International Space Station. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft made the fastest yet docking flight to the ISS to date, arriving just six hours after liftoff. Such flights usually take 45 hours longer, but new technology enabled the crew to make the run in less than 4 orbits around the planet Earth. At 12:43 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Russian astronauts Pavel Vinogradov...

Only in the city of Angels can a trip on the bus make a rider feel both right at home and mildly out of place. The bus, like most public forms of transportation, is much cheaper than driving, and saves the commuter valuable time from making endless circles looking for parking. Take heed, though, as bus routes can be confusing...

Ellen Daigle, then a nurse, envisioned herself spending more time with her children and made the tough decision to leave her career behind and pursue her dream of starting a business. Daigle set out to find a new career and went back to college to take classes to explore her artistic aspirations. "I kind of had a vision of getting...

Baseball (18-8 overall, 9-6 SCIAC) A week removed from its iron man duel with Rutgers-Newark, the Occidental baseball team took on conference rival Whittier College. The first of the three game series proved to be disheartening for the Tigers, as they dropped the game 4-3. Aside from a two-run homer off the bat of A. J. Libuano (sophomore), the team...

Matching her personal game-high scoring record with six goals in matches against Chapman University and Oberlin College, Tori Larson (junior) has established herself as a power player on the Occidental women’s lacrosse team. The two-time First Team All-SCIAC and Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) First Team All-West Region player is working to prove she is worth these titles. Senior...

In what was their final non-conference competition before heading back into SCIAC play, the Occidental College men's golf team traveled to Mira Loma, Calif. to play in the West Cup at Goose Creek Golf Course. While the Tigers did not fare well in the overall team standings, the team showed improvement from their last three-round tournament, knocking 28 strokes off...

American sports often serve as some of the most mainstream, widely consumed commentary on the nation's hot-button social and cultural issues. While the social relevance of sports is often only acknowledged in hindsight, a critical eye toward athletics today reveals that sports have and continue to reflect America's institutional struggles with homophobia. The handling of homosexuality in professional locker rooms...

In July 2006, The New York Times profiled Narcisa Kavazovic, a Bosnian woman who first started her sewing business in an abandoned garage in Sarajevo. What began as a small effort to sell sheets and pillows to support her family has now grown into a burgeoning business with 20 workers comprised of mostly women. Kavazovic, who was also featured in...

As an inter-disciplinary school, Occidental can boast the label of “liberal arts college.” Yet, its humanities – the backbone of a liberal arts education – flounder. As an ECLS major with a creative writing emphasis, humanities are my home. It is within these disciplines that myself and others find the puzzles we know how to solve, the problems which bait...

Since Councilman Eric Garcetti was first elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2001 to represent District 13, which is centered in the Hollywood area, he has effectively led the charge for important reforms in Los Angeles. For example, Garcetti has led the effort on important environmental and human rights initiatives in the city. Principally, Garcetti worked on critical...