Sea lions are a part of everyday life on San Cristobal. Wild seals walk on the sidewalk, sleep on every bench in town, run over towels on the beach and have even been known to find their way into the university's computer lab. Despite their ubiquity on the island, the Galapagos Sea Lion has been listed as an endangered species...

Languages die in stages. Barring natural disasters and plagues, a dying language slowly becomes a minority in a region, its speakers become bilingual with the dominant language, and finally they stop speaking it altogether. A language is lost somewhere in the world approximately every two weeks. Each takes with it a piece of a culture, and beyond that knowledge that...

This week's issue of the Oxy Weekly features an article titled "Honor Board reviews DEBI proposal, questions student body fee increase" by Wellesley Daniels and Drew Jaffe. The article states that "anonymous senators" who voted for DEBI feel they were pressured to vote for the initiative, mostly because they felt it was unfinished, there would be a $10 fee from...

"And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” (‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭37-40‬ ESV)Everyone,...

Pop-up dining event makes brunch a culinary adventure Instead of my regular weekend dose of Marketplace tater tots and eggs, on Nov. 23 I was treated to the culinary masterpieces of local chef Becky Reams at Bang Bang Brunch in downtown Los Angeles. This event certainly puts a spin on the traditional brunch experience. Not only is the meal held...

On Monday Nov. 10, members of the Occidental women's water polo team entered the women's aquatics locker room in the early morning to find trails of ants leading to discarded food in the sinks, bloody tape left in the showers and writing on one of the walls. In black face paint was written the words "squad, squad, gay." The nature...

Two seven-figure donations made in November to the college's athletic department have ignited a final push toward the construction of a new aquatics facility and two additional tennis courts at Occidental. Barry Crosthwaite '80 and Jennifer Townsend Crosthwaite '84 will provide $1.5 million to finance the proposed Ranier De Mandel Aquatic Center, and Ian McKinnon '89 and Sonnett McKinnon will...

Michael Wells is a man with many titles. He serves as Occidental's Sports Information Director, assistant athletic director and an assistant basketball coach. He oversees almost every game Occidental plays, hosts and organizes the Annual Roy Dennis Senior Scholar-Athlete Banquet and the Occidental College Athletics Hall of Fame and manages Sports Facilities Rentals and External Relations. Wells's colleagues have high...

The creation of the Facebook group "OXY PICK UP" has made pickup sports more popular and more accessible to both students and faculty in recent years, but male turnout still significantly trumps female participation. Of the 136 members of the group currently, only six are female. The Facebook group provides a platform for students to rally players beyond their immediate...

Occidental women's basketball guard Ashton Reid (senior) has established herself as the team's jack of all trades over the first six games of the season. Despite the squad's slow start (0-6 overall, 0-0 SCAIC), Reid has continued to produce, ranking third on the team in points per game (6.6) and second in steals (1.4) per game. However, Reid is the...