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...

SpringFest 2014 promises quality, variety

Additional pre-show events will allow fun to begin earlier

Second 'Groove' promotes shift in social landscape

The event itself is hard to characterize. It is not quite a concert and certainly not a party. With its decentralized landscape, multiple activities...

Cafecito Organico provides hot roasts but cold climate

Cafecito Organico joins Eagle Rock's multitude of coffee shops as the new, socially conscious and cultured kid on the block. But like any new...

Facebook pumps big bucks into Oculus venture

Facebook announced on March 25 that they are acquiring Oculus Virtual Reality Inc. in the second quarter of the fiscal year. The partnership between...

New BBQ joint provides good meat with a side of family values

Just three blocks from Occidental, wedged next to Yellow Liquor on the corner of Eagle Rock Boulevard and Ridgeview Avenue, is Max City...

Life-size art goes political, symbolic

The Occidental community is no stranger to large-scale political statements and interactive art projects, and the life-size replica of a Predator MQ-1B drone in...

'Fang' rises in popularity, increases wittiness

After haphazardly stumbling across an old issue of the Fang in Special Collections, four seniors set out to resuscitate Occidental's once-robust but long-defunct literary...

Same gaming conference, new results

Every year the Game Developers' Conference (GDC) gets more exciting, and this year was no exception. Last week in San Francisco, GDC revealed new...