During what has been an undeniably wild NFL offseason, paying particular attention to the guaranteed value of player contracts being given out around the league highlights the relative failure of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). After the NFL lockout of 2011, during which the NFLPA won the small victory of $1 billion in benefits for its retired players,...

The rugby pitch is one place on campus where women at Occidental can push their bodies and minds to the limit. While their 1-5 record may not reflect a successful season, the players still feel like winners. “Rugby is really empowering … Like when you take down someone who is a lot bigger than you, it's just a huge rush,”...

Men’s lacrosse has experienced a revival at Occidental over the past few years. After almost folding in 2008, the club team has rebuilt itself into a formidable power in the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC). The team is currently 4-2 overall and 3-0 in the SLC DII North and is seeded first in the division. As a result of their three...

Occidental’s women’s ultimate Frisbee team, Women’s Aerial Club (WAC), began the spring season low in numbers but high in spirit. Despite losing four out of six games in a tournament at Irvine the weekend of March 7, WAC walked off the field optimistic, according to handler Blaire Sellers (sophomore). Sellers said that WAC was proud of the close 9-10 loss...

Occidental’s men’s ultimate team, “Detox,” gained a talented first-year class, a new coach and a fresh team philosophy this spring. Detox debuted its talent at their first USA Ultimate-sanctioned tournament of the season, “Trouble in Vegas,” on the weekend of Feb. 28. They went 3-and-3 to secure 11th place out of 28 teams, losing only to the top two teams...

Noah Winnick (Junior) is a textbook example of a jock: a thrower for the Occidental track and field team and a former football player. However, his passion for throwing is overshadowed by something entirely different—singing. Winnick is well aware that he has an unusual combination of interests. “You don’t expect a big guy walking around with a shot-put to go...

The men's and women's basketball teams concluded their seasons with back-to-back games Feb. 24 in Rush Gymnasium, both losing to Cal Lutheran (Cal Lu). On senior night though, the scoreboard did not tell the complete story of the women's game. In the first game, Stefanie Young (senior), celebrating her 22nd birthday, scored 22 points. Despite reaching her single-game best, the...

Society often stereotypes football players as inconsiderate jocks, yet a group of Occidental College football players are flouting this label through their work with Great Strides, a club on campus that serves as an after-school program for Garvanza Elementary School. Every Friday, students from the club visit with children from fourth to sixth grade every Friday to teach them healthy...

Chloe Hoeber Athletics is an important part of first-year Chloe Hoeber’s family, and though she didn’t plan on running track in college, she could not pass up an opportunity to join the Occidental tack and field team as a high jumper.“I thought, 'why not?' because I wasn’t really done with high jump yet,” Hoeber said. “I know that I can...

Josh DancuDespite his team's loss to Cal Lutheran's nationally ranked tennis team, Josh Dancu pulled off an impressive 3 set win (6-3, 4-6, 10-8) in his singles match Saturday. Dancu defeated Cal Lutheran’s top seed Moises Cardenas, who was ranked 14th in the nation among Division III tennis players at the end of last season. While the Tigers have struggled...