In a hiccup of sand, a pickup truck screeches to a stop in a Pasadena alleyway. Ten college students jump out of the truck bed and begin shoveling one cubic yard of sand onto the sidewalk. Twenty minutes later the truck bed is empty, and students immediately start shoveling the sand back into the truck bed. Leaving traces of dust...

Adam Bock’s play “The Thugs" ran its course on the stage of Keck Theater this past weekend, exploring the characters' panic after they get stuck in a building plagued by mysterious deaths. Written in the aftermath of 9/11, the play poses the question of how people react in crisis situations. The hour-long show is set within the confines of a...

Another year, another "Call of Duty." Publisher Activision has churned out this franchise at the end of every year since 2005, including this year's game, "Call of Duty: Ghosts." Activision's strategy was made possible by using two different developers for the "Call of Duty" series who work on a two-year cycle. Staggering the years gives gamers (and investors) what they...

Occidental student interns are making an impact in the film world, partnering with independent production companies to learn about the filmmaking process. A preview screening of new independent drama "The Motel Life" was held at Occidental on Nov. 7. The evening was hosted by two students at Occidental currently interning at production company Polsky Films. The event was part of...

Where there should be natural banks, the Los Angeles River is encased in unsightly concrete walls. There is little – aside from spotty jogging paths – to attract Angelenos to its banks. The Army Corps of Engineers recently released a report exploring ways to bring the river back to life, proposing four potential plans. The most drastic of these proposals,...

Occidental students love to spill their souls. Their anonymous souls. Their apparently really horny anonymous souls. Since the Facebook page "Oxy Confessions" started last year, students have become obsessed with keeping up-to-date on the postings of their anonymous peers. The content of the confessions is fairly split between sexually frustrated co-eds and students with real confessions and thoughts about real...

Saturday Night Live (SNL) cast member Kenan Thompson announced that he will not cross-dress on the show until SNL hires a black female cast member. What a drag. “[Finding black female comics is] just a tough part of the business. Like in auditions, they just never find ones that are ready,” Thompson said to TVGuide. By claiming that the root...

Sometimes a Saturday morning breakfast at the Marketplace just doesn't do the trick. I woke up this past Saturday craving something different, something fresh, something I had never had before. In my research I came across Lemon Poppy Kitchen; a part Romanian restuarant, part traditional bakery that serves all the original breakfast items, with a few Romanian twists. Located just...

Though I may be a third year college student at Occidental, I am considered a first year or "Fresher" here at the University of Sussex. As such, when I entered my dorm, a handy-dandy cloth tote with fun freebies and fliers was laid on my bed. While I quite frankly will probably never use a cloth tote outside of a...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the great Roman philosopher Cicero wrote, “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Thus, any question of Occidental College losing its soul in the wake of numerous controversies has been confirmed by the planned removal of thousands of books from the Academic Commons. According to the Academic Commons’ website and an Occidental...