Occidental’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) will no longer participate in formal recruitment week, according to Assistant Director of Student Life Diego Silva. SAE President Briggs Hupper (junior) said that the chapter will remain part of Greek Council but is expanding to a year-round recruitment strategy this semester following a mandate announced March 2014 by the SAE national organization...

Ginny Cushman ‘55 and John Cushman ‘55 According to the college's Office of Institutional Advancement, 2,672 living Occidental alumni are married to or in a domestic partnership with another Occidental alum. This Valentine's Day, we share the stories of Occidental graduates who make up those 1,336 couples — or are soon to join them. Though Virginia, or Ginny, and John...

Your brain is jumbled in the midst of a hectic school day as you make a beeline to the library. You pass by a professor in the Quad and suddenly remember that you want to schedule a meeting with him to edit a paper. How did that piece of information weasel its way to the front of your clouded brain...

For Zweet Café to call itself a “special coffee boutique” on its website comes across as somewhat haughty — but nevertheless well-deserved. The coffee boutique on Eagle Rock Boulevard — previously a sweets shop called Zweet Station — opened in mid-October. On a weekday night, it had a homier atmosphere than your typical coffee joint. Instead of jittery customers typing...

Why do some kids blindly accept that an obese old man can easily slide down their chimney, but refuse to believe that they should eat their vegetables? The answer will come as the first part of the next Tiger Lab trilogy on psychology and cognitive science. Andrew Shtulman has been studying human intuition regarding supernatural explanations compared to scientific facts...

Julie KhiI (junior) played for Occidental’s women’s soccer team in their game against Redlands Saturday with broken ribs, but not a broken spirit. Khil sustained the injury by colliding with her goalie during practice earlier that week, but come game day she strapped on a rib-protecting jacket under her uniform. Pushing through the pain, Khil scored the first goal of...

For the last geology-related episode of the year, we go out with a bang — magmatic eruptions deep underneath the western Canadian province of British Columbia (B. C.). Geologists know that the Coast Mountains are a batholith — a mountainous formation created by numerous plutons deep in the earth’s crust — created during the gradual subduction of various chunks of...

A beautiful solemness floated throughout Thorne Hall Oct. 17 as director Désirée La Vertu conducted Glee Club in the first piece of its Homecoming Concert — a fast-paced Latin hymn titled “Justorum Animae.” The mood swiftly warmed as the singers began “Hosanna in excelsis” by Brent Pierce. The song felt like a bouncy sleigh ride, much like holiday music, as...

Carrying bear spray and 70-pound backpacks, geology professor Ann Blythe, Thomas Warfel (senior), David Phillips (senior) and four other geology professors and students trudged through the shrubs and permafrost of the eastern Denali range. The 18 hours of sunlight of the Alaskan summer created a slushy terrain that led to soaking wet feet but also ideal conditions for scooping up...

First-year and sophomore students interested in pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors will have the opportunity to apply for a new scholarship from the Creating Opportunities in Science and Mathematics for Occidental Students (COSMOS) program this spring. Mathematics Professor Ron Buckmire led a team of Occidental faculty including Gretchen North, Carmel Levitan and Scott Bogue in successfully submitting...