Spring Street runs through the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, serving as one of the main pipelines for cars and bikes in the area. Visitors on the street are met with the unexpected, however, in the windows of the former Citizens National Bank Building. Once a bank office, the windows now advertise The Last Bookstore, a bastion of the printed...

Long-time Head Athletic Trainer John Sweet is no longer employed by the college. No official statement was issued regarding this matter, but an Occidental Weekly investigation found that Sweet left his job after several student-athletes reported sexual misconduct earlier this semester, according to students and administrators with knowledge of the situation. "I resigned for personal reasons," Sweet said in a...

A little more than two months ago – this past January 7 – I was in New York, and I was sitting on the floor of Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene. It was the most crowded bookstore I have ever been in, and it would fill up even further before the reading began, but no one seemed displeased. No ill...

Just when it briefly seemed that unchecked spending on veteran free agents was out of style in Major League Baseball, L. A.’s teams are bucking the financial trend to attract fans and win right away when they should instead attempt to build a program over time. With a $225 million payroll, likely the largest in baseball history, it’s win or...

March Madness is back with a vengeance and several historic upsets are already in the books after only the first week of play. Even though it might seem as if everyone’s bracket is already doomed, there is still plenty of entertainment left with the Sweet 16 and many other Cinderella stories yet to come. Amid the action, Florida Gulf Coast...

Track and Field On Saturday, the Occidental track and field team participated in the third conference meet and second dual meet of the season against Caltech and CMS. The team split victories, beating Caltech but losing to CMS. Ayana Foster (junior) led the women, taking first in the 400-meter, posting the only sub-minute time of 59.8 seconds. Jenna Wong (senior)...

he Occidental College women’s water polo season is well underway, as the team has already played in a myriad of tournaments and non-conference matches. The Tigers opened up their 2013 conference schedule with a 15-12 victory against No. 3 ranked Cal Lutheran in a high stakes match last Wednesday. Occidental entered the game ranked No. 5 in the nation for...

It was hard not to notice the presence of film crews at Occidental this spring break, with multiple shows, including Glee and True Blood, shooting scenes throughout campus. Occidental has served as a hot spot for on-location shoots over the course of many years, for projects ranging from the movie "Clueless" to commercials for Doritos. The school hosts an average...

The admissions office recently finalized decisions for the incoming first-year class of 2013-14. Although the admissions office has yet to process its accepted student data, this year’s acceptance rate is expected to be 42 percent, up three percent from last year, according to Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid Vince Cuseo. Decisions were mailed on March 21. Occidental received...

Going into the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, Occidental head coach Shea Manning secretly hoped for the best. But he could not have possibly prepared himself for his reaction when Steven van Deventer (sophomore), affectionately known as “Vandy” around campus, started to pull away in the 200-yard breaststroke final. Vandy finished with the second-fastest time in Division III...