As a busy Monday faded into evening on Occidental's sleepy campus, Choi Auditorium was still wide awake with the buzz of students, faculty and community members at the kick-off of Occidental's fall Middle East film series, "The Dispossessed: Tales of Arab Refugees and Immigrants." The first film in the series was the documentary "A World Not Ours," and it was...

Gabriel Barrett-JacksonGabriel Barrett-Jackson may be a first-year playing center back for the first time in his soccer career, but one thing that remains unchanged for him are his shin guards. Barrett-Jackson has used the same pair of Adidas shin guards, with chipped black paint, since he was 11 years old. Those shin guards will continue to tell his evolving story...

Assistant Director of Athletics and head women's soccer coach Colm McFeely has coached soccer for longer than any current member of the women's soccer team has been alive, and has played the sport for as long as he can remember. "[I got started] pretty much the same way every kid in Ireland does, just by kicking a ball in the...

Three years ago, at the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Nintendo announced the release of "Super Smash Bros." for their still-new Nintendo 3DS. I bought a 3DS shortly after this announcement, knowing Nintendo would hold to their promise. I love "Smash Bros.," and the idea of having it on the go was easily worth buying a new console. The resulting...

As baseball marches toward another October, it leaves behind one of the game's most prolific playoff heroes—Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. Equally notable is the departure of baseball commissioner Alan "Bud" Selig who will also retire at the end of this season. With two of the larger figures in the game departing, Major League Baseball (MLB) faces a moment of opportunity...

Contrary to popular belief, not all pizzas are created equal. There may be inconsistencies in the cheese to tomato sauce ratio, the crust may be too thick or the toppings may be soggy. In fact, Jon Stewart created an entire video on pizza inequality (namely, the age-old "deep dish vs. thin crust" argument). Therefore, I am pleased to announce that...

Blue eyes Pounding, rushing Camera lights and smiles, flashing Dusky blue, like the fading, setting sky Could you take a photo for me please? Group photos, and then Individual modeling A cane’s tip, reaching for the next step of stone Catch the river, and the sunset And maybe the boats But don’t make me look fat A hand, feebly reaching...

I encountered more foreigners in one weekend at the Taj Mahal that I have in my entire time in Jaipur. The most obvious sign of a foreigner in India? Clothing choices. As fellow exchanges students and I glowered at tourists’ short shorts, skimpy tank tops and--to our horror--a woman wearing a sari with only a bra underneath, we became more...

Code-switching: everyone does it, most of the time without knowing it. It is as simple as switching from writing a text message to participating in a conversation. I've had some practice myself, but never on this scale. Code-switching is changing from using one style of communication to another. It happens in the moment when a conversation among friends on the...

On July 12, 1968, TIME Magazine published a head-turning cover story on starving children in the Biafran civil war. The pleading eyes of two children stared the world in the face, challenging every reader to pause and consider their predicament. And consider it they did: individuals, foreign governments and charity organizations flooded West Africa with millions of dollars in relief...