-known voice. The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter got his big break last spring when he sang the vocals behind Avicii’s worldwide hit “Wake Me Up”—and next Saturday, he will be performing for free in the heart of Eagle Rock as the headliner for the Eagle Rock Music Festival....

On a Friday afternoon, the pounding of basketballs and squeaking of shoes on the wood floor echo through Rush gym. But these sounds do not come from the varsity basketball team, nor do they come from the intermural league. They come from Occidental students and staff playing pickup basketball, Although pickup has existed at Occidental for more than 30 years,...

Jomama Jones walked confidently across the stage with the saxophone blaring, lights shining and crowd screaming. She wore full, natural hair, a blue glitter dress and a killer smile. But all the flamboyance and flashiness was only a part of the spectacular show that is "Radiate," performed to a full audience in Thorne Hall on Friday, Sept. 26. "Radiate" is...

There was standing room only in the Green Bean last Thursday night, as comedy fans and coffee drinkers packed in eagerly. The furniture was cleared from the back half of the room, opening up a small, makeshift stage for a comedy show. Still, the members of Fantastiprov—Occidental's own improvisational comedy troupe—made the most of the space, putting on a show...