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Palm trees, sunsets and traffic: Movies that made me fall in love with LA

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LA is the U.S. capital of movies — whether you like it or not. Although the city produces fewer and fewer movies within its borders, it has remained at the center of the industry. Just drive down Sunset Boulevard and take in the high-rise studio buildings and billboards advertising the latest film and television attractions. Before I toured Occidental, I had...
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DSU hosts screening of ‘Crip Camp’ and Q&A with directors

Oscar-nominated directors James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham were on campus Nov. 3 for a screening of their documentary "Crip Camp," organized by the Disabled...
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Occidental ranked 151st out of 257 colleges for free speech climate

Occidental College was ranked 151st out of 257 American colleges for its “free speech climate” by non-profit organization the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) in...
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LA Breakfast Club celebrates a century of mornings served sunny side up

It’s another 7 a.m. Wednesday in LA. In the southernmost point of Griffith Park, eggs sizzle and tradition endures. This year marks the 100th...
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MAC department partners with Vidiots to screen ‘Nightcrawlers’

Occidental College's Media Arts & Culture (MAC) professor John Trafton and the video store and movie theater Vidiots partnered to give a screening of the...
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‘You can do it in your backyard’: ERNC Sustainability Committee holds native plant giveaway

The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council’s (ERNC) Sustainability Committee will hold their annual Native Plant Event at Eagle Rock City Hall from 9 a.m. to 1...
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Pastport Vintage LA’s new storefront: ‘Come for the clothes, stay for the vibe’

Pastport Vintage LA opened its storefront Nov. 8 on York Boulevard. In the Making CFO and co-founder Edward Chang said the new vintage store is the...
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Opinion: Why double majoring will heal higher education

I like to say I didn’t choose my majors — my majors chose me. The department of Critical Theory & Social Justice (CTSJ) seemed...
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Opinion: Demolishing the East Wing is yet another broken norm in the Trump administration

The East Wing of the White House was a historic building. Constructed in 1902 during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, it stood for 123 years until it was demolished...
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Opinion: AI is ruining the liberal arts experience

My mother, who attended a small liberal arts college, used to tease my dad about his engineering degree. "You received training," she’d say, “but...
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Opinion: I don’t want to go to war with Venezuela

October was Venezuela’s month, and it seems like November — and possibly the rest of the year — will be too. Oct. 10, opposition...
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Palm trees, sunsets and traffic: Movies that made me fall in love with LA

Eliana Joftus -
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LA is the U.S. capital of movies — whether you like it or not. Although the city produces fewer and fewer movies within its borders, it...
Read more

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