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
Block Party brings new, unusual brews to the boulevard
Author: Emma Lodes As of Aug. 28, students who frequent York Boulevard’s bar scene on Thursday nights have a new party to crash: Block Party. The...
2015
Arts Rising Stars
Author: Lily Goldfarb Just a month into their Occidental collegiate careers, first years have already created a buzz in the arts and entertainment scene. From dancing...
2015
Bethke becomes Icetep behind soundboard
Author: Cory Lomberg What is Gabe Bethke listening to? For the senior American Studies major, there’s no short answer. He jumps from ‘80s thrash metal to...
2016
‘Starchitect’ speaks at Disney Concert Hall
Author: Malcolm MacLeod An older man wearing thin glasses and a postboy cap admires a tall paper structure with billowing folds like sails in the wind....
2016
DJ DESOUZA finds connection through music
Author: Brody Barkan Surrounded by partying Occidental students, Anoop D'Souza (first year) — aka DJ DESOUZA — worked his turntable from an elevated platform in the...
2016
‘Out at Sea’: Taylor Pool goes cannibalistic
Author: Laura Scott A swimsuit, flip-flops and a towel are not the typical theater-going attire, but last weekend, children, community members and students alike floated on...
2016
‘MEGAFAUNA’ exhibit highlights African biodiversity
Author: Annie Chien A stoic paper cheetah with gleaming eyes stares out from the Weingart marble fireplace as a neighboring hyena looks on, its usual smile...
2012
Oxy’s architecture in retrospect
Author: Elwyn Pratt One hundred years ago this Fall, two buildings were constructed in Eagle Rock. They were called the Johnson Hall of Letters and the Fowler...
