Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) scoured Occidental's campus Thursday night tearing down more than 20 posters reading, "What did we ever do to you? #staystrongSAE,"––a possible reference to a recent scandal at the University of Oklahoma. According to SAE Social Chair Eddy Perezic (sophomore), a brother found one of the posters around 9:30 p.m. on the side of Bell...

The women’s golf team may be small, but their membership spans the globe. The four players on the Tiger team come from around the world: Kara Alam (sophomore) is from Pakistan, Hana Mizuno (junior) is from Japan, Kristin Oberiano (junior) is from Guam, and Ella Inman (junior) is from Michigan. After playing together for two years, however, the team has...

Despite the fact that Spring Break is over, the beaches in Los Angeles remain a great escape from the daily stresses of student life. When finals work picks up and the Occidental campus starts feeling too small, the best thing to do is pack up, grab some friends—and maybe a volleyball—and hit the nearest beaches. But with such a wide...

"The Hunting Ground," a documentary released in Los Angeles theaters Feb. 27, explores the college sexual assault epidemic throughout the United States. Occidental is one of the campuses highlighted in the film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Jan. 23. The documentary tells the story of Andrea Pino and Annie Clark, students at the University of North Carolina at...

This semester, an unprecedented 40 students rushed Alpha Chi Sigma (AXE), the Occidental chapter of the national chemistry fraternity. Only about 11 students rushed per semester over the past calendar year, AXE Master Alchemist Preston Lee (senior) said. Lee attributes the large jump in potential new members to the tight-knit scientific community at Occidental. "You know how in freshman year...

The rugby pitch is one place on campus where women at Occidental can push their bodies and minds to the limit. While their 1-5 record may not reflect a successful season, the players still feel like winners. “Rugby is really empowering … Like when you take down someone who is a lot bigger than you, it's just a huge rush,”...

Students often assume the history they learn about through museums, textbooks or historians is an accurate and truthful narrative. Filmmaker Jesse Lerner challenges this assumption in his film, "Ruins: A Fake Documentary," which he screened to a large crowd of students and professors in Choi auditorium March 5. Before the film began, he primed the audience with a warning. “Beware....

The Kappa Alpha Psi (Kappa) fraternity hosted The Klimax, the first after-party for Apollo Night, Friday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. The event was planned in cooperation with Black Student Alliance (BSA) for the conclusion of Black History Month. Kappa is a predominantly Black fraternity, founded in 1911 as part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. The Occidental chapter began...

Thunderous applause emanating from Thorne Hall is a sure sign that the Black Student Alliance's Apollo Night has arrived. This year, students put their hands together at the annual talent show for acts ranging from spoken word to strolling and stepping. Kyle Beasley (senior) and Mika Cribbs (junior) hosted the event, keeping the audience's energy up between talents with dances...

Karen Romero was only a few months into her time at Occidental when a racist classmate made her consider leaving. In her first-semester CSP class, Romero (now a junior) encountered a white student who was openly dismissive toward her classmates of color. “She wasn’t like that with other students who were white, but she was very condescending towards the Latinas...