Home to Occidental College, Eagle Rock is a neighborhood on the rise. The real-estate brokerage firm Redfin recently named Eagle-Rock the second "hottest" neighborhood in the U. S., a ranking that has given the community national recognition. Eagle Rock's burgeoning presence in Los Angeles is providing Occidental students with more resources to which they can apply their liberal arts education....

Students' consumption of marijuana in residential residence halls is an issue that must be addressed and corrected. Occidental's Residential Education and Housing Services (REHS) serves a vital purpose in providing clean living conditions for students, but their policies regarding the smoking of marijuana in dorms must be more strictly and widely enforced. It is not justified to create poor and...

Occidental College is an intolerant place. Though students, faculty and administration preach that the school is open and tolerant, they are simply upholding a façade. Every person is intolerant of something or biased toward and against certain beliefs. It would be naïve to think that any single person can be completely tolerant because people that are completely tolerant are intolerant...

California’s new minimum wage law, passed last September, will go into effect on July 1 of this year, making the new minimum in Calif. $9.00 an hour. The minimum wage is scheduled to increase by an additional dollar on Jan. 1, 2016, to $10.00 an hour. For Occidental students working on campus, the new law will mean an increase in...

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Faculty members recently proposed a five-class writing minor in response to requests for an interdisciplinary writing program. If passed, the minor will be available to students next semester. Faculty advocates for the minor sent out a petition last week in order to measure student interest and were met with resoundingly positive results, according to professor of Writing and Rhetoric Julie...

The SCIAC Championships begin next Saturday for the Occidental swimming and diving teams, marking the end of a difficult training season for both squads. Reigning 200-yard breaststroke national champion Steven van Deventer (junior) has guided the men’s team by posting crucial wins in multiple events, remaining one of the top point-scorers for the black and orange. With the league culminating...

From producing the first gold-winning Asian American to serving as a practice facility for the Games, Occidental College shares a rich history with the Olympics. Since its inception, the college has sent 21 athletes to the Olympics across eight different sports, with seven representatives combining for nine total medals. “For a small school, we have an unusually special tradition of...

The start of the Olympic season is typically met with grandeur and excitement; a sense of nationalism rushes through countries around the world, and they unite together in a ceremony of excellence. Sochi 2014, though, has been marred by contentious issues that range from social to political to fundamental. Every corner turned brings a new problem, be it gay rights,...

Baseball (1-2 overall, 0-0 SCIAC) After completing one of the winningest seasons in the past decade at 26-15, the Occidental baseball team will attempt to overcome the loss of several key players to improve upon last year’s mark and compete for one of the top spots in the conference. Even though the black and orange recently graduated All-SCIAC players Logan...