Occidental's Eta Mu chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta seeks to put the "fun" into fundraising with their seventh annual charity dodgeball tournament. The April 27 tournament is the first time faculty and staff will join students in the competition to benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Though this event is only in its seventh year, the partnership between CASA and...

Most of us know the library as more than the stacks, computers, quiet floor and occasional errant Cheetos wrappers that constitute it. There are scribbles etched into desks as urgent and existential as those a high-security prisoner might write. Kisses and farts wedge between the stacks, silent as unopened books. Anyone who has heard of the tunnels or climbed up...

For decades, wealthy Russians have been avoiding their country's high taxes by depositing their earnings in Cyprus, a small island in the Eastern Mediterranean. These Russian deposits, which steadily increased since the early nineties, inflated the net worth of Cyprus' banks, creating a false sense of economic security that inevitably led Cyprus to spend beyond its means. Cyprus' unsustainable public...

A peasant woman in Oaxaca, Mexico bends over her colorful, intricate weaving. Dusk falls over the small, deserted cornfield, empty since her husband left for the United States. She hasn’t heard from him and doesn’t know if he’s alive or dead. In the last few years, she has seen the towns around her shrink as the men leave to find...

“Because I’m better looking,” Jeff Thiel said as he comes out of the kitchen, tying his stained and faded black apron securely around his barrel-like midsection. Thiel references how the staff and patrons of The Capri Italian Restaurant tell him and his identical twin, Jim, apart. As Jim — younger than Jeff by five minutes — makes his way from...

Increased student interest and enrollment in chemistry at Occidental necessitated additional employees this year and left the department over budget, resulting in cuts to student workers' hours and leaving the department in search of a permanent solution. According to interdepartmental emails provided to the Weekly, staff cuts were necessary in order to maintain funding for staff salaries. “If I don't...

Sudan. Oil production resumed for the first time in two years, marking the end of warring between Sudan and the separatist South Sudan and a major breakthrough for peace in the region. Deals were written in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last month where the two Sudanese nations finally settled on detailed timetables to ease tensions by resuming oil flows and trade...

The Occidental Men's Rugby team advanced to the Elite Eight today with a 24-12 victory over Benedictine (Atchison, Kan.) today in Glendale, Colo. The team will play U Denver tomorrow in order to advance to the Final Four next weekend. The score of today's game was a little bit too close for the team's comfort, according to Barnaby Audsley, so...

In the early 1960s, Peter Higgs, physicist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, theorized about the Higgs Boson particle – the elementary particle to which the Standard Model of physics attributes the existence of mass, via its interactions with other particles. Last month, the Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), the laboratory housing the world's largest particle accelerator, announced...

Packed to the brim, the audience in Bird Studio was enthused last Friday night by the Musical Theater Company's second annual cabaret, titled "An Enchanted Evening." Seniors Emma Blickenstaff, Stephen Mann and Rebecca Scott directed the event alongside the musical accompaniment of Jim Blackett (sophomore) for each number. Fifteen duets and trios performed songs from musicals for an entertaining night...