All it takes to bring the porn industry to its knees is a little bit of latex. Nearly a year after California passed the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act, also known as Measure B, reports have been trickling in documenting the remarkable drop in permits to make adult films in Los Angeles County, where over 90 percent...

In the wake of Occidental’s ban on school dances, students have grown increasingly annoyed with the lack of school-sponsored social opportunities, voicing their discontent through online forums such as Oxy Confessions. But any student who complains about having nothing to do on campus would do well to pay more attention to Occidental’s email notification system, specifically the thread known as...

This week students at Occidental are registering for their Spring 2014 classes, lining up at the nearest ethernet cable with several course codes in hand, ready to grab a seat in their ideal classrooms. But while every student diligently maps out their schedule each semester, the role of the academic advisor still remains ill-defined and underutilized by both the school...

Considering the amount of talent in this season's first-year class in Division-I basketball, this should be the sport's most exciting season in recent memory. However, as fans of college hoops now have the brief opportunity to watch first-year phenoms like Kansas' Andrew Wiggins, Duke's Jabari Parker and Kentucky's Julius Randle take to the collegiate court for just one season, it...

Joe Compagno (Men's Basketball) A unique basketball upbringing brought Tiger guard Joe Compagno to where he is today. His father, Steve, coached him at Redwood High School in Larkspur, Calif. and still coaches there today. In fact, Compagno cannot remember a time when his father was not a high school basketball coach. "The dynamic of having a father as a...

Though the Occidental football team celebrated Senior Day for its final game of the season, it was a first-year that led the Tigers (5-4 overall, 4-3 SCIAC) to victory over La Verne (3-6 overall, 2-5 SCIAC) Saturday at Jack Kemp Stadium. Quarterback Bryan Scott (first-year) threw for 473 yards and six touchdown passes — both career-highs — as the black...

As the current school-record-holder in the 50-yard freestyle and with her name attached to four different relay records — the 200- and 400-yard medley relays and the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays — Occidental alumna Lauren Ransom '13 is one of the most successful sprinters in Tiger history to date. Along with being a dominant force in the pool, Ransom...

Men's Basketball (0-1 overall, 0-0 SCIAC) The Occidental men's basketball team tipped off its home season Saturday in Rush Gymnasium against No. 15 University of St. Thomas. The Tigers lost 82-65 despite staying neck-and-neck with their nationally-ranked opponent through the majority of the first half. The black and orange's high-octane offense proved too much for the Tommies to handle early...

A number of students have recently expressed complaints about having only two days (four including the weekend) off from classes for reading days this semester. While those four days might prove sufficient under normal circumstances, some Occidental professors have been unfairly cutting into reading days with additional work for students when other grades are still contingent upon their performance during...

If there is any takeaway lesson from October's federal shutdown, it is that flatly rejecting a non-comforming opinion, value or strategic approach stalls progress in the most basic way. Closing off communication channels and refusing to thoughtfully engage with others rejects the basic building blocks for enacting change. In the same way, openness and civility prove to be a recurring...