The Tigers hosted the Occidental Distance Carnival last Friday, an event that has been held on the college’s campus since the 80’s. In a meet restricted to distance events, student-athletes and professionals alike from all over the country pushed themselves to, quite literally, go the distance. Considering the number of teams competing at this meet, the Tigers faced a great...

Women's Water Polo (6-14 overall, 0-0 SCIAC) Women’s water polo started off spring break with several near upsets in the Claremont Tournament. The Tigers missed the mark with their final shots against Concordia-Irvine, dropping the game 10-9. They then faced powerhouse foe UC Irvine and struggled to stay afloat and lost in a shutout 14-0. Looking to bounce back, the...

We could soon see the end of Communism in Latin America – in the last few weeks, communist Cuba and socialist Venezuela were rattled by two major blows that could affect the course, and even the existence, of the extreme left south of our borders. News of the impending end to the Castro dynasty and the death of Hugo Chavez...

When I walked up to one of the tables at the Summer Abroad Fair last month, the first question the representative asked me was, "Well, where would you like to go?" I felt there were many more details to consider before making the decision to go abroad. For many students, traveling over the summer is not as easy as opening...

Korea The 1953 Korean War armistice was nullified by North Korea on March 11, increasing tension between the two Korean nations which are still technically at war. The North Korean government then claimed to have a nuclear warhead able to reach the North American mainland. South Korea and the United States began joint military drills starting on March 1 and...

Though Occidental should be proud to have free parking, there is a substantial amount of inefficiencies related to the parking system. Free parking is without a doubt much appreciated by the Occidental community, but the current parking system contains several flaws that could certainly be improved through simple, calculable measures. Although parking is not a guarantee, all students and faculty...

It was a typical summer day in La Verne, Calif. when current Occidental catcher Victor Munoz (sophomore), then a senior at Claremont High School, received a phone call from a representative of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2011 MLB draft was well underway, but Munoz had paid little attention to how the picks were unfolding up to that point. Informed...

Recent statistics from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) report a 200 percent increase in rape, 170 percent increase in armed robberies and a 33 percent increase in assaults in the Northeast L. A. area, where the college is located, in the past year. The Los Angeles Times posted an alert for the rise in violent crimes in the area,...

President Veitch has changed his mind regarding the need for a real-time notification system for sexual assault, and will be asking Campus Safety to send out campus-wide emails for all reported incidents at the survivor's discretion. These decisions come after a previous letter to the campus community in which he denied agreeing to the Oxy Sexual Assault Coalition’s (OSAC) demands...

A mere five days after their debut performance on "Saturday Night Live" and one day after their single "Thrift Shop" went quadruple platinum, the chart topping Hip-Hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis headlined Occidental College's 2013 Springfest. Their 2012 album "The Heist" reached the number two position on the US "Billboard" 200 list and "Thrift Shop" topped the Hot 100...