Yet another very public incident of soccer-related racism has the sports world abuzz, discussing what has become a tired refrain—European soccer has a racism problem. Last week, several Chelsea FC fans, heading to the club's Champions League round of 16 first leg against Paris Saint-Germain, were videotaped aggressively pushing a black man away from the doors of a Paris metro...

Emily Watkins (senior) is no stranger to dedication and hard work. In addition to ranking second in the SCIAC at the 100 Breaststroke, the potential Fulbright scholar serves as the president of Occidental's chapter of Colleges Against Cancer. She has no qualms about spending her valuable time enriching the lives of those around her and working toward the causes she...

The Occidental men’s and women’s swim and dive teams wrapped up a historic season Sunday with the completion of the 2015 SCIAC Swimming and Diving Championships in Whittier, California. Both the men and women placed fifth overall; the women tied their finish from last year and the men moved up two spots from seventh. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps defended their titles, scoring over...

The Occidental women’s lacrosse team fought to cut into a 9-0 deficit, sinking seven shots during a busy second half, only to fall to Pomona-Pitzer 13-7 Saturday afternoon at Jack Kemp Stadium. The game was the second in the team’s SCIAC season. Co-captain Alida Beck (senior) controlled the first draw of the game, which was quickly followed up by two...

Taylor WaltonCompared to many of his teammates, Taylor Walton (first-year) is relatively new to track and field. The six-foot-five high jumper had been playing just basketball for most of his life until his English teacher and track coach encouraged him to join track his junior year of high school.“I didn’t really know what I was doing the first few meets,...

Emily WatkinsEmily Watkins (senior) finished second overall in a tight race on Saturday at the SCIAC Swimming and Diving Championships, touching only 55 hundredths of a second after Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) sophomore Emily McKinnon, who won the women’s 100-yard breaststroke at 1:05.04. With a time of 1:05.59, Watkins hit the B-cut NCAA qualification time. According to men’s and women’s swim coach...

As Major League Baseball training camps opened for Spring Training last week, one of the most promising international free agents in recent memory, 19-year-old Cuban shortstop Yoan Moncada, was in the midst of finalizing a deal with the Boston Red Sox. Given the timing of his defection from Cuba and the current thawing of diplomatic and economic relations between Cuba...

Former Denver Broncos tight end/wide receiver and journalist Nate Jackson came to campus last week to talk to students about his memoir detailing life as an average athlete in an institution he considers iniquitous. Slow Getting Up details the dark underside of the NFL with candor, humor and poise. The campus-wide address was cosponsored by the politics department, the Remsen...

It is high noon on a Thursday. The sun beats down as heat rises from the black asphalt of Occidental College’s outdoor basketball court. The pangs of basketballs careening off rims and the occasional ‘swish’ permeate the sultry air. This is the Occidental tradition called “Noonball.” Noonball is a pick-up basketball game that takes place inside Rush Gymnasium or the...

JJ FriedmanForward JJ Friedman (junior) helped the Occidental men's basketball team (10-12, 6-7) to another win last Saturday night, finishing with 19 points to be the game's leading scorer. While a steady contributor throughout the first half of the season, Friedman brought his best game to the court to clinch an important win against conference rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) (16-6, 9-4)....