On the fourth of July, nearly 1,000 fans made their way to Kokernot Field in West Texas to see the Alpine Cowboys play. In the town of Alpine, population 5,500, a crowd of 1,000 people is sizable. That night was the highlight of the baseball season for alumni Riley Smith '14 and Scott Hong '14, who played for the Alpine...

There was standing room only in the Green Bean last Thursday night, as comedy fans and coffee drinkers packed in eagerly. The furniture was cleared from the back half of the room, opening up a small, makeshift stage for a comedy show. Still, the members of Fantastiprov—Occidental's own improvisational comedy troupe—made the most of the space, putting on a show...

Melinda Houston, a professor in the Kinesiology department and Occidental's first full-time head conditioning coach, is shaking things up in the varsity weight room. Houston's new program emphasizes mobility and core strength in varsity workouts and enforces a strict schedule and supervision policy. She hopes to create a feeling of organization and consistency that out-of-season athletes lacked in the past....

To the left of the Tree House classrooms, slightly down the hill from the Greek Bowl and next to the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) building, lies an inconspicuous pathway marked only by a small set of stairs tucked between thick green foliage. The path leads down into an area of campus unfamiliar to most: the FEAST garden. Upon...

In my first two years at Occidental, I have experienced events all around campus — some better than others. Last year, White Panda put on a passable show in front of Thorne Hall, Toga-clad heathens raged in the Quad and Macklemore got scared of the rain and forced us to pack into Rush Gym like sardines. This year, Sycamore Glen...

As the group approached Irwindale, we rolled down our windows, inhaling deeply. The air smelled sour, with a hint of spiciness. We thought we were experiencing the pungent stench of the Sriracha factory. What we smelled turned out to be not the beloved hot sauce, but wet mulch. The group drew nearer to the headquarters of Sriracha manufacturer Huy Fong...

A nondescript brick building sits next to the Starbucks and CVS on York Boulevard. At the back of the building are two industrial-sized garage doors, leading into a large loft space that has been converted into a training facility. The doors are kept wide open during classes, with the breeze keeping patrons cool as they sweat and toil under the...

With the lights dimmed, three silhouettes appeared in front of an ominous blue background. Suddenly the lights came to life, the dancers were revealed and Beyonce's "Crazy in Love" reverberated throughout Thorne Hall, kicking off Dance Production (Dance Pro) 2014. The 66th anniversary of Occidental's entirely student run, choreographed and produced dance show, began with this powerful number "Yoncé" choreographed...

The Occidental College Studio Art Department is currently hosting Los Angeles-based artist Devon Tsuno. His show, "Watershed," demonstrates not only the artist's intimate relationship with the Los Angeles River, but also the poignant, symbolic meaning of water in the city of Los Angeles. His personal interest in water as a symbol makes him the perfect fit for a residency here...

It was a quote from engineer Jiro Horikoshi that inspired Oscar-winning animator and head of Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki to tell the aeronautical engineer's story in his final directorial achievement, "The Wind Rises." "All I wanted to do was to make something beautiful," Horikoshi, the designer responsible for fighter planes used by the Japanese in World War II, said. Horikoshi...