Culture
Culture
Student band Barstool Deskjob is ‘bigger than a genre’
Since their first year at Occidental, students Ben Rashleigh Torres (junior), Liam Williams (junior), Cate Norton (junior) and Abby (junior) have been in a...
Culture
“The Christians” recasts popular understandings of faith
Occidental's theater department will showcase its production of “The Christians” Nov. 5-8 in Keck Theater with free tickets for students. According to director Laural Meade, resident professor...
Culture
Congo Week spotlights DRC, market interrupted by filming on campus
Throughout the week of Oct. 18-24, student organizations at Occidental collaborated to host events in recognition of Congo Week. The week culminated in a fundraising event:...
Culture
Library mural will honor generations of Latinx activism
The Latina/o & Latin American Studies (LLAS) Department and the Mary Norton Clapp Library are collaborating on a mural project led by LA-based mixed-media artist Marlené...
Arts & Entertainment
Oxy Wanlass Artist in Residence Roksana Pirouzmand experiments with medium, space and sound
The theme for this semester's Studio Arts course Art Outside the Bounds is "Everything was once something else.” Instructor Roksana Pirouzmand said she was inspired by...
Arts & Entertainment
UEPI Native Garden incorporates alternative landscaping and native plant restoration
The Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) located at 1541 Campus Road recently replaced its grass lawn with a new garden holding plants native to...
Culture
Editorial: A musical guide to surviving your first year
Maybe you just escaped from the most excruciating exam you’ve ever taken at Oxy and you need to cleanse your soul. Or maybe your...
Culture
Lencia Kebede ’16 ‘defies gravity’ as she flies from Keck Theater to Broadway
Lencia Kebede '16 began her historic Broadway debut as the first Black woman to play Elphaba in “Wicked" full time on Broadway at the...
Culture
‘Feels like you’re on Project Runway’: Occidental students host second annual fashion show
Models sporting jewelry and garments designed and constructed by current and former Occidental students strutted around the Gilman Fountain April 5 as part of...
Culture
Armenian artists and writers discuss diaspora perspectives during ‘The Politics and Poetics of Memory’
OXY ARTS hosted a conversation titled “The Politics and Poetics of Memory” April 1 co-presented by the Occidental College Armenian Students Association. According to OXY...
Culture
The Eagle Rock Historical Society preserves the rich history of the Eagle Rock community
Around 1:00 p.m. every day, a cracked boulder in the San Rafael Hills casts a shadow of an eagle on the ground. It is...
