Ava LaLonde

67 Articles

Oxy JVP and SJP stage encampment for divestment ahead of Board of Trustees meeting

Occidental’s Jewish Voices for Peace (Oxy JVP) and Students for Justice in Palestine (Oxy SJP) set up an encampment on the Academic Quad around...

Lessons Learned: An obvious metaphor between the moon mission and college

There’s a scene in Samantha Harvey’s 2023 book "Orbital" in which an astronaut on the International Space Station tells his daughter that progress is beautiful....

SJP conducts 3 a.m. protest outside Board of Trustee member’s house

A group of over Occidental students arrived outside the house of Lisa H. Link, the former chair of the Board of Trustees, at 3...

ICC and SLICE host Dolores Huerta Days of Community

The Intercultural Community Center (ICC) and Student Leadership, Involvement, & Community Engagement (SLICE) hosted the Dolores Huerta Days of Community, a two-day event including...

SJP announces new divestment petition for the college

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) announced March 6 via Instagram that they are planning to submit a new divestment proposal to the Board of Trustees...

Q&A with Maebe Pudlo, California State Senate District 26 candidate

Maebe Pudlo, also known as Maebe A. Girl, said they were the first drag queen elected to public office in the country when they...

DEB relinquishes funding request oversight after refusal to reverse boycott

Dean of Students Vivian Garay Santiago announced in a Feb. 13 email that “funding requests previously handled by Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) will...

Local group installs ICE raid sirens in Highland Park

The Highland Park Community Support Group is installing sirens to alert neighbors if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is in the area, according to KM, an...