The holidays are fast approaching and, as with all holiday releases, the older games get cheaper. Some of these games are better than many games for current generation consoles (PS4 and Xbox One). Here are some of the best games that have been released, or re-released, this year. 1. "Resident Evil: Revelations" Jill Valentine and Parker Luciani must go aboard...

The Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) invited students to discuss the indefinite suspension of school dances and alternative solutions with faculty members on Thursday, Nov. 21. Director of Student Life Tamara Rice, Director of Residential Education and Housing Chad Myers, Chief of Campus Safety Sean Kennedy and Associate Dean of Students Tim Chang were all in attendance to answer...

Two of several student teams won and received a combined $500 to implement proposals to solve community engagement issue at Innovate Oxy, the Nov. 16 biannual hack-a-thon presented by Oxypreneurship. A proposal to expand the common room areas to the basements of some residence halls was granted $300, and another plan to turn the wall running adjacent to the Marketplace...

The advising center has recently expanded its hours to five days a week as part of continued efforts to increase advising services for students on campus. The center serves as a complement to the more popularly-known faculty advising service. Advisers involved give students guidance on core requirements and address their specific policy concerns. Though the advising center was previously open...

Haiti. The United States Embassy in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, reported that the rate of those affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Haiti has decreased over the past decade, according to figures from Haiti’s Ministry of Public Health. The country’s infection rate dropped 10 percent to the current 3.67 percent, with more people getting tested and using preventative measures. The...

The student body of Occidental College voted 521 yes and 22 no to pass several revisions that the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senate proposed making to its constitution on Nov. 2. The revisions took effect as soon as they passed. The major changes in the proposal gave the Senate the ability to call for General Assemblies, made the...

Sporting his orange Occidental singlet and a pair of gloves to combat the frigid Midwest weather, John Guzman (junior) began the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Hanover, Ind. two weeks ago in an unfamiliar position. The Tiger standout did not go out with the first pack; rather, he held back and stuck to his game plan. Despite holding back his...

L. A.-based professional comedian K-von offended some Occidental students with a joke told at last Thursday's Comedy Night organized by Programming Board according to members of the Occidental community who attended and organized the event. K-von stated that one in five women have been abused and turned the statistic into a joke by referencing that five in five men have...

Despite a general decrease in both violent and non-violent crime in the Eagle Rock area over the past year, crime in the residential blocks surrounding Occidental has spiked by 35 percent in recent months, according to Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) reports. Two cars were reported stolen and multiple students had possessions stolen from their rooms. According to the LAPD's...

As a liberal arts institution, Occidental emphasizes the variety and interdisciplinary nature of its academic offerings when seeking potential applicants. Once arriving on campus, though, it becomes clear that the college's departments are composed of a group of more popular, well-funded majors, leaving important and undervalued disciplines behind in a structure that fails to give students and faculty of smaller...