Culture
Culture
Book Club reads outside an ‘academic context’
According to Book Club president Sage Dezerin (senior), around 20 dedicated members attend the club each week and around 50 more students signed up...
Culture
Anahid Yahjian tells a story of hybridity through MAC residency
Occidental’s Media Arts & Culture (MAC) department welcomed this year’s Artist-in-Residence, filmmaker Anahid Yahjian ‘11, Sept. 8-11. The residency included three events: a film screening...
Culture
UEP course ‘demystifies the chicken’
Fostering chickens is essential coursework for "Urban Sustainability: Raising Animals as a Part of Regenerative Agriculture," an Urban & Environmental Policy (UEP) course. According...
Culture
RAINS affirms Indigenous and Native identities on campus
For Indigenous students at Occidental, Resilient Alliance of Indigenous and Native Students (RAINS) is working to create a dedicated space to explore cultural identity and foster...
2015
Weingart exhibit melds thrifted objects, ceramics
Author: Flora Adamian A ceramic eagle flies over a bed of puppies, a floral vase and a miniature watering can. On the next wall, a finely...
Arts & Entertainment
Predictions for the E3 conference
Author: Will Westwater Both the Game Developers Conference and the Penny Arcade Expo wrapped up weeks ago, leaving gamers with little recent news. During the current...
Artfx
3D printing pushes artistic limits
Author: Taylor Majewski The future of 3D printing lies in the potential for people to create. As the 3D printing process makes three dimensional, solid objects...
2015
The forgotten legacy of ‘808s and Heartbreak’
Author: Benj Salkind I remember the first time I heard Kanye West. I had just turned 12 and received a new iPod Nano for my birthday. One...
2015
Supergirl soars onto the small screen
Author: Frida Gurewitz It’s a bird, it's a plane, it's … not Superman. Sorry if I disappointed you. But it is his cousin Kara Zor-El, more...
2016
Floating Library drifts into Echo Park Lake
Author: Gregory Feiner Renting a paddleboat at the Echo Park Boathouse seems to be something that everyone always means to do, but never quite gets around...
2016
Independent music scene thrives at ‘Pehr’
Author: Griff Wynne Nights at Occidental make it seem like all of Los Angeles is either sleeping, disappointed at a party or cramming in the library....
2016
Springfest will showcase greater variety of performers
Author: Benj Salkind Los Angeles-based rapper Dom Kennedy will perform at Rush Gymnasium for this year’s highly-anticipated Springfest concert April 9. Occidental student John Drumright (junior)...
