Culture

‘American Immigrants’ brings freestyle storytelling to Keck

The improvised comedy show "American Immigrants" was performed at Keck Theater Sept. 25. The show was produced by comedians Vivek Venugopal and Anthony Veneziale, who create...

TAFOC creates dedicated space for transgender students

The Trans Action Front of Occidental College (TAFOC) is a new club formed Fall 2026 to support the collective interests of transgender students at Occidental. According to...

Nahuatl course teaches Mesoamerican language and thought

Department chair & professor of Latino/a & Latin American Studies Lisa Sousa teaches a course called "Nahuatl Language, Writing, and Culture." The course is cross...

‘Truth has always come first’: Brian Joseph speaks to survivors

Investigative journalist and author Brian Joseph spoke at the Seminar for Survivors event in Choi Auditorium Sept. 19. The event was hosted by Survivor Strategies and...

Beat Lab offers interactive academy for electronic musicians

Upon entering Beat Lab Academy, visitors are drawn to a table covered in gadgets that bare a striking resemblance to video game controllers. Beat...

Luke becomes Vaughn on "It's Complicated"

Whether he was overheard singing in the Chilcott showers last year or caught harmonizing at the last Cadence performance, Alton Luke’s (sophomore) melodic singing...

Weingart exhibit confronts sexual assault on campuses

Books of feminist theory are strewn around a round table and evocative photographs of two women wearing nothing but blankets and boots hang along...

Echo Park bar/arcade mixes pinball and beer

There are moments of semi-adulthood in college, like lying awake until 3 a.m. worrying about student loans, that invoke a longing to remain young...

'Dead Man's Cell Phone' grapples with tech obsession

  On the stage, a woman scribbles a letter and a man sits perfectly still — dead still, in fact. Patrons file into Keck Theater,...

You better Beliebe it: Bieber's back

“My life is a movie. And everyone’s watching. So let’s get to the good part.” Though that sounds a bit egotistical, it’s hard to not...

Bethke becomes Icetep behind soundboard

What is Gabe Bethke listening to? For the senior American Studies major, there’s no short answer. He jumps from ‘80s thrash metal to EDM,...

Supergirl soars onto the small screen

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 commonly...