The Occidental College softball team (1-9 overall, 0-4 SCIAC) opened up its conference season this weekend with doubleheaders against La Verne and Chapman. Hindered by injury, the Tigers did not come away with a win, falling Saturday to a winless La Verne 19-2 in the first game and 11-0 in the second. The squad then competed with a 1-3 Chapman...

Faculty members recently proposed a five-class writing minor in response to requests for an interdisciplinary writing program. If passed, the minor will be available to students next semester. Faculty advocates for the minor sent out a petition last week in order to measure student interest and were met with resoundingly positive results, according to professor of Writing and Rhetoric Julie...

Known by students and faculty for her printmaking expertise, Professor Linda Lyke's most recent work aims to foster discussion about one of the world's most controversial technologies: unmanned drones. "Printmaking has historically gone hand in hand with political commentary," Lyke said. It is no wonder, then, that Professor Lyke has a long history of politically driven work. Lyke was attending...

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...

Passersby of the East Bridge of City Hall will notice a newly revealed mural that depicts scenes of Filipino culture and tradition, honoring the contributions Filipino residents have made to the Los Angeles community. The mural itself represents another essential component of Los Angeles tradition: mural art. This new mural exists due to a new ordinance that marks the return...

Next Saturday Oct. 5, the Eagle Rock Music Festival (ERMF) is coming back to town, albeit with significantly fewer performers. The festival has grown immensely popular over recent years in the Los Angeles music scene, drawing up to 100,000 fans with 70 acts and 11 venues. However, the donations and fundraising efforts that support the festivities have proven insufficient in...

The question of online surveillance has been fresh in American minds since May when the Edward Snowden whistle-blowing scandal forced many to consider whether national security is worth relinquishing the right to privacy. Last week, a striking revelation from the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) brought these issues to the forefront once more when they announced that the district will...

After earning a bye in the first round of the SCIAC tournament, the women's lacrosse team suffered an unexpected loss to Chapman on Saturday. Having won the SCIAC last season, the Tigers had high expectations going into this year's tournament but did not allow themselves to become complacent down the stretch. According to Haley Gandsey (senior), there have always been...

For decades, wealthy Russians have been avoiding their country's high taxes by depositing their earnings in Cyprus, a small island in the Eastern Mediterranean. These Russian deposits, which steadily increased since the early nineties, inflated the net worth of Cyprus' banks, creating a false sense of economic security that inevitably led Cyprus to spend beyond its means. Cyprus' unsustainable public...

A white van sat conspicuously in the quad on Thursday March 7 accompanied by loud music, glaring sunshine and paintbrushes. Two men sat by a table next to the van and encouraged passers-by to pick up a brush and begin decorating the van with the orange and black colors of Occidental College. Although initially hesitant, a small crowd of students...