Emily Jo Wharry
12 Articles
Anti-Asian Texts Coverage
Letter to the Editor: My alma mater should take healing into its own hands
Not a great start to the Year of the Tiger. At Occidental College, a screenshot of a text conversation between two students surfaced on social...
Culture
Letter from my not-home
I don’t have a childhood bedroom. Growing up, I moved too much to settle in one for longer than two or three years at...
Campus News
College amends opt-in CR/NC policy to allow C-, D+, D grades to count for credit, creates committee to review all F or NC grades
In response to a public letter signed by more than 1,000 students petitioning for a revised Spring 2020 grading policy, the college has announced...
Campus News
Letter calling for revised grading & final exam policies receives more than 1,179 student signatures; college declines
More than 1,179 students, 53 alumni and 149 parents have signed a public letter petitioning for a revised Spring 2020 academic policy.* Addressed to board of trustees members,...
Campus News
College offers opt-in Credit/No Credit grade change policy in light of coronavirus upheaval
In response to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Wendy Sternberg announced a change to...
Basketball
‘He was always kind of superhuman’: Occidental athletes react to Kobe Bryant’s death
Over quiet Marketplace breakfasts and late-morning practices on the field, iPhone news alerts and Twitter notifications lit up the screens of Occidental students across...
Sports
Occidental’s Monica Chernoff to compete on Philippine water polo national team in 2019 Southeast Asian Games
Monica Chernoff (senior) will compete on the Philippines women's national water polo team in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) Nov. 26–Dec. 1....
Opinions
I will die on this (Katie) Hill
“OK, millennials?” In a recent op-ed for The New York Times, columnist Maureen Dowd concluded her take with a smug mic drop directed at 20- and 30-year-olds...
