The second annual GLOW dance flashed and pulsed beneath black lights on the Johnson Student Center Quad on Saturday night. Students wore glow sticks and waved L. E. D thunder sticks that were provided by Programming Board. Students in white and neon attire danced to music courtesy of DJ Kirk Follette (senior), Occidental student and sociology major. The number of...

The grab bag of food trucks that gathers on Figueroa Street and York Boulevard is a trap for the indecisive. Every Tuesday, seven or more trucks convene in the parking lot behind the 99 Cent Store from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. Although the trucks rotate every week, the multitude of cuisines is incredible. India Jones serves Indian street food including...

Two students will have the opportunity to intern and study at the nation's capital during the Spring 2014 pilot of the Washington D. C. internship semester. Occidental is reviving and revamping the program that existed more than 10 years ago, this time partnering with Washington Internship Institute (WII) to offer internships tailored to students' specific interests and goals. According to...

Student, staff and faculty print a combined average of six million pages of paper per year, Vice President of Information Technology James Uhrich told students gathered at the April 16 General Assembly. Uhrich sees this number as unsustainable and hoped to use the General Assembly to continue the conversation about printing changes that began with the implementation of the swipe-to-print...

Students and faculty are pushing for the creation of a public health department. A new internship-based practicum, new classes and a proposed public health minor are all examples of the expanding offerings in this field of study at Occidental. The process of developing the new department began in 2011 when Kaiser Permanente awarded the college a planning grant, according to...

When I walked up to one of the tables at the Summer Abroad Fair last month, the first question the representative asked me was, "Well, where would you like to go?" I felt there were many more details to consider before making the decision to go abroad. For many students, traveling over the summer is not as easy as opening...

Student-taught classes could appear in the Occidental course catalog as early as Fall 2013 as part of the proposed Experimental College of Occidental (ExCO). Vice President of Academic Affairs and economics and politics major Nick McHugh (sophomore) is spearheading the effort, which seeks to provide an alternative to the traditional notion of course-taker and course-giver, according to the proposal to...

Netflix’s new original series “House of Cards” may be a dangerous revolution in television, especially for college students eager for an excuse to procrastinate. All 13 episodes of the political drama dropped at once on Feb. 1, which allowed for frenzied marathon sessions in the first weekend alone. The strategy behind the new show's presentation plays into viewers’ habit of...

After America and Occidental College learned the results of the 2012 presidential election, the 32 students enrolled in Campaign Semester returned to Los Angeles to finish the last few weeks of the semester in an intensive seminar reflecting on and comparing their experiences. Urban and Environmental Policy professor Peter Dreier and politics professor Regina Freer lead the class and help...

Nothing makes a dorm room feel like a beachside resort quite like Tressy’s Banana-Lime Surprise and a reggae mix. This recipe/playlist combination is one of many on SandwichFunk.com, a website created by Occidental alums Avery Henderson and Tyler Morgan ’12. The collaboration melds Henderson’s musical affinity and Morgan’s cooking skills into a blog that pairs recipes with playlists based on...