In the final of a series of votes, the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senate unanimously elected to make Bike Share a student service, effective from the beginning of the fall 2014 semester. The Senate took a week after hearing Bike Share's proposal to receive feedback from constituents before voting. At the end of this semester, ASOC will finalize...

The Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senate will vote on Monday on whether or not to turn Bike Share into an official student service. Bike Share, which currently repairs and rents out bikes for up to 12 hours per week, will receive a larger budget directly from ASOC, be open more hours and expand its repair services if the...

Last semester, the Bell-Young kitchen enabled a friendship between Diplomacy and World Affairs (DWA) major Nick Theyerl (junior) and the Bell-Young cleaning staff. The unlikely cohorts exchanged stories over routine potluck breakfasts.“They always brought pan dulce on Fridays, and I would make coffee,” Theyerl said in an email. Apart from Braun and Berkus Halls, all on-campus residence halls provide a...

Last week's water conservation challenge spread awareness for what may be California's worst recorded drought. Despite last weekend's storm, which produced the hardest rain the college has seen in three years, California's drought continues to threaten the state's water supplies. Resident Advisor (RA) and kinesiology major Sita Wong (junior) organized this semester's challenge with Sustainability Coordinator Emma Sorrell '13. Wong...

The media capitalize on scandal. Philip Seymour Hoffman's recent drug overdose was still feeding stories ten days after his death. Comedian Sid Caesar passed away another ten days later, and again the media had the opportunity to report on drugs: Caesar was an addict in his thirties. But for stars such as Caesar, Shirley Temple Black and Pete Seeger (two...

KOXY and ArtLab, Occidental's student-run radio station and art club, respectively, tend to put on events or produce artwork individually, a trend among most clubs and student organizations at Occidental. But on Friday, Jan. 31, a night when the rest of the campus was quiet, the two clubs took over Sycamore Glen to create music and murals as one cohesive...

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...

Where there should be natural banks, the Los Angeles River is encased in unsightly concrete walls. There is little – aside from spotty jogging paths – to attract Angelenos to its banks. The Army Corps of Engineers recently released a report exploring ways to bring the river back to life, proposing four potential plans. The most drastic of these proposals,...

A performance installation arrives on campus today, bringing students and local artists together to knit on the front steps of Occidental College. The group will continuously operate knitting machines in the space between Johnson and Fowler halls from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m, as part of the West Coast premier of Liz Collins' ongoing project, KNITTING NATION. Collins, currently an...

The Occidental Undergraduate Law Review (OULR), scheduled to appear in spring or summer of 2014, will be a published journal in which students can present their own analysis of issues related to the law. Though not an official club at Occidental College, the OULR will be primarily student run. Politics major Trace Larabee (junior), the journal’s chief officer, plans to...