Forty-seven new triples in Stewart-Cleland (Stewie) Hall and 26 last-minute junior housing exemption offers are a few of the changes resulting from the rise in students living on-campus this semester. In addition to the conventional summer projects of dorm cleaning and renovation, Residential Education and Housing Services (ResEd) was faced with a deficit of on-campus housing for both upperclassmen and...

Despite no confidence votes for Dean of Students Barbara Avery and General Counsel Carl Botterud in May and a whirlwind of activity over the summer, students returned this semester to several serious and persistent concerns regarding the handling of sexual assault on campus. The concerns surround the release of an interim sexual assault policy and a controversial decision by President...

As a new college football season kicks off, scandals involving big-time programs and players are adding to the never-ending parade of highly publicized off-the-field controversies around the sport. These unsurprising transgressions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) rules show that the governing body’s flawed laws represent a meager attempt to protect the antiquated ideal of pure amateurism in lucrative...

Students arriving at Occidental College this fall return to a campus slightly altered. The sounds and sights of construction that persisted through much of the previous academic year have faded away and the renovated Johnson Hall is open for class and business. The renovated academic building is home to the International Program Office (IPO) and to the politics, world languages...

The background noise is the first obvious aspect of the art show currently on display in Weingart. Sound emanates from a collection of documentary trailers and short videos in a room to the left of the main gallery. A disembodied whirring echoes through the rooms. The noise comes from an art piece that makes use of the somewhat inexplicable, empty...

It is nearly impossible to ignore the recent problems with the state of technology on campus. The internet connectivity issues, however, only indicate a pre-existing trend of low prioritization and support of educational technology at Occidental College. In fact, 34 professors declared their dissatisfaction with technology services on campus just last year through numerous complaints and a petition for changes...

I write this article from my computer. It is this computer which houses all of my work from the past four years, hundreds of megabytes of entertainment, memories and essays crammed onto one hard drive. I, like many other students, am dependent upon technology for numerous aspects of my daily life. It would be foolish, then, to claim that technology...

Have you seen Molly? That is apparently the question on everyone's mind these days. Virtually all major news outlets have an arrest warrant with her – and electronic dance music's (EDM) – name on it. Following the deaths of two young adults in connection to the chemical compound MDMA, other wise known as molly, the organizers of one the country's...

According to an annual report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 55 percent of the class of 2012 said that they interned while in college. About half of these internship experiences were unpaid. These statistics reflect the general acceptance of unpaid internships by both students and employers. The mere existence and cultural acceptance of the unpaid internship threatens...

We live in Los Angeles, the second most populated metropolitan area in the entire country, yet many of us have barely stepped foot off campus. We live in a mega-city; it is time to get out and have mega-adventures. While driving somewhere may have its advantages, biking and walking replace the luxurious advantage with adventurous splendor. Through the car window...