Walk into The Tiger Cooler and attempt to eat a wasteless meal. The task is nearly impossible. The modern Cooler building was constructed in 1997 with efficiency and planned obsolescence etched into the master plan. The building and operations have remained virtually the same ever since, but student consumption consciousness and dietary habits have evolved. Environmental awareness is at the...

An Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) survey issued Feb. 1 to gauge student interest in additional reading days has revealed discontent with the current number of days students have to prepare for final exams. The findings will contribute to an ongoing campaign by ASOC to have the school add more reading days to the academic calendar. ASOC Vice President...

The Occidental College Studio Art Department is currently hosting Los Angeles-based artist Devon Tsuno. His show, "Watershed," demonstrates not only the artist's intimate relationship with the Los Angeles River, but also the poignant, symbolic meaning of water in the city of Los Angeles. His personal interest in water as a symbol makes him the perfect fit for a residency here...

Stranded in space, a scientist must scrape together means to survive from destroyed, orbiting satellite scraps. Kidnapped from his family and forced into slavery, a man struggles to regain his freedom. These two tales of survival battled for Best Picture at the 86th Academy Awards on March 2. "12 Years A Slave" won Best Picture while Alfonso Cuaron took home...

What if 80,000 people played a video game, and they all shared one controller? Recently a user on Twitch.com, a website where users can watch and stream their favorite video games online, created a channel opening up a community of cooperative play that has never been seen on this scale. Roughly 16 days ago, an anonymous programmer known only by...

Depending on the track, Dr. Dog's sound can span from baroque-pop, folk, soul or psychedelic rock. Since they began touring in 2002, the band has released six albums and developed a dedicated and cult-like following. The band's most recent release, "B-Room", came out in October of last year and offers a more synth-pop variation on the group's otherwise folksy-rock aesthetic....

Although Los Angeles is known worldwide as the home of Hollywood, the film industry rarely encroaches on the daily lives of locals. Yet most students at Occidental College have seen more film crews than an average, native Angeleno. While tweets announcing Ben Affleck's presence on campus rile up and excite much of the student body, the increasing presence of film...

Student organization Active Minds and local sorority Delta Omicron Tau (Delta) hosted National Eating Disorder Awareness Week on campus this past week to highlight an issue affecting millions of college students. The organizations hoped to raise awareness of the complex factors that underpin disordered eating and to cultivate an empowering environment for those who may be suffering from such issues....

At the ASOC General Assembly Meeting on Diversity and Equity on Thursday, students and professors engaged in a dialogue with a panel of administrators on Occidental's efforts to promote equality and diversity on campus in a full-seated Choi Auditorium. Six administrators were present for the assembly including Dean of Students Barbara Avery and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean...

Student representatives from the Coalition at Oxy for Diversity and Equity (CODE) presented at Occidental College's monthly faculty meeting yesterday. The students advocated for the faculty to create a vice-president for diversity and foster a welcoming environment for people from marginalized backgrounds. Two student representatives spoke on behalf of the larger group, members of which stood arm-in-arm behind the speakers....