Archive
2018
Stirring it up in the Marketplace kitchen
Most Occidental students are still in bed when the first shift of Marketplace staff report to the kitchen, where they labor throughout the morning...
2015
Search firm develops profile for new Chief Diversity Officer position
Author: Lily Goldfarb Witt/Kieffer, the search firm hired to compile a pool of applicants for a Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) position, has finished research on campus...
2015
Hip-Hop and Hollywood
Author: Benj Salkind Move over, Dre: the biggest hip-hop mogul of 2015 turned out to be Hollywood. The enormous success of the West Coast rap group N.W.A.’s...
2015
COSMOS program to provide scholarships for students interested in STEM majors
Author: Melina Devoney First-year and sophomore students interested in pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors will have the opportunity to apply for a new...
2013
DJs at student dances need to make the students dance
Author: Jeremy Childs There are a few things one comes to expect when attending a dance at Occidental: drunken first-year couples shamelessly making out, awkward exchanges...
2013
Ravitch debunks education ‘hoaxes’
Author: Keegan McChesney Leading education historian and scholar Diane Ravitch discussed her new book, “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger...
2013
House Republicans shut down women’s rights
Author: Cordelia Kenney The federal government reopened last Wednesday after nearly two weeks of being shut down. The inability of the House and the Senate to...
2013
Academic Commons phases out books as part of renovation plan
Author: Keegan McChesney The Academic Commons is currently phasing out books as part of a process to reduce outdated, underused print materials. The Academic Commons is...
2013
Students motivate peers at ‘Ideas in Action’ forum
Author: Sarah Corsa Oxypreneurship presented the first "Ideas in Action: A Forum for Empowered Students" event last Wednesday, Oct. 23. Six students shared insight from their...
2013
York’s hipness thinly guises problematic gentrification
Author: Manna Selassie York Boulevard is the kind of cool that puts a bad taste in any conscientious person's mouth. Occidental students may be excited to...
2013
SMOxy builds connections, skills
Author: Lauren Rewers The Political Social Media Conference (SMOxy), sponsored by Oxypreneurship, will set the stage for non-profits and digital media experts to build relationships and...
2013
Conceptual art meets play time: ‘Interdisciplinary Arts’ class expands definition of art, allows students to explore
Author: Emma Lodes In a hiccup of sand, a pickup truck screeches to a stop in a Pasadena alleyway. Ten college students jump out of the...
