The Core Program will soon be getting a makeover after Occidental received the $750,000 Andrew Mellon Foundation Grant. The grant will go towards adding two distribution requirements to the Core Program while also making it more interdisciplinary. The proposed changes are awaiting a vote from faculty. President Jonathan Veitch, Dean Jorge Gonzalez and Chair of the Core Program Professor John...

“No child should die in the dawn of life,” the motto of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, represents the goal of Up ‘til Dawn at Occidental College. The student club Up ‘til Dawn raises awareness of childhood cancer and raises funds for St. Jude. Up ‘til Dawn raises money for St. Jude by hosting a letter-writing campaign in which...

Occidental's Campus Safety Department will be offering a new self-defense course to female students late this semester. The program is called Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) and is a national program, taught on many other college campuses, designed to train individuals on how to react in violent situations. The class will be taught by three Occidental Campus Safety officers who received...

Katherine "Kai" Allen '10, a Fulbright Scholarship winner, suddenly died on Saturday, Aug. 18 while doing graduate research in Argentina. Allen was an esteemed member of the Occidental Community, graduating with College Honors and partaking in many on-campus activities. Born on April 1, 1988, Allen grew up in New York. At Occidental, she became involved with various organizations on campus,...

Two Occidental students and two alumni were arrested during a sit-in at the Bank of America skyscraper in downtown L. A. on Friday, Sept. 28. Four other protesters not affiliated with the college were also arrested. The sit-in was staged by college students representing 99Rise, a grassroots, anti-corruption organization. The sit-in was protesting the use of big money in elections,...

Following the well-publicized debacle that was last year's Splatter, many of us were of the opinion that the behavior at the first dance this semester would be equally atrocious. On-campus dances at Occidental are too often seen as an excuse for students to lose their conscientious style and engage in irresponsible, uncontrolled and generally obnoxious behavior. It was high time...

Aside from the loud banging and the eyesores, the Johnson construction has left many clubs and organizations scrambling to find meeting spaces. Classes previously held in Johnson Hall were forced to move to rooms on campus traditionally reserved for club meetings, creating a lack of spaces for clubs to meet. The removal of the allotted lunch time on these same...

The Marketplace will now offer students an extended selection of vegetarian options on Mondays nights, as part of the nation-wide Meatless Mondays campaign to reduce meat consumption. The program, which came to Occidental on Sept. 17, features authentic Indian cuisine including various curries, vegetables, fried snack foods and desserts served at the pizza station. Sous chef Conrad Gomez, who was...

Just months after history major Tyler Kintz (junior) signed on as the only male Programming Assistant for Project SAFE he was asked to leave his position due to a conflict with the administration. Following a private conversation in which he expressed negative sentiments toward several faculty members, Kintz said he was told he could either resign from his position or...

The Glenn S. Dumke Commons, built as an extension of the recently renovated John Swan Hall, opened its doors to faculty and students in time for the current academic year. Dumke, after attending and teaching at Occidental, served as the Chancellor of the California State University system during two decades of unprecedented growth and expansion. Prior to his Chancellorship, Dumke...