Pablo Nukaya-Petralia

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TL;DR: ASOC’s spring election was unfair and unethical

The phrase “TL;DR,” or “too long; didn’t read,” is often used to introduce a summary for a lengthy text. Urban Dictionary defines this modern shorthand as...

Raves, caves and staying connected in the strangest days

In early March 2020, Alec Randolph (sophomore) was with his friends enjoying the sights and sounds of Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Mexico, an electronic...

Letter from Los Angeles

As part of The Occidental’s COVID-19 coverage, we will be running a series titled “Letters from” written by staff writers, editors and Occidental students....

(Oxy) Overheard it in a past life

OxyOverheard was never supposed to get this big. Like many things I do, OxyOverheard started as a joke in the Green Bean Fall 2018. My friend...

L.A. daughter, Oxy student, Sofia Wolfson lets her music lead the way

Before going on stage to perform, Sofia Wolfson (junior) was convinced she had stomach flu. Wolfson said when she was 15 or 16 years old, she was...

Poet Yosimar Reyes shares stories of joy within the immigrant experience

Students and local residents packed the performance space in the Oxy Arts building on York Boulevard Feb. 20 to hear stories from the nationally-acclaimed...

I am once again asking mikebloomberg to stop buying memes

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: an old guy tries to hang with kids by adopting one of their mannerisms to poor...

Literary wine bar is literally fine

Review by Pablo Nukaya-Petralia Stuffed between shiny stacks of graphic novels and Cheshire Cat tchotchkes, The 1894 Wine Bar at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena invites customers to celebrate the...