Senior captains Brita Loeb and Alessandra Quaroni got their first SCIAC win of the season in their last collegiate game on home turf when Occidental women’s lacrosse (1-8 SCIAC; 7-9 overall) beat Whittier College 14-9 April 20. “It feels amazing,” Loeb said. “We’ve been working so hard for this and it’s really well-deserved. It’s not something that came easy, and...

Four hundred years after Shakespeare's death, the echo of live piano and accordion in Keck Theater paired with elaborate cobblestone buildings, ostentatious Victorian costumes and stage makeup transport the audience two centuries into the past for three hours of Elizabethan drama. Shakespeare’s "Measure for Measure", directed by theater department chair John Bouchard, opened in Keck Theater April 15. The play...

Since his college years, Joe Cano followed a winding path that eventually brought him to Occidental as the men’s and women’s golf teams’ swing coach. Cano’s faith in his natural golf talent and his calling for teaching steered him through his spontaneous journey. “It’s like I’m going in one direction like a stream, but there’s a big boulder in the...

Following a student body vote two weeks ago, the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) will now be funded through a $10 per semester student body fee increase, Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) President Theophilus Savini (senior) announced via email March 28. According to DEB Club Liaison Abhilasha Bhola (senior), DEB’s proposal passed with exceptional support: 440 students in favor...

Everyone knows that many couples were acting like rabbits this Valentine's Day. A lesser-known fact is that a certain group of lab rabbits can now perform their idiom without actually reproducing — and humans will soon have access to the same male contraceptives that allowed the rabbits to do so. Vasalgel is a male contraception method that has been proven...

Occidental was designated a Tree Campus USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation Feb. 2, following the college’s establishment of an official tree management plan and team, according to Biology Professor Gretchen North. Currently, there are over 2,500 trees on campus, Sustainability Coordinator Jenny Low said. In light of the compounding environmental stresses of the recent Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer...

The once-vibrant Sycamore Glen tree population is gradually transforming into brown leaves and falling branches due to an epidemic of beetle-inoculated fungus that has decimated California tree populations in the last few years, according to Biology Professor Gretchen North. The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer infestation has only recently been noticed, as it drastically affected a range of trees across campus...

“This is a Global Tell Link prepaid call from Adnan Syed, an inmate at Maryland correctional facility … ”These words spoken by a man convicted of murder have triggered a macabre excitement in millions of listeners since 2014 as the opening to the Serial podcast, broadcasted by Chicago NPR affiliate WBEZ. Co-creators and producers Julie Snyder and Sarah Koenig spoke...

Cheap but quality clubs are nearly impossible to find in LA, but eventually I found Hi Hat on York Boulevard. I enjoyed a Friday night at the newly established venue for a mere $5 cover charge — but the fresh atmosphere, free billiards, glow-in-the-dark face painting and intoxicating music was worth much more. I dragged my skeptical friend Robbie George...

The drones students may have spotted hovering over campus this semester were likely piloted by Bo Gao (sophomore), Jeremy Bloom* (sophomore) or Malone Hedges (first year) for their respective photography and film projects. According to Associate Dean of Students Tim Chang, the drones are allowed on campus at this time because the college does not yet have a drone policy....