Chair of the Board of Trustees Chris Calkins ’67 joined President Jonathan Veitch in a campus meeting Wednesday to answers students' questions and dispel potentially misleading notions about the board of trustees. In an open meeting titled “How Oxy Works,” Calkins spoke to students about the role of a trustee, the basic makeup of the board and issues currently facing...

The recent uprising in Hong Kong over civil liberties and political representation stands as one of the most important social movements of this century. Although the protests in downtown Hong Kong began in September over governmental constraints, they are not entirely political. Citizens of Hong Kong have expressed frustration with economic inequalities and strains on local cultures as well. This...

Director of Human Resources (HR) Richard Ledwin will step down from his post next week after nearly 11 years at Occidental, according to a Nov. 13 email to faculty, staff and administrators. He is leaving the school to take up a similar position at the Children’s Bureau, a non-profit organization that offers foster care and adoption services for at-risk children....

With the new and trending small-plate marketing platform, tapas and pintos—small savory Spanish dishes—are appearing all over the Los Angeles culinary scene. Though tapas and pintos can often be reasonably-priced bar snacks, the distinctly American small-plate marketing platform is usually seen as a method of overcharging for small amounts of food. The idea of ordering many small plates for the...

To many students, living off campus implies freedom from the rules and regulations of living at Occidental. But this is not the case for the men of ATO. The residents of the house have been under siege by ResEd and Campus Safety for the past three months. After two conduct meetings, due to noise complaints from neighbors, the majority of...

Dear Editor,This letter is in response to last week’s Weekly article, Oxy Sexual Assault Coalition’s (OSAC) Facebook post dated Oct. 28 and the Huffington Post article dated Oct. 29, all regarding the Pepper-Hamilton report. I make no claims about occurrences of sexual assault or responses to them. Recognizing my privileges as a white male in relation to this particular injustice,...

With a top-notch education, year-round warm weather and a close-knit community, the students at Occidental will have a lot to be thankful for when Thanksgiving comes around next week. But easily forgotten in the stressful last weeks of the semester are the strong relationships students forge with the faculty and staff. On our small, residential campus, it is important to...

Pro: Greek expansion will make the system more inclusive When I decided to attend Occidental, I certainly was not planning on being part of Greek life. This was not because I was against the idea of joining a fraternity, but because I believed joining one at Occidental specifically would be futile. My pre-college online reading lead me to believe that...

All I have to do is tap my iPhone and seven minutes later, my three housemates and I are piling into a stranger's black Toyota Camry en route to a dinner reservation in downtown Los Angeles. The scene may seem strange to the average bystander, but with the rise of ride-sharing applications like Uber and Lyft in lieu of taxis,...

A female artist has never played at Occidental College’s SpringFest concert. Although the event is only five years old, students are already eager for change to promote new music and female voices. Yet with the current climate of the music industry, booking a female artist who students have heard of is much more difficult than it seems. The Office of...