Outside Thorne Hall, Occidental students and LA community members formed a line that nearly extended to the Tiger Cooler an hour before the highly-anticipated arrival of DarkMatter. The transgender South Asian performance art duo comprised of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian (both of whom prefer the pronoun “they”) performed at Occidental April 18 as part of their It Gets Bitter...

Under the hot afternoon sun, vendors touting everything from soap to American Girl doll clothes transformed the JSC quad into a craft market last Thursday. From 4–6 p.m. crowds of excited students, faculty and staff dashed from one booth to another looking at the one-of-a-kind artwork, jewelry, apparel and crafts that Occidental community members had to offer. King Courtney and...

These last few weeks have been crushing for the gamer side of me. I have been in rehearsals for hours and haven't had the chance to play many games in the comfort of my dorm. In times like these I have my portable consoles to...console me. That way, be it backstage or in the dressing room, I find gaming solace...

Amid the usual traffic of students grabbing their nightly pizza slices, more than 100 students gathered around a stage in the Cooler on April 9 and 10 to watch the third annual Hyper Xpressions showcase. The student dance company performs at various Occidental events throughout the year, including basketball half times and charity events. Members view the annual showcase as...

Sometimes a whisper demands more attention than a scream. When writer Claudia Rankine read sections from her latest book, "Citizen: An American Lyric," at Occidental April 7, she spoke quietly yet commanded the room. Her work functions in a similar way; it alerts the reader to the racist acts and words perpetrated around them in a calm and insistent tone....

On April 18 and 19, the LA Times will host its 20th annual Festival of Books at the University of Southern California. The free event is a mammoth gathering of literature enthusiasts, and deciding where to go and who to hear speak can be daunting. For those who want to soak up LA cultureTourists and California veterans alike love to...

Last Saturday, Occidental students stormed en masse to the Greek Bowl where Tinashe, the first female artist ever to be featured in the school’s annual SpringFest, performed hits from her newest album "Aquarius." The hour-long performance showcased several crowd-pleasers, including “2 On,” “Pretend” and “All Hands on Deck,” as well as covers of DJ Snake’s “Turn Down for What” and...

Zenith Virago introduced herself as the local death walker when she met Art History and Visual Arts Chair Broderick Fox at the Byron Bay International Film Festival in 2012. Virago, the subject of Fox's new documentary "Zen and the Art of Dying," presides over non-traditional weddings and funerals in her adopted home, Byron Bay, Australia. Fox's most recent documentary, which...

A cast of four Occidental students treated the crowd in Keck Theater Friday night to an excellent rendition of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama "4000 Miles" by Amy Herzog, complete with break-ups, hook-ups and a soundtrack featuring Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Directed by Occidental's Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Sarah Kozinn, the play tells the story of Leo, played...

Both the Game Developers Conference and the Penny Arcade Expo wrapped up weeks ago, leaving gamers with little recent news. During the current break in the gaming sphere, I like to speculate about what is coming next. What better way than to give my predictions and hopes for the Entertainment Expo (E3)—the video game industry's biggest annual conference—held in Los...